OutGrind vs Pactive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OutGrind
This app uses real money to motivate you to hit your fitness goals. Create or join leagues with friends, set weekly gym targets, and stake money on your commitment. Successfully meeting your goals means you win and split the pot with other consistent participants.
- Create or join fitness leagues
- Stake money on gym goals
- Location-verified gym check-ins
- Compete with friends for motivation
- Track workout streaks
- Split winnings with consistent members
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Your gym versus a nearby gym. Two-week matches. Workouts count when you check in on site — GPS, a 30-minute timer, and a photo. Join your gym’s roster. Hit three people and you get paired. Every verified session scores for your side. Live standings. That is Gym Wars. Between matches, Rivals is head-to-head with the same check-in. GYM WARS • Your gym is the team • A nearby gym is the rival • Two-week matches with live standings • Invite friends until the roster qualifies RIVALS • 14-day head-to-head • Same verified check-ins • Play between Gym Wars matches CHECK-IN • GPS at your registered gym • 30+ minutes on a session timer • Check-in photo • Walk out and the session ends • Optional Apple Health for rings and Watch OutGrind is free on iPhone. Showing up is the sport.
Pactive
This app transforms gym workouts into a game with progress tracking, rewards, and social features. Log sets, build routines, earn trophies, and compete with friends to stay motivated and achieve your fitness goals.
- Log sets, reps, weight, and RPE
- Customizable routines and exercise library
- Streak tracking and trophy rewards
- Train with friends in Pacts
- AI-powered coach (Jim)
- Advanced analytics and muscle breakdown
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Pactive is a workout tracker built for people who actually go to the gym—and want progress to feel real, not buried in a spreadsheet. Log every set in a gym log built for progressive overload, with streaks, trophies, and a crew that keeps you showing up. WORKOUTS THAT FIT HOW YOU TRAIN • Log sets, reps, and RPE fast—no spreadsheet energy • Copy a friend's workout with one tap • Track personal records and muscle breakdowns • New: track calories burned per session STAY CONSISTENT • Hard and soft streaks that reward showing up • Trophies, coins, and rank up your baby ape • Trophy Road milestones keep the habit going TRAIN WITH YOUR CREW • Start a Pact with friends—shared goals and rankings • Social feed built around your circles, not vanity metrics • Check in after workouts so your crew sees you showed up MEET JIM • Ask Jim, your in-app AI coach—programming help in plain English • Jim reads your training history for personalized advice FREE VS PREMIUM Free includes logging, streaks, trophies, Pacts, and up to 6 custom routines. Pactive Pro adds Ask Jim, unlimited routines, advanced analytics, and custom Pacts. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial on monthly or annual plans. Trusted by lifters and their crews. 4.8 stars from early lifters. Make the gym a game—train together, rank up, and keep your streak alive. Terms of Use: https://pactive.com/terms/ Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pactive.com/privacy/ Privacy: Your workout log stays yours. We use training data to power logging, streaks, and Pact features—you choose what your crew sees.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OutGrind at none against Pactive's 15. OutGrind also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Pactive's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Pactive sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.19 per month. OutGrind asks for nothing beyond the download.
OutGrind holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of OutGrind's written reviews are positive against 94% of Pactive's.
OutGrind ships an update every 5 days, Pactive every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OutGrind | Pactive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 4.8 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 94.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dillan Barlow | Pactive LLC |
Customer experience
OutGrind
Pactive
In-app purchases
OutGrind
No in-app purchases
Pactive
- Pactive Pro Monthly$4.191 Month
- Pactive Pro Monthly$5.391 Month
- Pactive Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
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- Pactive Pro Annual$41.991 Year
- Pactive Pro Annual$53.991 Year
- Pactive Pro Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
- 500 Coins$0.99
- 1000 Coins$4.99
- 2500 Coins$9.99
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- 10,000 Coins$19.99
- 20,000 Coins$39.99
- 50,000 Coins$99.99
- Pactive Pro Lifetime$181.99
- Pactive Pro Lifetime$234.99
- Pactive Pro Lifetime$259.99









