Comparison

Pactive vs Hypertrophy

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

Hypertrophy

Log your strength training sessions, track personal records, and monitor muscle readiness. This app allows you to build custom routines, use a rest timer, and sync workouts with your Apple Watch and Health data.

Highlights
  • Log workouts and sets
  • Track personal records
  • Build custom routines
  • Rest timer between sets
  • Apple Watch workout sync
  • Muscle readiness estimation
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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Keep your strength training in one place. Hypertrophy helps you log workouts, record sets, and see how your training adds up over time. • Log workouts on iPhone or Apple Watch, revisit your history, and track personal records. • Choose from built-in exercises or add your own. • Build routines and use a rest timer between sets. • Start, log, and finish workouts on Apple Watch, with sets and rest timers synced to iPhone. • Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch widgets for today's training and recovery. • Sync workouts, routines and exercises through your private iCloud. • Record optional RPE for each set. • See muscle readiness based on your recent training. • Optionally connect Apple Health for workout saving, bodyweight, and recovery metrics. • Back up and restore your workouts, or export your sets as CSV. Core logging, Apple Watch workouts, history, Health integration, readiness, and backup and restore are free. Hypertrophy+ adds more than four routines, and app themes and icons. Hypertrophy+ is a one-time purchase with no subscription. No account is required. Your training log stays on your devices and in your own iCloud, never on a Hypertrophy server. Readiness is a training estimate, not a medical diagnosis. Privacy: https://hypertrophy-support.strole95.chatgpt.site/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pactive4 screens
Hypertrophy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pactive at 28 against Hypertrophy's 2. Pactive also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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. Pactive sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.19 per month and Hypertrophy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 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 — 4.9 for Pactive against 5.0 for Hypertrophy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pactive has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pactive ships an update every 2 weeks, Hypertrophy weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pactive versus Hypertrophy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPactiveHypertrophy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (28 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB42 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPactive LLCDevin Strole

Customer experience

Pactive

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%

Hypertrophy

All ratings2 ratings
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
3 purchases

Hypertrophy

Subscriptions2
  • Hypertrophy+$1.991 Month
  • Hypertrophy+7 Days trial$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hypertrophy+ Lifetime$3.99

Questions

Is Pactive free?
Pactive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hypertrophy free?
Hypertrophy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pactive or Hypertrophy?
Hypertrophy is rated higher. Pactive averages 4.9 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Hypertrophy averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Pactive or Hypertrophy have ads?
Neither Pactive nor Hypertrophy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pactive or Hypertrophy?
Pactive ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hypertrophy weekly. Most recently, Pactive was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hypertrophy on October 31, 2026.

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