I really wanted to like this
I really wanted to like this app. I truly did, and I really wanted to make it work.
The first habit it wanted me to establish was drinking water in the morning. Fine, whatever, not something I really needed help with but I did it. The second one was breakfast, and that's where I checked out. I've struggled for years with my weight, and last year I stumbled upon intermittent fasting. Eating one meal a day has helped me lose 60 lbs, and I'm still going. Now this app is forcing me to eat breakfast? And throw the only diet that's ever worked for me? And there's no way to skip this particular goal and move onto the next one? No thanks.
This app has a number of flaws that made it really not work for me. Beyond the lack of customizability, the cheesy self-help language made me check out. There's also a lot of potential for triggering issues for people (like my breakfast issue) that the app doesn't let you skip. I have firm routines set in my life, but I wanted something to add a few good habits of my choice. If you're somebody who's a hot mess, this might be the app for you. If you've already got your act more or less together, there's probably something out there with more customizability and less hand-holding that would probably suit your needs better.
The first habit it wanted me to establish was drinking water in the morning. Fine, whatever, not something I really needed help with but I did it. The second one was breakfast, and that's where I checked out. I've struggled for years with my weight, and last year I stumbled upon intermittent fasting. Eating one meal a day has helped me lose 60 lbs, and I'm still going. Now this app is forcing me to eat breakfast? And throw the only diet that's ever worked for me? And there's no way to skip this particular goal and move onto the next one? No thanks.
This app has a number of flaws that made it really not work for me. Beyond the lack of customizability, the cheesy self-help language made me check out. There's also a lot of potential for triggering issues for people (like my breakfast issue) that the app doesn't let you skip. I have firm routines set in my life, but I wanted something to add a few good habits of my choice. If you're somebody who's a hot mess, this might be the app for you. If you've already got your act more or less together, there's probably something out there with more customizability and less hand-holding that would probably suit your needs better.
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Love it
I tried a lot of apps to help me with my mental health. But this app is way better. I love the thought of giving me enough challenges and letting me know that one step at a time as it might overwhelm me. I started at drinking water to have a glass of water next to me and eating breakfast. I have eating disorder and I just follow the app and didn’t realise I am starting to eat (although it’s not big breakfast) but I keep on challenging myself even just a banana or a small ball of protein bar. What I love the most as well is, you can choose what you want to accomplish. Try the app and worth the purchased. You won’t regret it, as long as you are willing to help yourself of course. This app is the best as you are just following it then it just became your habit without knowing it. I hate telling myself good things but I just put what I think of me by being loved for the sake of doing the challenge but it grows on me. I am not fully healed yet but this app is very helpful. Thank you developers! You did an amazing job specially the voice and the graphics. I hope you’ll put more graphics next time and put some white noise (rain noise) while listening to the motivational quotes.
Also this app provides you a morning couching and evening too which is the best. It gives me a positive morning and makes me feel okay before going to sleep. ♥️
Also this app provides you a morning couching and evening too which is the best. It gives me a positive morning and makes me feel okay before going to sleep. ♥️
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Contradicts itself
This app is really busy in its design, I honestly didn't mind too much at the beginning but it made it hard to delete habits that I didn't find productive to my journey/habits I already have in place. With such a complicated and busy design, it made it hard to motivate myself to use it daily, which completely contradicts the point of the app.
I think my main issue with this app though was the recommended meditation and mental exercises. The app promotes small and steady growth at the beginning, which is what initially drew me to it. It promoted treating yourself and your impulses with kindness, something I really agree with since in order to form new habits, you need positive associations with them, therefore you shouldn't shame yourself throughout your healthy journey.
However, one of the mental exercises promoted tells you to treat your impulses like a "spoiled" and "malicious child". It also gives an example of this "malicious" child telling you to take a break when you're tired from working out and having your "wise sage" tell you that you have endless willpower. This pretty much completely goes against the initial meaning and can be harmful to people trying to establish long term healthy habits, since using all of your willpower and shaming yourself for something as innocent as taking a break leads to complete burnout for most people.
I think my main issue with this app though was the recommended meditation and mental exercises. The app promotes small and steady growth at the beginning, which is what initially drew me to it. It promoted treating yourself and your impulses with kindness, something I really agree with since in order to form new habits, you need positive associations with them, therefore you shouldn't shame yourself throughout your healthy journey.
However, one of the mental exercises promoted tells you to treat your impulses like a "spoiled" and "malicious child". It also gives an example of this "malicious" child telling you to take a break when you're tired from working out and having your "wise sage" tell you that you have endless willpower. This pretty much completely goes against the initial meaning and can be harmful to people trying to establish long term healthy habits, since using all of your willpower and shaming yourself for something as innocent as taking a break leads to complete burnout for most people.
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Very useful content, but interface is confusing
I started on this journey on a 7-day trial. There is some very useful content for self-improvement, but the interface is not intuitive/user-friendly. Examples: - Morning routines set for weekdays still appear in weekends. - No ability to set a separate routine for weekends. - Undertaking challenges, but the task details (contracts/commitments, reflections) are only sometimes able to be recorded in the app. For me, the key to successful habit change is making these things simple.
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Response from developer
Hi there, thanks for the feedback. We're always looking for ways to improve our app and feedback like yours helps us a lot. Please reach out to our support team if you have any further feedback.
Perfectly Progressive
To begin with just a bit bout myself, I am someone who’ll stick to something for a while then I break the habit and don’t do anything until it comes to mind, if at all. This app has been constantly on my phone and/or mind. It’s because even if you’re someone like me, or someone who’s better at building habits and sticking with them, you can benefit immensely from the lessons for skills and a healthier life in many different areas! I have always (re)started my journey with yoga, water every morning (now I’ll actively drink water throughout the day) and a healthy breakfast! But I can’t wait until I get to experience more of what this app has to offer, especially as someone who tends to keep bad habits easier than healthy ones! Beyond what the app provides directly, you can find a lot of support and positivity from the online communities in here! Making a positive change and sharing it with others can go a long way for encouraging and motivating you. It also really does help to see that you are not truly alone in your struggles, even if you choose to pursue it independently! Overall an amazing app that has helped me feel better physically and mentally countless times. Many thanks to those who’ve made this app✨
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This is a win
Whoever made this app, I physically love you. It has everything that ticks my brain just right to be able to finish goals and set them easily enough so that I can check them off and while that may seem easy to some, I’ve always struggled with sticking to my word. This app helps do that in such an efficient way so that no matter what you’ll get it done. The little feed of good motivations always seems to brighten my day and I save almost all of them! It’s adorable yet put in a way that’ll help you build yourself into the best you.
I think everyone needs this app. I can’t think of a reason not to get it, it’s simply the best routine/healthy habits app out there and I say that whole-heartedly. It doesn’t just let you set a goal then alert you at a time when that goal needs to be done. The first goal for me from the app was to drink water first thing every morning, and while it did have a reminder it didn’t go off or was loud, it was gentle AND the app reminded me the night before to put a water bottle beside my bed so that the goal could be easier to reach. Not to mention the small map of your person traveling through obstacles and mountains? Genius. It gives you every bit of motivation. It even gives you daily motivational speeches AND nightly speeches. This app is 100% my favorite.
Sincerely, a happy customer.
I think everyone needs this app. I can’t think of a reason not to get it, it’s simply the best routine/healthy habits app out there and I say that whole-heartedly. It doesn’t just let you set a goal then alert you at a time when that goal needs to be done. The first goal for me from the app was to drink water first thing every morning, and while it did have a reminder it didn’t go off or was loud, it was gentle AND the app reminded me the night before to put a water bottle beside my bed so that the goal could be easier to reach. Not to mention the small map of your person traveling through obstacles and mountains? Genius. It gives you every bit of motivation. It even gives you daily motivational speeches AND nightly speeches. This app is 100% my favorite.
Sincerely, a happy customer.
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I like it but…
So I genuinely do like this app. I like the animation and the storytelling behind it. I do like the early action steps that it encourages you to do as well. What I don’t like is there’s too much going on on each page sometimes. I sometimes get confused by which task or journey I’m on. I also don’t like the fact that you can’t skip a journey. And it shows as completed instead. Which gives a false sense of accomplishment(minor but this a mental trick). I also don’t like that they change the Discover page. I appreciated the infographs and now they aren’t there. If those were two separate pages then I would be OK with that. I also don’t like the fact that there is not a monthly option for the app. Also when I canceled my free trial, I saw that the price went up by $10. Overall I think this app has amazing potential if it offered better price options and if it was a little bit more cleaned up. I also feel that seeing too many tasks or journey too soon can be overwhelming for a new user as well.I would 100% give this another chance if they made some changes and if the free trial was maybe a little bit longer so that I can see if this is an app that I really want to incorporate into my daily life.
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Hopeful, at long last
I’m 58, and have not taken the time to care for myself, like, ever. And now I realize: it’s now or never. I live in my head, not my body, which, intellectually, I understand makes my risk of earlier death much greater, not to mention the effect on my quality of life.
The breakup of my 26-yr marriage in 2019 and desperately trying to teach vocal music online (MS & HS kids) during the first year COVID broke me. So I guess it took reaching rock-bottom to make me take action 🙁. I retired early in June, sold my condo, and took off for Portugal. It is here that I stumbled across this app.
Fabulous uses the metaphor of a hero’s journey to teach, suggest, remind, and encourage in the gentlest, sweetest way. As corny as the Disney-esque animations and rhyming, seem, I think it’s working! The only reason I decided to try it is that it is created by Duke and is based in science, but I’m seeing the advantage of presenting the information in this manner. I’m as shocked as anyone that it is helping me build healthy habits, which I’ve always been terribly undisciplined about. I’ve tried other health apps and have never stuck with them. It’s early days, but I’m seriously hopeful that this approach will ultimately help me take control of my destiny. I have nothing left to lose!
The breakup of my 26-yr marriage in 2019 and desperately trying to teach vocal music online (MS & HS kids) during the first year COVID broke me. So I guess it took reaching rock-bottom to make me take action 🙁. I retired early in June, sold my condo, and took off for Portugal. It is here that I stumbled across this app.
Fabulous uses the metaphor of a hero’s journey to teach, suggest, remind, and encourage in the gentlest, sweetest way. As corny as the Disney-esque animations and rhyming, seem, I think it’s working! The only reason I decided to try it is that it is created by Duke and is based in science, but I’m seeing the advantage of presenting the information in this manner. I’m as shocked as anyone that it is helping me build healthy habits, which I’ve always been terribly undisciplined about. I’ve tried other health apps and have never stuck with them. It’s early days, but I’m seriously hopeful that this approach will ultimately help me take control of my destiny. I have nothing left to lose!
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Changed my life! (Only one issue)
This is probably the best app you could EVER HAVE on your phone. I left a rating a while back but it really deserves a full review. Im a 20 year old college female who suffers from severe mental health issues and addiction, and have for most of my life. I was so depressed that getting up to shower felt like an 8 hour shift, so most of the time i let basic self care take a backseat. During my trip to rock bottom i stumbled across Fabulous. Its exactly what i wanted that other programs didnt have, it keeps you on track and its ENJOYABLE. and i can say its great for people with ocd, adhd, or autism. Now, after only 3 months, i drink water, eat 3 meals, exercise daily, practice mindfulness, and take care of my hygiene better than ever before! Im even about to QUIT VAPING after 4 years, which is something i never thought was possible. I can actually relax at the end of the day because i know i have done everything i need to do, and Fabulous will remind you of that. My mental and physical health have improved so much in so little time, I will probably never stop using this app.
Unfortunately, the poor reviews here arent (completely) asinine. They do have severe billing issues that they have yet to fix. Please, be VERY CAREFUL if you decide to accept a free trial or purchase a subscription. I have fallen victim to the double charging, double subscriptions, etc. (pro tip, contact apple, not fabulous)
Unfortunately, the poor reviews here arent (completely) asinine. They do have severe billing issues that they have yet to fix. Please, be VERY CAREFUL if you decide to accept a free trial or purchase a subscription. I have fallen victim to the double charging, double subscriptions, etc. (pro tip, contact apple, not fabulous)
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Gotten worse
I used to have this app a few years ago and it was really good. They had plenty of challenges to try out & I enjoyed them a lot. The app only allows you to do one challenge at a time. But unfortunately I ended up getting notifications for every challenge I had ever done. So my notifications became irrelevant to my current life, and it was really annoying and constant. I tried to get customer service to help me numerous times & they ignored me, so I deleted the app.
Fast forward to now. I downloaded the app again thinking I’ll try using it without notifications, just for some fun challenges to do. But I can’t even do any now because the app now forces you to do “a journey” first before you have any freedom. A series of tasks set for you, starting with the need to drink water in the morning for three days. I have zero interest in this. I already drink water. People should be given the freedom to set themselves their own goals. If the developers actually knew anything about behavioural science like they claim to, then they would know that this approach can be highly demotivating & turn fun challenges into boring chores.
I will be deleting it again.
Fast forward to now. I downloaded the app again thinking I’ll try using it without notifications, just for some fun challenges to do. But I can’t even do any now because the app now forces you to do “a journey” first before you have any freedom. A series of tasks set for you, starting with the need to drink water in the morning for three days. I have zero interest in this. I already drink water. People should be given the freedom to set themselves their own goals. If the developers actually knew anything about behavioural science like they claim to, then they would know that this approach can be highly demotivating & turn fun challenges into boring chores.
I will be deleting it again.
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Response from developer
Hi there, thanks for the feedback. We're always looking for ways to improve our app and feedback like yours helps us a lot. Please reach out to our support team if you have any further feedback.
