Comparison

BetterTogether vs Strive

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

Head to head
About

BetterTogether

This app transforms weight loss into a fun, social experience through challenges and competitions with friends and family. It offers tools like water tracking, BMI calculation, and dietician advice to support your health journey.

Highlights
  • Fitness challenges and competitions
  • Water intake tracker
  • BMI calculator and tracker
  • Access to dietician advice
  • Weekly targets and progress tracking
  • Step counter and tracker syncing
Features
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Lose weight with the people you already know. BetterTogether turns weight loss into a group challenge with friends, family or coworkers, so you stay motivated and accountable every day. START A GROUP CHALLENGE Create a challenge in seconds, invite your crew with a link, and compete on weight loss, steps or water, and set a prize for the winner. Weigh in daily, follow the leaderboard, chat with your group and cheer each other on. Join 300,000+ people who are getting fit together. WHAT YOU GET • Group challenges for weight loss, steps and water • Set a prize for the winner • Leaderboards that show who is winning • Group chat to keep everyone motivated • AI food log: snap a photo of your meal to get estimated calories and macros • AI Wellness Assistant to help you stay on track • Daily weigh-ins and a simple weight tracker • Step counter and water tracker • BMI calculator • Auto-sync with Apple Health and Fitbit PERFECT FOR • Weight loss challenges with coworkers • Family competitions • Friends who want to get fit together • Getting ready for a wedding, vacation or the New Year Start a challenge today. Losing weight is easier together. ------------------ If you purchase a monthly, yearly or lifetime subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account. Your account will automatically be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription unless you disable auto-renew. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time by going to your Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy policy: https://www.bettertogether-app.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.bettertogether-app.com/terms-and-conditions-of-use/ Licensed Application End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Strive

Compete in fitness challenges with friends using various metrics like weight loss, steps, and body fat. Track your progress with integrated health data and visualize your journey with insightful charts and graphs.

Highlights
  • Interactive leaderboards
  • 7 competition types
  • Health App integration
  • Smart Scale integration
  • Charts and graphs
  • Weight loss challenges
  • Step tracking
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

BetterTogether4 screens
Strive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: BetterTogether at free with in-app purchases against Strive's subscription. Strive's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. BetterTogether sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Strive sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for BetterTogether against 4.8 for Strive. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7.8K and 3.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of BetterTogether's written reviews are positive against 71% of Strive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BetterTogether ships an update weekly, Strive every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BetterTogether versus Strive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetterTogetherStrive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7.8K ratings)4.8 (3.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.4% of reviews71.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.8K — better3.1K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB101 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperSocial First Ltd.Strive Competitions LLC

Customer experience

BetterTogether

All ratings7,816 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive64.4%
Neutral11.5%
Negative24.0%

Strive

All ratings3,050 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive71.1%
Neutral4.4%
Negative24.4%

User reviews

BetterTogether

From 7.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for group challenges
  • 👍 Motivating and accountability
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Helpful customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and unreliable
  • 🔒 Paywall locks core features
  • 🔍 Difficult to add friends/join groups
  • 🔍 Confusing or unintuitive interface

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

BetterTogether

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes or fails to load
  • Steps/floors not tracking accurately
  • Invitation links not working
  • Profile pictures not staying static

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow editing of weight and other data
  • Integrate with more fitness trackers
  • Add option to switch between metric/imperial units
  • Improve syncing and data 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

20 purchases

BetterTogether

Subscriptions12
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Monthly with 14 days trial$4.991 Month
Show 9 more
  • Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly$9.991 Year
  • Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Yearly$24.991 Year
  • Yearly$34.991 Year
  • Yearly with 14 days trial$34.991 Year
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time8
  • Lifetime SubscriptionFree
  • Tip amount 1$1.99
  • Tip amount 2$4.99
Show 5 more
  • 12 weeks Subscription$19.99
  • 12 weeks Subscription$27.99
  • 12 weeks Subscription$31.99
  • Lifetime Subscription$59.99
  • Lifetime Subscription$99.99
14 purchases

Strive

Subscriptions13
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Strive Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Strive Monthly$2.991 Month
Show 10 more
  • 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
  • 10 Users$50.001 Year
  • 25 Users$100.001 Year
  • 100 Users$300.001 Year
One-time1
  • Public Challenges$5.00

Questions

Is BetterTogether free?
BetterTogether is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Strive free?
Strive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BetterTogether or Strive?
Strive is rated higher. BetterTogether averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7.8K ratings, while Strive averages 4.8 from 3.1K ratings.
Do BetterTogether or Strive have ads?
BetterTogether shows ads; Strive does not.
Which is updated more often, BetterTogether or Strive?
BetterTogether ships an update weekly, and Strive every 8 days. Most recently, BetterTogether was updated on November 3, 2026 and Strive on November 3, 2026.

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