Comparison

YuMuuv vs Strive

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

Head to head
About

YuMuuv

This platform encourages physical activity for companies and communities by unifying objective health data. Users can connect their devices, participate in challenges, and track progress to promote long-term health benefits.

Highlights
  • Connect activity trackers and smartwatches
  • Participate in physical activity challenges
  • Compete with friends and colleagues
  • Track personal progress
  • Integrates with Apple Health, Google Fit, Garmin, Polar, Suunto
Features
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YuMuuv is a science-based physical activity promotion platform for companies and communities who are looking to raise health awareness. We mediate objective physical activity data in a simple, safe, and unifying way. The application does not contain any in-app purchases and is completely FREE to use if your activity/health mediator has redeemed and forwarded you the sign-up code. Our functionality is described here: - Get your company/community sign-up code and register your account - Activate your sport/smartwatch or activity monitor - Step into challenges and win prizes for being active - See your progress and compare yourself with your friends/colleagues - Be healthy and enjoy long-term benefits. We connect with all your favorite apps and devices – including Apple Health, Google Health (Fitbit), Garmin, Polar, and Suunto. YuMuuv

About

Strive

Compete in step challenges with friends and colleagues on an interactive leaderboard. Chat and encourage each other to reach your fitness goals. Offers individual and group plans for personalized or team-based motivation.

Highlights
  • Interactive Leaderboard
  • Step Challenges
  • Social Chat & Encouragement
  • Individual Plans
  • Group Plans
  • Employee Step Challenges
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

YuMuuv4 screens
Strive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: YuMuuv at none against Strive's 10. Strive's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 50%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. YuMuuv asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for YuMuuv against 4.8 for Strive. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.6K and 3.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of YuMuuv's written reviews are positive against 71% of Strive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YuMuuv ships an update weekly, Strive every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
YuMuuv versus Strive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYuMuuvStrive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better4.8 (3.1K ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K3.1K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB102 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperYuMuuvStrive Competitions LLC

Customer experience

YuMuuv

All ratings1,592 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative42.9%

Strive

All ratings3,070 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral4.4%
Negative24.2%

User reviews

YuMuuv

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Motivating and engaging
  • 🤝 Accountability and teamwork
  • 👍 Enjoyable challenge

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate step count sync
  • 🐛 Incomplete step data sync
  • 🤔 Challenging for non-tech users

Strive

From 3.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great customer service
  • 🚀 Amazing app for friendly competitions
  • 💡 Fun and motivating
  • 👍 Measuring goals
  • 🚀 Fantastic extrinsic motivator

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Subscription changed significantly
  • 🐛 Glitch
  • 🐛 Support nonexistent
  • 🐛 Doesn't work
  • 🐛 $ to connect to Fitbit , do deleting

Bugs and requests

YuMuuv

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sync issues with Apple Health and Fitbit
  • Syncing not updating correctly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Health app integration
  • Widgets
  • Water intake tracking

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

YuMuuv

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Strive

Subscriptions10
  • 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

Questions

Is YuMuuv free?
YuMuuv 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, YuMuuv or Strive?
YuMuuv is rated higher. YuMuuv averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Strive averages 4.8 from 3.1K ratings.
Do YuMuuv or Strive have ads?
Neither YuMuuv nor Strive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YuMuuv or Strive?
YuMuuv ships an update weekly, and Strive every 9 days. Most recently, YuMuuv was updated on November 3, 2026 and Strive on November 7, 2026.

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