Game changer for fitness tracking
Honestly, this is quite the amazing app for fitness tracking. I love using this app for tracking my workouts at the gym. I love how it shows the heart rate data from your Apple Watch from during your workout. As well as the timing of each machine or exercise from the selected workout in aligned with the heart rate data.
So this is a big thank you to the developers for creating such a wonderful feature rich app. The only request I could ask for is added functionality to the app so I can use the app with my Polar H10 chest strap. This chest strap is a highly accurate heart rate variability sensor, and I would love nothing more than to be able to pair it with this app. Please hear my request developers! Id appreciate this greatly. I no longer own an Apple Watch so I don’t get the HR data included in the recorded workouts in the app anymore and there doesn’t appear to be an option to pair the app with other devices.
So this is a big thank you to the developers for creating such a wonderful feature rich app. The only request I could ask for is added functionality to the app so I can use the app with my Polar H10 chest strap. This chest strap is a highly accurate heart rate variability sensor, and I would love nothing more than to be able to pair it with this app. Please hear my request developers! Id appreciate this greatly. I no longer own an Apple Watch so I don’t get the HR data included in the recorded workouts in the app anymore and there doesn’t appear to be an option to pair the app with other devices.
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Response from developer
Thank you for your review! :) You can use your chest strap. Pair it to your watch (or phone) and Gymaholic will show its data.
Simple enough to use, powerful enough to be worthwhile
Been a number of years since I last used it it is is now hot garbage. Extremely unintuitive to use and for some god forsaken reason, body weight exercises like leg raises use kg instead of reps or even time. 60kg of what??? It doesn’t tell you how to add a time component to the exercise and you can’t add cooldowns between sets either.
It also for some inexplicable reason has machine exercises like seated leg curls only be timed, with no weight and no option to add it to the reps. The watch app is worst of all because in addition to being even less intuitive, you can’t shut it up. It refuses to respect your sound setting so turning the volume down or silence mode on, it still jabbers at you.
Awful app, what a letdown, do not be tempted to pay for this especially if you are a beginner.
It also for some inexplicable reason has machine exercises like seated leg curls only be timed, with no weight and no option to add it to the reps. The watch app is worst of all because in addition to being even less intuitive, you can’t shut it up. It refuses to respect your sound setting so turning the volume down or silence mode on, it still jabbers at you.
Awful app, what a letdown, do not be tempted to pay for this especially if you are a beginner.
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New revenue stream has ruined the app
I’ve been using the app for years, and I’ve purchased workouts and different features. Imagine my surprise when I’m all of a sudden locked out of my previously purchased features because the developers have moved to a monthly subscription revenue stream. Thanks for screwing us long term users!
Response from developer
Hello! Please go to the shop (home/cart icon) and press 'Restore.' This will solve the issue.
The Best
I reviewed this a couple of years ago and gave it five stars because it was the best gym workout tracking app I’d use. It still is the best and it’s had numerous improvements since I last reviewed it. iCloud syncing is sooooo much better than the older way of syncing workouts. Mine synchs between my phone and two Apple Watches flawlessly, every time. Workout generation based on muscle regeneration works really well and there are downloadable workouts as well. I was going to say that workout generation based on available equipment would be a great addition, but I’ve just discovered that this option is already there too. This is a superb piece of software. As a developer myself, this is something the creator should be very proud of.
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Great, but annoying bugs not fixed for years
I reported some bugs to the dev years ago and they acknowledged it. Time goes by, new releases get all the new marketable features, but minor yet super annoying issues are still here. If you travel between the US and the rest of the world, your weights will not get actually converted when you switch the units back and forth: the numbers stay the same, only the units name change. This used to work fine before, but stopped at some point years ago. I am now permanently in Europe and have to calculate all my weighs from kgs each session to input them in lbs the app. There used to be an export function which allowed to download the data, which I could use to recalculate myself and reimport the weighs, but that is gone now with iCloud sync, which is a significant regression on its own. The other bug is with Apple Watch: if you have a Quick Menu configured to show next set and edit previous, it will NOT let you edit previous set if it was the last one in workout. You have to finish the workout and edit that last set by hand. I progress with each workout (Hepburn Method), so I have to do it each time. These aren’t big deals to be fixed, but somehow after 4 years or so they’re still here. I even inquired about them again just a month or two ago and got no response whatsoever.
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I always come back to this app
The highest recommendation I can give to this app is that I’ve been using it for years and the competition don’t even come close!
I’ve tried dozens of fitness apps, but they try to do too much. Gymaholic does everything well, the features are great and the 3d representation of each exercise is great for both new gym goers and old hands to refresh their memories of proper form.
The history showing progression and the link with Apple fitness is really great showing how you’re improving over time.
It’s fair to say this is the one app on my phone that I use daily.
Well done to the development team, this app is fantastic!
I’ve tried dozens of fitness apps, but they try to do too much. Gymaholic does everything well, the features are great and the 3d representation of each exercise is great for both new gym goers and old hands to refresh their memories of proper form.
The history showing progression and the link with Apple fitness is really great showing how you’re improving over time.
It’s fair to say this is the one app on my phone that I use daily.
Well done to the development team, this app is fantastic!
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The best gym app out there
For the past 7 years, Gymaholic has been my go-to app for fitness. I haven't found any other app that rivals its capabilities. With seamless integration with my Apple Watch, customizable workout and rest times, and the flexibility to modify reps or time for each exercise, it has been truly a game-changer for me. Whether I'm doing CrossFit or strength training, the app adjusts accordingly, calculates my calorie burns, and ensures I stay on a successful fitness journey.
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This remains the very best resistance training App in the App Store
With the update to iCloud inclusion for syncing workout data between Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad (in fact across all your devices), this first rate App has just got even better. I rarely pay for subscriptions on Apps but this one delivers and earning a repeating income gives the developer the incentive to keep improving the App. First Class Health Kit integration and class-leading workouts make this the only workout App worth considering, especially if you have Apple Watch.
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Bummed.
I’ve used this app since 2018 and was completely enthralled by how user friendly it was and how easy it was to track your workouts. I absolutely loved the feature where they created a workout for you based off of your regenerated muscles and created an hour long workout session that was unique and different than the last workout. Unfortunately I have stopped using it (still paying for it cause I’m hoping it will magically go back to its former glory) because when I ask the app to generate workouts it always gives one actual workout and then the rest are 15 min stretches or cardio or rope workouts that I don’t want. I wanted it to give the hour workout with actual exercises and it doesn’t do that anymore. I’m not sure if it’s a setting I somehow chose or what but it’s very disappointing not being able to have workouts generated that are more than three 15 min stretches or rope workouts for an intended 45 min lift. Very sad about the change and wish I could have the old version back.
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Love this app
Love the app, overall great usability and easy to learn and create workouts. However, since the last update there is a hug that restart my workout for no reason.. it would be great to have the banded workouts added as well
