BetterTogether vs Strive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
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.
- Interactive leaderboards
- 7 competition types
- Health App integration
- Smart Scale integration
- Charts and graphs
- Weight loss challenges
- Step tracking
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
BetterTogether ships an update weekly, Strive every 8 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | BetterTogether | Strive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7.8K ratings) | 4.8 (3.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.4% of reviews | 71.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.8K — better | 3.1K |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Social First Ltd. | Strive Competitions LLC |
Customer experience
BetterTogether
Strive
User reviews
BetterTogether
From 7.8K App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
BetterTogether
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Monthly with 14 days trial$4.991 Month
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- 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
- Lifetime SubscriptionFree
- Tip amount 1$1.99
- Tip amount 2$4.99
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- 12 weeks Subscription$19.99
- 12 weeks Subscription$27.99
- 12 weeks Subscription$31.99
- Lifetime Subscription$59.99
- Lifetime Subscription$99.99
Strive
- 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
- 10 Users$50.001 Year
- 25 Users$100.001 Year
- 100 Users$300.001 Year
- Public Challenges$5.00









