Leave a Review Life Cycle
Some issues but support came through
UPDATE- I contacted support. They told me to enable significant locations (which I already had), then they had me delete and reinstall the app- but I had to upgrade to premium first so I didn’t lose all my info. Anyway; it worked and it’s now tracking my locations seamlessly again. Only 4 stars since I had to pay to make the app work (there is a free trial though, so that’s something.)
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Like others have said, this app used to work beautifully. But it doesn’t seem to work at all with iOS 15. I’m so disappointed!! I’ve used the app since late 2017 and it was really excellent up until just recently. Now I’m looking for alternatives as it doesn’t look like any support or updates will be coming.Show lesszhasan
iOS 15 Issue
I’ve been using this app for years and love it! Recently updated to iOS 15 and now it has all sorts of problem. It isn’t tracking much at all. I’ve restarted and flipped location on and off. I’ve done everything I could find to try and it just hasn’t helped. Rather frustrating! It has about 12 locations now for work and I only have one office. I can’t figure out how to delete the others. Hoping they get a fix soon but it looks like the last update was at least a year ago.
Updated to drop my rating to 1 star. So disappointed! I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed using it until it stopped working. It has now had me in the same preliminary location for 3 days despite it being 300 miles away. I ‘be done everything that’s suggested to fix it short of deleting it. I have actually used the years of history in the past. I’ve also contacted support but got an ‘out of office’ reply. I’m searching for a new tracker now :(Show lessItsmekz
Update problems
The app was wonderful—I could see how long I spent at work, all the places I’d been (doubly helpful with COVID)….and then I updated my iOS. Now it registers maybe half of the places I visit, and it often gets “stuck” on a place, e.g., thinks I’m still at a friend’s house hours after I’ve left. It knows I’ve gone places though, as the time stamps are correct when I add something manually (it knows I was somewhere from distinct from 6:34-9:08). The fixes (turn the phone off/on and disable/reenable location tracking) generally don’t do anything, and there are no other recommended fixes. Additionally, there have been no updates to the app in a year, which suggests this issue won’t be fixed soon. I don’t pay for it, but I am still highly tempted to delete it due to the constant frustration it causes.Show lessMeaganScott
Getting frustrated
I’ve had the app for almost a year now, which I have enjoyed that is up until the last week & a half, the app isn’t working properly which is highly upsetting. There’s ZERO way to send issues through the support part of the app. I’ve gone through the steps given when things aren’t tracking, but now today it’s stating that I’m at my work location when I’ve very clearly been at my home location since 9:40 pm the night before!! Make it easier to reach out for help when issues occur like this. I should NOT have to remove & redownload the app in the hopes of it fixing this issue. It works fine one day & then the next day it’s back to the same issues!!!! PLEASE FIX WHATEVER IT IS THAT’S GOING ON, I truly want to enjoy using the app once againShow lessMerelynn78
“Sticky” Location Bug with iOS15
Since updating to iOS15, sometimes the app doesn’t notice changes in location. Please don’t tell me to restart my phone because that doesn’t work. Nor does flipping the significant locations switch off/on.
Sometimes I’ll drive across town and it’ll still say I’m at my previous location (at the new location). There’s no current way to force the app to refresh its location info, so if it’s stuck, it’ll stay in the wrong place until you move again, sometimes twice, which is just impractical.
Like I said, it’s only been a problem since the iOS15 update. Before that it’s been spectacular. Used the app for 3 years now and love it. Devs, please take note and do some spring cleaning! Not worth the subscription if it’s not going to work properly.Show lesstugboat2104
Excellent way to evaluate & rethink your time spent
I had begun using their other app, sleep cycle, shorty after acquiring my iWatch. Having recently changed careers, and entering a much more physically demanding field, I found myself short on a few things; most importantly TIME and SLEEP.
While Sleep Cycle really helped me nail down a few problem areas in my night time habits, Life Cycle allowed me to see where I was spending most of my waking time, and plan out a better way about to help reign in my night time habits and, hopefully, gain a better night’s sleep because of it! It’s quite circular, and they help each other help me understand my habits.
I used Sleep Cycle for about a week before purchasing the year subscription. I’m glad I was able to help fund a good developer, especially for something with genuine values. Also, while it’s not always 100% accurate (multitude of reasons, many or most of which are out of control of the devs) it’s a great tool for tracking time spent on different jobs or just overall hours worked that week. I don’t use it for billing, we’re a bit more stringent on that, but for calculating or guesstimating my weeks pay it works remarkably well also!
Exceptionally useful app! Can’t wait to see what else is implemented into both Life and Sleep Cycle - as well as whatever they choose to launch next! Great job devs, these two apps are nearly essential for me anymore!
-Steven H.Show lessShill1986
Even free it’s great
Don’t expect something it’s not. It just tracks your daily life. It is lovely. I get to see my commute times. What I do. Keep it nice and tidy. If I pay a small fee I can even see trends and historical data. One day? Two weeks? The data isn’t much. But one year? Two years? Five years? The amount of my own data I could use and see would be outstanding. Put it like this, anyone who tracks their steps, their sleep, or their workouts, anyone who has a smart watch that costs more than $60, anyone who has an Oura ring or similar, and anyone who tracks their daily calories in a food logging app, this app is for you. It has pretty numbers. I like pretty numbers.Show lessUncleStepfather
Not Completely Automatic.
I have been using this for a number of years now. At first I understood that I needed to tell it what I was doing as it learned the locations and many times it was just unable to get it close. After years of it having inaccurate location data I finally decided to raise a case with support just to find out if I can manually move the map pin to the correct location. I was told that it is unable to change the pin as it just pulls the data from the built in location services that the phone does automatically. Upon learning how it does it, I was able to look up the data from the most recent inaccurate map pin only to find that the phone had the location correct. I also noticed that the times on the in built data was more accurate than life cycle. I wrote back to support saying that the phone had the correct location and asked how can I get the app to use it. The response I got back that it wasn’t possible and just to create an event manually. When you do that though it doesn’t let you pick an address or location on a map so if you return you have to hope it gets it right when you go back. Would have given a higher rating if they showed some effort at improving it. But since there has been hardly any changes to the app since it started I shouldn’t expect them to start it now.Show lesskaimax18
This app is in sore need of an update.
This app only gets updates maybe once every 6-12 months or so, and even then it’s just to make it compatible with new versions of iOS. New features are hard to come by.
It works and does the basics though. However, you can’t delete or edit the default categories. Apple Health workouts just sync in individually instead you being able to lump them into a category called exercise. Once you’ve used this app for years, the list of place just grows and grows and you can’t organize it.
There’s just a laundry list of QOL features this app has needed for a long long time that I don’t have faith will ever be implemented at this point.Show lessdfpcmaia
Super fun but not ideal for work-from-home
This app is super cool! It’s really interesting to see your life mapped out and how you’re spending your time. The only problem is, for those of us that do most activities at home (especially during this pandemic) it has a big gap in its tracking ability. If you work out at home, work from home, especially working from home on different projects as a freelancer, or have different video chat meetings or appointments while at home, it would be awesome to have those activities tracked. Maybe it could access your screen time app or see what apps you are using to guess whether you are working, working out, or I could program it to know that when I open certain apps I’m working on certain things? At the very least, I think the easiest thing would be for it to access your calendar and cross-reference your location with what you had planned. That would be super neat.Show lesspianoplayah
