# Hypertrophy Coach — user reviews > 46 indexed App Store user reviews of Hypertrophy Coach by Hypertrophy Coach LLC, rated 4.30/5 from 149 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hypertrophy-coach/id1186838232/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hypertrophy-coach/id1186838232.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 116 · 4★ 7 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 18 ## Newest reviews (10 of 46) ### 3/5 — Decent app but no improvements and poor ui *2025-10-16, version 3.9.18* Hi Joe , I bought the app a long time ago and I’m a lifetime subscriber. I have a few concerns - the ui hasn’t changed a little bit since the release of the app , no new features , no auto increments for weights - reps etc . I understand the target pop for the app might be experienced people but if that’s the case it’s basically limiting the reach of the app to beginners. As a software developer myself I recommend if you can invest some time and money in developing a better ui/ux which is more intuitive and modern. I have tried several other apps which you can try as an inspiration- ladder, juggernaut ai , etc Thank you ### 3/5 — Great Content, App Needs UI Update *2024-11-08* All of the content in this app is top notch, however I would love for this app to support use on the Apple Watch. I don’t want to bring my phone through the gym, I’d love to track the workouts through the watch but it’s not supported. ### 2/5 — Good content, bad app *2024-07-24* The other reviews are still accurate. The content itself is great and the coaches are very responsive. That being said, the content doesn’t even load half the time. This isn’t a problem with Joe but rather the actual developers of the app. If things worked smoothly this would’ve been 5 stars for me **Developer response:** I’m very sorry for your poor experience. I take 100% responsibility for it (this is Joe Bennett, the owner). And offer my sincere apologies. I take your time, money and gains very seriously. Unfortunately over the course of 2023-24 I had to transition App development teams twice. I spent tens of thousands of dollars, and hours daily trying to improve the app function, as well as upgrade existing features. When bringing problems to developers' attention, every month I’d be assured they were fixed. Only to find those “fixes” either weren't actually fixes at all, and/or temporary bandaids that led to more problems. And by the time problems would reach me directly, it would be months to get one of these “fixes” done again. Being the least tech savvy person on the planet, I personally felt helpless being unable to just get in and fix issues. It created a horrible experience for me (emotionally and financially), and even worse, a less than amazing experience for the members. Which is even worse. But thank God, as I’m writing this (February 2025) I’ve finally had an AMAZING new team in place for 3 months that has solved problems quickly and permanently, getting the app where it should be. We can now go weeks at a time without a single support ticket, which is amazing for having thousands of members. And I’m finally able to get back to focusing on my personal mission of creating an epic app to help people put on muscle, look and feel the way they want. (we’ve added 3 new programs the last 2 months with 3 more on the way). As an additional apology for the poor experience I’d be happy to offer a completely free 3 month membership. And so you can, risk free, come back and see the improvements we’ve made. Just email me personally at hypertrophycoach@gmail.com and I’ll get that taken care of asap. Thank you for your feedback, I wish the experience had been better, but I need to hear this to make the app better moving forward. ### 2/5 — App needs improvement. Content is great. *2023-07-25* Overall the app needs work. The workout and nutrition tracker are very choppy. The content is great from Joe and the team. If the user experience and interface changes entirely, where things are running smooth for programs and nutrition. This would be a 5/5 but right now I’d give the app itself a 2/5 but the content and knowledge that Joe gives is top tier. **Developer response:** Thank you for the feedback! The app is now running fast and smooth as ever! (we've had a brand new app development team in place since the end of 2024). Hope to see you back soon. ### 1/5 — Our expectations were too high *2023-05-31* I purchased this program as a gift for my husband who is already very skeptical about online coaches but I painted this one completely different for him and finally convinced him to enter in the one year program. Unfortunately we were NEVER able to even begin. My husband didn’t know how to start and looked to get guidance to figure it out by trying many attempts to get in contact with anyone and no one responded to Instagram messages, emails, IG post comments… etc! We tried all the ways of communication and we got zero acknowledgment. It was very discouraging as one of the qualities I sold the program to my husband was that the coach was a Christian man so he surely will honor his concerns with respect and assistance when he needed—none of that happened. $150 for the program might not be much but it was a fortune when we got zero from it! You kinda feel robbed😔 **Developer response:** I’m very sorry for your poor experience. I take 100% responsibility for it (this is Joe Bennett, the owner). And offer my sincere apologies. I take your time, money and gains very seriously. Unfortunately over the course of 2023-24 I had to transition App development teams twice. I spent tens of thousands of dollars, and hours daily trying to improve the app function, as well as upgrade existing features. When bringing problems to developers' attention, every month I’d be assured they were fixed. Only to find those “fixes” either weren't actually fixes at all, and/or temporary bandaids that led to more problems. And by the time problems would reach me directly, it would be months to get one of these “fixes” done again. Being the least tech savvy person on the planet, I personally felt helpless being unable to just get in and fix issues. It created a horrible experience for me (emotionally and financially), and even worse, a less than amazing experience for the members. Which is even worse. But thank God, as I’m writing this (February 2025) I’ve finally had an AMAZING new team in place for 3 months that has solved problems quickly and permanently, getting the app where it should be. We can now go weeks at a time without a single support ticket, which is amazing for having thousands of members. And I’m finally able to get back to focusing on my personal mission of creating an epic app to help people put on muscle, look and feel the way they want. (we’ve added 3 new programs the last 2 months with 3 more on the way). As an additional apology for the poor experience I’d be happy to offer a completely free 3 month membership. And so you can, risk free, come back and see the improvements we’ve made. Just email me personally at hypertrophycoach@gmail.com and I’ll get that taken care of asap. Thank you for your feedback, I wish the experience had been better, but I need to hear this to make the app better moving forward. ### 1/5 — Useless app *2022-12-14, version 3.8.14* These are the most useless workouts I have ever done. I have achieved nothing but felt like wasting time with them. The videos where he shows you bench press while talking 10minutes are not helpful at all too. You could show the same in a 20second video but some people just love to hear themselves talk. ### 1/5 — Don’t bother *2022-08-09, version 3.8.3* Took my money straight away when there was meant to be a 7 day trial. The workouts are poo The app is very laggy Don’t recommend ### 4/5 — Looking for some help…. *2022-07-07* The app will not load on my phone. I have done multiple programs over the course of the last 2+ years. I use it regularly. Last night the app worked fine, but today when I went to use it, it appears to begin opening but never loads and takes me back to my home screen (iphone) I have made sure the app is updated and have restarted my device. Suggestions? Advice? ### 5/5 — I’ve become anabolic in under a week l! *2022-01-14, version 3.4.4* The combination of brain gains, hypertrophy hygiene and the 5 effective reps I finally reach in my training(with a scoop of pre of course) I’ve yet to climb the mt. Olympus that is this app. A collection to unravel with Joe’s accumulation of life lessons (and a half) ### 3/5 — Looks nice, but lost something… *2022-01-12* I want to say the content, absolutely superb. The assistance the team gives is crazy awesome and second to none. And I have been off the wagon for a while and am now getting back into the changes. But what happened to the drop set?! It’s just a set now…and while you can either remember what you did or write it down, I feel it just is missing something that I found extremely valuable. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bad app *2025-04-02* I read your response to the last person who left a one star review and decided to make the purchase but I had the same issue. After I’d accepted the monthly purchase it froze up and now I never was prompted to create a password so I can’t log in. ### 1/5 — 0 Results not worth it *2025-01-17* This coach likes to hear himself talk a lot and every single exercise has a 10minute explanation video which nobody who’s in the gym has a time for. I used this app for over a year, paid for it, got zero results with abundance of food and doing all of his ridiculous banded exercises. No strength gains, no size gains. I switched to RP Hypertrophy and instantly felt the difference. I would never recommend this app to anyone who wants any results. Sorry, just being honest. **Developer response:** Very sorry I wasn't the right coach for you! Some updates: The exercise library videos now take you directly to the exercise being performed (if thats all you want to see). Then for the individuals that want more form feedback (like I'd provide an in-person paying client), they can watch the whole video! In addition, I'm sorry you saw zero results. The programs prescribe training with great from, in close proximity to failure, documenting progressive overload (easily within the app's integrated logbook), with relatively low volume at as high of a frequency as you can recover from. So I'm sorry that didn't work for you! It's worked well for thousands of other clients I've worked with, but everyone is different! Also, there are approximately 2 exercises within the app recommending bands (out of hundreds of exercises). Sorry those were not to your liking! You could have easily used the "swap" feature to chose a preferred alternative. But I'm glad you're getting your gains somewhere, Keep it up! I can't be perfect for everyone! ### 1/5 — Yep definitely is broken! *2024-12-25, version 3.9.17* Paid for the app not working ### 1/5 — Bad, ripoff *2024-10-10, version 3.9.17* Paid 3 different times, each time the app failed and after time said that I didn’t have a membership. The first two times, I received a refund. The last time they ignored me and kept the $249.00. ### 1/5 — App issues *2024-07-28* I’ve tried multiple times and only once I got a payment to go through then the app took be back to the starting point to start a plan. Was looking forward on giving this app a try but I can’t even start it. **Developer response:** I’m very sorry for your poor experience. I take 100% responsibility for it (this is Joe Bennett, the owner). And offer my sincere apologies. I take your time, money and gains very seriously. Unfortunately over the course of 2023-24 I had to transition App development teams twice. I spent tens of thousands of dollars, and hours daily trying to improve the app function, as well as upgrade existing features. When bringing problems to developers' attention, every month I’d be assured they were fixed. Only to find those “fixes” either weren't actually fixes at all, and/or temporary bandaids that led to more problems. And by the time problems would reach me directly, it would be months to get one of these “fixes” done again. Being the least tech savvy person on the planet, I personally felt helpless being unable to just get in and fix issues. It created a horrible experience for me (emotionally and financially), and even worse, a less than amazing experience for the members. Which is even worse. But thank God, as I’m writing this (February 2025) I’ve finally had an AMAZING new team in place for 3 months that has solved problems quickly and permanently, getting the app where it should be. We can now go weeks at a time without a single support ticket, which is amazing for having thousands of members. And I’m finally able to get back to focusing on my personal mission of creating an epic app to help people put on muscle, look and feel the way they want. (we’ve added 3 new programs the last 2 months with 3 more on the way). As an additional apology for the poor experience I’d be happy to offer a completely free 3 month membership. And so you can, risk free, come back and see the improvements we’ve made. Just email me personally at hypertrophycoach@gmail.com and I’ll get that taken care of asap. Thank you for your feedback, I wish the experience had been better, but I need to hear this to make the app better moving forward. ### 1/5 — Scam alert *2024-07-27, version 3.9.14* Be careful getting this app, I purchased a subscription and could never access the app or website. The tech support option seems to be an endless loop of animated responses. I had to file for a refund through apple pay to hopefully get my money back ### 1/5 — App doesn’t work *2024-07-24, version 3.9.14* I am paying $50 a month for an app that doesn’t now want to load programs and when I deleted the app it now isn’t me letting login. Overall this is a good app but the bugs are insane and not worth the high price tag ### 1/5 — Subscription doesn’t work *2024-07-21* I signed up for 30 days but I keep getting a notification that says “ Hypertrophy coach - validation failed “ I saw other reviews saying that they couldn’t access the content. But I was hoping it would work for me. Sadly no. I will be requesting a refund through Apple. **Developer response:** I’m very sorry for your poor experience. I take 100% responsibility for it (this is Joe Bennett, the owner). And offer my sincere apologies. I take your time, money and gains very seriously. Unfortunately over the course of 2023-24 I had to transition App development teams twice. I spent tens of thousands of dollars, and hours daily trying to improve the app function, as well as upgrade existing features. When bringing problems to developers' attention, every month I’d be assured they were fixed. Only to find those “fixes” either weren't actually fixes at all, and/or temporary bandaids that led to more problems. And by the time problems would reach me directly, it would be months to get one of these “fixes” done again. Being the least tech savvy person on the planet, I personally felt helpless being unable to just get in and fix issues. It created a horrible experience for me (emotionally and financially), and even worse, a less than amazing experience for the members. Which is even worse. But thank God, as I’m writing this (February 2025) I’ve finally had an AMAZING new team in place for 3 months that has solved problems quickly and permanently, getting the app where it should be. We can now go weeks at a time without a single support ticket, which is amazing for having thousands of members. And I’m finally able to get back to focusing on my personal mission of creating an epic app to help people put on muscle, look and feel the way they want. (we’ve added 3 new programs the last 2 months with 3 more on the way). As an additional apology for the poor experience I’d be happy to offer a completely free 3 month membership. And so you can, risk free, come back and see the improvements we’ve made. Just email me personally at hypertrophycoach@gmail.com and I’ll get that taken care of asap. Thank you for your feedback, I wish the experience had been better, but I need to hear this to make the app better moving forward. ### 1/5 — Lost Data *2024-05-14* I created a custom program spanning 12 weeks only to see the exercises within the daily workouts have been changed and then the program itself ultimately got deleted. Very disappointing. I will update this review if support gets back to me and is able to fix this he issues. **Developer response:** I’m very sorry for your poor experience. I take 100% responsibility for it (this is Joe Bennett, the owner). And offer my sincere apologies. I take your time, money and gains very seriously. Unfortunately over the course of 2023-24 I had to transition App development teams twice. I spent tens of thousands of dollars, and hours daily trying to improve the app function, as well as upgrade existing features. When bringing problems to developers' attention, every month I’d be assured they were fixed. Only to find those “fixes” either weren't actually fixes at all, and/or temporary bandaids that led to more problems. And by the time problems would reach me directly, it would be months to get one of these “fixes” done again. Being the least tech savvy person on the planet, I personally felt helpless being unable to just get in and fix issues. It created a horrible experience for me (emotionally and financially), and even worse, a less than amazing experience for the members. Which is even worse. But thank God, as I’m writing this (February 2025) I’ve finally had an AMAZING new team in place for 3 months that has solved problems quickly and permanently, getting the app where it should be. We can now go weeks at a time without a single support ticket, which is amazing for having thousands of members. And I’m finally able to get back to focusing on my personal mission of creating an epic app to help people put on muscle, look and feel the way they want. (we’ve added 3 new programs the last 2 months with 3 more on the way). As an additional apology for the poor experience I’d be happy to offer a completely free 3 month membership. And so you can, risk free, come back and see the improvements we’ve made. Just email me personally at hypertrophycoach@gmail.com and I’ll get that taken care of asap. Thank you for your feedback, I wish the experience had been better, but I need to hear this to make the app better moving forward. ### 1/5 — Paid for lifetime access. It wasn’t provided. *2024-03-13, version 3.9.10* Paid for lifetime access to the app. It still says I have no account. I contacted the company repeatedly. No one is writing back or assisting me. I’ll be contesting the charge with my bank tomorrow evening. Don’t waste your money or your time. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Buy the app *2025-10-06, version 3.9.18* If you don’t have the app what are you doing ### 5/5 — World class programs, good App! *2025-08-31, version 3.9.18* The programs are world class on the app. The app itself is good; Joe and his team are always improving it. ### 5/5 — Great content *2025-04-16* Updated review: After Joe changed the developer team, the app seems to be working well and as expected. Joe reached out personally to make sure things were going well and it’s clear that he cares about what he does and the products he puts his name on. He really is a great coach and I’m glad the initial app issues have been sorted out. Cheers **Developer response:** I’m very sorry for your poor experience. I take 100% responsibility for it (this is Joe Bennett, the owner). And offer my sincere apologies. I take your time, money and gains very seriously. Unfortunately over the course of 2023-24 I had to transition App development teams twice. I spent tens of thousands of dollars, and hours daily trying to improve the app function, as well as upgrade existing features. When bringing problems to developers' attention, every month I’d be assured they were fixed. Only to find those “fixes” either weren't actually fixes at all, and/or temporary bandaids that led to more problems. And by the time problems would reach me directly, it would be months to get one of these “fixes” done again. Being the least tech savvy person on the planet, I personally felt helpless being unable to just get in and fix issues. It created a horrible experience for me (emotionally and financially), and even worse, a less than amazing experience for the members. Which is even worse. But thank God, as I’m writing this (February 2025) I’ve finally had an AMAZING new team in place for 3 months that has solved problems quickly and permanently, getting the app where it should be. We can now go weeks at a time without a single support ticket, which is amazing for having thousands of members. And I’m finally able to get back to focusing on my personal mission of creating an epic app to help people put on muscle, look and feel the way they want. (we’ve added 3 new programs the last 2 months with 3 more on the way). As an additional apology for the poor experience I’d be happy to offer a completely free 3 month membership. And so you can, risk free, come back and see the improvements we’ve made. Just email me personally at hypertrophycoach@gmail.com and I’ll get that taken care of asap. Thank you for your feedback, I wish the experience had been better, but I need to hear this to make the app better moving forward. ### 5/5 — Lost Data *2025-04-07* *UPDATE* I want to thank Joe for reaching out and letting me know the problems have been fixed. This app works great now! The content on this app is top notch. I would like to see more exercises in the video library in the future. I created a custom program spanning 12 weeks only to see the exercises within the daily workouts have been changed and then the program itself ultimately got deleted. Very disappointing. I will update this review if support gets back to me and is able to fix this issue. **Developer response:** I’m very sorry for your poor experience. I take 100% responsibility for it (this is Joe Bennett, the owner). And offer my sincere apologies. I take your time, money and gains very seriously. Unfortunately over the course of 2023-24 I had to transition App development teams twice. I spent tens of thousands of dollars, and hours daily trying to improve the app function, as well as upgrade existing features. When bringing problems to developers' attention, every month I’d be assured they were fixed. Only to find those “fixes” either weren't actually fixes at all, and/or temporary bandaids that led to more problems. And by the time problems would reach me directly, it would be months to get one of these “fixes” done again. Being the least tech savvy person on the planet, I personally felt helpless being unable to just get in and fix issues. It created a horrible experience for me (emotionally and financially), and even worse, a less than amazing experience for the members. Which is even worse. But thank God, as I’m writing this (February 2025) I’ve finally had an AMAZING new team in place for 3 months that has solved problems quickly and permanently, getting the app where it should be. We can now go weeks at a time without a single support ticket, which is amazing for having thousands of members. And I’m finally able to get back to focusing on my personal mission of creating an epic app to help people put on muscle, look and feel the way they want. (we’ve added 3 new programs the last 2 months with 3 more on the way). As an additional apology for the poor experience I’d be happy to offer a completely free 3 month membership. And so you can, risk free, come back and see the improvements we’ve made. Just email me personally at hypertrophycoach@gmail.com and I’ll get that taken care of asap. Thank you for your feedback, I wish the experience had been better, but I need to hear this to make the app better moving forward. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2023-05-03, version 3.9.1* Love how it pulls my weight and reps from the previous week. Very helpful to keep me progressing ### 5/5 — The best *2022-12-16, version 3.8.14* Amazing app 100% recommended it 💪🏻 ### 5/5 — This app is worth so much more! *2022-12-01, version 3.8.13* I never write reviews but while scrolling through the forum I felt I owe Joe and his team a thanks. I feel like I have gotten so much more than I paid for and have learnt so much the past year from the app. Also Joe seems to be constantly looking for new ways to improve and make better what is already such a great product. This app has allowed me to fully coach myself into the best shape of my life for a small fraction of the price I have paid in the past for a bodybuilding coach. Its also been very helpful in getting myself into coaching due to the educational videos on this topic. So now I have my first few clients who I am able to help reach their goals with the help of the app. Thanks a lot to Joe and the team! ### 5/5 — Gainzzz *2022-03-30, version 3.6.1* This app will get you laid, promise. ### 5/5 — Best fitness app *2022-02-10* Great fitness app for Hypertrophy. The support on forms from Joe and Bryce is top notch. Love the new programs with Bryce as well. So much education content as well. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the feedback! ### 5/5 — Best app I have in my phone *2022-01-18* This app is amazing and keeps getting better. If you are looking for something to help you get in good shape and teach you proper technique, this app is the way to go. --- *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 2026-06-10.*