Careful if you struggle with ED/BDD
I really wanted to like this app. I’m ADHD and struggle with housekeeping and finances and hoped Fabulous would help me create and sustain routines in those areas. I very intentionally did NOT list “healthy eating” as a goal because I have a history of disordered eating. Yet in the first five days of use, I’ve been told to drink water instead of pop, buy specific suggested breakfast foods, offered “easy healthy” breakfast ideas, read a motivational letter which used “quitting sugar” as an example, and prompted to get rid of “products that come in boxes or bags - like cookies, chips, and crackers”. The last *just* happened and that was when I knew it was time to unsubscribe and delete.
The initial “journey” is NOT tailored to your needs and does NOT take your risk factors into consideration- not once did it ask about my history with diet and exercise, and clearly my telling it I’m happy with my current nutrition and movement had zero impact on what I was shown.
There was also a really strange comment about buying a particular brand of water bottle because it’s BPA free that seemed very #sponcon but wasn’t marked as such in any way.
The initial “journey” is NOT tailored to your needs and does NOT take your risk factors into consideration- not once did it ask about my history with diet and exercise, and clearly my telling it I’m happy with my current nutrition and movement had zero impact on what I was shown.
There was also a really strange comment about buying a particular brand of water bottle because it’s BPA free that seemed very #sponcon but wasn’t marked as such in any way.
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Response from developer
Hi there, sorry to learn about your experience. If your issue has not been resolved yet, please contact support by visiting thefabulous.co and clicking "Contact Us" at the bottom of the page so our team can look further into this.
This app changed my life!!!
About a week or less ago I got this app and honestly I thought how I NEED to tell people how good it is. Like I said I got this about a week ago and it’s already drastically changed my life! I love going to the discover section of the app to get motivation and it’s helped me eat better too and lose/gain weight! Sometime I’m too skinny and hardly eat and other days I eat like a pig so now I’m always just right. Today I was challenged to eat a good breakfast and honestly it’s been a year since I had a proper breakfast so I made blueberry pancakes and had some strawberries and now I’m going to eat breakfast everyday now! I’ve also had insomnia since 4th grade and would stay up until 1 AM but now I go to bed at about 11 AM and that two whole hours of sleep back and all of that happened within a week! I’ve also started to wake up at 6 every day and workout an hour and have a to do list too! I’m also meditating every day now and I love how you can give advice to a fellow fabulous user and request advice after you write them a message about what they can do! I just helped a person with their laziness today and am going to get help on how to be more motivated to wake up early even on weekends,workout, and table care of myself etc. This app changed my life and I 100% recommend this app to somebody who needs to turn the tables!!! (Sorry about how long it is)
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Response from developer
Hi there, we appreciate your positive feedback. Thank you for letting us be a part of your journey. If you have any questions, our support team is happy to help. :)
definitely recommend! <3
i’ve struggled a lot with my mental health for a very long time now, i’ve tried many different apps but none seemed to help beyond just basic things such as common breathing exercises. But this app is different, i can honestly say it’s made a big positive impact on my daily life and i’m so grateful for its support. I do have one question though if anyone would help, i downloaded this app quite awhile ago and because of its usefulness i purchased the annual subscription package. However, i accidentally deleted the app and when i re-downloaded it again i’m not sure how to get my subscription back. I’ve been trying different accounts but none seem to work and i don’t have the money to afford another subscription. Is there anything i can do? thank you :)
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Loving it so far
I’ve created routines for the morning, afternoon and evening. Fabulous is helping me create healthy habits for a healthy life. I’ve been using it for a week now and it’s easy to use, it gives good tips, and keeps my motivation going on a daily basis.
Update: I used to love this app but they added a bunch of unnecessary and not optional features that have made the app more of a nuisance than convenient. The amount of notifications is annoying but the fact you cannot customize the notifications is just ridiculous. I get so many notifications that it defeats the purpose of the app. Sorry fabulous but I don’t need your hourly coaching… you need to step it up. Especially considering that I’m paying for this app so it’s like I’m paying for them to annoy me. It’s either that or no notifications which defeats the purpose all together because I would like to get reminders for my routines, which is what attracted me to the app to begin with. Also, I have zero intention of making this a social activity. My goals are about me and I don’t feel the need to connect with strangers on the internet so I can feel supported. I enjoy focusing on myself BY MYSELF. Personal goals are just that… personal. Not everything needs to be social so this circle business is another annoying and forced-on-me feature. I won’t be renewing my subscription and I regret subscribing to begin with.
Update: I used to love this app but they added a bunch of unnecessary and not optional features that have made the app more of a nuisance than convenient. The amount of notifications is annoying but the fact you cannot customize the notifications is just ridiculous. I get so many notifications that it defeats the purpose of the app. Sorry fabulous but I don’t need your hourly coaching… you need to step it up. Especially considering that I’m paying for this app so it’s like I’m paying for them to annoy me. It’s either that or no notifications which defeats the purpose all together because I would like to get reminders for my routines, which is what attracted me to the app to begin with. Also, I have zero intention of making this a social activity. My goals are about me and I don’t feel the need to connect with strangers on the internet so I can feel supported. I enjoy focusing on myself BY MYSELF. Personal goals are just that… personal. Not everything needs to be social so this circle business is another annoying and forced-on-me feature. I won’t be renewing my subscription and I regret subscribing to begin with.
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Free Version
This is a good app to get yourself started on organising yourself with a daily routine. Although I feel that the only was to get the best out of this app would be to pay the monthly pay to gain access to all the features, so unless you’re willing to pay for the app the free version is only useful to a certain extent and the app will pop up with features that u can’t use and keep trying to get u to purchase the features while u use the app. I personally found that there was not enough motivating me to continue to use the app everyday. I had to keep at least one of the notifications on my phone to remind me to check in for the day otherwise I would not remember to do check in. The adds the I received which made me try out the app in the first place advertise the app as a routine check list but once I tried the tools on the app (free version) I found it to be more of a couching app to remove/create new habits rather than a daily check list. I personally did not find that the free version of the app was helpful enough/ what I was expecting from the adds or what I need. I suggest giving it a try for yourself but this is my view. :)
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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.
This isn’t for night shift workers
Overall I think this app is really interesting and interactive. I love the graphics, the colors, the calming music when you click on certain things, and I love how doing such a simple task like drinking water makes you feel like you’ve accomplished something. Having said that, I work 12 hr night shift, and I’ve tried to set” my morning” activities to start around 5pm when I’m getting up for work, and I’ve actually become more overwhelmed by how many tasks I’m NOT able to get done. On top of that, you have the constant reminders to do things and because my schedule is very different than than the average person, it kinda makes you feel like you’re still failing. Even if I don’t wake up and drink water to start. So going forward, I wish app developers would understand that a lot of people work night shifts, and design an app that can accommodate our hours. A lot of my friends are nurses on night shift so I know it’s not just me! I wanted this app to work for me, but because of my opposite schedule it did not. (If you wanted me to help design an app for night shift people, email me!) A lot of us get anxiety and overwhelmed very easily (especially after covid, we are burnt out!) That was my reason for getting this app!
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Quite useful structure and functionality
What I really like is you can add items to your routine in really flexible ways. You can add an item to morning afternoon or evening. You can be more specific and add it for a certain time. Or you can be even more specific and add it for a certain duration starting at a certain time. Other apps force you to add in every habit at an exact time, but that’s not realistic. Sometimes your morning routine starts a little earlier or a little later. With this app it simply prompts you to do the items in the order you’ve entered them however long it takes. You can just check one off after the other and if you have to pause in between one or one takes longer one day, you just do it and then check it off whenever you’re finished and go to the next one. It’s lower stress than feeling like you’re behind, or have to stick to very exact schedule. But you can also input I have to always be doing yoga at eight if you want to.. it’s your choice. I do find the requests to sign up for year long or lifetime memberships off putting and pushy. I also feel like the voices and some of the little inspiring animation things can be sappy and condescending. I like the British voices. But who doesn’t? That’s just the aesthetic stuff though. Personal preference. I think a lot of work and thought went into the development of this app.
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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.
Beautiful ideologies if you’re ready
This app offers a beautiful journey and great insights within the day to day life. It also comes with an aesthetically pleasing, well designed and well managed interface. If you have the capacity to pay for this app I would highly suggest getting it. It won’t however be worth your time or money if you aren’t ready, to the very core of your being, for change. Making a new habit is hard let alone turning your life and your mentality around completely. That is where this app is so handy, it is an easy and fun app to use with adorable, heart warming content all throughout. The app however won’t help if you don’t have to have the drive and self love to take care of and change your life. If I had of found this app a year ago or even earlier, I would’ve probably used it for a short time and then decided it was no longer interesting or helping me in any way. So I’m glad I’ve found it at a time where I am looking for and making beautiful changes in my life.
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Thank you for helping me save my life.
Fabulous has been the friend and guiding hand I wished for but didn’t think I’d find. It’s really the small things. The little messages of support when I struggle to be consistent. The coaching about soothing anxiety made me cry. The night before I had a panic attack because I had a driving test in the morning and found it difficult to sleep. I felt so destroyed by the power of my negative thoughts. Fabulous has reminded me of the power I have within to also create positive thoughts from the things that come to mind. I feel better about experiencing life and not worrying so much about all the possible outcomes but to just experience things in the moment more. Because there is no need to rush. I am grateful to the people who put this app together. I will be sharing it with whoever I think it could help. Thank you.
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Helpful, a little Meta
Overall I really enjoy the app. I appreciate it’s approach is backed by actual behavioral science. I’ve really enjoyed the coaching as an added motivator as I get started for the day. There are a few things that aren’t dealbreakers, but stick out. 1. The app heavily self advertises. It actually distracts from the moments they try to create by mentioning fabulous at inappropriate times during coaching, constantly pushing you to share with friends through email or power-ups for habits, and through letters on your feed from the CEO. I’d rather not see any of it since it’s not relevant to me and I already paid for the service. 2. The communities aren’t actually built for discussions like a forum, they are a feed of posts from people you don’t know. This part of the app would need to be reworked or heavily moderated to be beneficial. If you don’t engage you’ll always have a little notification in app that won’t go away. 3. I’ve never gotten the apple watch app to work, just to various stages of broken after uninstalling and reinstalling. It’s ironic when one of the suggested habits is unplug but you have to get on your phone to mark off the habit.
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