Built with Science
This really is a great program and is helping me through a serious plateau. I’ve been working out for about 10 years and had lost around 60lbs. I’ve since gained back some of the weight despite continuing different workout programs. Built with Science brought me back to basics , reinforcing knowledge about nutrition and body mechanics. I’d recommend this program to anyone from newbies to busy parents to fitness enthusiasts looking to improve their overall health.
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Not great
Clunky app that’s difficult to use. It’s okay at tracking food but the workout side is pretty poor. Way better off getting a different nutrition app and a workout app like Caliber.
The fitness app to rule them all
I had watched Jeremy’s videos for a while before deciding to try out the app. I felt let his videos were interesting enough that they started getting me interested in fitness. After getting married and putting on a little weight, I thought I’d pull the trigger and give it a try for a month. I started to learn how to count calories, lost a few lbs, and got a workout plan. 9 months later: I’ve lost 25 lbs, I enjoy counting, and I lift more weight than ever. I’m the fittest I’ve ever been and my wife uses the app too. She’s also lost about 15 lbs and we have a whole different outlook on life! Thanks BWS!
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Moe
The best working out website
Easy to work with and easy to use
Workout videos for every movement. An algorithm that focuses on your body specifically, everything is super easy to use and simple. Very easy to log your meals/calories.
Motivating
The full body workouts are a game changer. It’s a nice app, combines several free apps in one. You can do it the free way, but this app is motivating and convenient to have everything in one place. The AI is useful as well. Been using it for about 2-3 months, I’m happy with it.
Response from developer
Hello! We’re so glad you’re enjoying the full-body workouts and the convenience of having everything in one place! It’s great to hear the app and AI features are helping keep you motivated and on track. Thanks for sharing your experience! Please contact us at support@builtwithscience.com if we can assist you!
Is it really so hard to take a picture of a meal?
I think this is a good app for logging workouts and meals, but the AI implementation is really over the top. The worst offense is that on the menu where I log my meals I have to look at AI generated images of food that look so alien they make me want to throw up the meal I’m trying to log.
This app is great!
The app makes a totally unique workout schedule and even has nutrition coaching! They really thought of every thing! The only thing I wish they would add was a check in on your injury’s before your workouts so if your knee was hurting it could show you replacement options for just that workout. It does have an option to do this when you sign up, but not throughout your training sessions and since my specific injury is kind of different every day that doesn’t really help me. Other than that it’s a great app!
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But expensive but good
But expensive but good
Removes the guesswork
Note: I am a beginner (~1 year of lifting), so my review may differ from yours.
I previously tried building my own program with YouTube videos and used macro factor for nutrition tracking. I ended up not making the progress I wanted, so I gave this one a try after ~9 months.
I really like the hand holding that it provides: I don’t need to guess when I need to increase the reps or weight, the app does it for me. Creating my program was easy thanks to the onboarding quizz. I learned a bunch of info with their built-in lessons. Some were known because i watched a lot of content saying the same thing. But if you’re a complete beginner it might be eye opening on all the basics.
The nutrition tracking works great but the database feels less complete than macro factor, even though it’s getting better. Especially in Europe. We can feel it being somewhat US-centric and having a growing international user base.
It feels like a great combo of everything to me. The embedded AI helper sometimes fumbles (as all AIs do), but overall it answers the questions I ask and gives good advice for basic stuff. It having access to my data is a plus, when it’s smart enough to actually use it instead of guessing.
I have not tried other « all in one » competitor training apps, but I’m happy with this one!
I previously tried building my own program with YouTube videos and used macro factor for nutrition tracking. I ended up not making the progress I wanted, so I gave this one a try after ~9 months.
I really like the hand holding that it provides: I don’t need to guess when I need to increase the reps or weight, the app does it for me. Creating my program was easy thanks to the onboarding quizz. I learned a bunch of info with their built-in lessons. Some were known because i watched a lot of content saying the same thing. But if you’re a complete beginner it might be eye opening on all the basics.
The nutrition tracking works great but the database feels less complete than macro factor, even though it’s getting better. Especially in Europe. We can feel it being somewhat US-centric and having a growing international user base.
It feels like a great combo of everything to me. The embedded AI helper sometimes fumbles (as all AIs do), but overall it answers the questions I ask and gives good advice for basic stuff. It having access to my data is a plus, when it’s smart enough to actually use it instead of guessing.
I have not tried other « all in one » competitor training apps, but I’m happy with this one!
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Response from developer
Hello! Thank you for such a thoughtful and detailed review! We’re thrilled the personalized progression, onboarding, lessons, and AI support have been helpful. We also appreciate your feedback about the food database and international coverage, especially in Europe, and will share it with our team. Please contact us at support@builtwithscience.com if we can assist you!
Use with caution
Good app but needs caveats
First, the AI scan over guesses grams and if a user is not correcting, can lead to under eating
Second, I’ve been using this app for three months and my exercise plan nor meal plan suggestions have updated. Seeing the same food recommendations and doing the same routine for this long is demotivating.
Third, considerations for human size and age need to be taken into account. I’m small and middle aged and female so my weight loss is slower than the app’s algorithm algorithms have predicted. The app keeps decreasing my calories because my weight loss is not keeping up with predictions. Now, I understand 1000 calories a day is not good for me, but others may not leading to potential concerning health issues.
Good reminder that these apps algorithms are normed for average populations, which is fine but others should use with caution.
First, the AI scan over guesses grams and if a user is not correcting, can lead to under eating
Second, I’ve been using this app for three months and my exercise plan nor meal plan suggestions have updated. Seeing the same food recommendations and doing the same routine for this long is demotivating.
Third, considerations for human size and age need to be taken into account. I’m small and middle aged and female so my weight loss is slower than the app’s algorithm algorithms have predicted. The app keeps decreasing my calories because my weight loss is not keeping up with predictions. Now, I understand 1000 calories a day is not good for me, but others may not leading to potential concerning health issues.
Good reminder that these apps algorithms are normed for average populations, which is fine but others should use with caution.
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worth it
very thoughtfully designed app. makes tracking workouts and food easy and tells you exactly what to do, but with the flexibility to change things up too. I’m glad I tried it.
one suggestion for the developers: I would love if it were possible to get just the workout tracking part of the app as a discount. I am not really trying to change my weight, but the workout tracking is so thoughtfully designed i want to keep using it, but the price is a little steep for just that. its been a great way to organize my workouts and incorporate my PT into my gym sessions (I have a lot of custom exercises). It’s been the only way I consistently do my PT
one suggestion for the developers: I would love if it were possible to get just the workout tracking part of the app as a discount. I am not really trying to change my weight, but the workout tracking is so thoughtfully designed i want to keep using it, but the price is a little steep for just that. its been a great way to organize my workouts and incorporate my PT into my gym sessions (I have a lot of custom exercises). It’s been the only way I consistently do my PT
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Workout feedback
No description about breaks in supersets
Exceptional
By far the best fitness app I’ve tried out of a handful.
Great all-in-on platform
I love that the app is easy to use and it has everything you need all in one app. And I also love that for the workouts you can substitute exercises when accommodating for injury or lack of equipment. It’s great!!
Response from developer
Hello! We’re so glad you’re enjoying the app’s simplicity and all-in-one approach! It’s great to hear that exercise substitutions are helping you adapt your workouts to your needs and available equipment. Thank you for the wonderful feedback! Please contact us at support@builtwithscience.com if we can assist you!
Great app and content
Happy to support this app
and content creator after years of top quality YouTube content. Thanks!
and content creator after years of top quality YouTube content. Thanks!
Love this app
Absolutely fantastic! Bought a subscription for my niece as well
Great app but one caveat
I think the app is amazing. The food tracker is probably the best I’ve ever used.
Also, the workouts and the instructions to the workouts are also very well done. I’ve never experienced a glitch.
But the one caveat that I have with this app is the workouts are not intuitive. Meaning I was doing the same workouts for eight or nine weeks and I wondered “when is it gonna change?”
And… I guess the answer is… they don’t. You yourself have to manually change it for a similar exercise.
If somehow they can gear it (the AI?) where you’ve either reached the pinnacle for yourself or maybe it’s time to switch and it does it for you would be ideal.
Also, the workouts and the instructions to the workouts are also very well done. I’ve never experienced a glitch.
But the one caveat that I have with this app is the workouts are not intuitive. Meaning I was doing the same workouts for eight or nine weeks and I wondered “when is it gonna change?”
And… I guess the answer is… they don’t. You yourself have to manually change it for a similar exercise.
If somehow they can gear it (the AI?) where you’ve either reached the pinnacle for yourself or maybe it’s time to switch and it does it for you would be ideal.
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Best in Class!!!
This has been instrumental in me losing 20 pounds. The food tracking is magnificent and it gives you recommendations for changes in calorie intake. The workouts are brilliant and if you don’t believe me, you should check out Jeremy on YouTube.. Also, once you get kind of bored of a workout, you can ask the AI to give you a new one based on the equipment that you have at home or in your gym. I went from a four day a week workout to a shorter six day a week workout easy Peezy if there’s an exercise that you don’t have or you just don’t like you can swap exercises with an exercise that has similar muscle groups.
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Great app
Great app! For a long time I tried to get in shape and failed. I was so fed up that I almost gave up. Then this year I came across your YouTube video and I decided to tried.
I like the 30-days trial and the fact that the app keeps me accountable. I also like the lessons to help me understand how to properly diet and workout.
One thing I will recommend, actually it’s more than one; first I sometimes go for a bike ride with my kids. It would be awesome to capture it as a cardio in the app. I looked for bike or bicycle and couldn’t find it. My friend also invited me for a spinning class. I was also trying to enter that in the app and was not able to do so.
Second, is it possible to have a preview of the workout before it swap? Every time I am trying to swap an exercise, I have to select the exercise and now look to make sure it matches what equipment is available. It would be great to preview before swapping.
I like the 30-days trial and the fact that the app keeps me accountable. I also like the lessons to help me understand how to properly diet and workout.
One thing I will recommend, actually it’s more than one; first I sometimes go for a bike ride with my kids. It would be awesome to capture it as a cardio in the app. I looked for bike or bicycle and couldn’t find it. My friend also invited me for a spinning class. I was also trying to enter that in the app and was not able to do so.
Second, is it possible to have a preview of the workout before it swap? Every time I am trying to swap an exercise, I have to select the exercise and now look to make sure it matches what equipment is available. It would be great to preview before swapping.
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