Comparison

Vantage Fit vs Strive

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

Head to head
About

Vantage Fit

This app helps employees achieve a balanced and healthy lifestyle through comprehensive wellness tracking. It monitors physical activity, diet, mood, and hydration, offering guided workouts, mindfulness sessions, and health content. Users can join challenges, earn rewards, and connect with fitness devices.

Highlights
  • Physical Activity Tracking
  • Heart Rate Monitoring
  • Dietary Log
  • Mood Tracking
  • Guided Workouts
  • Squat Challenge
  • Mindfulness Sessions
Features
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Welcome to Vantage Fit, the ultimate solution for Corporate Wellness programs. Designed with the modern employee in mind, our app is tailored to help you achieve a balanced and healthy lifestyle, even amidst the hustle and bustle of corporate life. Key Features: Physical Activity Tracking: Monitor steps, running, cycling, and other endurance workouts to stay on top of your fitness game. Heart Rate Monitoring: Use your phone's camera to track your heart rate in real-time. Dietary Log: Record your meals and understand if you're in a caloric deficit or surplus. Mood Tracking: Stay in tune with your emotions and understand your mental well-being. Hydration Reminder: Log your water intake and ensure you're always hydrated. Guided Workouts: Dive into our 7-minute workouts and other guided sessions. Squat Challenge: Use your phone's camera and our advanced machine learning models for accurate squat tracking through human pose analysis. Mindfulness Sessions: Engage in audio-based sessions to find your inner peace. External Workout Journal: Log diverse activities like hiking or snow shovelling. Additional Features: Gain insights on your BMI, set fitness goals, define your lifestyle, and complete a health risk assessment. Engage with our social feed to share workouts, badges, and celebrate your achievements. Stay updated with events around you, be it virtual or physical, through our events section. Dive deep into our extensive health content library filled with podcasts, articles, and videos. Avail exclusive benefits tailored just for you in our Marketplace section. Challenges & Rewards: Join various health & fitness challenges, complete tasks, hit milestones, and earn exciting prizes. Redeem your hard-earned rewards as gift cards from popular stores like iTunes, Amazon, Walmart, and more! Device Compatibility: Connect seamlessly with devices like Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Watch, or simply use Apple Health for step tracking. Real-time Leaderboards: Engage in a bit of friendly competition with real-time leaderboards on both individual and team levels. Elevate your corporate wellness journey with Vantage Fit. Download now and embark on a path to a healthier, happier you! Disclaimer: —————————— STEP COUNTING: When connected via Apple Health, Vantage Fit reads your step count data from your device’s internal motion coprocessor and your HealthKit Data Vantage Fit also tracks your activities using the GPS signal on your phone. continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. GPS: Vantage Fit uses GPS data to track your outdoor runs and other workouts. During an outdoor workout session, Vantage Fit tracks your location even in the background. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. CAMERA & FLASH: While measuring your heart rate, your phone’s flash and camera are used to measure your heart rate. —————————— NOTE: Vantage Fit does not create any step count data. It simply reads data from the Motion coprocessor/ Apple Health or your connected device such as Garmin or Fitbit. —————————— iPhone 4/4s/5/5c LIMITATION: iPhone 4/4s/5/5c does not have the M7/M8/M9 motion coprocessor, so those devices don’t measure your steps. ——————————​ iPhone 5s or above Recommended

About

Strive

Compete in fitness challenges with friends using various metrics like weight loss, steps, and body fat. Track your progress with integrated health data and visualize your journey with insightful charts and graphs.

Highlights
  • Interactive leaderboards
  • 7 competition types
  • Health App integration
  • Smart Scale integration
  • Charts and graphs
  • Weight loss challenges
  • Step tracking
Features
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Strive has built an interactive Leaderboard so you can compete in step challenges, chat, and encourage each other to Strive! Strive Individual plans: * Monthly Premium: $5.99 * Yearly Premium: $24.99 Strive Group plans: * 5 Users Yearly Premium: $99.99 * 10 Users Yearly Premium: $199.99 * 25 Users Yearly Premium: $499.99 * 50 Users Yearly Premium: $999.99 More information on how to host an Employee Step Challenge: https://www.strivecompetitions.com/employee-step-challenge Payments and Renewal: * Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. * You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase * No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active period. Terms of use: https://www.strivecompetitions.com/terms
Privacy policy: https://www.strivecompetitions.com/privacypolicy

Screenshots

Vantage Fit4 screens
Strive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Strive at 4.8 against Vantage Fit's 3.3. Strive also leads on ratings volume (3K vs 37). Vantage Fit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Strive sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Vantage Fit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Strive holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strive has 3K ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 70% and 71% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vantage Fit ships an update every 2 weeks, Strive every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Vantage Fit versus Strive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVantage FitStrive
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (37 ratings)4.8 (3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.5% of reviews71.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings373K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size261 MB101 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperVantageCircleStrive Competitions LLC

Customer experience

Vantage Fit

All ratings35 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral1.1%
Negative28.4%

Strive

All ratings3,048 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive71.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative24.4%

Bugs and requests

Vantage Fit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Strive

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to read chat
  • Frustrating loss of steps
  • Waste of Money

Requested features

2 requests
  • Relative goals for challenges like apple fitness
  • Weekend challenges

In-app purchases

None

Vantage Fit

No in-app purchases

14 purchases

Strive

Subscriptions13
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Strive Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Strive Monthly$2.991 Month
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  • 6 Months$3.996 Months
  • Strive Yearly$4.991 Year
  • Annual$5.991 Year
  • Monthly with FREE 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Strive Yearly$9.991 Year
  • Yearly with FREE 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • 10 Users7 Days trial$39.991 Month
  • 10 Users$50.001 Year
  • 25 Users$100.001 Year
  • 100 Users$300.001 Year
One-time1
  • Public Challenges$5.00

Questions

Is Vantage Fit free?
Vantage Fit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Strive free?
Strive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Vantage Fit or Strive?
Strive is rated higher. Vantage Fit averages 3.3 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while Strive averages 4.8 from 3K ratings.
Do Vantage Fit or Strive have ads?
Neither Vantage Fit nor Strive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vantage Fit or Strive?
Vantage Fit ships an update every 2 weeks, and Strive every 9 days. Most recently, Vantage Fit was updated on October 22, 2026 and Strive on October 25, 2026.

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