Comparison

Lively vs Stella

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

Head to head
About

Lively

This app helps you understand and align with your body's natural cycle. It provides personalized daily tips for nutrition, exercise, and self-care based on your menstrual phase. It also supports pregnancy and postpartum journeys, and offers a unique partner syncing feature.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily tips by cycle phase
  • Nutrition and sports guidance
  • Self-care recommendations
  • Pregnancy and postpartum support
  • Partner syncing for shared insights
  • Ovulation and period tracking
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Meet Lively Cycle, the premier app for aligning with your cycle to enhance every day. Personalised daily tips are tailored to your menstrual phase and hormone levels, empowering you to navigate each day with confidence and ease. Lively® Cycle app offers guidance on nutrition, sports, and self-care, ensuring you feel supported and nurtured throughout your entire cycle. Unlike men, who function on a 24-hour cycle, women experience a unique 28-day cycle that influences their mood, energy, and well-being. Enjoy Lively with your partner using the "Partner Syncing" feature. Share cycle phases and moods in a private setting to deepen your connection. This unique app experience keeps you in tune with each other’s needs, enhancing understanding and closeness. Your menstrual cycle has four phases, and we've got your back through them all: MENSTRUAL: Time to shed the uterine lining and start anew! Focus on rest, self-care, and light exercise. FOLLICULAR: Feel the energy and creativity boost! Let's set goals, plan, and enjoy nourishing foods. OVULATORY: Embrace your peak fertility and energy. This is the perfect time for socializing, working out, and maintaining a balanced diet. Lively also supports your Pregnancy and Postpartum journey. As your body changes, Lively provides expert-backed insights on nutrition, movement, and self-care tailored to each stage of pregnancy and postpartum recovery. Stay informed about your baby’s growth, track key milestones, and receive gentle reminders to support your well-being. With Partner Syncing, your partner can also access guidance on how to be there for you, making this journey smoother for both of you. LUTEAL: Time to unwind and reflect. Indulge in nurturing activities and satisfy cravings with healthy alternatives. Perimenopause, Menopause Tracker - Discover patterns over time, and better understand what may be happening in your body. When periods are no longer the center of your health journey, Lively continues to support you. What sets Lively apart is not just its comprehensive cycle tracking but also its inclusion of a unique aesthetic period tracker and an ovulation tracker, designed with elegance and sophistication. Lively ensures your health data stays in sync with Apple Health, allowing for an integrated approach to managing your well-being. With Livelyby your side, you'll stay in sync with your body's natural rhythm, optimizing your well-being, energy, and mood. We'll help you make the most of your 28-day cycle and enhance your daily life. From nourishing your body with the right foods to finding the best exercise routines and practicing self-care, Lively has you covered. Ready to start your journey? Join the Lively® community today and let's begin syncing your cycle to transform your everyday life! Join community: IG: @livelycycle Terms and conditions: https://livelycycle.com/terms-conditions/ Privacy policy: https://livelycycle.com/privacy/ Subscription pricing and terms: Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. If we receive a refund request for an in-app purchase, we may provide Apple with information about the user's in-app purchase activity. This could include details such as time since app installation, total app usage time, an anonymous account identifier, whether the in-app purchase was fully consumed, whether it included a trial period, the total amount spent, and the total amount refunded."

About

Stella

Understand your skin's appearance and track changes over time with guided scans. Get personalized advice on your skincare routine and identify what deserves your attention. Connect health data to see how lifestyle factors influence your skin.

Highlights
  • Guided skin scans
  • Track appearance metrics (hydration, redness, texture)
  • Monitor changes over time
  • Personalized focus recommendations
  • Skincare routine guidance
  • Log products and connect Apple Health
  • Weekly skin reports
Features
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Understand your skin. Get more from your routine. Know what deserves your attention, how to use your skincare and what to consider next. Stella brings your skin scans and routine together, with guidance based on your own record. GET TO KNOW YOUR SKIN Start with a guided scan in about 30 seconds. See how your skin looks across a wide range of appearance metrics, from hydration and redness to texture and lines. NOTICE CHANGES YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE MISS Small changes can be hard to remember. Stella keeps track for you, so you can see how each metric has moved this week, this month or further back. KNOW WHERE TO FOCUS You don't have to work on everything at once. Ask Stella which score deserves your attention and get an explanation based on your record. Your weekly report brings together what changed and what stayed steady, with a few things worth trying. GET MORE FROM THE ROUTINE YOU HAVE Get help understanding how and when to use your products, how to introduce something new and what to consider before changing your routine. Ask Stella: - What should I focus on first? - Am I using my products the right way? - How should I introduce a new product? - What has changed in my skin since last month? Keep the conversation going whenever you have another question. Each thread is saved so you can pick it up later. MAKE SENSE OF CHANGES BEYOND YOUR SKINCARE Your routine is part of the picture. Log the products you use and connect Apple Health to bring supported sleep, activity and cycle data alongside your scans. Look back at what else was happening when your skin changed. SKIN SCIENCE LED BY DERMATOLOGIST DR ALICE RUDD Stella describes how your skin appears in each scan and how that appearance changes over time. It doesn't establish what caused a change. What Stella tracks: - Skin Sensitivity: hydration, texture, redness, surface oil - Clarity & Breakouts: breakouts, pores, acne marks - Tone & Pigmentation: pigmentation, sun spots, melasma, freckles - Aging & Structure: fine lines, deep lines, sagging - Eye Area: dark circles, puffiness, eye bags YOUR SKIN RECORD BELONGS TO YOU Your scan images and skin metrics are yours. If you want them deleted, email info@seestella.co and we'll do it. See the privacy policy for how your information is used and the choices available to you. FREE TO USE Scan your skin, follow changes, read your weekly report and ask Stella about your routine. Stella is free to use. Stella provides appearance-level observations only. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat or assess skin conditions. Ask Stella does not give medical advice. For a persistent or concerning skin issue, see a healthcare professional. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lively4 screens
Stella4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lively and Stella both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Stella's written reviews are positive against 52% of Lively's. Lively's advantage is ratings volume (55K vs 8) and chart position (#48 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Lively sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Stella sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stella holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lively has 55K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Lively's written reviews are positive against 100% of Stella's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lively ships an update every 10 days, Stella every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Lively versus Stella: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLivelyStella
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (55K ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings55K — better8
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#48 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size206 MB137 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLively Cycle, LLCSee Stella Pty Ltd

Customer experience

Lively

All ratings54,650 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews1,007 reviews
Positive52.1%
Neutral10.9%
Negative36.9%

Stella

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Lively

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Logging issues and data loss
  • Syncing problems with Apple Health
  • Inconsistent app performance

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add custom symptom tracking
  • Improve partner syncing for LGBTQ+ couples
  • Integrate temperature/ovulation tracking
  • Provide more detailed hormone insights
  • Include pregnancy/postpartum tracking

Stella

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Lively

Subscriptions16
  • Weekly membership3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Monthly membership3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Monthly membership$4.991 Month
Show 13 more
  • Premium for couples$9.991 Month
  • Lively Partner Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • premium$14.991 Year
  • Annual Membership$18.991 Year
  • premium7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • premium7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Annual Membership7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Lively Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Premium membership1 Year trial$39.991 Year
  • Annual Membership7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Lively Premium$39.991 Year
  • Premium membership7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Lively Partner Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
2 purchases

Stella

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$11.991 Month
  • Stella Premium14 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Lively free?
Lively is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stella free?
Stella is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lively or Stella?
Stella is rated higher. Lively averages 4.8 out of 5 from 55K ratings, while Stella averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Lively or Stella have ads?
Neither Lively nor Stella shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lively or Stella?
Lively ships an update every 10 days, and Stella every 6 days. Most recently, Lively was updated on November 1, 2026 and Stella on October 30, 2026.

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