Comparison

Wainwrights vs thrive leisure

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Wainwrights

Discover and navigate the Lake District's fells with an interactive map. Track your climbs of the 214 Wainwright mountains and hills, and optionally log the 116 Outlying Fells. A personal log helps monitor your progress on these iconic peaks.

Highlights
  • Interactive OpenStreetMap for fells
  • User location and grid reference
  • Personal progress log
  • Track 214 Wainwrights
  • Log 116 Outlying Fells
Features
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Explore the fells of the Lake District using an interactive map from OpenStreetMap, with the user's location and grid reference. Track your progress on your personal log. Are you ready for the challenge of climbing the Lake District's Wainwrights? The 214 Wainwright mountains and hills were established by Alfred Wainwright in his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells in the 1950s and 1960s. There is also an option for logging Wainwright's 116 Outlying Fells. The app supports The Wainwright Society. Base map and data from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation © OpenStreetMap contributors. All images are subject to copyright through Creative Commons Licence.

About

thrive leisure

Book fitness classes, view timetables, and manage your bookings on the go. Receive instant updates on news, offers, and events. Connect with Apple HealthKit to track your activity and stay motivated.

Highlights
  • Book fitness classes and activities
  • View real-time class and swim timetables
  • Manage bookings (amend, cancel)
  • Receive news and event notifications
  • View membership options and join online
  • Integrate with Apple HealthKit for activity tracking
Features
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With the thrive leisure app you always have your facility in your pocket with quick and easy access to book your favourite fitness classes and activities. Get up-to-date information, news, fitness class timetables, public swim timetables, offers, events and receive push notifications for important news. TIMETABLES Get real-time access to your centre’s timetable for classes and activities. MANAGE BOOKINGS Check availability, make a booking, amend a booking and cancel a booking – all on the move! NEWS AND PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Instantly get notified of centre news and events direct to your phone. With our app, you’ll immediately know when there are new events or classes, ensuring that you’ll never miss a thing. OFFERS Get push notifications for new offers so you always know about special promotions. MEMBERSHIPS AND ONLINE JOINING View our different types of membership to find the one which best suits you and join online. CONTACT US Easily contact us with site telephone numbers and email addresses or view directions and maps. 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.

Screenshots

Wainwrights4 screens
thrive leisure4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wainwrights at 89% against thrive leisure's 14%. Wainwrights also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wainwrights ships an update monthly, thrive leisure every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Wainwrights versus thrive leisure: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWainwrightsthrive leisure
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB113 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDoug ColtonDurham County Council

Customer experience

Wainwrights

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral7.4%
Negative3.7%

thrive leisure

Written reviews14 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative78.6%

In-app purchases

None

Wainwrights

No in-app purchases

None

thrive leisure

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wainwrights free?
Wainwrights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is thrive leisure free?
thrive leisure is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wainwrights or thrive leisure have ads?
Neither Wainwrights nor thrive leisure shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wainwrights or thrive leisure?
Wainwrights ships an update monthly, and thrive leisure every 3 months. Most recently, Wainwrights was updated on November 3, 2026 and thrive leisure on October 30, 2026.

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