Attain by Aetna 12+

In total, really great app

I’ve had this app for 2 years now. I love this app. I had issues with frequent logins but now I only experience it 1 to 2 times a month at the most. I appreciate that the app is intuitive in pushing my goal from originally 3 days a week to now 6 days a week. It keeps me motivated to push myself. I’m not sure how often the calorie goal is increased or what intervals it’s reviewed but I’ve had the same calorie goal for about 1 year. Even with my ability to meet and exceed the goal for weeks on end, I still have the same goal. I’m not complaining but I’m curious how it works. I LOVE the attain games that have been done in the past. They are fun and push you to meet new goals! The only issue I’ve experienced with the app is goals tracked for time (i.e. complete a 15 min workout to receive points). In some cases I’ve completed the goal but wasn’t awarded the points and the day passes and there’s no way to go back. I have no way of seeing it in my points history either as it just says “completed healthy action”. Other than small issues, overall the app is great! I’ve earned lots of points and I love being able to get gift cards to help with gift buying during birthdays or holidays. The only thing I’ve seen from others that was not offered to me was the ability to purchase an Apple Watch. I’ve had my Apple Watch for 4-5 years and I would’ve loved a new one if I was offered the ability to purchase one.

Developer Response ,

Hi Brookl, thanks for the feedback! To answer a couple specific questions, the daily goal is based on your weight and sex in HealthKit, so it won't change too often for most users. To see completed Healthy Actions, you can go to the Healthy Actions tab and then select "Completed" toward the top, and then anything you tap on will show you the details of the Healthy Action. Hope this helps and keep up the great work!

Ok if could set realistic daily goals and purchase watch through app.

Started to use this app as was offered by my early insurance and incentive to get moving. I tried to order the watch and was never able to, would take me to start of app. After several attempts to order Apple Watch and not able to as app kept freezing, in order to get app to work had to click on have my own watch. Needless to say had to purchase a watch and cost of paying up front to get so to work wish I could have gotten through app and pay monthly. I called customer service to inform of what happened and they advised they would eventually offer purchase of watch to those who couldn’t purchase due to app issues, this was a year ago and still nothing. Liked the idea of paying monthly and use points to pay for watch monthly but that didn’t happen for me. Would still like to get watch through app as watch I purchased is not working well.

Goals of hitting 750 daily points is somewhat attainable if you are very active. Even working in a shipping and receiving area I don’t reach my daily goal unless I track other work out from moving packages and walking around to deliver packages as nonstop for 30-45 mins. Goes from 3 times a week to 7 days to achieve daily goal. Watch is set to 600 as daily goal, most days I reach this but app has me at 750 and don’t reach this goal so much. Wish there was a way to change this to a more realistic goal.

Okay App

I have been using this app for at least 2 years. I agree with many others that the 7 day a week activity expectation was too much and a definite motivation killer when you missed a day, especially early in the week and knew no matter what you did the rest of the week you weren’t getting your weekly points. It made it easy to be lazy! With the change to 6 days a week I am definitely happier and most of the time hit 7 anyway. There are still a few things I think they need to look at doing that would make the app better. I would like to see statistics as to how I compare to others in my age group. I would also like to see the app designed for a walking pace that would make adjustments for elevation differences. I find it frustrating to look and see my “trend” showing a 19 and 20 minute mile when I am constantly dealing with the mountains and hills in my area and not walking flat streets. Maybe I should be logging that cardio under hiking instead of an outdoor walk, I don’t know. All in all I think the app does what it’s designed to do which is to keep you looking for ways to improve your health (I personally detest the “breathing” and “flexibility” challenges so being forced to do those weeks activities to get my points becomes a matter of my personal pride and keeps me on task). I also enjoy the periodic reward of a gift card when you have enough points. It’s not a lot but every little bit helps, right?