Team ARU vs R3FORM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Team ARU
Easily book fitness classes, view schedules, and get facility updates. Stay informed about news, offers, and events with push notifications. Access membership information and contact details.
- Book fitness classes
- View class timetables
- Receive news and offers
- Access facility information
- Manage bookings
- View membership options
- Integrates with Apple HealthKit
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With the Team ARU app you always have your facility in your pocket with quick and easy access to book your favourite fitness classes and activities at our Cambridge, Chelmsford and Writtle campuses. Get up-to-date information, news, fitness class timetables, offers, events and receive push notifications for important news. FITNESS CLASS BOOKINGS Check availability, make a booking, amend a booking and cancel a booking – all on the move! CENTRE INFORMATION Find out about our opening times and facilities. NEWS AND PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Instantly get notified of centre news and events direct to your phone. With our app, you’ll immediately know when there are new events or classes, ensuring that you’ll never miss a thing. OFFERS Get push notifications for new offers so you always know about special promotions. MEMBERSHIPS AND ONLINE JOINING View our different types of membership to find the one which best suits you and join online. CONTACT US Easily contact us with site telephone numbers and email addresses or view directions and maps. 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.
R3FORM
Manage your fitness account, book classes, and stay connected with the studio. Easily message instructors, view announcements, and access shared content. This app simplifies your fitness journey and communication.
- Account management
- Class and event booking
- Direct messaging
- Public feed for announcements
- Content sharing
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The R3FORM app makes it very easy for you to manage your R3FORM account, book into our classes and events and keep in touch with us. You can easily message us if you have a question or want to share something with them. You can also follow our public feed to see any announcements we make, promos we run, or content we share.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Team ARU at every 2 months against R3FORM's every 3 months. R3FORM's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Team ARU against 5.0 for R3FORM. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: R3FORM has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Team ARU ships an update every 2 months, R3FORM every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Team ARU | R3FORM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anglia Ruskin | Momence, Inc. |
Customer experience
Team ARU
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In-app purchases
Team ARU
No in-app purchases
R3FORM
No in-app purchases
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