Aaptiv: #1 Audio Fitness App 17+

Amazing app!

Today was my first time using this app and as I haven't trained in a while I decided to take it slow so I took only 3 classes (stretching, and whole body strength workout, and finishing up stretch) they were really good and voices of instructors really helped me to keep going and pushing through even though sometimes I felt like giving up already 😂😂

Only the tiny minus point for me was that sometimes I couldn't hear the instructions clearly so I had to rewind a couple of times. But then again maybe that's because English is not my native tongue 😊
Anyway, after 7 days of free trial period runs out, I'm going to carry on working out with this app. After all £7 or £8 monthly is really nothing comparing to those gym memberships 💁🏼🙆🏽
Five stars! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

So close, yet needs polish

I’m still in my trial and at the moment I like it.

I really liked the coaches, and the Coach section is totally customisable. Don’t want to do Strength workouts on Monday? Just drag it to another day. Want to try another work out on another day? Just add it to the schedule. So many other apps ignore your own schedule.

But there’s a lot of little niggles here and there that let the experience down.

First, all the guides are in imperial measurements, if you’ve grown up in metric and your gym (yes, even a UK based one) has everything in Kms and Kgs, you have to take yourself back to school to do conversions.

Second, not every exercise has video attached to it, and you can’t view the videos in offline mode. I have no data in my gym (it’s two stories underground) so that’s a shame. It’d also be nice if it was specific about what equipment is needed - they generally say things like “Dumbells” but when listening the coach will say “you need two sets of dumbells at these weights”. It’d be great if that was known upfront as I prep.

Finally, the app, while looking great, doesn’t have all that polish I find I have to force quit it just to make it do what I want. Like you can’t seem to download a workout and go away, to look at something else. Or tapping an exercise card would stop accepting future taps.

So close to being great. I’ll probably stick with it though, I’ll just have to get out my calculator every now and then.

Developer Response ,

Hello,

First, thank you for all of the constructive feedback. Our team honestly appreciates hearing what we could be doing better.

We're sorry to hear you're encountering a few bugs in the app. If you could contact support@aaptiv.com with the details, we would be happy to have our engineering team take a look.

Thanks for being a member of Team Aaptiv!

Disappointed

Really not that impressed by Aaptiv! I downloaded it in early December as I’m away with work and don’t have access to my PT and where I am is a little unsafe to run outside. I thought that this app would be just the thing I needed to fill the void during my 4 months abroad. With treadmill / static bike and S&C classes.

I’ve now used the app for a month and have to say it really just falls short! The video cues don’t always load. When they do they don’t necessarily show what the instructor is trying to motivate you to do. I spend a lot of my time listening out for the variation that they’re trying to explain and find I often don’t “get it”.

For reference, I’m an ultra distance runner and S&C is really important to me and having the option of many varied classes really helps in that regard. Unfortunately, for me and given the lack of correctly coresponding visual cues I will no longer be using this app. Wasted a year’s subscription to discover this but that’s okay.

I’ve now started to use the Peloton app and for me this offers what I need with video instructors showing exactly what they need you to do both before and during. Plenty of outdoor and indoor sessions as well as strength etc and you don’t need to own a Peloton piece of kit to use it!

My advice for all apps like these is take the chances with their free introductory offers and jump around until you find what works for you. Aaptiv falls short for me but it may be ideal for you!