Malvern Active vs Street Tag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Malvern Active
Access real-time class and swim timetables, facility information, news, and offers for your health club. Receive push notifications for important updates and events, and easily share information with friends. View membership packages and contact details.
- Real-time class timetables
- Real-time swim timetables
- Facility information and opening times
- News and push notifications
- Special offers and events
- Membership package viewing
- Activity and workout data sharing via HealthKit
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With the Malvern Active app you always have your Malvern Active Health Club Facility in your pocket. Get up-to-date information, news, classtimetables, swimtimetables, offers, events and receive push notifications for important news. CLASS TIMETABLES Get real-time access to your club’s timetable for classes, including times, trainers, rooms and class description. SWIMTIMETABLES Get real-time access to your club’s timetable for swim sessions, including times, pool and where relevant, a class description. CENTRE INFORMATION Information such as opening times, facilities, charitable trust and room hire are always available in the app and can be easily e-mailed to friends. NEWS AND PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Instantly get notified of centre news and events right on your phone. With the app, you’ll immediately know when there are new events or classes, ensuring that you’ll never miss a special event. OFFERS Get push notifications for new offers so you always know about special promotions. BOOKING Access the online booking portal via the app (please note the portal is web-based so may not display in the best format for your mobile). MEMBERSHIP View membership packages for sites with direct links to our membership team to answer any questions you might have. EVENTS Listings for upcoming eventsalong with booking information ensure you never miss out. CONTACT US Easily contact us with site telephone numbers and email addresses or view directions and maps. SHARE THROUGH FACEBOOK AND EMAIL Share classes or swim sessions with friends through Facebook. Email your friends with directions, news, and facility information and offers. For help or to contact us, go to http://www.malvernactive.co.uk APPLE HEALTHKIT We also use HealthKit to allow users to share their activity and workout data with the app. This data is used to incentivise users to stay active.
Street Tag
This app rewards users for physical activity like walking, running, and cycling. Collect virtual tags in your community, compete on leaderboards, and win prizes. It also syncs with health apps to track your steps.
- Walk, run, or cycle to earn rewards
- Scan virtual tags in your community
- Compete on leaderboards
- Win prizes and enter monthly draws
- Form teams with friends and family
- Integrates with Apple Health/Watch
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Walk and Earn Prizes for your physical and mental health. Walk, Run or Cycle and Earn Rewards by scanning virtual tags found in locations around your community/streets, local parks, and landmarks. How Does It Work? 1. Walk/cycle/run to collect virtual tags 2. Move up on the leaderboard 3. Win prizes (+ a monthly prize draw) Choose your team To experience Street Tag you’ll need a minimum of just yourself and a maximum of 6 people in your team. They could be your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbours. The application also integrates with the Health app and counts your steps. To support steps count syncing through the Apple Health / Watch, Street Tag has integrated with the HealthKit to create a holistic Health functionality for your experience has requested by the community. Our top tips to climb the leaderboard on Street Tag can be found here www.bit.ly/bonustips and in our FAQs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Malvern Active at 100% against Street Tag's 68%. Malvern Active also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Malvern Active ships an update monthly, Street Tag every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Malvern Active | Street Tag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 67.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 317 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Malvern College Enterprises Ltd | Street Tag Limited |
Customer experience
Malvern Active
Street Tag
Bugs and requests
Malvern Active
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Street Tag
Reported bugs
19 issues- Repeatedly says ‘player limit exceeds’ when creating a team
- Cannot get past Team Name during sign-up
- Phone number validation gives “invalid token”
- Email verification link not received
- App crashes when setting power hour
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- App crashes for most actions (e.g., setting power hour, completing couchToPB)
- ‘You are cycling’ suggestion blocks UI
- App refreshes every time a tag is scanned
- Cannot connect to health app
- C1 & C2 button doesn't work consistently
- App freezes often, becomes unresponsive
- Offline mode/syncing never works
- App force closes on opening
- Server did not update to BST for power hour points
- App says it can’t find internet connection
- Freezes on the star “scan” image
- Background mode is intermittent
- Map loading is slow/buffering for 10-15 seconds
- Review steps feature is open to abuse
Requested features
7 requests- Improve battery optimization
- Fix tag detection issues
- Stabilize app performance
- Simplify UI and scoring
- Improve offline mode functionality
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- Address sign-up errors
- Better policing of review steps feature
In-app purchases
Malvern Active
No in-app purchases
Street Tag
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Malvern Active free?
Is Street Tag free?
Do Malvern Active or Street Tag have ads?
Which is updated more often, Malvern Active or Street Tag?
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