ActiveTime Buddy vs PushPact
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ActiveTime Buddy
This app helps children develop healthier screen time habits by prompting regular breaks. It offers a variety of activity suggestions to encourage movement, creativity, and tidiness during downtime.
- Smart screen break reminders
- Idea generator for off-screen activities
- Activity categories: Move, Help, Create, Learn, Tidy, Reset
- Promotes positive habit building
- Designed for families
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ActiveTime Buddy helps parents support better screen break habits for their kids who can easily lose track of time on their devices. The app uses notifications and an idea generator to encourage regular breaks that help pause, reset, and refocus. When it’s time for a break, the built-in Idea Generator offers hundreds of suggestions across several categories: • Move – quick ways to get moving • Help – simple ways to help around the house • Create – creative and imaginative prompts • Learn – curiosity-boosting mini activities • Tidy – small, manageable cleanup wins • Reset – calm moments to recharge and refocus Designed with families in mind, ActiveTime Buddy promotes balance by encouraging off screen activities and building positive habits.
PushPact
This app locks distracting applications until you complete a set number of push-ups. It uses your phone's camera to verify reps and offers social features to challenge friends. Earn screen time by getting stronger, one day at a time.
- App locking based on push-up completion
- Camera-based rep verification
- Daily push-up pacts and streaks
- Social features for friends and crews
- Workout integration with Apple Health
- Progress tracking and visual achievements
- Customizable reminders and widgets
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Your apps wait for your push-ups. PushPact turns doomscrolling into strength. Sign a daily push-up pact with yourself, and the apps that eat your day (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, whatever you pick) stay locked until the push-ups are done. Every rep is counted and proven by your iPhone's camera, right on the phone. GET STRONGER, ONE DAY AT A TIME • Tell PushPact how many you can do in a row. It builds a daily number you can hit on your worst day, split into easy sets. • Sign the pact with your finger. Your seal goes on every day you keep it. • Raise the bar any time. Easing off only starts tomorrow, so today's deal always stands. • Miss a day? Your first slip is on us, and every 7 kept days earn a shield. No shield left? Win the day back within 2 days. EARN YOUR SCROLL • Pick the apps to lock with Apple's Screen Time. PushPact never sees which apps you choose. • 10 push-ups opens them for 15 minutes. Finish the day and they're free till midnight. • An emergency pass is always there when you really need it. PUSH-UPS WITH YOUR CREW • Start a crew with friends and see who's done today. • Cheer, nudge, race and duel, or dare a friend to beat your set. • Only people you invite, with reporting and blocking built in. EVERY REP PROVEN • Stand your phone up in front of you, or lay it flat under your face (Face ID models). • Half reps, knee reps and phone-shaking don't count, and Pip tells you why. • A coach counts out loud so you never have to look. WATCH YOURSELF CHANGE • Streaks, day seals, medals to unwrap, a push-ups-per-day chart, and your day-one max to beat. • Take a selfie each sealed day and watch the time-lapse of you getting stronger. • Film a set as a branded video, or share a card of your day. WORKOUTS COUNT TOO (BETA) • Turn on Workouts in Settings and the runs, rides and classes your Apple Watch, iPhone or fitness apps save to Apple Health can keep your day, with your push-ups or instead of them. • Your workouts are read on your iPhone and never leave it. MADE TO STICK • Gentle, Firm or Relentless reminders, with an alarm that rings through silent if a day is about to slip. • Home and Lock Screen widgets, a Control Center button, and Live Activities. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-up. The workout camera is analysed on your iPhone and never uploaded. Video is only saved if you choose to film a set. PUSHPACT PRO Your first days are free. Then PushPact Pro keeps every set, App Lock and your time-lapse going, monthly or yearly (the yearly plan starts with a free week). Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. PushPact is not medical advice. Check with a doctor before starting a new exercise routine. Terms of Use: https://getpushpact.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://getpushpact.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ActiveTime Buddy at none against PushPact's shown. ActiveTime Buddy also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.1). PushPact's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. ActiveTime Buddy sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and PushPact sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ActiveTime Buddy against 5.0 for PushPact. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
ActiveTime Buddy ships an update every 11 days, PushPact every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ActiveTime Buddy | PushPact |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Do Not Get Abstracted Studios, LLC | Asaf Niv |
Customer experience
ActiveTime Buddy
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In-app purchases
ActiveTime Buddy
- ActiveTime Buddy Pro$0.991 Month
- Move pack$2.99
- Help Pack$2.99
- Create Pack$2.99
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- Learn Pack$2.99
- Tidy Pack$2.99
- Reset Pack$2.99
PushPact
- PushPact Pro$4.997 Days
- PushPact Pro2 variants$9.991 Month
- PushPact Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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- PushPact Pro$29.991 Year
- PushPact Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- PushPact Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- PushPact Pro$39.991 Year
- PushPact Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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