Comparison

Pactive vs Strike

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Strike

This app helps independent lifters build muscle by tracking workouts without a rigid plan. It uses a unique pin system to visualize progress across muscle groups and provides insights into training balance. Features include free logging, built-in timers, and detailed workout recaps.

Highlights
  • Freeform workout logging
  • Muscle group progress visualization (pins)
  • Built-in rest and workout timers
  • Instant workout recaps
  • Personal record tracking
  • Training spread analysis
  • Weekly review and guidance
Features
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Strike helps self-directed lifters build muscle without following a rigid workout plan. Most lifting apps make you pick a program and march through it. Strike flips that: log whatever you want to lift today, and the app keeps an honest scoreboard of what you've trained, what you're skipping, and what's worth lifting next. THE WEEKLY RACK Every week is a fresh rack of ten pins, one per muscle group. Log enough hard, varied work and the pin goes down. A strike. Knock them all down before the week resets. Tap any pin for a quick read on where that group stands. LOG FREELY No fixed plan, no prescribed order. Search the catalog, multi-select your gear, and line up lifts for today. Your recent sets stay in view, so you never have to remember what weight you used last time. BUILT-IN TIMERS Rest timer follows you across every screen as a floating pill that stays clear of your sets. A workout timer tracks the whole session from your first set to your last. INSTANT RECAPS Every workout ends with what changed: volume, sets, pins moved, PRs, and first-time lifts. HISTORY AND PRS A month calendar shows every day you trained. PRs stay in one place, so your best lifts are easy to spot. YOUR SPREAD The part most trackers miss. Strike watches how your work splits inside each muscle group, and calls out the slices you keep skipping before they become blind spots. See this week at a glance, or a four-week trend to catch the drift. WEEKLY REVIEW A coach-style briefing when the week closes: wins, streaks, momentum, and where to point the next one. BUILT FOR MUSCLE Targets and credit math are tuned for hypertrophy. If you run a strict strength program, Strike will still log everything, but the pins are about muscle growth. TRY IT FIRST Not ready to make an account? Tap "Try the live demo" on the sign-in screen and explore Strike, seeded with realistic training data. Nothing is saved. FREE TO LOG, PRO FOR THE BRAIN Logging is free. Strike Pro unlocks the intelligence: readiness, pin minimums, recaps, your spread, weekly review, and next-lift guidance.

Screenshots

Pactive4 screens
Strike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pactive at 25 against Strike's 1. Strike's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, 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. Pactive sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.19 per month and Strike sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Strike holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pactive has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Pactive's written reviews are positive against 100% of Strike's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pactive ships an update every 2 weeks, Strike every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pactive versus Strike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPactiveStrike
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (25 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB23 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPactive LLCJoshua Stewart

Customer experience

Pactive

All ratings25 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

Strike

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

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Pactive

Subscriptions6
  • 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
One-time9
  • 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
1 purchases

Strike

Subscriptions1
  • Strike Pro Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Pactive free?
Pactive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Strike free?
Strike is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pactive or Strike?
Strike is rated higher. Pactive averages 4.8 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Strike averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pactive or Strike have ads?
Neither Pactive nor Strike shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pactive or Strike?
Pactive ships an update every 2 weeks, and Strike every 6 days. Most recently, Pactive was updated on October 15, 2026 and Strike on October 5, 2026.

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