Live Better vs Cogs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Identify personal burnout signs
- Understand energy levels
- Develop wellbeing habits
- Track burnout signs daily
- Visualize energy levels
- Save effective self-care practices
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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]
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
Live Better ships an update every 2 months, Cogs monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Live Better | Cogs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (4 ratings) | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Your Leisure Kent Limited | Cogs AI Ltd |
Customer experience
Live Better
Cogs
In-app purchases
Live Better
No in-app purchases
Cogs
- 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









