boAt Crest vs Maxima SmartFit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
boAt Crest
Connect your smart watch to your iPhone to track sleep, fitness activities, and calories. Customize your watch with various faces, find your phone from your wrist, and receive alerts for calls and messages. Earn badges and share progress with friends and family.
- Sleep tracking
- Fitness and activity tracking
- Customizable watchfaces
- Phone finder
- Call and message alerts
- Fitness rank and badges
- Share fitness progress
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The boAt Crest app allows you to link your smart watch with your iPhone. Sleep Tracking --------------- Auto track your Sleep duration and quality. Fitness and Activity Tracking ---------------------------- Track your Steps, Distance and Calories burnt along with support for multiple activities like Running, Cycling, Walking, Yoga, and many more. Watchfaces ----------- A variety of watchfaces to suit your style. Select and push desired watchfaces from the app. Phone Finder ------------- Find your phone from the watch using the Phone Finder feature. Alerts ------ Receive Sedentary reminders and alerts on watch for Calls, SMS and Social messages. Fitness Rank & Badges ----------------------- Earn badges as you keep fit and monitor how you stack up against others to get inspired and stay motivated. Fitness Buddies ---------------- Share your fitness progress with your friends & loved ones Wellness Crew -------------- Enable your collective wellbeing by sharing your vitals and other details with your family and friends. Apple Health ------------ Apple Health is integrated with this app so that you can track your health with awesome features of the Apple Health Application. We push Steps data to Health App for better analysis of data for users.
Maxima SmartFit
Track daily activities like steps, heart rate, and sleep with this app, compatible with specific smartwatches. Receive smart notifications for calls, messages, and social media. Manage camera controls and customize watch faces.
- Daily activity tracking (steps, heart rate, SpO2)
- Sleep monitoring
- Smart notifications (calls, SMS, apps)
- Camera control
- Cloud-based watch face customization
- Apple Health integration
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- This app is compatible with Maxima SmartFit compatible smartwatches and give detailed analysis of daily tracking activities like steps, Heart Rate, Sleep Monitor, SpO2 levels and many more - Stay all day connected with smart notifications for Calls, SMS & third-party party Apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube and your all favorite apps - Camera control can be easily managed through Maxima Smart Fit App - Cloud based watch faces can be changed with the help of app. - Some selected smartwatches compatible with calling function can be easily managed by Maxima Smart Fit app Apple Health App Sharing -Integrates with Apple Health App
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: boAt Crest at none against Maxima SmartFit's shown. boAt Crest also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (119 vs 4). Maxima SmartFit's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and iOS requirement (13 vs 16.0). On price, 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.
Maxima SmartFit holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: boAt Crest has 119 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
boAt Crest ships an update every 3 weeks, Maxima SmartFit every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | boAt Crest | Maxima SmartFit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (119 ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 119 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 618 MB | 338 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KaHa Pte Ltd. | Manjot Purewal |
Customer experience
boAt Crest
Maxima SmartFit
Bugs and requests
boAt Crest
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashes when viewing heart rate graphs
- Sync loop with configuration errors every 5 seconds
- Connection fails every 1 week requiring watch reset
- Time zone displays incorrectly (AM/PM issues)
- Watch face changes not persisting
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- OTP verification not working on iOS
- Steps not syncing after iOS 18 update
- App stuck at 'Additional Configuration' message
- Bluetooth calling feature not working despite being enabled
- Call notification toggle button non-functional
- App crashes after syncing completes
- Data sync issues with mobile OTP
- Watch model not appearing in app (Lunar Peak, BoAt Ultima Prime)
- Weather tracking feature not functioning
- Notifications stopping randomly
- Watch auto-restarting repeatedly
- Firmware update stuck at step 1 of 2
Requested features
14 requests- Facebook Messenger notifications support
- Sleep score and recovery score metrics
- Improved accuracy for sleep tracking and afternoon naps
- Pace data in walking activities
- Multiple activity trackers on tracking screen
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- Auto heart rate monitoring every 5 minutes
- Weightlifting/gym activity tracking
- More notification options (Messenger, Viber, Twitter)
- Background sync to allow app usage during sync
- Email login alternative to OTP
- SOS feature for all watch models
- Live watch faces
- Better watch face variety and information display
- Silent/mute option for smart rings
Maxima SmartFit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
boAt Crest
No in-app purchases
Maxima SmartFit
No in-app purchases
