Comparison

Live Better vs Cogs

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

Head to head
About

Live Better

Easily view activity programs, schedules, and courses, then book and manage your leisure activities and membership details directly within the app. Stay updated on the latest wellbeing news and events, and sync your activity data with HealthKit to encourage an active lifestyle.

Highlights
  • View activity programs and timetables
  • Book and manage leisure activities
  • Manage membership details
  • Make payments
  • Receive wellbeing news and events
  • Share activity data with HealthKit
Features
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The upgraded Live Better app, powered by our new online booking system, enhances your leisure experience allowing you to easily view activity programmes, timetables and courses and book in the app. Once signed in, you can book, manage bookings, manage your membership details, make payments and more. The app will remember your login details making booking the activities you love even quicker and simpler. Keep up to date with the latest wellbeing news and events direct to your phone ensuring that you’ll never miss a thing. The Live Better App is essential for living better by the seaside... 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.

About

Cogs

This app helps neurodivergent individuals identify personal burnout signs, understand energy levels, and develop positive wellbeing habits through reflection, movement, breathing, and stimming. It offers personalized insights and tools to support self-regulation and self-advocacy.

Highlights
  • Identify personal burnout signs
  • Understand energy levels
  • Develop wellbeing habits
  • Track burnout signs daily
  • Visualize energy levels
  • Save effective self-care practices
Features
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Built by neurodivergent people for neurodivergent people, the Cogs mobile app helps you avoid neurodivergent burnout and develop positive wellbeing habits. We help you live your best neurodivergent life by enabling you to: 1. Identify your personal burnout signs Cogs helps you discover the specific behaviours and thought patterns that show up more strongly when you’re burnt out. Understanding and tracking these is the first stop to beating burnout. 2. Understand your energy levels By tracking your burnout signs daily, Cogs visualises your energy levels for you, indicating when you can take on the day and when you need to prioritise self care. Understanding and communicating what you feel capable of is an important step in advocating for yourself 3. Develop good wellbeing habits Cogs helps you self-regulate and maintain good daily practices through reflection, movement, breathing and stimming. Once you’ve found the things that work for you, save them for later. They will appear on your self-care screen. All features of the Cogs app require a paid membership. Membership is offered for £7.99/month or £69.99/year with a 7 days free trial for new users. Price listed is for UK users and may be different in other regions. Existing subscribers are not eligible for a free trial. [:mav: 2.0.2]

Screenshots

Live Better4 screens
Cogs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cogs at 71% against Live Better's 8%. Cogs also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.5). Live Better's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cogs sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Live Better asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cogs holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Live Better's written reviews are positive against 71% of Cogs's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Better ships an update every 2 months, Cogs monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Live Better versus Cogs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive BetterCogs
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (4 ratings)3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.3% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB107 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperYour Leisure Kent LimitedCogs AI Ltd

Customer experience

Live Better

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive8.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative83.3%

Cogs

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

Live Better

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Cogs

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly membership14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly, £14.99 - Special offer$14.991 Year
  • Yearly, £17.99 - Special offer$17.991 Year
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  • Yearly £19.99 - Special offer$19.991 Year
  • Yearly, £24.99 - Special offer$24.991 Year
  • Yearly, £29.99$29.991 Year
  • Yearly, £34.99 - Special offer$34.991 Year
  • Yearly, £39.99$39.991 Year
  • Yearly, £59.99 - Special offer$59.991 Year
  • Annual membership14 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Live Better free?
Live Better is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cogs free?
Cogs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Live Better or Cogs?
Cogs is rated higher. Live Better averages 2.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Cogs averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Live Better or Cogs have ads?
Neither Live Better nor Cogs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Live Better or Cogs?
Live Better ships an update every 2 months, and Cogs monthly. Most recently, Live Better was updated on November 3, 2026 and Cogs on November 3, 2026.

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