TrueCoach 4+

Version 11 is a DISASTER

The new UX design in Version 11 is a diaster. Here's why: - Too many button clicks to enter workout results - Font choice and size for workout results is too small and hard to read, Why make it different? - Can no longer collapse videos and hide them, results in accidental taps that start playing them when you don't want to - Color choices don't work, too many colors that don't work together. There is gray, aqua, purple, light aqua, blue. It's visually UNAPPEALING to look at! - Too many buttons/blocks that look/feel the same, makes it hard to navigate - Eliminating swiping left to right to get to next exercise, now you have to scroll up and down, which make it hard to keep track of where you are and makes it hard to navigate. - Can't see if you have a comment on a workout? They burried that, under a button click

New Update Seems Like a Beta Version

As a coach, my primary concern in choosing a software to deliver my programming and store data is to not only ensure that I can store & deliver everything in a single location, but also to ensure the app is easy to navigate on the part of the client. While this was the case up until today, the new update now acts as a barrier of entry to any new clients looking to work with me. The last thing a client wants to do is be forced to invest time into learning a new app before they even train but that is exactly what the new update does. The busy interface floods the user with so much stimuli, buttons and options that you cannot be sure where one exercise ends and a circuit begins. As a coach who frequently works with clients new to training and working out, the previous version was easy for anyone to use. Following the recent update however, clients have been messaging and dm’ing me confused how to read or navigate their workouts. Take into account the fact that these are clients who have used the app for months to years of training with me, are well versed how to read a workout, and that should tell you everything you need to know regarding the update. I’m a big fan of truecoach formerly but the client comes first and the most recent update is by no means a client-centered version.

New app no es bueno

Font seems even smaller and for sure thinner, so hard to read. Videos start way too easily just by scrolling. I don’t like how the entire workout is one scroll. Much easier to navigate the super sets via swiping. This way I easily know I’ve done everything in my super set before starting the next super set. Updating notes on the workout is now an extra touch which I don’t like and I lose efficiency. I also don’t like how the day of the week is missing on the summary of the week. It used to be there. The date doesn’t help me. The day of the week does, so I need both. Also, the comments on past workouts used to be easy to read and find. Now, they are hard to find the icon and have to add an extra step to touch them and find them and read them. I used to always review the entire workout on the main for each superset to review my comments, the new layout is so busy it is hard to do and again, if I actually touch the video it starts to play. It’s also an extra step to find and complete a workout if you don’t make comments. Unfortunately, there is nothing I like about the new app, PLEASE revert back. Thank you.

Developer Response ,

Hi,

Thank you for those thoughts. I'd also recommend playing around with the font settings on your phone to see if that helps.

I will definitely note this for our team and see what we can do to make workouts easier to read.