Active Tameside vs Training Buddy
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.
Training Buddy
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Meet Training Buddy — your friendly, focused companion for building better gym habits, staying motivated, and making progress that actually sticks. Training Buddy logs all your workouts with ease. No overwhelm. No guilt. Just a simple clean interface that keeps you moving forward. Why you’ll love it • Create custom workouts and templates that you can use whenever you like. • Comprehensive PR tracking. • Huge list of exercises and ability to add more. Ability to track any variables against those exercises, and also track muscle groups. • Separate gym class section with built in classes (and of course, you can add whatever you like) • Calendar view for ease of viewing. • Body weight and measurement tracker. • Track your progress on the progress tab. • Instant 1 rep max calculations • Your data stays yours — No accounts, no tracking, no fuss. Small steps. Big progress. Training Buddy is here to keep it simple and help you achieve your maximum.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Training Buddy at weekly against Active Tameside's every 6 weeks. Active Tameside's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). 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 Tameside ships an update every 6 weeks, Training Buddy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Active Tameside | Training Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tameside Sports Trust | Joby Spragg |
In-app purchases
Active Tameside
No in-app purchases
Training Buddy
No in-app purchases
Questions
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