Team ARU vs ActivityBuddy
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.
ActivityBuddy
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App for booking Activity Group sessions at the Club, School and Holiday Camps. Members can enroll themselves and family members in the app. Members can add any of family members to the individual sessions and make payment using Stripes, BACS. Discount features - Early Payment, Sibling, Full Course, One Off, etc. New version is much of more interactive. Member should be able to send notification to coach from App itself. Two way communication within the app between coach and member.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Team ARU at 15.0 against ActivityBuddy's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Team ARU ships an update every 2 months, ActivityBuddy every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 20, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Team ARU | ActivityBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ANGLIA RUSKIN DEVELOPMENT LTD | ActivityPro Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Team ARU
No in-app purchases
ActivityBuddy
No in-app purchases









