Weight tracker - Vekt 4+

Really good when used with iPhone

I love the app and been using it for the past few years. It functions well and as expected on iPhone, however its Watch companion often loses plot and decides to present setup screen almost every time to a point where I just stick to using Vekt in iOS. Is there anyway the sync could be improved? Maybe via iCloud?

Latest update ruined it

Latest update is trying to do too much and has ruined the app for me. Every time I open the app I’m told to set a new target cos I’ve achieved mine (I haven’t) do ok I set one, only for it not to save, and so the app congratulates me every day on meeting my goal and asks me again and again to set a new goal. So irritating. Also setting targets the app seems to want to set its own targets for me in increments of 5 pound. My target is 19 pounds lower not 5, it would be useful if the app actually listened to me when I input my info, and told me how many pounds I have left to lose for MY target not the App’s target for me. Also the graph now is not as good as it was before the update, and doesn’t show you your weight loss journey as completely as it did before. Also logging weight, certain weights Vekt does not like, it rounds it down 140.6 to 140.5 for instance, no matter how many times you try to do it again suspecting it must be your own human error. Not good when you are trying to track accurate progress. I liked Vekt but now they are making it paid after a year I will not be paying for it, especially when it’s not working correctly, and I really don’t see what’s new that’s worth paying for to be honest, if anything the app is bloated now and harder to use as well as buggy and unintuitive for points I’ve expressed above.

Developer Response ,

Hello, this doesn't seem right. 

Could you please contact me via the settings of the app I would love to have a look with you on what goes wrong and try to make Vekt work for you correctly again.

The latest update (3.0.3) should fix a lot of the mentioned problems

Really good app, but could use some improvements

I really like this app. I’ve been tracking my weight for years, especially to lose weight, and I really love the minimalist UI of this app. I appreciate that my larger goal is broken down into smaller subgoals, which makes losing weight a bit easier. Although I think the Apple Watch integration is good, I’ve noticed that sometimes on my watch the unit will change from pounds to kilograms, even though all of the apps on my phone (including health) are all set to pounds. This is kind of annoying, as it’s a recurring bug I’ve seen for the past 3 to 4 months. Granted the subscription isn’t expensive, but I figure if I’m going to pay for this, I’d like it to work as best as possible!
I really like the app, and I think it works really well. There is just some prominent frequent bugs that could be resolved.

Developer Response ,

Hi Margo,

Thank you for the kind words, I'm actively working on changing how Vekt handles custom units which should resolve this bug in the future. If you could send me an email via the app to tell more about what device you're getting this bug on I would really appreciate it and be happy to help you out.

Best,

Hidde van der Ploeg