Comparison

Active Luton vs ShinyMind

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Active Luton

Manage your fitness activities with this app. View class and pool schedules, book sessions, and receive important updates from local leisure centers. Access your digital membership card and explore membership options.

Highlights
  • Class and pool timetables
  • Book and manage sessions
  • Center information and opening times
  • News and push notifications
  • Digital membership card
  • Membership exploration and joining
Features
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Your leisure centre, made simple Everything you need to stay active with Active Luton, right in your pocket. Check class and pool timetables, book sessions, get the latest news, and never miss an update from your local leisure centres. All Active Luton centres in one app • Inspire: Luton Sports Village • Lewsey Sports Park & Pool • Lea Manor Recreation Centre • High Town Gym & Wellbeing Centre • Stockwood Park Athletics Centre • Stockwood Park Golf Centre Group Exercise Timetables • View live class timetables with instructors and descriptions • Book and manage classes in seconds • Save your favourite sessions for quick access Swimming Timetables • Check up-to-date public swim session times before you visit Centre Information • Opening times, facilities and locations at a glance News & Notifications • Get instant push notifications for important updates like pool closures • Stay informed about events happening across our centres • Be the first to know about new offers and exclusive promotions Access your digital membership card • Never worry again about having your physical card to hand Memberships • Explore our range of memberships • Join online and find the option that suits you best Contact Us • Share feedback easily and help us improve your experience Social Media • Share classes, news and offers with friends and family APPLE HEALTHKIT We also use HealthKit to allow users to share their activity and workout data with the app. This data is used to incentivise users to stay active.

About

ShinyMind

This app offers over 100 interactive exercises and activities designed to enhance wellbeing and resilience. It provides tools for self-awareness, stress management, and positive psychology, with features like guided meditations and a gratitude journal.

Highlights
  • Interactive psychotherapeutic exercises
  • Mindset program (CBT, positive psychology)
  • Gratitude journal
  • Meditation and breathing exercises
  • Self-awareness journaling
  • Community support features
  • Daily motivational messages
Features
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A Daily Wellbeing and Resilience App to help you Shine – created for the NHS This App became a reality because we wanted to find a way to support the amazing staff who work in the NHS who have some of the most difficult, challenging and stressful jobs. To truly understand the pressures faced, we listened to staff from all areas of the NHS, working out how to support their wellbeing and resilience so everyone could feel better equipped to continue doing their very best for the NHS. We’ve learnt a lot and taken all your thoughts, ideas and opinions on board and built the ShinyMind App with you at its heart - to help provide support 24/7 with over 100 interactive, psychotherapeutic exercises and activities to support your wellbeing and resilience. It also includes the ‘Shiny Mind Resilience: Your Mindset: Your Choice’ programme which is a practical, challenging and empowering mindset programme developed around a new psychotherapeutic model of change - our ‘ABLE’ model – and which includes CBT, transactional analysis, and positive psychology. The programme has been delivered to almost 2000 employees with positive results - 98.89% of attendees have rated it as ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’, 97.04% have said it has improved resilience, 96.3% that it has helped stress management, and 99.26% would recommend the programme to colleagues. All the ShinyMind App features are interactive and evidenced by research, and having been co-designed by staff for staff, are tailored to your needs to build as your own personal resource. Some of the features the Shiny Mind App offers include: • Masterclasses – interactive exercises to to help understanding of self • SOS exercises - 5-minute exercises to help when things are hard • Gratitude - Gratitude journal to help you look for the positives • Kindsight section - to promote self-compassion, connection and support for self and others • Self-awareness - journaling enabling you to record, reflect and notice patterns • Meditation and breathing - simple effective guided breathing and meditation exercises • Daily Inspire Me messages - positive motivational daily messages • Mood Baths - relaxing scenes and sounds to boost your mood • A Coping Well - to share across the community our tips to cope better • A daily boost – a 5 mins diagnostic, mindset activity and suggestions based on your mood • Community - voice messages and Positivity Posts which can be sent to individuals • Triggers - awareness exercises so we recognise when things are going wrong What people are saying about the ShinyMind App • A hug in an App. • An App to help manage the day-to-day stresses and demands of work and life. • It feels like you have an extra resource, something to call on during times of stress or worry and when someone sends you a message of support or thanks it makes you feel good inside and appreciated. • It’s made me happier and helped me to relax. • It’s a personal space that encourages you to reflect and connect. • Using meditation and mindful practice has changed my life, making me a more positive and calmer person, also helping me to control my emotions in situations. • Feels like help is at hand and boosts your confidence. • I would say that the App gives you tools to help you take some time out of your day, easy to use, easy to follow and will helps you with your wellbeing in a short amount of time each day. • The SOS section is great during a difficult situation; you can just access it on your break and pick the best masterclass for you and your situation. It helps you regain calm and reduce your stress. • I’ve recommended the App to colleagues that are showing signs of stress and afterwards they’ve reported that it’s really helped them a lot. • I have a more positive outlook coming into work which has been a big change in the last year, I now have not had a full-blown anxiety attack in a long time. • Real self-help tool, very useful. • It’s great for reflecting on the good things in your life.

Screenshots

Active Luton4 screens
ShinyMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ShinyMind at 63% against Active Luton's 17%. ShinyMind also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Active Luton ships an update every 2 months, ShinyMind every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Active Luton versus ShinyMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActive LutonShinyMind
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews62.5% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB71 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperActive LutonSHINYMIND LIMITED

Customer experience

Active Luton

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

ShinyMind

Written reviews24 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

None

Active Luton

No in-app purchases

None

ShinyMind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Active Luton free?
Active Luton is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShinyMind free?
ShinyMind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Active Luton or ShinyMind have ads?
Neither Active Luton nor ShinyMind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Active Luton or ShinyMind?
Active Luton ships an update every 2 months, and ShinyMind every 3 weeks. Most recently, Active Luton was updated on September 23, 2026 and ShinyMind on August 3, 2026.

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