# Holly Health Habit Coach — user reviews > 68 indexed App Store user reviews of Holly Health Habit Coach by Holly Health Ltd, rated 4.40/5 from 40 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/holly-health-habit-coach/id1563015785/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/holly-health-habit-coach/id1563015785.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 32 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Holly Health Habit Coach? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Helpful for forming positive habits - 👍 Motivational and encouraging - 👍 Gentle reminders and nudges - 👍 Useful for tracking health data (e.g., BP) - 👍 Provides suggestions and ideas for habits - 👍 Supports self-care and thinking about oneself - 👍 Good for anxiety management - 👍 Easy to use and follow - 👍 Offers a wide variety of goals and activities - 👍 Helpful chat feature (even if not with a person) - 👍 Encourages setting own goals - 👍 Positive and non-judgmental tone - 👍 Bite-sized tips and information - 👍 Good for kick-starting a health plan - 👍 Varied and effective exercises - 👍 Supports mental and physical health - 👍 Attractive interface and engaging content - 👍 Helps with sleep issues and health worries - 👍 Makes small, incremental lifestyle changes - 👍 Transforms self-care attitude - 👍 Useful for breaking goals into small steps - 👍 Encourages reflective practice - 👍 Videos and articles are informative - 👍 No pressure, own pace - 👍 Good for improving flexibility - 👍 Helps with weight control - 👍 Good for maintaining sensible eating - 👍 Supports progress to more challenging goals - 👍 Helps with stiffness and freeing up muscles - 👍 Good for medication reminders - 👍 Helps to focus on healthy choices - 👍 Good graphics and cheery messages - 👍 Useful links to external resources - 👍 Great way of developing healthy habits - 👍 Offers useful links for movement and health info - 👍 Helpful exercise videos - 👍 Supports motivation - 👍 Easy to use, makes a big difference - 👍 Helps to make better choices - 👍 Like having a good friend - 👍 Little impromptu messages of support - 👍 Like a little secret conscience - 👍 Helps to learn to relax more - 👍 Motivating to rethink food and exercise - 👍 Helps to lose weight and feel healthier - 👍 Short video clips for exercises - 👍 Meditation and sleep music available - 👍 Practical, achievable, and motivational - 👍 Great reminder to do things - 👍 Encouraging and supportive - 👍 Well set up with loads of help **Cons** - 🐛 Static diagrams for exercises - 🐛 Inability to cancel subscription easily - 🐛 Repetitive nonsense - 🐛 Too many notifications, no control - 🐛 Some functionality is non-intuitive - 🐛 Challenges not loading pages - 🐛 Forced to answer sensitive questions - 🐛 App not working past initial screen - 🐛 App category misleading (paid vs free) - 🐛 Activities named generically ('title') - 🐛 Badly thought out setup questions - 🐛 App seems inappropriate for some users - 🐛 Repetitive messages of encouragement - 🐛 Forgetting to complete a habit and not being able to go back to record it - 🐛 Lack of a step counter - 🐛 Some users find it intrusive **Commonly reported bugs** - Won't let me cancel subscription - Stretching exercises diagrams are static - Challenges loading pages issue - Functionality is non-intuitive - App not moving past initial screen - App not suggesting anything - Deleted and reinstalled multiple times with no luck - Activities are all called 'title' - Setup questions are badly thought out - Forced to answer sensitive questions like gender and date of birth **Most requested features** - Video explanations for exercises - Ability to go back to the previous day to record habit completion - Integration with a step counter - More links to more detailed external sites - Ability to control notification frequency - Dark mode option - Advanced analytics dashboard - More varied and specific activity names ## Newest reviews (14 of 68) ### 5/5 — Motivated *2024-05-01, version 1.37.6* Just needed a little motivation without it being as though it must be done constantly ### 5/5 — Good prompter *2024-03-31, version 1.37.6* Although you quickly get into the habit of completing your daily routine, the daily Holly App prompt helps make you want to be a winner and confirm your exercises have been completed as promised. ### 5/5 — Clever and functional *2024-03-29, version 1.37.6* Such a useful tool to monitor simple healthy habits, then receive a nudge when you forget. Lots of other useful information and tips are included on nutrition, exercise and positive mental well-being. This app was recommended to all patients by my GP Practice. ### 5/5 — Really helpful Motivation *2024-03-29, version 1.37.6* Fortunate to jave received it through our GP, just at the time I needed it. Provides guidance and gentle encouragement across a whole spectrum of lifestyle habits from movement to food to bReath and meditation. It encourages own goal setting. I really like the confetti effect of swiping the completed habits. Its there if I have had a hectic time and have not been able to engage as much as I would like. I can just pick up the habits again. Useful information on things we may not have thought about. ### 5/5 — Holly Health *2023-12-29, version 1.36.0* I’ve enjoyed using the app. It’s been great to have daily reminders of my activities. It has helped me focus on new goals. ### 5/5 — Best app I’ve got *2023-12-28, version 1.36.0* So lucky to have this courtesy of gp practice. Love the reminders helps keep Me on track by encouraging with gentle reminders absolutely love it. ### 5/5 — Great support *2023-12-28, version 1.36.0* I was recommended to use this app by my GP and have to admit I was really sceptical! I could not have been more wrong as the Holly Health App has been such a great support over the last few weeks and although it keeps in touch on a daily basis it is not intrusive and you can participate as much as you like. I would definitely recommend this to people who may be like me and are not great at asking for help! ### 5/5 — Making the most of yourself *2023-12-27, version 1.36.0* Set your own goals whilst exploring so many resources on offer. Make the most of being in charge of your own progress. Enjoy the exploration and possible surprises on the journey. I can’t recommend it enough. ### 5/5 — Holly app *2023-12-27, version 1.36.0* I enjoy using the holly app because it helps with with sleep issues health worries and moods ### 5/5 — Holly Health app *2023-12-27, version 1.36.0* Holly Health was offered to me through my local GP Practice. I pick up to six habits to do each day for a week from Activity, Health, Sleep and Nutrition. (There are lots of habits to choose from and you can change as often as you wish). These are simple things that can be done quickly, but start making an incredible difference to your life. It’s surprising how small changes can make such a positive impact on your life. I absolutely love this app from Holly Health and would highly recommend it to anyone. If you use it, you will feel the benefits very quickly.I feel happier, healthier, more energised and generally more satisfied with my life. Thank you to the NHS for offering me the Holly Health app, and well done to the Holly Health team. David Neale. ### 4/5 — Scaffolds a change in mindset *2023-12-27, version 1.36.0* A lovely app brought to my attention by GP surgery Inoffensive reminders of your chosen pathway and aims to raise mood etc ### 5/5 — Love it *2023-12-27, version 1.36.0* I’m really benefiting from the encouragement Holly gives. The messages and chat are helpful at any time. The daily habits are the way to make changes and it’s working for me. Very highly recommended. 😁😁😁 ### 5/5 — HollyHealth *2023-12-27, version 1.36.0* My GP surgery offered me the chance to use the HollyHealth service and their regular prompts and reminders help me keep on track of what I need to do so my progress can be easily monitored and gently persuaded to continue my good habits. ### 5/5 — Personal fitness *2023-12-27, version 1.36.0* I received the app via my surgery. I picked my exercises and am reminded about that and meditation each day. It is important for me to do these as it frees up muscles and saves me from stiffness. Allied to my walking etc. my health and fitness and weight control has improved over the months. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Won’t let me cancel subscription *2025-01-14, version 1.60* Gave an email that does not work to cancel my subscription disgusting ### 1/5 — Useless *2024-10-30, version 1.54* Repetitive nonsense. ### 1/5 — Pure junk *2022-05-30, version 1.19.122* GP offered this, but it’s terrible. Pure junk. So much text, scrolls up so far, all the activities are called “title”, and just generally seems inappropriate for me. Setup was a bunch of badly thought out questions. Uninstalled after having a chuckle at how pointless it was. On a super serious note: asking sensitive but optional questions like gender and date of birth but with no way to skip is wrong. I was forced to answer to get to the next step. ### 1/5 — It has to be in the paid apps *2021-09-07, version 1.4* If you have to pay to use an app why would it be on the “free apps” category - think from the user’s perspective - I downloaded a free app, passed the onboarding and sign up (about 3-5 minutes) and boom a paywall without a skip.. not nice at all ### 2/5 — Holly Help!! *2023-03-27, version 1.27.339* I’m so frustrated with this app. I really want to love it but I just can’t get it to work. I received a free 6 month trial with my GP surgery but I can’t get it to move past a screen. It tells me it’s going to make some suggestions but it doesn’t. I’ve deleted and tried it over and over again but no luck. I already pay for Fabulous and thought that if I preferred this that I would move over when my trial ended. That seems unlikely at this point. ### 3/5 — Stretching ecervises diagrams *2025-03-07, version 1.63* These would be better explained via real person in a video rather than static diagrams ### 3/5 — Frustrating! *2022-02-19, version 1.15* This could be a really good app but there are issues with challenges loading pages. For example I selected the ‘celebrate good times’ challenge but can’t complete it as it won’t load on my phone. Some of the functionality is non-intuitive too - for example it took me ages how to work out how to mark a habit as done. ### 4/5 — Good graphics and easy to use *2024-09-01, version 1.50* Use this app via my GP and the short info messages are helpful. I sort of resent being told what to do by an app so maybe I’m not the best person to review this! BUT there are loads of things to choose from and have found many things helpful with anxiety without causing extra stress by being too intrusive. Great product ### 4/5 — Great app *2024-08-20, version 1.50* Great app, good access to information but I don’t mind a few notifications but it’s starting to get more and more I’m up to 8-10 a day 3 sometimes 4 in the morning and then 3-5 in the evening…and no way of controlling them. ### 4/5 — I like it now it’s more usable. *2024-06-01, version 1.40* . ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Helpful to form positive habits *2026-06-17, version 2.0.8* My GP practice invited me to use this app and despite some initial scepticism on my part, I am very grateful for the opportunity to try it. It is a really useful way to help form positive habits, and reminds you gently to complete your actions on the schedule that you set. I can fully recommend this app, thank you! ### 5/5 — Friendly & Motivational *2026-06-15, version 2.0.8* This app is really good at helping you stay focussed on your health goals and taking the time to think about yourself even just for a few minutes in the day. I liked it so much that I recommended it to our HR team to offer our own employees! ### 5/5 — Helpful *2025-05-25, version 1.71* I started using this as I had a new blood pressure monitor and this app was recommended. I like the way I can keep track of the BP readings and it’s a positive coach for forming habits. If you can’t think of something, there are plenty of suggestions for you to choose from and it’s ok to start small and build from there. Good app! ### 5/5 — 79 years old *2025-01-17, version 1.60* I believe the Holly app can help get me motivated and out of my chair I am already doing some light exercise and have given up drinking Pepsi Max which can only be a good thing. ### 5/5 — My experience with HH *2024-09-15, version 1.51* Holly Health is their for me first thing in the morning to offer support and encouragement . It gives me the motivation needed to continue building up my health pattern.it encourages me to think about my daily activities Along with my loyal loving family. It gives massive support never judges gives lots of choices and ideas, love having Holly Health in my life, especially as I recently became a widower. Thank you ### 5/5 — Really helpful *2024-09-02, version 1.50* My GP signed me up for this app and I think it was money well spent. I’m finding it really useful. I love the wide variety of goals you can set and the ability to check in with my mood and record what’s affecting my day. The chats, although not with a person are actually very helpful. ### 5/5 — Thanks Holly Health *2024-09-01, version 1.50* I love using the Holly Health App. Looking after myself, creating new habits, healthy habits, mindfulness, exercising more all positive. I’m so chuffed that my Drs surgery has recommended using the app. ### 5/5 — Welllbeing *2024-09-01, version 1.50* This app was a quick way to focus on my wellbeing each day. I found it v useful. ### 5/5 — Easy app *2024-08-31, version 1.50* Great easy app, easy to follow. ### 5/5 — Doctor referral *2024-05-29, version 1.39* Having been referred by my Doctor I am very happy this is helping me improve my general health at a rate I am comfortable with. --- *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 2026-08-13.*