Leave a Review FITIV Pulse
Over 2 years and still love it...ideal for Apple Watch
I have been using FITIV for over 2 years and it is perfect for my goals. Pick my workout, track workout zones, calories, etc. control my music and keep moving. Totally worth the paid version.
For the bad...sometimes it doesn’t sync right but I can easily fix it by having it reinstall on my watch. It sometimes takes a day or two to add new workouts to my watch. Most annoying, however, is the community/leaderboard is inaccurate and shows other users with crazy inflated results. That feature is not really important but it is annoying. But overall it has been a big improvement over apples built-in fitness app.Show lessRmanycmb
Mmmm
Great app now that intervals are progressing I hardly need anything else👍🏾👣👣👣ChrisSpeakman
Almost Great
Love the app! Great customization—can rename workouts, adjust heart rate zones and create tags for your workouts. One HUGE problem with the tags though is there isn’t a way to edit them so if you misspell one you can’t correct it or remove tags you no longer use. I contacted support about this issue because I wasn’t sure if I was just overlooking the edit option, but they wrote me back and said there was no option to edit the tags but to stay tuned for updates. That was at least a year ago but still no luck. That simple fix would make the app so much more enjoyable because my list of tags is cluttered with things I no longer need or accidentally misspelled...and you can’t even scroll all the way to the bottom of your list so I have to hit the plus sign and add from memory because I can’t see them to tap on. Please fix 😩Show lessqsemurcj
Not quite what I wanted
Removing another star (down to 2 now), because it has decided to export my outdoor run today as a treadmill run of zero distance.
I got this because I have an Apple Watch, but I wear reading glasses so can’t read the screen very easily when running. I like the colour coded heart rate zones, and the large figures in the display (and variety of things you can display - HR, pace, split speed etc.). What I didn’t like is that it doesn’t record cadence on runs, and it doesn’t record heart rate on treadmill workouts. There may be other things, but I these are the two I noticed as I use them. It means that I have to use a different app to get what I want, which is annoying, so I only use this on runs where I’m specifically aiming for heart rate zones. I’ve raised both of these via the feedback system.
I’m not really a fan of the community side, sadly. Getting on for 50% of posts are just the heart rate chart from workouts (and probably half of those not even with a comment). In the app’s defence, it’s no worse than any other exercise site I’ve been on, it’s just not interesting for me to see that lots of random people have hearts, and got a platinum award for exercising 196 hours this month (there is currently only one “challenge”, based on points you get for each workout).
I think it’s a relatively young app, and it has potential, but it’s not what I need at the minute, so I’ll probably revisit in a few months.Show lessgeatchy
It’s working again!
I bought this under its previous name and it used to work really well. However, it then frequently crashed before it even got going. (Very frustrating when you just want to enjoy your workout in a certain training zone). So I didn’t use it for quite sometime. Just tried the most recent update and it’s working again. So happy as I haven’t found an alternative that’s anywhere near as good as this.Show lessMgrx
Fantastic
Best fitness app I’ve seen & used. Please Keep up good work & look forward to any updates to make it better.
However it would be good if you could do an exercise which allows you to run/walk, given the fact of arthritis in knees but other that that, fantastic appKiki6883
Can’t rate highly enough - but have just downgraded to 4
I have simple requirements
1) run with Apple Watch without iPhone
2) customisable metrics on screen when I run
3) use Polar HRM over Apple Watch HR
4) log GPS track
5) log altitude
6) high and low HR warnings as I run
7) fully transferable workout data
Okay I use RunGap too which helps with 7
FITIV is the only app I have found that does all these things. Most apps will log the Polar HR but show you the Apple HR live when you run. And HR warnings are hard to find.
Plus this app is functionally rich and easy to use
I have just downgraded to 4 stars because it has gremlins (like the display suddenly stops updating with the most recent heart rate). Which might be okay if you could get a response from support and they ever helped you fix problems.Show lessRunner from London
My Favorite Fitness App
I have quite a few fitness apps that I use and I can say I enjoy fitness. When I signed up for this I thought it would mimic the health app for the Apple Watch. In some ways (color scheme) it did. Little did I know, however, the functionality would be far greater than what I would expect. I can sync FITIV to multiple fitness apps (pretty much a given). I can also create, modify, and edit exercises before, during and after an activity. I love the collective data information given about your exercise (target HR, usage %, Total vs Active calories burned, duration, gps and non-god distance, pacing, etc etc etc). This is the only app I use for my fitness activities now. It did not take me long at all to purchase the app after starting the trial. It was well worth it and I would gladly do it again!Show lessSupermanChris
Just Right
I just wanted to track my workouts, specifically tracking heart rate while I exercise. This app is easy to use, works reliably and has great, clear visuals.
Setup is fairly simple and there are plenty of features. The subscription cost is realistic unlike some over inflated apps I tested, although I would always prefer the option to buy once!(take note developers :).
Metrics seem accurate and consistent calories may be a little high but makes me feel better about workout, so I’m happy to be on the optimistic side...
Lots of other features and social elements that are cool, I don’t really use those bits so can’t really say if they are good or otherwise.
Note to developers please move the stop/start buttons! On iPhone 10 upwards I regularly end up switching apps when trying to slide to buttons into view.Show lessMark Longley
Maps (GPS) doesn’t work.
I’ve tried every which way to get the GPS to work and create a route on a map and it simply doesn’t work on my Apple ecosystem. I can do it with other running apps (no problems) but this app really gives me issues with this particular area. Reaching out to customer support gets you a formatted response to “Please restart your device(s) including the iPhone and Apple Watch as a first troubleshooting step. Reinstalling the app from the App Store can also solve a variety of install issues including lagging, crashings, or missing data.” I don’t want to restart my watch and iPhone and reinstall the app every timed my before a simple workout. That takes too much time and NEVER have to do this with other running apps to get a map of my outdoor workout. Until they resolve this issue, they only get 3 stars from me.
Follow up: This is a terrible app developer. I joined their FB groups and was kicked off of two of them due to me making negative comments about how bad this app is and confirming with other people about their own problems with the FITIV app, especially in the running exercise space. If you’re using it for running, there are so many better options. You can still use FITIV as secondary app (for the pretty graph)but I would not rely in it as a primary app for data.Show lessTinder Loser
Developer Response
We asked you to try reinstalling the app as a troubleshooting step, not continuously. If that didn't help, please let us know so that we can look into the issue further.
