Active World vs SimplyPortal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Active World
Manage your leisure center activities, view upcoming classes, book new sessions, and track progress. Communicate with staff, manage personal details, and receive digital awards for achievements. This app serves as a key communication tool between users and their leisure center.
- View upcoming classes
- Book new classes
- Track learning pathways
- Receive digital awards
- Message center staff
- Manage personal and billing details
- Add relatives to account
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The Active World app is your self managed personal portal and companion app for the Active World Leisure Management solution. Just enter your centre's name or scan its QR code to connect to your centre. Active World allows you to: • View upcoming classes • Book new classes • Advise of your child’s non-attendance and book make-up lessons • Track learning pathways and progression • Receive digital awards for effort, teamwork, perseverance and having FUN! • Send and receive messages to the Centre staff • Manage personal and billing details • Add relatives to your account so they also have visibility of schedules and progression Active World is the key communication tool used between you and your leisure centre.
SimplyPortal
Manage your activities at a registered center, including attendance and makeup classes. Review account details, make payments, and set up direct debit agreements. Download and select your center to begin.
- Manage attendance
- Schedule makeup classes
- Review account details
- Make payments
- Setup direct debit agreements
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SimplyPortal is your easy to use app to manage your activities at your registered centre. Manage attendance and makeup classes, as well as reviewing account details, make payments, setup direct debit agreements plus so much more. Download and select your centre to get started.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Active World at every 6 weeks against SimplyPortal's every 12 months. Active World also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). SimplyPortal's advantage is review sentiment (43% vs 19%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Active World ships an update every 6 weeks, SimplyPortal every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Active World | SimplyPortal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 19.4% of reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Zappasoft Pty Ltd | SimplySwim Australia Pty. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Active World
SimplyPortal
Bugs and requests
Active World
Reported bugs
28 issues- App crashes on startup after update
- App won't open after update
- Cannot book classes after update
- Login issues (wrong password/email)
- 500 error when changing password
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- GET method not supported for route
- App crashes on iPhone
- Cannot see schedule after update
- Keyboard freezes in front of selections
- Cannot add family member (server error)
- Cannot see classes after iOS update
- Cannot suspend or cancel membership
- App not functional with website
- Cannot access booking box since last update
- App shuts down when touching search/book classes tile
- App closes when selecting an icon
- Cannot reset location/preferred leisure center
- Cannot cancel or suspend membership
- App barely functional, nil comms with site
- Cannot remove booking
- Cannot pay through payment
- Unauthorised when resetting password
- Cannot update swim lessons
- Full classes disappear from search
- App doesn't show if you have already booked a class
- Cannot book classes even with active subscription
- Cannot see my son's swim schedule
- App doesn't download since updating
Requested features
20 requests- Sync with phone calendar
- Option to disable notifications
- Easily save favorite venues
- Improve class search and filter functions
- Add waitlist option for full classes
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- Show full classes instead of hiding them
- Ability to see if already booked into a class
- Quick links in the center of the app
- Add calendar sync option
- Break up calendar with daily list
- Add images to class lists
- Make home screen customizable
- Add Apple Wallet integration for gym access
- Ability to type to find center instead of spinning
- Save payment details
- Ability to view multiple centers without signing out
- Option to add family members
- Show age progress after booking a class (optional feature)
- Allow users to pull out of classes until they start
- Add a counter for attended classes
SimplyPortal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Active World
No in-app purchases
SimplyPortal
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Active World free?
Is SimplyPortal free?
Do Active World or SimplyPortal have ads?
Which is updated more often, Active World or SimplyPortal?
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