mTrigger Muscle Ball vs Activ5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mTrigger Muscle Ball
Turn your muscle exercises into an interactive game. Control in-game elements by engaging specific muscle groups with a compatible biofeedback device. Navigate challenges and reach goals through targeted muscle activation.
- Gamified biofeedback therapy
- Use muscle exercises as game controller
- Navigate labyrinth challenges
- Variety of tracks based on muscle groups
- Adjust time parameters and reps
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Gamify your biofeedback therapy! Compatible with the mTrigger Biofeedback System, Muscle Ball lets you use your mTrigger exercises as a game controller. Use your muscles to navigate through a labyrinth and reach the goal gate. Chose between a wide variety of tracks based on muscle groups and difficulty. Connect your mTrigger device and adjust settings per exercise by modifying time parameters and reps for each play session.
Activ5
This app coaches you through personalized isometric strength training workouts using a portable device. It measures your strength, tracks progress, and provides detailed stats to help you identify weaknesses and prevent injury. Achieve a full-body workout in minutes, anywhere, anytime.
- Personalized isometric workouts
- Strength measurement
- Progress tracking
- Workout of the day
- Muscle group stats
- Exercise streak tracking
- Apple HealthKit integration
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Get in a great workout anywhere with the new Activ5 app! Activ5 is an innovative, portable strength training device and companion application that coaches you through personalized workouts, measures your strength, and tracks your progress over time. Utilizing isometric exercises, Activ5 lets you achieve a full body workout in a matter of minutes. At home, at work, or on-the-go, Activ5 offers a fun, effective and convenient, exercise routine designed to keep you active every day. Activ5 provides you with:: - A workout of the day - Professionally designed, personalized workouts - Automatically adjusted effort levels ensuring the right workout for your strength level - Detailed stats on every muscle group and muscle symmetry, allowing you to easily identify areas of weakness to prevent injury - Exercise streak tracking - Apple Healthkit integration Activ on social media? Keep up with us here: - facebook.com/Activbodies/ - twitter.com/Activbody_ - instagram.com/Activbody_ - linkedin.com/company/activbody-inc. What our users are saying: "I'm used to lifting weights only. I added this into my routine and what a difference. And now, with this virus going around and gyms not open, it's worth its weight in gold to me" - Brian Lacey "Love the program. Easy to use effectively; the App is helpful and encouraging. I think this will really help with strength without getting injured." - Jonathan Schochor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: mTrigger Muscle Ball at 67% against Activ5's 44%. mTrigger Muscle Ball also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0). Activ5's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (45 vs 4). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
mTrigger Muscle Ball holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Activ5 has 45 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of mTrigger Muscle Ball's written reviews are positive against 44% of Activ5's.
mTrigger Muscle Ball ships an update every 5 months, Activ5 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mTrigger Muscle Ball | Activ5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 4.0 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 43.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 45 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | mTrigger | Activbody, Inc. |
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mTrigger Muscle Ball
Activ5
In-app purchases
mTrigger Muscle Ball
No in-app purchases
Activ5
No in-app purchases









