Love the Hoist Mi6 (even though installation manual made me curse several times). But the companion app is a diff story - clunky nav,m, it features videos for Mi1 but the Mi6 and Mi7 are diff machines and there’s no way to switch the app to that. Also, it enables you to add a workout and corresponding exercise but it doesn’t allow you the pick a muscle and then select the exercises (the app does have a muscle to exercise feature but not when you are putting a program together). Also no way for entering reps, weight progression or time. Trainers cannot give you a program that you can collaborate on, also for them to see progress. No means to connect to video to record your session. It is just too rudimentary and needs work.

I first tried the HOIST Mi6 functional training system at a local fitness equipment store. That’s where I learned about this app from HOIST. I’ve not yet purchased the Mi6 but wanted to try out the app. I’m impressed with the app and appreciate that it’s free. I’m currently using a cheap DIY home gym setup using mostly tension bands and dumbbells. This app gives me a good overview of workouts to consider. No doubt, having an Mi6 system would be much nicer and versatile, but for now, using this app and some home exercise supplies, I can do quite a bit. If you’re on the fence, and considering whether you should spend 30 seconds downloading the free program, I’d say go for it. What’s nice about free apps is that one doesn’t need to rely on reading reviews. It’s easy enough to just download, try it, and decide for yourself if you want to make a further commitment to using it.

The app was last updated two years ago and something has changed to make it non-functional. You can selected the exercises and view some of the text but you cannot download any pictures (always says complete but never downloads any that I can find) and the videos never load. Some text is cut off and on my iPad I cannot figure out how to scroll so you really cannot tell what to do.Since the fitness equipment relies on this as documentation I would say avoid it until they update the app at least work. As a base I would just like to know how to effectively use the equipment or better said config it as designed for the exercise I want to do.Beyond that weight tracking, etc. is great but I would like the basics first. * I did find the workouts, they look good (if there was clear images and video for the suggested exercises)* I also see you can enter the weight you lift and track this, which is also great but just need to know what I am doing and that I am using the machine properly first.

The updated app is an excellent resource for individual exercises. Good video demonstration, great linkage between muscle groups and recommended exercises. Unfortunately, that is all the app is useful for. Keeping track of workouts and progress has regressed from prior versions to be totally useless. Not tracking daily workouts, not loading prior workout weights, inferior user interface. I am now tracking workouts on a spreadsheet and only use the app as a stagnant library. Such a shame to have a large captive customer base and not support it with a dynamic and value added app.