Comparison

Moova vs Active Pause

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

Head to head
About

Moova

This app provides personalized reminders and guided activities to help desk workers and those with sedentary lifestyles incorporate regular movement breaks. It offers stretches, exercises, and mindfulness techniques to improve posture, reduce pain, and boost overall well-being.

Highlights
  • Personalized stand up reminders
  • Guided stretch routines
  • Activity breaks for all fitness levels
  • Focus timer with break alerts
  • Walking break step counter
  • Movement and sedentary pattern tracking
  • Mindfulness and breathing exercises
Features
Read full description

Do you find yourself glued to your chair for hours? Feeling stiff, sluggish, or experiencing back pain from too much sitting? It's time to stand up and move with Moova! Moova is the #1 movement break reminder for desk workers, remote professionals, and anyone living a sedentary lifestyle. Whether you're deskbound at home or in the office, Moova makes it easy to prioritize well-being with personalized stand up reminders and engaging activities that improve mobility and keep you tension-free. Hourly activity breaks can: • Relieve back pain, neck pain, sciatica, and stiff shoulders • Reduce RSI (repetitive strain injury) and carpal tunnel risk • Correct text neck and forward head posture from screen time • Increase flexibility and mobility in muscles and joints • Lower the risk of DVT (deep vein thrombosis) from prolonged sitting • Reduce blood sugar levels more effectively than a 30-minute workout • Improve posture, energy, and sleep quality • Boost circulation, metabolism, and core strength ▶ WHY MOOVA? ◀ [ EASY-TO-FOLLOW STRETCH ROUTINES ] Guided 5-minute desk stretch routines and gentle exercises to improve flexibility and combat stiffness — ideal for long days at the desk. [ GUIDED ACTIVITY BREAKS ] Accessible exercises for all fitness levels. No equipment needed — move, walk, breathe anytime. Perfect as a quick work break or pomodoro-style focus session. [ BUILT FOR ADHD & FOCUS ] Struggle with time blindness or hyperfocus? Moova's gentle break reminders help you stay aware of time passing, take regular movement breaks, and return to work refreshed. A focus timer that cares for your body too. [ WALKING BREAK STEP COUNTER ] Track your steps during walking breaks with the built-in pedometer, contributing to your daily step goal. [ CUSTOMIZABLE BREAK REMINDERS ] Reminders tailored to your schedule, ensuring regular movement without disrupting your work routine. Set hourly alerts or customize your own ergonomic break schedule. [ ACTIVE HOUR ACTIVITY TRACKER ] Track daily movement and sedentary patterns with daily, weekly, and monthly breakdowns. [ MINDFULNESS AND RELAXATION ] Breathing exercises designed to reduce stress, increase focus, and improve mental health. [ HEALTH APP INTEGRATION ] Sync activities for a holistic health overview within Apple's Health App. [ SCIENTIFIC BACKING ] Grounded in research, routines designed by experts to offset sedentary lifestyle risks including hip flexor tightness and slouched posture. [ OFFICE-FRIENDLY ROUTINES ] Discreet desk exercises you can do right at your workstation. [ UPGRADE TO PREMIUM ] Unlock full potential with our premium subscription, starting with a free 7-day trial. ▶ What Users Are Saying ◀ • "The office workouts are perfect for keeping me from getting sore from sitting all day." • "Game changer for my lower back pain." • "This app has improved my stiffness and tension significantly." • "Having ADHD, the reminders are perfect for helping me break hyperfocus and ensure I take time to care for myself while working hard." ----------- Don't let long hours at your desk take a toll on your health. Download Moova today. Questions or feedback? support@getmoova.app Terms: https://www.getmoova.app/terms Privacy: https://www.getmoova.app/privacy

About

Active Pause

This app offers guided office workouts and stretches to combat sedentary work. It features voice guidance, custom routines, and challenges to improve physical well-being and reduce stress. Earn trophies by burning calories to unlock more exercises.

Highlights
  • Guided office workouts
  • Voice and sound guidance
  • Customizable routines
  • Weight tracking
  • 7-28 day challenges
  • Specific body part focus
  • Trophy-based unlocking
Features
Read full description

Exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle because it prevents health problems, develops resistance, provides more energy and helps to reduce stress. With our app you can prevent health problems due to repetitive work or prolonged static positions in your workplace. You can do exercise anywhere you wish, no equipment needed. With text to speech engine included, you can perform the entire workout without interrupting the exercise. Additionally, you can activate a sound guide per second for best rhythm in the exercises. Each exercise contains an illustrative detail to facilitate their execution. It has warm-up workout and final stretch workout to improve training results. Additionally, we have the option to create custom workouts or custom the workouts that the app provide. All workouts are made by professionals and you can do them in the comfort of your home. You start your training with 200 trophies, and you can earn more burning calories. Trophies helps you to unlock more workouts. Some features are: * Weight control: Track your weight within the application. * Challenges: You can challenge yourself with challenges of 7, 14, 21 or 28 days. * General Pauses: These are exercise routines that help you to mobilize different parts of the body. * Visual pause: Helps you rest your eyes by preventing irritated eyes and visual fatigue. * Hands: Helps prevent diseases such as carpal tunnel. * Neck: Focuses on movements and stretches for the neck. * Hip: Helps you mobilize the middle and lower body. * Shoulders: Mainly mobilize the arms and shoulders. * Abdomen and back: Helps you prevent back pain. * As a couple: Helps to integrate work teams while preventing occupational diseases. * In a chair: This short break helps you exercise and mobilize your body without further interruption of work tasks. Terms and conditions: https://movilixa.com/eula-pausas-activas/ Privacy policies: https://movilixa.com/politica-privacidad-pausas-activas/ Before starting your routine remember: Ask your doctor to let you know the best exercise for your physical condition. Get hydrated before, during and after physical exercise.

Screenshots

Moova4 screens
Active Pause4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Moova at 4.8 against Active Pause's 4.0. Moova also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Moova sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Active Pause sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Moova holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moova has 1.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Moova's written reviews are positive against 50% of Active Pause's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moova ships an update every 2 weeks, Active Pause every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Moova versus Active Pause: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoovaActive Pause
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.7K ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.4% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.7K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size349 MB85 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBetter Primate Labs LtdMoviliXa SAS

Customer experience

Moova

All ratings1,749 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews146 reviews
Positive66.4%
Neutral6.2%
Negative27.4%

Active Pause

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Moova

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Reminders/notifications not working
  • Scheduling issues with default to AM time
  • Inability to renew subscription
  • Inability to cancel subscription

Requested features

6 requests
  • Female avatar option
  • More flexible interval settings
  • Ability to favorite/dislike exercises
  • Calculation of total workout minutes per day
  • Background music option
Show 1 more
  • Apple Watch integration

Active Pause

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Moova

Subscriptions15
  • Moova Plus$6.991 Month
  • Moova Plus$7.991 Month
  • Moova Plus$9.991 Month
Show 12 more
  • Moova Plus$11.991 Month
  • Moova Plus7 Days trial$11.993 Months
  • Moova Plus$12.991 Month
  • Moova Plus7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Moova Plus$38.491 Year
  • Moova Plus7 Days trial3 variants$39.991 Year
  • StretchMinder Plus$39.991 Year
  • Moova Plus7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Moova Plus$54.991 Year
  • Moova Plus7 Days trial$54.991 Year
  • Moova Plus7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Moova Plus1 Year trial$59.991 Year
7 purchases

Active Pause

Subscriptions4
  • Premium one month$0.491 Month
  • Premium 3 months$0.993 Months
  • Premium 6 months$1.496 Months
Show 1 more
  • Premium one year$1.991 Year
One-time3
  • One year Ad-free version$1.99
  • Three years Ad-free version$3.99
  • Lifetime Ad-free version$4.99

Questions

Is Moova free?
Moova is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Active Pause free?
Active Pause is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Moova or Active Pause?
Moova is rated higher. Moova averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Active Pause averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Moova or Active Pause have ads?
Active Pause shows ads; Moova does not.
Which is updated more often, Moova or Active Pause?
Moova ships an update every 2 weeks, and Active Pause every 2 months. Most recently, Moova was updated on September 24, 2026 and Active Pause on September 21, 2026.

Other comparisons