Leave a Review BeatBurn Treadmill Trainer
Great Treadmill App
I've had this app for a week and really enjoy it. Wife has had it longer and told me about it. I got it 1/2 off prices. I've been a long time runner and use a treadmill in the winter and rainy days in the summer at home. This app makes the workout go fast and it's fun and challenging to per your selection. And since the patch the app no longer double populates ihealth with 2 of the same workout data strings. I was just deleting the dupe. Nice fix for that by the developers. Woulda given a 5 star but have not tried the app outside yet. Hope it works as good. I also have LOLO Jeff Galloway 5K and it's good too. At this time this is my go to treadmill app. I am using the advanced workout level for 60 mins workouts. Only complaint is that with warm ups and cool down segments a 60 min workout times at 1hr 15 mins. To me the "overall" time should represent the workout chose. So 60 min workout is 60 mins total with warmup/cool down. Great app - THANKS!Show lessGMRO
Took me from walking to running
I purchased this app over a year ago, based on the reviews here, and cannot praise it enough. I bought it to start power-walking and use on the elliptical -- and it's fantastic for both. Yet, I never thought it would make my legs and lungs strong enough to help me become a runner. (Especially at my age -- I'm in my 50s!) Yet, that's what happened. The gradual accelleration of challenge and speed, fully adjustable by you, is extremely effective. The coaching is just right. I do hate their synthesized music, but big deal: You can block it and limit it to play the music that motivates you, which for me was also a game-changer. I do not use it all the time anymore, but I definitely still use it for running at least once a week, and always use it when I'm inside the (boring!) gym, because it continues to up my game. Seems like a cliche, but this app really changed my life.Show lessThelma Ritter
There aren't enough stars!
This is probably comparable to the couch to 5k programs (run one minute, walk three, repeat) but with so much variance! I tried "learning" how to run a couple years ago but it was the beat of my footsteps that bugged me more than anything. Now that I can relate the beat to music, it not only has you focus on even motions, but I breathe so efficiently without even thinking about it. Also had a hard time figuring speed versus endurance. This app has demystified so much for me. Started at the end of March, and in May I jogged 6 miles straight, no breaks. To be fair, I guess I was physically fit from other exercise, but STILL, I used to be the girl who refused to run in PE. Sorry this is so long, I just can't express enough how much it has encouraged me. Now I WILL say the warm ups and cool downs are a bit rushed so just add your own.Show lessTinatorbie
Love this app!!!
This program is amazing! It works flawlessly and without any problems. It is easy to use, easy to adjust to your personal level and really helps keep you motivated. I highly recommended this for anyone that uses a treadmill. Even the incline and speed on the app screen match the treadmills speed and incline screen locations which makes it easier to make sure I have the right settings when I can't hear it tell me to change.
And after saying that, here is my one request. It would be nice to see a, not to small, count down timer for each interval for those times I can not hear the voice tell me to change. I know they use a bar graph that the color fills up put it does not show up well enough for me to know that the interval is almost finished especially when watching something that has too much of my attention and is too loud.
I highly recommend this app. If I could I would give it more than 5 stars!Show lessBlankMan2015
Making an exerciser out of me....
I got the app a year ago and used it religiously for months, until I had an injury and couldn't run. I am back at it again, and this app is the thing that gives me the motivation to get off the couch and get on the treadmill. I am not the type that likes to exercise...at all. But this app gets me going. The ability to adjust the workouts from beginner to intermediate to advanced, from walking, walk-jog, running, and the length of the workout lets me know it will always be challenging. Support for the app is amazing too - I had a question and got it an email in 4 min! (ps...always have to start a workout in portrait orientation, can't have it turned landscape when launching. ha) They didn't give me any time to lose my motivation to workout. Great app...you won't be disappointed.Show lessJ.McP
It didn't work at all as advertised
Downloaded to an iPhone 4. Put iPod music on it. The message "unable to analyze more than 50 songs at a time" is a pain, but I understand. That slows down the setup process. Then there is a 60-minute limit for your workout program. I, for one, don't want to have to reach into my pocket, or whatever, an hour into a good workout to tell the thing to start again. And it forces you into a two or three-minute (can't remember which) "warmup period". I don't WANT a warmup period. I want to get right to it. So, I emailed customer support. Here's the reply: "I think the easiest solution to both problems is to just jump around in the workout". This means pushing certain buttons to get where one wants. I don't WANT to push buttons or "jump around" I just want the thing to set the BPM and go about my workout. So, makes me wonder where all of those positive reviews come from. It doesn't work unless you're willing to put in extra work. Personally, I think an app should just work without a lot of extra "punching".Show lessJim in Fresno
Can wait to go running again
I accidentally bought Beatburn thinking it would just let me set a fixed BPM for all my songs and then realizing my mistake bought Tempo Magic Pro, which does just that. To date i've used Tempo Magic Pro maybe once or twice but consistently use Beatburn three times a week and look forward to each session. Before I'd always get bored or distracted whether running outdoors or on treadmill, but Beatburn pushes me harder than I would on my own and I never know where the time's gone when the session is over.
I had a bit of a rough start with it, since it's auto-detection of beats was consistently off by 2-3 BPMs and it wouldn't pick up my BPM settings from itunes, creating odd pace changes between songs, but now that i've got it dialed in, it's perfect. My only problem now is that I can't find any Trance i like that's 150bpm +, causing Beatburn having to use its built in songs for some of the faster intervals.Show lesssdether
Needs some work, but overall still the one I use the most.
So I don't really have a problem with the coaching throughout the workout. I'm sure she is talking as much as some of the others say here, but either I'm tuning her out more or I'm just dealing with it.
What I don't understand is the "workout time" displayed. My workout shows 30 minutes remaining. I set the treadmill to 35 minutes and my treadmill still runs out of time before my workout is done. How is that possible? The workout counts warm-up and cool-down in the time from what I can see, so this timer must be way off...or I'm completely missing something.
I also wish it had more incline moves in the running workout. In contacting support I was told there were concerns about too much adjusting the workout during the workout. Well, I think I can handle pushing 2 buttons on my treadmill instead of just the one for speed so I'd like to see that implemented also for more variety.Show lessHuskerfan69
Still the Best $4 I ever spent!
I have been using beatburn both outdoors and on the treadmill for the last month. I have been trying to lose weight and cardio is sooooooooo boring for me! This app is the best! I actually look forward to my workout every day. My goal was to walk 4 or 5 times a week, but I'm enjoying the app so much I find that I'm walking every day! The trainer voice is very encouraging and it seems like she always has something new to say to keep me going. The app calculates the BPM of your own music. You pick the tunes and it creates the workout! I've been using the interval setting and it never gets boring. Beatburn, along with 7 weeks of healthy eating, has helped me lose 24 pounds so far. This is the best $4 I've ever spent!!
Just an update...I love the update for this app! It has even more encouragement from the trainer and runs even better than before. At first I thought that the calories burned were recalculated, but then I realized that I am burning fewer calories per workout because I have already lost 35 POUNDS!!! I look forward to my cardio every day, both on the treadmill and outdoors...thanks for a SUPER APP!!!!Show lessSoFla walker
New features almost great
Ever since I started using the older version this app, the one thing I really wanted was the ability to automatically select songs from my library that matched up with the speed of the workout. The main new feature does that, to an extent, and sometimes it works great, while others, not so great. First you have to create your playlist, which involves selecting songs and having them analyzed for BPM. Once in a while, a song can't be analyzed for some reason, and I've actually noticed that scanning the same song twice can result in sometimes vastly different BPM results, but overall it seems to work reasonably well. The one problem I have all the time now is that if I select too many songs to be analyzed, after a certain number of songs, all of the following songs will not have a BPM reported.
I'd like to select all of my songs and have them accurately read, and for the few that can't actually be read for some reason, I shouldn't have to go back through and delete them all manually from the playlist. There should at least be an 'edit-delete' option not unlike batch deletion of emails, where I can just check a bunch of files and delete them. I'd also like the ability to have the BPM read from the ID3 tags of my mp3 files, as there are plenty of free options on Mac and PC that seem to do a better job of determining BPM.
Overall though, great app, and the new features are almost exactly what I was hoping for.Show lessDanAF
