# jog.fm - Running music at your pace — user reviews > 130 indexed App Store user reviews of jog.fm by Blendist LLC, rated 1.30/5 from 40 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jogfm-running-music-at-your-pace/id442921354/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jogfm-running-music-at-your-pace/id442921354.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 37 ## What do users think of jog.fm? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎵 Intelligently selects songs matching running pace/BPM - 👍 User-friendly interface and easy to use - 💡 Innovative concept for pace-matched music - 📚 Works well with large music libraries - 🎯 Great for discovering running songs from personal collection - ⚡ Effective motivation tool for workouts **Cons** - 🐛 App frequently crashes or freezes - 🐛 Only plays one song then stops - 📱 Requires screen to stay unlocked to continue playing - 🔋 Drains battery quickly - ❌ Cannot recognize music from cloud services (Spotify, Apple Music, iCloud) - ❌ Only works with locally downloaded iTunes music - 🎵 BPM matching is inaccurate - 🎵 Plays same songs repeatedly - 🎵 Selects slow songs inappropriate for running pace - 💰 Poor value for $2.99-$3.00 price - 📊 Incomplete or misleading instructions - 🚫 No refund policy despite non-functional product - ⚠️ Corrupts or interferes with device music library **Commonly reported bugs** - Library scan freezes at 4-10% completion - App won't open or launch - App crashes when manually setting pace - Music stops after one song despite app running - App doesn't advance to next song when phone is locked - Skip button doesn't function - App gets stuck on same song repeatedly - Plays songs that were blacklisted - Requires rescanning library every time app opens - Incompatible with iOS updates (particularly iOS 11.4+) - App conflicts with other running/fitness apps - Inaccurate BPM detection and matching - Music library corruption after app use - Redownloads deleted songs **Most requested features** - Direct BPM selection instead of pace-based selection - Shuffle option to avoid repetitive playlists - Allow app to run in background without screen on - Real-time pace/BPM display during runs - Ability to filter scans to downloaded music only - Back button to replay previous songs - Larger clock display for better visibility - Fitness tracking metrics (calories burned, progress tracking) - iPad/iPad mini compatibility - Better battery optimization - Ability to export playlists to iTunes - Compatibility with Spotify and other streaming services - Automatic boost track detection based on pace drops ## Newest reviews (19 of 130) ### 1/5 — Do not purchase *2021-04-21, version 1.5.4* Doesn’t recognize my music. Won’t let me even run. It’s just an icon on my phone. If I could figure out how to get my money back I would. It’s a rip off. ### 1/5 — Arrrgg! *2021-04-07, version 1.5.4* I always read the reviews! Except for this time! Gah! Just spent $3 and it doesn’t recognize any of the music on my device. ### 1/5 — Don’t buy it - It ruined several runs for me *2020-07-05, version 1.5.4* I was excited to purchase this app given the concept as advertised. However, I agree with all of the one star reviews. It does not perform at all like it says that it will. I listen to a mix of rock, country, and rap. The app consistently picked out the slowest beats rather than what I need for my pace (160-180 bpm). Buyer beware. ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2020-04-28, version 1.5.4* Same as above. Plays 1 song on repeat endlessly unless you unlock app and manually move it. Very disappointing. ### 1/5 — Can’t find my music *2020-02-28, version 1.5.4* The app doesn’t work at all, I have Apple Music and Spotify but it says I have no music on my device so it doesn’t work. You should stop letting people download this app and paying you $2.99 when you know it’s not gonna work for anyone! ### 1/5 — This app is crap *2020-01-21, version 1.5.4* I just paid $3 for an icon. The concept sounds great. However it won’t even scan my library. I have over 3000 songs in my phone and this app can’t detect any of them. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!! ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2019-12-04, version 1.5.4* Download this app and set it for a 10 min mile played one song and stoped ### 1/5 — Good concept bad app *2019-06-07, version 1.5.4* I downloaded this app for my runs and it only plays on song and stops and it won’t sped up pace or slow it down. I’m so disappointed ### 1/5 — App just plays one track and stops *2019-02-24* The idea of the app is great. In future (first of all it is necessary to fix bugs) it would be great to have the ability to manually select BPM of playlist (for my cadence) ### 1/5 — Horrible App! Don’t waist your time! *2019-02-15, version 1.5.4* This is the most abysmal waist of time app ever! It doesn’t even recognize my music library! ZERO stars! Worst directions ever! It only got 1 star because I couldn’t post this review. It should have ZERO stars!!!! ### 2/5 — App Provides no Songs *2018-12-17* It’s not at all clear in the app description that the app provides no music on its own, you have to get them yourself. I didn’t give them 1 stars because there’s a chance they didn’t do it on purpose but I have no doubt many people like me have downloaded the app thinking that it would provide music too. ### 1/5 — False advertising *2018-07-09, version 1.5.4* Only uses music from your library! Don’t purchase this app!!! It is false advertisement!!! You will have no access to any other music or playlist! ### 1/5 — Please fix! *2018-07-03, version 1.5.4* Worked good when I first got back in 2014 or 15 I till recently. Since updating to 11.4 on my iPhone 8+, jog.fm might finish one song and if it does, it won’t play the next one. I have it on top of my running app, I have removed it & installed it again and it still does it. I paid for this app when I first got it would appreciate getting what I paid for. ### 1/5 — Want My Money Back *2018-06-30, version 1.5.4* Not what I was looking for. 😕 ### 1/5 — Absolute total and utter failure *2018-05-04, version 1.5.4* Doesn’t work. At all. One song. Pathetic. Criminal in fact. ### 1/5 — Schrott, stürzt dauernd ab *2018-05-01* Ich will mein Geld zurück. Habe ein nagelneues iPhone und dachte, jetzt kaufe ich mir diese App, da ich nun genug Speicher auf dem Gerät habe. Gehe dreimal die Woche laufen. Heute drauf gefreut, mit mehr musikalischer Abwechslung zu laufen und Mega enttäuscht. Nach jedem einzelnen Song stürzt die App ab und ich war mehr mit dem Gefrickel am Telefon beschäftigt, um Musik zu haben als mit Laufen. Mein Rat: Finger weg! Die 3,50 sind rausgeworfenes Geld. ### 1/5 — Верните деньги или доведите до ума! *2018-05-01* Отсутствует совместимость с IPhone X Отсутствует русификация Купил за 279 рублей, в магазине куча бесплатных программ с таким функционалом.. ### 1/5 — Bad reviews are true *2018-03-11, version 1.5.4* Great concept so I downloaded despite all the bad reviews. The skip button doesn’t work. The bpm doesn’t seem very accurate, there is no “pace” button to set your pace like the instructions say. The instructions don’t seem to match up with the app much at all. Do not buy. ### 1/5 — You don’t need this app *2018-03-01, version 1.5.4* Even if it scans all your music when it plays the beat has nothing to do with the pace you’re walking. And worst of all, it plays one song and stops until you shake it or nudge it to play another. Don’t bother ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-05-05, version 1.5.4* Waste of 3 bucks. Says I have no music in my library after scanning. Don’t bother with this. ### 1/5 — This app won’t even open on my phone. *2026-03-29, version 1.5.4* Will not let me open the app to see or play the songs ### 1/5 — Awful *2026-02-19, version 1.5.4* Lies! ### 1/5 — Save your money - $3 Wasted *2025-12-21, version 1.5.4* Paid the money, downloaded the app, scanned my library of music I am licensed to download, nothing. Instructions are incomplete, and wrong. Worst app I’ve paid for in years. ### 1/5 — Won’t open - no refund *2024-07-14, version 1.5.4* I bought this app a few days ago without reading the reviews. Despite many tries & deleting & reinstalling, I have not been able to open this app even once. They won’t give me a refund. Take this garbage out of the App Store or give refunds. ### 1/5 — Bad bad bad *2024-02-05, version 1.5.4* I tried several times to get this app to work, and I was unsuccessful. Unfortunately, i also apparently decided too late to get a refund from Apple. The app won’t even open for me. I’ve tried several different troubleshooting techniques to no avail. I guess I’m out three bucks for nothing. ### 1/5 — Utter and total unmatched junk!!! *2023-10-05, version 1.5.4* Played the warmup song and then froze iPhone latest iOS app on top phone unlocked and on WiFi.. JUNK!!!! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t play correct bpm songs *2022-08-14, version 1.5.4* That’s the whole point of the app. Set it to a 12 minute mile should have been around 130 bpm, I added a bunch of songs to my Apple Music at that specific bpm. It chose songs from90 bpm to 150. Useless ### 1/5 — Horrível *2022-01-26* Ele precisa que as músicas estejam baixadas no celular para funcionar…mas mesmo assim não funciona. Gostaria muito do meu dinheiro de volta!! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-05-18, version 1.5.4* You think it’s working and then you get to the end of the song and realise it isn’t. Back to the website to search for songs I know and create my perfect tempo playlists from there. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — App stürzt nicht ab! … nur Anleitung lesen!! *2019-03-11* App stürzt nicht ab, dachte ich auch erst! Wie in der Anleitung zu lesen ist , kann sie deinen Laufrhythmus nur messen, wenn sie geschlossen ist, also der Ring oben auf der Anwendung (Hold to unlock) nach Öffnen wieder mit dem Schloss-Symbol geschlossen wird! So läuft sie perfekt und ist das Beste Tool, was ich je zum Laufen hatte!!! 💚💚 ### 5/5 — Great for keeping pace *2017-02-25, version 1.5.3* It helps if you have a ton of songs in your library. I try to run at 180bpms, which is a 7:00 mile according to this app. It has allowed me to design playlists and keeps me going for those long treadmill runs. ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2016-09-29, version 1.5.3* I am someone who needs music to run and I love that this app picks it for me. It's picked some random songs from my phone but they really worked well. ### 5/5 — Love it *2016-04-23, version 1.5.1* Couldn't be happier!! ### 5/5 — . *2015-03-01, version 1.3.1* Great app for motivation! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2013-11-03, version 1.2.4* I'm not sure why this app was overlooked, but it's just what I was looking for. I woke up asking myself if there was an app that had the features jog.fm has. I hope it gets the recognition it deserves. I love the blacklist and pump up song feature. I have some songs that really drive me to keep going. Thanks for this great app! ### 5/5 — Love this! *2013-10-21, version 1.2.4* This is just what I need to get through my workout! Awesome, easy to use. Really like the mapping feature for planning my runs. ### 5/5 — Работает *2013-06-11* Все работает. Не понравилось что дисплей включен, в бэкграунде не работает. Так за 3 часа вместе с RunKeeper разрядят телефон ### 5/5 — Great app! *2013-02-01* I have an iPhone 5 and just used this app for the first time today, and it worked just as promised. It scanned my library of a few hundred songs quickly, immediately calculated my running pace, and played appropriate songs. I did figure out that it has to run on the lock screen before it will play another song, otherwise there's a pause until you go back into the app. I'm totally satisfied with this app's performance as is, though I can suggest a few enhancements: on automatic, it should still tell me my average running pace so I can track my progress. It would also be nice if it asked for my height and weight and calculated calories burned or other fitness tracking info. It would also be cool to be able to export a playlist for a certain pace into my iPod library. Other than that, I will definitely keep using this app, as I love my music and enjoy discovering songs I already have that would make good running music. I found this app because I had the idea for this very format and posted on Facebook to see if anyone knew if an app like this existed. A friend who runs suggested it, and I'm so glad someone already came up with my idea, thank you!!:) ### 5/5 — Super *2012-04-15* Funktioniert genauso, wie man sichs wünscht :) --- *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 2026-09-02.*