Comparison

Live Better vs AX Core

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

AX Core

Features
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AX Core is your training operating system — one dashboard that brings together your lifting, recovery, sleep and nutrition. No more juggling four apps to understand whether today is a push day or a pull-back day. WHY AX CORE IS DIFFERENT Most workout trackers log your sets and stop there. AX Core combines your training with the data that actually predicts how hard you should push: HRV, sleep quality, resting heart rate, recovery score, and daily nutrition — all in one Today dashboard. Connect Apple Health and WHOOP to bring everything together automatically. TRAIN WITH STRUCTURE Follow expert-built programmes across strength, hypertrophy and HIIT — or build your own from scratch. Barbell, kettlebell and dumbbell programmes designed to progressively challenge you week after week. Pro users unlock an exclusive library of premium workouts, ready to go whenever you are. TRACK EVERY REP Log workouts with full set-by-set tracking, break personal records, and analyse your training volume over time. Live Activities keep your current set live on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island — no more pulling your phone out between sets. KNOW YOUR READINESS Daily readiness scoring tells you when to push hard and when to back off. HRV trends, sleep breakdown, active calories and nutrition macros — all in one place, updated automatically from Apple Health. COMPETE WITH RIVALS Connect with AX Rivals — the companion app that lets you challenge friends, training partners, and gym rivals to head-to-head fitness battles. Deep link straight from your AX Core workout into a live challenge. STAY ON STREAK Your home screen widget keeps your training streak front and centre — because consistency is the only programme that actually works. AX CORE PRO Unlock unlimited programmes, full training history, advanced analytics, CSV data export, and the complete Pro workout library. AX Rivals subscribers get an exclusive discounted rate. Log every rep. Beat every session.

Screenshots

Live Better4 screens
AX Core4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Live Better at none against AX Core's 1. Live Better also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.4). AX Core's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads and device support 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. AX Core sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Live Better asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Better ships an update every 2 months, AX Core every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Live Better versus AX Core: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive BetterAX Core
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews8.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperYour Leisure Kent LimitedAX Studio Labs Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Live Better

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AX Core

One-time1
  • AX Core Pro$12.99

Questions

Is Live Better free?
Live Better is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AX Core free?
AX Core is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Live Better or AX Core have ads?
Neither Live Better nor AX Core shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Live Better or AX Core?
Live Better ships an update every 2 months, and AX Core every 2 weeks. Most recently, Live Better was updated on November 3, 2026 and AX Core on October 28, 2026.

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