Great workouts, terrible app that Barry’s has abandoned
The workouts themselves are good, but it’s painfully clear Barry’s doesn’t invest in this app. At this point, it feels more like a money grab than a serious fitness platform.
There’s very little new content, and the search and filtering are awful. You can’t even search by medium or heavy weights. Classes are frequently mislabeled, so a workout that says “medium weights” may require something completely different once you actually start it.
The app also crashes far too often. Worse, if it crashes during a workout, the partial class frequently doesn’t appear in your history, leaving you to somehow find the class again if you want to resume it.
Even though the app supports Apple Music, the volume doesn’t work properly with the classes, so you can’t hear anything. It works with Spotify and Barry’s lame built-in streaming service, but not Apple Music.
There’s also almost none of the motivation Barry’s builds into its studios. No meaningful milestones, rewards, or recognition for classes completed. More than a year ago, Barry’s promised Ride + Lift classes, and they still haven’t appeared.
This could have been an amazing extension of Barry’s and a genuine competitor to Peloton. Instead, it feels like they were afraid of cannibalizing their live classes and decided to let the digital product slowly die.
The workouts deserve better than this app. Until Barry’s actually invests in it, I’d recommend Peloton or another online fitness platform instead.
There’s very little new content, and the search and filtering are awful. You can’t even search by medium or heavy weights. Classes are frequently mislabeled, so a workout that says “medium weights” may require something completely different once you actually start it.
The app also crashes far too often. Worse, if it crashes during a workout, the partial class frequently doesn’t appear in your history, leaving you to somehow find the class again if you want to resume it.
Even though the app supports Apple Music, the volume doesn’t work properly with the classes, so you can’t hear anything. It works with Spotify and Barry’s lame built-in streaming service, but not Apple Music.
There’s also almost none of the motivation Barry’s builds into its studios. No meaningful milestones, rewards, or recognition for classes completed. More than a year ago, Barry’s promised Ride + Lift classes, and they still haven’t appeared.
This could have been an amazing extension of Barry’s and a genuine competitor to Peloton. Instead, it feels like they were afraid of cannibalizing their live classes and decided to let the digital product slowly die.
The workouts deserve better than this app. Until Barry’s actually invests in it, I’d recommend Peloton or another online fitness platform instead.
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Great workout anytime anywhere.
I used to do Barry’s in person classes. During Covid and after kids I started working out with Barry’s in my garage. It gives me the intensity and direction I need to get a great workout with limited space, equipment, and time. I can take it with me everywhere I go. When I travel for work or fun, I can do Barry’s in the hotel gym or anywhere I bring my bands.
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Help, I’m stuck in BFE w/out a Barry’s
There are some solid workouts on the APP. I typically filter through the workouts prior to decide what is best for that day and bookmark my favs. Downside: Wish they would attach some
playlist to go along with the workout we can follow along with to have music match the highs and lows of the workout. Also they need a nicer studio to record these workouts. Other than that, It’s fine. -Wayne
playlist to go along with the workout we can follow along with to have music match the highs and lows of the workout. Also they need a nicer studio to record these workouts. Other than that, It’s fine. -Wayne
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Useless Filters and Extremely Limited Catalog
The filters don’t work. There are a bunch of classes that require weights when applying the bodyweight only filter. There isn’t a single bodyweight arm workout in the entire catalog. The only cardio workouts are running. How on earth can they charge $40/mo for such a limited selection?
Confusing
Want a simple app to see calendar of available classes at local gym.
