Comparison

1 Minute Desk Workout vs Active Pause

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

Head to head
About

1 Minute Desk Workout

Perform quick, seated exercises at your desk with hourly reminders. This app offers over 45 exercise types and a secret mode for discreet use. Track your progress with an exercise log and graph for a healthier workday.

Highlights
  • Seated exercises
  • Hourly reminders
  • Over 45 exercise types
  • Secret mode
  • Exercise log
  • Progress graph
Features
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1 minute of exercises while sitting at your desk. Get a reminder every hour during office hours. Release tension while sitting at your desk, or if you are in a meeting or standing at the copy machine. During lunch hour the reminder is skipped, of course! Over 45 types of exercises. Secret mode, if you don't want to show the rest of the office a flashing screen! For pro DeskWorkout users there is a exercise log with all the exercises you have done. You also get a progress graph for the month. Designed for iOS 10

About

Active Pause

This app offers guided office workouts and stretches to combat sedentary work. It features voice guidance, custom routines, and challenges to improve physical well-being and reduce stress. Earn trophies by burning calories to unlock more exercises.

Highlights
  • Guided office workouts
  • Voice and sound guidance
  • Customizable routines
  • Weight tracking
  • 7-28 day challenges
  • Specific body part focus
  • Trophy-based unlocking
Features
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Exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle because it prevents health problems, develops resistance, provides more energy and helps to reduce stress. With our app you can prevent health problems due to repetitive work or prolonged static positions in your workplace. You can do exercise anywhere you wish, no equipment needed. With text to speech engine included, you can perform the entire workout without interrupting the exercise. Additionally, you can activate a sound guide per second for best rhythm in the exercises. Each exercise contains an illustrative detail to facilitate their execution. It has warm-up workout and final stretch workout to improve training results. Additionally, we have the option to create custom workouts or custom the workouts that the app provide. All workouts are made by professionals and you can do them in the comfort of your home. You start your training with 200 trophies, and you can earn more burning calories. Trophies helps you to unlock more workouts. Some features are: * Weight control: Track your weight within the application. * Challenges: You can challenge yourself with challenges of 7, 14, 21 or 28 days. * General Pauses: These are exercise routines that help you to mobilize different parts of the body. * Visual pause: Helps you rest your eyes by preventing irritated eyes and visual fatigue. * Hands: Helps prevent diseases such as carpal tunnel. * Neck: Focuses on movements and stretches for the neck. * Hip: Helps you mobilize the middle and lower body. * Shoulders: Mainly mobilize the arms and shoulders. * Abdomen and back: Helps you prevent back pain. * As a couple: Helps to integrate work teams while preventing occupational diseases. * In a chair: This short break helps you exercise and mobilize your body without further interruption of work tasks. Terms and conditions: https://movilixa.com/eula-pausas-activas/ Privacy policies: https://movilixa.com/politica-privacidad-pausas-activas/ Before starting your routine remember: Ask your doctor to let you know the best exercise for your physical condition. Get hydrated before, during and after physical exercise.

Screenshots

1 Minute Desk Workout3 screens
Active Pause4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Active Pause at 4.0 against 1 Minute Desk Workout's 2.8. 1 Minute Desk Workout's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. 1 Minute Desk Workout sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Active Pause sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Active Pause holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of 1 Minute Desk Workout's written reviews are positive against 50% of Active Pause's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1 Minute Desk Workout ships an update every 3 months, Active Pause every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
1 Minute Desk Workout versus Active Pause: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1 Minute Desk WorkoutActive Pause
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (6 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimarimMoviliXa SAS

Customer experience

1 Minute Desk Workout

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral23.1%
Negative30.8%

Active Pause

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

1 Minute Desk Workout

One-time1
  • DeskWorkout Pro$2.99
7 purchases

Active Pause

Subscriptions4
  • Premium one month$0.491 Month
  • Premium 3 months$0.993 Months
  • Premium 6 months$1.496 Months
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  • Premium one year$1.991 Year
One-time3
  • One year Ad-free version$1.99
  • Three years Ad-free version$3.99
  • Lifetime Ad-free version$4.99

Questions

Is 1 Minute Desk Workout free?
1 Minute Desk Workout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Active Pause free?
Active Pause is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 1 Minute Desk Workout or Active Pause?
Active Pause is rated higher. 1 Minute Desk Workout averages 2.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Active Pause averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do 1 Minute Desk Workout or Active Pause have ads?
Active Pause shows ads; 1 Minute Desk Workout does not.
Which is updated more often, 1 Minute Desk Workout or Active Pause?
1 Minute Desk Workout ships an update every 3 months, and Active Pause every 2 months. Most recently, 1 Minute Desk Workout was updated on June 6, 2026 and Active Pause on September 21, 2026.

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