Activ5 vs SmartCuffs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
SmartCuffs
This app pairs with specialized cuffs to enable Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training. BFR uses low-intensity exercise with reduced arterial flow to achieve results similar to high-intensity training, allowing for muscle growth and strength gains with lighter loads.
- Connects to SmartCuffs 4.0 devices
- Enables Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training
- Supports low-intensity exercise
- Utilizes TriPressure technology
- Offers continuous BFR
- Offers intermittent BFR
- Offers resting BFR
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The SmartCuffs app is designed to connect to your SmartCuffs 4.0 devices. Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training is a technique in which combines low-intensity exercise under reduced arterial flow conditions. BFR is quantifiably and objectively reducing the amount of blood flow into an extremity by using a specially made medical tourniquet. BFR allows individuals to use low loads yet achieve results similar to high intensity training. The SmartCuffs 4.0 is the only wireless BFR cuff in the world that contains our TriPressure technology. This allows for 3 types of evidenced-based, research supported BFR (continuous, intermittent, and resting BFR).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Activ5 at 4.1 against SmartCuffs's 2.4. Activ5 also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 21%). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Activ5 holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Activ5's written reviews are positive against 21% of SmartCuffs's.
Activ5 ships an update every 2 months, SmartCuffs monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Activ5 | SmartCuffs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (44 ratings) — better | 2.4 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.6% of reviews — better | 20.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Activbody, Inc. | Smart Tools Plus, LLC |
Customer experience
Activ5
SmartCuffs
In-app purchases
Activ5
No in-app purchases
SmartCuffs
No in-app purchases








