Active Tameside vs Ethel Ready
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Active Tameside
Access real-time news, information, and alerts for multiple fitness centers. Book classes and courts easily, and stay updated on events. Integrates with HealthKit to track activity and encourage fitness.
- Real-time news and alerts
- Class and court booking
- Event information
- HealthKit integration
- Activity tracking
- Multiple center access
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With the Active Tameside app you have 24/7 access to everything you need to get the best out of our centres. Real-time news, info and alerts, quick and easy booking for classes and courts, and up-to-date events and information. The app covers: Active Copley Active Hyde & Hyde Leisure Pool Active iTrain & Soft Play Zone Active Ken Ward Active Medlock & Adventure Medlock Active Oxford Park Tameside Wellness Centre – Denton APPLE HEALTHKIT We also use HealthKit to allow users to share their activity and workout data with the app. This data is used to incentivise users to stay active.
Ethel Ready
Discover and track your progress climbing hills over 400m in the Peak District. Features an interactive map and a personal log to record your ascents. Offers a bonus challenge upon completing the main Ethels.
- Explore Peak District hills over 400m
- Track progress with a dated log
- Interactive OpenStreetMap
- Bonus Peak 75 challenge
- Featured on BBC TV and Radio 4
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Named after Ethel Haythornthwaite (the pioneer behind the Peak District National Park), the Ethels are all of the Peak District hills over 400m above sea level and significant lower prominent hills. Fewer, lower, easier and (for most of the UK's population) closer than the Munros of Scotland and the Wainwrights of the Lake District. Explore the highest hills of the Peak District. Track your progress through your own dated log and by using the interactive map from OpenStreetMap. Bonus level of the Peak 75 hills, on completion of the Ethels. Featured on BBC TV and Radio 4 The app is supported by the Peak District and South Yorkshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (Registered Charity Number 1094975). The app provides links to the charity's website if you want to make a donation or pay for membership. Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation © OpenStreetMap contributors © OpenTopoMap All images are subject to copyright © 2021 Doug Colton (or are used through Creative Commons Licence).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ethel Ready at 92% against Active Tameside's 43%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 Tameside ships an update every 6 weeks, Ethel Ready every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and July 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Active Tameside | Ethel Ready |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tameside Sports Trust | Doug Colton |
Customer experience
Active Tameside
Ethel Ready
In-app purchases
Active Tameside
No in-app purchases
Ethel Ready
No in-app purchases
Questions
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