BetterTogether vs Friendly Competitions
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/
Friendly Competitions
Compete with friends in fitness challenges using your Health app data. Set custom rules for start/end dates and scoring to create unique competitions. Enjoy seamless integration without manual setup.
- Group fitness competitions
- Health app data integration
- Customizable competition rules
- Automatic data syncing
- Set start and end dates
- Flexible scoring models
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Friendly Competitions allows you to compete against groups of friends in fitness. It automatically uses your fitness goals and results from the Health app, without the need for pesky configuration. Create competitions like never before, like start & end date, scoring models and more. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BetterTogether at 4.7 against Friendly Competitions's 3.4. BetterTogether also leads on ratings volume (7.8K vs 7). Friendly Competitions's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. BetterTogether sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Friendly Competitions sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BetterTogether holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BetterTogether has 7.8K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of BetterTogether's written reviews are positive against 60% of Friendly Competitions's.
BetterTogether ships an update weekly, Friendly Competitions every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | BetterTogether | Friendly Competitions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7.8K ratings) — better | 3.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.4% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.8K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Social First Ltd. | Evan Cooper |
Customer experience
BetterTogether
Friendly Competitions
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
Friendly Competitions
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BetterTogether
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Monthly$6.991 Month
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- Monthly$9.991 Month
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Monthly$14.991 Month
- Yearly$34.991 Year
- Yearly$39.991 Year
- Tip amount 1$1.99
- Tip amount 2$4.99
Friendly Competitions
- Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Semi-Annually3 Days trial$6.996 Months
- Annually3 Days trial$12.991 Year
Questions
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