Comparison

Active Goals vs PaceVault

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

Head to head
About

Active Goals

This app helps you set and achieve personalized fitness goals, track progress with detailed metrics, and stay motivated through streaks and insights. It integrates seamlessly with Apple Health to provide a comprehensive overview of your activity.

Highlights
  • Personalized goal setting (activity, distance, time, elevation, calories)
  • In-depth progress tracking and stats
  • Apple Health integration for workout data
  • Yearly, monthly, and weekly performance breakdowns
  • Goal streak tracking for consistency
  • Activity insights for motivation
Features
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Stay on track and crush your workout goals with Active Goals — the app designed for active people who want to stay consistent and achieve more! KEY FEATURES * Set and Achieve Your Goals: Create personalized goals for Activity, Distance, Time, Elevation, and Calories. * Stay Motivated: Track your progress with in-depth goal metrics and stats. * Seamless Health Integration: Read your existing workouts directly from the Apple Health app for a complete overview. * Smart Progress Tracking: Review recent activity and trends to help you set realistic and achievable goals. * Break It Down: Get detailed yearly, monthly, and weekly breakdowns of your performance. * Goal Streaks: Keep track of your goal streaks and stay motivated by hitting new consistency milestones. * Goal Insights: Track your progress against recent activity to stay motivated and push towards your goals. Active Goals helps you stay consistent, stay motivated, and reach new heights. Whether you're training for a marathon, improving your fitness, or setting daily activity goals, this app provides all the tools you need to succeed. Download now and take the first step toward your next achievement! TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Apple Health Integration: Active Goals reads your workout data stored in the Health app, including workouts tracked by your Apple Watch. The app also supports workouts logged by third-party apps, but please note that some workout details might be incomplete depending on the data shared by those apps. Apple Watch Support: For the best experience, use Active Goals with your Apple Watch to fully utilize all workout and health tracking features. PRIVACY Your privacy is important. Data from Apple Health is read to provide personalized insights and goal tracking. All your health data stays securely on your device. Active Goals does not send your health data to any servers or third-party services. FEEDBACK I love hearing from you. If you encounter any bugs, have comments, or want to suggest improvements, please email support@riveralabs.com. Your feedback helps me make Active Goals even better.

About

PaceVault

Analyze your running history with best efforts, route matching, and lifetime trends. This private app provides insights into your personal records and wellness signals, all processed on your device.

Highlights
  • Best efforts and PR detection
  • Route matching and ranking
  • Year-over-year trend analysis
  • Wellness signal tracking
  • 100% on-device processing
  • No account or cloud required
Features
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Best-efforts records, matched routes, and lifetime trends — all on your iPhone, all private. PaceVault turns your Garmin activity history into the analytics you've been missing. • Best efforts — every PR across every distance, auto-detected • Route matching — see every run of your favorite loop, ranked • Year-over-year trends across your whole history • Wellness signals gathered in one place — how you feel is yours to read • 100% on-device. No account, no cloud, nothing leaves your phone Free, forever. Every feature, for every user.

Screenshots

Active Goals4 screens
PaceVault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: PaceVault at free against Active Goals's free with in-app purchases. PaceVault also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Active Goals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PaceVault sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Active Goals against 5.0 for PaceVault. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Active Goals ships an update fortnightly, PaceVault every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Active Goals versus PaceVault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActive GoalsPaceVault
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS1717.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRivera LabsZACHARY THOMAS MULLEN

Customer experience

Active Goals

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PaceVault

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Active Goals

One-time1
  • Active Goals PRO$4.99
3 purchases

PaceVault

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Active Goals free?
Active Goals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaceVault free?
PaceVault is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Active Goals or PaceVault?
Active Goals and PaceVault are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Active Goals or PaceVault have ads?
Neither Active Goals nor PaceVault shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Active Goals or PaceVault?
Active Goals ships an update fortnightly, and PaceVault every 6 days. Most recently, Active Goals was updated on October 7, 2026 and PaceVault on October 10, 2026.

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