FORMAT Virtual vs My Livewire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FORMAT Virtual
Access a variety of fitness classes like Barre, HIIT, and Strength anytime, anywhere. Engage with live and on-demand sessions featuring 2-way video, leaderboards, and community chat. Track your progress and heart rate by connecting wearable devices.
- Livestream and on-demand classes
- Barre, HIIT, and Strength workouts
- 2-way video functionality
- Leaderboard sweat points
- Community chat
- Wearable device integration for heart rate and calorie tracking
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Bring your Barre, HIIT, or Strength practice on the go. With the FORMAT Livestream and On-Demand app, you now have access to stream your favorite teachers any time, any where! Join us for some of our most popular classes! FORMAT Barre FORMAT HIITBarre FORMAT Strength FORMAT HIIT FORMAT HIIT30 With 2-way video functionality, leaderboard sweat points, community chat, and more, we are excited to bring you an immersive and engaging fitness experience. You can also connect your wearable* to track your heart rate and calories burned during live and on-demand workouts. Download the app today to get started! *Connecting your Apple Watch requires sharing your Health App health information to measure heart rate and calories, as well as earn higher leaderboard points in zone 2-4 max heart rate zones. Terms of Use: https://formatlive.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://formatlive.com/privacy
My Livewire
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Your gym's classes, in your pocket. Livewire connects you to the classes and trainers you love — wherever you are. We partner with gyms, studios, and fitness brands to stream their classes straight to your phone, so a missed session never means a missed workout. GETTING STARTED IS EASY Download Livewire for free, enter the join code from your gym or studio (or tap their invite link), and you're in. The app instantly becomes your club — their classes, their trainers, their look. CLASSES FOR EVERY MOOD HIIT, strength, cycle, dance, yoga, pilates, reformer, mobility, and meditation. From 10-minute resets to full 45-minute rides — filter by category, duration, and intensity to find exactly the session you need. LIVE SESSIONS Join your club's scheduled live classes and train in real time with the coaches you know. PICKED FOR YOU Choose the class styles you love and Livewire curates your feed around them — daily picks, featured classes, and one tap to resume where you left off. A PLAYER BUILT FOR TRAINING Fast, distraction-free, full-screen playback with 15-second skips and automatic session tracking. Your screen stays awake; your flow stays unbroken. EVERY CLASS COUNTS Streaks, minutes trained, weekly activity, and classes completed — tracked automatically in a clean dashboard. Connect Apple Health to sync your stats and set up your profile in seconds. FIND YOUR CLUB Livewire powers a growing network of gyms and studios. Ask your club for their join code, or follow the invite link they've shared — and take your next class today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: My Livewire at weekly against FORMAT Virtual's every 4 months. 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.
FORMAT Virtual ships an update every 4 months, My Livewire weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FORMAT Virtual | My Livewire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Format Fitness Corp | Studios TV FZ LLE |
In-app purchases
FORMAT Virtual
No in-app purchases
My Livewire
No in-app purchases
Questions
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