Lotus Smartime vs Basic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lotus Smartime
This app connects to your Lotus smartwatch to manage messages, calls, and health metrics like heart rate and sleep. It also tracks various sports activities, offers watch face customization, and provides remote control for music and camera.
- Heart rate monitoring
- Sleep pattern tracking
- Activity tracking (hiking, running, cycling)
- Calorie and distance measurement
- Watch face customization
- Music and camera remote control
- Notification control
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Lotus SmarTime Set your Lotus smart watch up and connect to the world of Lotus SmarTime through the functional and easy-to-use app, which has been designed to help you get the most from your new Lotus SmarTime watch. The intuitive app design makes controlling your messages and calls through your watch even easier. Other health related functions include a heart rate monitor (which keeps track of your heart rate during exercise), a sleep pattern monitor as well as reminders to drink water and to get up and move around. Sport plays an important role here too, as the system can track different kinds of activity, such as hiking, running, cycling or football and can also monitor calories, measure the distance covered and record the time spent doing a particular activity. Lotus SmarTime offers dial customization, allowing the user to choose between different watch faces. All models have a full touch display, giving easy access and flexibility when moving between other functions, which also include music and camera remote control, notification control and “Find my phone” options. The SmarTime app can share your activity data with Apple's Health app.
Basic
This app supports your fitness journey with personalized workouts, progress tracking, and nutrition tips. Access audio-guided exercises, training plans, and connect with coaches to achieve your health and fitness goals.
- Personalized workouts
- Training plans
- Audio coach workouts
- Progress tracking
- Nutrition tips
- QR code entry pass
- Club finder
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The Basic-Fit App is there to complete your personal fitness journey (and it is free for all members)! Find everything you need in one app; explore personalized workouts and inspiration, while accessing guidance and support. Easily build your own fitness habits and reach your goals by keeping track of your progress, getting health and nutrition tips, doing audio-guided workouts, and so much more! Making fitness your basic is not a journey you have to do alone. Let’s make fitness a basic together: anywhere, anytime, and Go For It! FEATURES: • QR code entry pass • Club & Home workouts • Training plans • Mind & Recovery • Audio coach workouts • Workout builder • Equipment tutorials • Workout reminder • Nutrition & Lifestyle • Personal profile page • Achievements (badges & streaks) • Progress page • Tips and tricks from the coach • Club finder • Club Popular Times • Overview of live classes EXTRA(S): • Personal Online Coach • Personal training intro • Find your coach or physiotherapist GET STARTED: Choose between various fitness goals to access a complete fitness experience with content tailored to your needs and level: • Weight loss • Muscle building • Get fit • Shape & Tone • Improve performance WORKOUTS: Whether you are a beginner or professionalTRAINING PLANS: Fitness plans for different fitness goals and with different duration. Train outdoor, at home only or combine home training & in-club training. Workout anywhere anytime to reach your goals and test your limits. AUDIO COACH: Put your headphones on and Go For It! With the Audio Coach you are always motivated when you do your workout. Have fun and stay motivated with a wide range of workouts with or without equipment and club machines. NUTRITION BLOGS & RECIPES: A healthy lifestyle is not all about working out, but also maintaining healthy nutrition habits. Take a look at our healthy and tasty recipes. Need a boost before or after your workout? Together with NXT Level, Basic-Fit provides you with several sports nutrition options to help you reach and maintain your fitness goals. PERSONAL TRAINERS: Find your personal trainer and book a session to get professional guidance! That way you can broaden your training knowledge and bring your fitness journey to the next level. Check out the articles written by our coaches in the tips & tricks category. PROGRESS: Track your progress such as the number of calories burned and your number of club visits. Keep an eye on your progress by connecting your devices and completing workouts or programs in the app. Check the overview of your daily progress and your latest achievements. The Basic-Fit app can be connected with Apple Health, which enables the collection of personal data from different Apple devices, such as iPhone and Apple Watch. CLUB POPULAR TIMES: gives you a prediction of the crowdedness of your home club, as well as all your favorites clubs. athlete, the app offers a variety of club & home workouts, anywhere, anytime. Find the perfect workout that matches your needs, based on your own level, fitness goals, and preferences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Basic at 56% against Lotus Smartime's 0%. Basic also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Lotus Smartime's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basic holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Basic has 169 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Lotus Smartime's written reviews are positive against 56% of Basic's.
Lotus Smartime ships an update every 3 months, Basic weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lotus Smartime | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (169 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 56.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 169 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Festina Lotus SA | Basic-Fit International b.v. |
Customer experience
Lotus Smartime
Basic
In-app purchases
Lotus Smartime
No in-app purchases
Basic
No in-app purchases









