ELA Active vs Aretas Performance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ELA Active
Easily book fitness classes, gym sessions, and swimming times. Stay updated with real-time timetables, news, and special offers. Manage your membership and share your activities with friends.
- Fitness class and facility booking
- Real-time timetables
- News and push notifications
- Centre information
- Membership management
- Activity sharing
- HealthKit integration
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Always have ELA Active in your pocket with our easy app, the quickest way to book your favourite classes, activities, swimming and gym facilities. Get up-to-date information, news, timetables, offers and events. FITNESS CLASS & FACILITY BOOKINGS Direct access to all sports centre activities and classes – all on the move! Save your favourites to make rebooking easy and get push notifications to remind you! TIMETABLES Access to real-time timetables. NEWS & PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Instant notification of news and events from ELA, direct to your mobile device. With the ELA Active app, we'll keep you up to date with all new events and activities, ensuring you never miss a thing! CENTRE INFORMATION Find out all the information you need about our opening times, gym facilities and swimming pool, as well as full details on facility hire, club sport and how to contact us for advice and support. OFFERS Get push notifications for new offers, so you are always in the know about special promotions specific to you. MEMBERSHIP & ONLINE JOINING Direct access to all our membership options. There's something for everyone – find the membership that suits your needs, and join directly through the app. SHARE THROUGH FACEBOOK, TWITTER & INSTAGRAM Keep our community alive and share your activity through our social media platforms. 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.
Aretas Performance
This app helps you manage your health and fitness journey by allowing you to book classes, connect with club staff and members, and access club news. It also features a recipe library and integrates with Apple Health to track your progress.
- Book classes online
- Contact club staff
- Connect with members
- View club news and events
- Recipe library
- Apple Health integration
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Guiding you through your health and fitness journey! - Book classes online in just a few clicks - Contact club staff directly - Interact and get to know your fellow members - See all the latest club news, offers and events - Recipes Library Apple Health App Integration Track your progress with our HealthKit app integration to import and measure your daily steps, distance or calories burnt. Also use HealthKit to import your data from a range of different wearable devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ELA Active at every 6 weeks against Aretas Performance's every 6 months. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 ELA Active against 5.0 for Aretas Performance. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
ELA Active ships an update every 6 weeks, Aretas Performance every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ELA Active | Aretas Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eastern Learning Alliance | TeamUp Sports |
Customer experience
ELA Active
Aretas Performance
In-app purchases
ELA Active
No in-app purchases
Aretas Performance
No in-app purchases
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