MyVirginActive vs Volkano Active
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyVirginActive
Book classes, train remotely, and stay updated on club news. Track your performance and progress with daily workouts. Access exclusive benefits that reward your motivation and consistency.
- Book classes
- Remote training with Revolution
- Club news updates
- Class schedule viewing
- Booking management
- Daily workouts
- Performance tracking
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Welcome to the new Virgin Active app, which allows all members to book classes and train remotely with Revolution. Stay updated on Club news, check the schedules for your favorite classes, and manage your bookings. Follow the daily workouts and track your performance and progress in a smart and interactive way. The Virgin Active app makes your wellness experience real and gives you access to exclusive benefits and initiatives that reward consistency and motivation.
Volkano Active
This app syncs with your iOS Health app and a compatible smartwatch to track sports performance. It also provides notifications for calls, texts, and social media, and allows for sending/receiving messages and calls directly from the watch.
- iOS Health integration
- Smartwatch sport performance monitoring
- Incoming call notifications
- Text message notifications
- Social network notifications
- Send/receive SMS and calls via smartwatch
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Volkano Active APP integrates with iOS Health App. It works with our smartwatch to monitor your sport performane. It notifies you notify you when there are incoming calls, text messages or social networks notifications. It also allows you to send and receive SMS messages and phone calls with our smartwatch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Volkano Active at 100% against MyVirginActive's 9%. Volkano Active also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and device support (3 vs 1). MyVirginActive's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 12). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Volkano Active holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of MyVirginActive's written reviews are positive against 100% of Volkano Active's.
MyVirginActive ships an update every 6 weeks, Volkano Active every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyVirginActive | Volkano Active |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (38 ratings) | 4.7 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 361 MB | 229 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Virgin Active | SMD Technologies Pty LTD |
Customer experience
MyVirginActive
Volkano Active
In-app purchases
MyVirginActive
No in-app purchases
Volkano Active
No in-app purchases
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