# ABIT: Custom Exercise Programs — user reviews > 41 indexed App Store user reviews of ABIT by Shannon Bolick, rated 4.80/5 from 60 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abit-custom-exercise-programs/id1274605002/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abit-custom-exercise-programs/id1274605002.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 55 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (11 of 41) ### 4/5 — Robust, but usability issues *2024-09-25* This is a robust and feature-filled workout tracker and timer, but it has some usability issues and existing features could use a little refinement. It will probably be great for most users, and certainly seems better than all the competition. ### 4/5 — Bella ma con qualche miglioria diventa perfetta *2024-03-06* Ottima app per pianificare ed effettuare i propri allenamenti. Sincronizza i dati via cloud sugli altri device (iphone, ipad, mac). È piuttosto facile realizzare piani di allenamento anche complessi grazie al text editor, senza perdere troppo tempo. Manca un calendario per visualizzare un quadro di insieme degli allenamenti completati, dando la possibilità di assegnare un colore ad ogni routine. Non è inoltre possibile ordinare le proprie routines, da un punto di vista interfaccia, secondo un ordine che si vuole (titolo, ultima eseguita, …) **Developer response:** Ciao, grazie per il feedback! Ho aggiunto la possibilità di cercare gli allenamenti creati e ordinarli per data e terrò gli altri tuoi suggerimenti nella mia agenda. Grazie! ### 5/5 — Great app for making routines *2023-07-13* I use it to do my morning routine, and I love it! The voice instruction is my favorite feature. ### 5/5 — Really enjoying it so far. *2023-07-08* Very clear and stream forward UI. Perfect if you want to creat your own workouts. ### 5/5 — It's Really Good!! Thank you!!! verrry Mmmmmuch!^^ *2023-06-14* It's Really Good for me! or ( every body^^ ..probably^^!) ### 5/5 — It's like the creator got inside my head! *2023-06-01, version 5.1.1* I am constantly aware that none of my ideas are original. I have no idea of how to implement them. This is exactly what I have been looking for in a timer app! You've done a great job! This app is easy to use. I love creating my own workouts and sharing them to my workout group. Thank you! Now if only the basic features that I enjoy in the free trial were still free after five uses. ### 4/5 — Da migliorare *2023-04-06* Ottima app per pianificare i propri work out! Bisogna migliorarla e renderla più stabile! Un plus sarebbe quello di aggiungere uno”skip” per mandare avanti o saltare il recupero o eventuale esercizio! Bravi ottima app comunque! **Developer response:** Ciao, grazie per il feedback! Puoi toccare due volte qualsiasi intervallo per saltarlo 🙂 ### 5/5 — Perfect! *2023-01-19* Easy to program, easy to use. ### 5/5 — thankyou *2022-09-21* for making my workout time easier ### 4/5 — Finally *2022-04-01* Finally an app that is easy to programm workouts with different excersise length. Also nice that you can Programm the workouts on you Laptop. Only Bummer is that im not able to drag and drop the excersises around to change the order, or maybe i judt didnt found this option? Thanks **Developer response:** Hello, glad you are enjoying the app! Yes, you can drag and drop the exercises around, you just need to tap the EDIT button first 🙂. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Exceeded expectations *2022-02-24* This app is really solid. Does everything you want it to and the interface is great. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Training *2023-08-27* gut: Benennung der Übungen verbesserungsfähig: bei Start des Trainings 5 Sekunden runterzählen. am Ende jeder Übung 3 Sekunden runterzählen. Das es eine Kauf App ist besser kennzeichnen. **Developer response:** Hallo! Diese Funktionen sind bereits in den Trainingseinstellungen vorhanden. Haben Sie ein Problem damit? Bitte senden Sie eine Feedback-E-Mail von der App, damit ich helfen kann. Danke! ### 1/5 — I used to love this app but now they charge $ *2023-04-27* I used to make my own workouts in this app & do them several times a week BUT NOW you’re limited to doing 5 a month for free! Now you have to pay a monthly subscription fee in order to do more than 5, absolute rip off! I would pay for someone to send me workouts 5 times a month but I did the work myself of making the routine. I will be finding a new app to use that hasn’t turned into a total scam. **Developer response:** Hello, I am sorry that you are mad. There are no scams here though. ### 1/5 — I CAN'T UPGRADE TO UNLIMITED SESSIONS *2023-03-17, version 5.0* I CAN'T UPGRADE TO UNLIMITED SESSIONS ### 1/5 — Doesn't save properly *2022-04-15* I'm teaching a class this weekend and used this interval timer to set up the varying intervals needed. However, upon saving all of my "time" intervals were deleted and I was left with an entire workout of just "rest". Seems the "time" input isn't working very well and I'm none too pleased to be awake at 5am to practice my class and now have to find a new timer to reprogram my intervals into **Developer response:** Hello there, I am sorry for your poor experience. Currently, if you do not write in any text for the non-rest intervals, it will remove them when you move on to filling out the other workout details. This is a situation I did not anticipant and definitely can see how it could result in lost intervals if you simply did not want the interval to have a title. I appreciate the feedback and will work on fixing this. ### 1/5 — waste of time *2022-01-19, version 2.6.2* wouldnt let you save your workout ### 2/5 — Go with this app, you won't regret it. *2024-04-24* This is by far the best workout timer on the App Store. It is EXTREMELY customizable and beyond that doesn’t get weighed down by the customization options. The interface is very intuitive. I appreciate how the app can read out the name of the upcoming exercise and tell you how much time is remaining. Moreover, you can even change the voice to whatever you want — I played around with readings with a French or German accent which were funny. Go with this app, you won’t regret it. BTW - Reading the other reviews: - Crashing: I have not had any issues of the app crashing personally. - Cost: I too was a little bummed when I hit my 5 exercise limit per month. I tried to find something better and really there is none…. Which brought me back to the value which this app brings me and how much time I would have saved if I just paid for a membership/1 time purchase rather than trying to find something better. All things considered, 1 dollar a month or 10 dollars a year is beyond reasonable (alternatively 25 for lifetime access). How much would a monthly gym membership cost you? A beverage from the store? It is possible that you’ll be using the app for a couple hours a week, if not a month, so why not chip in to the single developer who is making your life easier with this app? ### 2/5 — Ok but not easy to learn. *2023-09-29, version 5.1.9* Needs better instructions. It’s not very intuitive how to set up the desired intervals and reps. The voice announcements do a good job of text to voice. ### 3/5 — Like most of it *2024-12-26* Rather easy to use and straight forward. Was looking for exactly something like this. Some UX isn't as intuitive as it could be (e.g. if you're editing the count down and voice over options there's no save button, so you're left wondering if your changes actually took hold). What really annoyed me though is that it says "double tap to skip" and that that's simply a lie. Double tapping doesn't do anything. And skipping something would really be a nice option. **Developer response:** Hey there! Thanks for the feedback, especially about the absence of a “save” button. As for skipping, you can double-click or tap on the current interval to skip it after starting the workout. Additionally, there’s an arrow skip icon in the top right corner of the interval that you can click to skip as well! If you encounter any trouble, feel free to email me, and I’d be more than happy to help you personally! ### 3/5 — Crashes frequently *2023-10-01* I have two main issues with the app: 1) When I click "view completed workouts" and scroll through them, the page refreshes every 15 seconds or so, so I have to scroll through them quickly to find the one I want, and click it before it refreshes. 2) The app crashes (i.e. closes and pops an error report) during workouts frequently enought for me to be annoyed. Maybe every third workout. Whenit works, it's great! But these two annoying factors have me looking at alternatives. **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for letting me know about these things. I was able to find and fix your #1 and the update is out now. I have not been able to reproduce any crashes, so I added more sophisticated crash logging in this update as well that should give me some data in the coming days as people use the app. If you have more details about your crashes or any additional feedback, I would love it if you emailed me at shannon@abitworkout.com ### 3/5 — Great app except for one thing *2023-08-26* It’s a really simple and clean app to navigate, and I love that you can choose between number of reps or time in seconds. I also love the text to speech feature. I just have one gripe with the app: the subscription service. I hate subscription services, especially when this one limits the amount of workouts you can make. I would totally prefer to pay a one time fee. It’s a great app overall though. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this app but please add more text voices *2026-05-04* This app is the best for workouts it’s super useful and straightforward. Please add better text to speech voices all of the current ones are outdated or creepy sounding😭. It would also be nice to have more customization, like app color themes. thank you! ### 5/5 — So easy to use! *2025-03-12, version 5.3.16* Been using this for a while now with some friends when we work out together at home. Love the level of customisation without being difficult to setup. The voice prompts and related options are amazing! ### 5/5 — Much improved *2024-08-01* I had some issues way back with the app crashing. The deeloper reached out, identiied the issues and fixed them. Very nice app now that it's working properly. **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you for letting me know about these things. I was able to find and fix your #1 and the update is out now. I have not been able to reproduce any crashes, so I added more sophisticated crash logging in this update as well that should give me some data in the coming days as people use the app. If you have more details about your crashes or any additional feedback, I would love it if you emailed me at shannon@abitworkout.com ### 5/5 — Almost perfect! *2024-05-19, version 5.3.8* Excellently designed. Customisable to suit your requirements. Elegant UI. I would like to see the ability to; Optionally extend the 3 second count into each exercise. When starting a workout to go straight to the large countdown screen. The ability to implement your own colour scheme. (I loathe red) ### 5/5 — Wonderful App - Worth upgrading - No regrets *2024-05-11* This is by far the best workout timer on the App Store. It is EXTREMELY customizable and beyond that doesn’t get weighed down by the customization options. The interface is very intuitive. I appreciate how the app can read out the name of the upcoming exercise and tell you how much time is remaining. Moreover, you can even change the voice to whatever you want — I played around with readings with a French or German accent which were funny. Go with this app, you won’t regret it. BTW - Reading the other reviews: - Crashing: I have not had any issues of the app crashing personally. - Cost: I too was a little bummed when I hit my 5 exercise limit per month. I tried to find something better and really there is none…. Which brought me back to the value which this app brings me and how much time I would have saved if I just paid for a membership/1 time purchase rather than trying to find something better. All things considered, 1 dollar a month or 10 dollars a year is beyond reasonable (alternatively 25 for lifetime access). How much would a monthly gym membership cost you? A beverage from the store? It is possible that you’ll be using the app for a couple hours a week, if not a month, so why not chip in to the single developer who is making your life easier with this app? ### 5/5 — Go with this app, you won't regret it. *2024-04-24* This is by far the best workout timer on the App Store. It is EXTREMELY customizable and beyond that doesn’t get weighed down by the customization options. The interface is very intuitive. I appreciate how the app can read out the name of the upcoming exercise and tell you how much time is remaining. Moreover, you can even change the voice to whatever you want — I played around with readings with a French or German accent which were funny. Go with this app, you won’t regret it. BTW - Reading the other reviews: - Crashing: I have not had any issues of the app crashing personally. - Cost: I too was a little bummed when I hit my 5 exercise limit per month. I tried to find something better and really there is none…. Which brought me back to the value which this app brings me and how much time I would have saved if I just paid for a membership/1 time purchase rather than trying to find something better. All things considered, 1 dollar a month or 10 dollars a year is beyond reasonable (alternatively 25 for lifetime access). How much would a monthly gym membership cost you? A beverage from the store? It is possible that you’ll be using the app for a couple hours a week, if not a month, so why not chip in to the single developer who is making your life easier with this app? ### 5/5 — Great for my use case *2024-03-28, version 5.3.8* I wanted something that was highly customizable. On the discovery of the text based editing feature, where editing complex timers and workouts saves so much time, I was sold and decided this was a 5 star rather then a 4 star. ### 5/5 — Good workout tool *2024-01-30* I made workouts in the app from a workout plan I found online and it works great. The Apple Watch app is nice for keeping me on track without having to look at my phone all the time. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2024-01-30* This app is great for transforming workouts I’ve written in my notes app to real workouts that track my progress and time. It’s clean and easy to use as well! ### 5/5 — Great Workout Tool *2023-09-30* This app is super clean and easy to use. I am able to make really custom complex workouts in minutes. The text to speech is my favorite part! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-22.*