# Michael Gannon's Ashtanga Yoga — user reviews > 121 indexed App Store user reviews of Michael Gannon's Ashtanga Yoga by Michael Gannon, rated 4.60/5 from 242 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/michael-gannons-ashtanga-yoga/id455901722/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/michael-gannons-ashtanga-yoga/id455901722.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 195 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 16 ## What do users think of Michael Gannon's Ashtanga Yoga? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Clear instructions - 👍 Good for home practice - 👍 Helpful for beginners - 👍 Inspiring practice - 👍 Well-designed app - 👍 Good audio quality - 👍 Useful for travel - 👍 Motivates practice - 👍 Comprehensive primary series - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Good value for money - 👍 Soothing voice - 👍 Detailed descriptions - 👍 High-quality photos **Cons** - 🐛 App is buggy - 🐛 Audio issues - 🐛 App freezes/crashes - 🐛 Skips poses - 🐛 Repeats poses - 🐛 Slow pace - 🐛 Not for absolute beginners - 🐛 Limited to primary series - 🐛 No offline mode - 🐛 Screen turns off - 🐛 Inconsistent functionality **Commonly reported bugs** - Critical bug blocking pose switching (repeats in loop) - Audio and progress get stuck, skips sequences - Repeats each step multiple times - Skips at start of each move - Missing poses in audio (intermediate) - Playing wrong audio - Poses skipped in audio (trikonasana, side angle) - No sound - Audio doesn't work - Slideshow doesn't play - App doesn't play as consecutive video - Audio stops working randomly - Audio cuts out when phone auto-locks - Gets stuck on one picture while audio continues - Beginner mode has too advanced poses - Audio and auto slideshow do not work **Most requested features** - Ability to skip poses - Speed adjustment for audio/pace - Customizable practice (select/deselect poses) - Option to set number of sun salutations - Create custom playlists - Timer for practice duration - Adjustable pace for sun salutations - Spanish language option - Audio guidance when screen is off/app minimized - More detailed instruction for new poses - Option to select poses for a 30/45/60 minute practice - Add transition subtleties (vinyasa, transitional poses) - iPad version or landscape mode - Slower verbalization for opening prayer - Video demonstrations of bandhas, drishti, breath, vinyasa - More advanced settings for pose customization - Option to select poses for a specific duration ## Newest reviews (17 of 121) ### 3/5 — Skipping option? *2023-03-26, version 2.0.5* Would be great if you could skip certain poses that you can’t do eg due to an injury or similar? ### 4/5 — Audio is perfect *2022-09-16* But it would be 5 star perfect if it had a speed adjustment. This moves too quickly for average beginners to keep up. ### 4/5 — Amazing App- Just 1 Request *2022-08-01, version 2.0.5* I first downloaded this app in February 2020 after being introduced to Ashtanga during a four week series at my home studio. Then, of course, the pandemic shut everything down. This app was a lifesaver through the whole experience. It kept me rooted in a practice that I was only barely introduced to when I first downloaded it. my only request is that there be a way to select the poses that you want to complete. Or, perhaps, offer 30/45/60 minute options. This would provide users with the ability to abbreviate the series as sometimes necessary. Thank you! ### 3/5 — Déçue *2021-12-31* Belle app, bien pensée et bien réalisée. Cependant je suis un peu déçu qu’elle n’offre que la série primaire d’Ashtanga et non pas les suivantes... ### 4/5 — almost perfect app *2021-12-27* this is such a great app for doing ashtanga at home. it would be perfect if you could create a “playlist” of the l full practice you wanted to do and just let it play to prevent stopping and starting which interrupts the flow. it would also be great to be able to set the number of sun salutations. ### 4/5 — Love but have a suggestion *2021-12-10* This is a really useful app. I love that I can play all of the poses one after the other to create an ashtanga yoga ‘class’ at home. I also love that I don’t have to look at the app- I can just listen. He gives very good explanations of what you should be doing for each pose. What would be awesome is if I could customize my yoga ‘class’ by picking and choosing which poses I wanted and then being able to play the poses I have chosen one after the other. Some of the poses, even on the beginner version, are too advanced for me and I’m forced to sit in child’s pose and wait a lot for those poses to pass by. I would like to have continued movement straight through. ### 4/5 — Doesn’t show sun salutations *2021-07-27* I really like this app but when I try to look through the sun salutations it goes straight into standing poses. ### 3/5 — Missing customization *2020-09-14* This app would be amazing if you could select and unselect the poses that you can and are not yet ready to do! Otherwise great instruction ### 4/5 — Good but it can be better! *2019-07-29* If u already practiced ashtanga yoga before, it’s the perfect app for practice yourself! But I’d like to customize the class! There are only two options which are beginner/Intermediate. So I can make my own class and time. ### 3/5 — 👌🏾 *2019-06-05* enjoying the app, would like to be able to have audio guidance continue when the screen turns off/app is minimized ### 4/5 — Great app but would benefit from a few simple extra features *2019-05-02, version 2.0.4* This is a brilliant app to practise Ashtanga at home, but as another reviewer has said, it would be absolutely brilliant if you could make some adjustments — primarily the ability to opt out of certain poses that might be not available (or unsafe) to you so the app automatically skips past them. I would also love it if you could adjust the number of sun salutations, in case you’re a bit more pressed for time so only doing 3 x A & B. And finally it would be brilliant if there was a timer on it so you knew how long there was left (and adjusting for the poses skipped). I know these are all not traditional ashtanga options, but at the moment having to come out of poses to skip the app forward isn’t either! ### 3/5 — It’s ok.... *2018-11-10* I was hoping for a lot more detail and more then just a picture of him doing a pose per the previous reviews... I suppose it goes back to not having expectations, but that’s a bit difficult not to do when other reviews are misleading about how great the app is. He skips even just basic instruction on some poses. It doesn’t even offer just a full class, you have to click in sections and go through the practice that way. I would get my money back if I could. Que serah serah. ### 5/5 — Jaynieb50 *2018-10-03, version 2.0.3* Brilliant app. Love it. ### 5/5 — Men Only *2018-10-01, version 2.0.3* Good yoga app for men living in an aśrama. ### 4/5 — Simple and Pure *2018-09-12* Michael gives amazing instructions and the app is very frictionless to use. I’ve started to practice 6 days a week because of this app. In many ways, this is even better than a real in studio instructor! I am absolutely in love with this app and I have derives way more value from it then the $2.99 I paid for it. Thank you a ton! I would be willing to pay even more if there were advanced settings that allow me to individually customize the difficulty of the poses rather than a difference in track. Even though I learned a lot of the poses in a studio before coming to the app, there are still lots of poses I have never seen before. Having a separate section with instructions as we incorporate a new pose into our practice would be incredibly helpful. Keep up the great work! Would love support the development of the app by donating or by other means. Thank you ### 5/5 — Yoga for life *2018-07-26, version 2.0.3* I have the privilege of practicing yoga with Michael Gannon in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. This app is world class and so is Michael for creating it so that we can take our practice anywhere. I have been practicing yoga on and off for approx 15 years (more off than on) and this time around I know I will be doing yoga for life. This is by far the best interactive app I have used in the smart phone world! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2018-06-18, version 2.0.3* Really easy to understand very clear ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Major bummer *2026-03-12* Been using it on and off for years, but now too buggy. Does not work anymore. ### 1/5 — What’s happened? *2025-11-14, version 2.0.7* I’ve been happily using this app for years but they just updated it and now it doesn’t work. It repeats each step in the sun salutations 5 times over before moving to the next step. And now my phone turns off in the middle too - that’s changed. Please sort this. Then I can give you the 5 stars you deserve. ### 1/5 — Update 11/25 broke *2025-11-13, version 2.0.7* Updated after years and now skips at start of each move making useless. ### 1/5 — Updated App missing poses in audio *2017-10-23, version 2.0.2* Edit: oct 2017 despite the updates, you still don’t seem to have done the basic testing of ‘does the voice match the poses in the sequence’ - has anyone there actually played the voice instructions from beginning to end to see if it matches the pose sequence?!!? Intermediate is missing revolved side angle bend at least. Disappointed. The updated app is either missing poses in intermediate setting or playing the wrong audio. Also, the email contact in the app bounced back. I think I'll need to look for another yoga app. How hard is it to test this kind of basic stuff? ### 1/5 — Not impressed *2017-05-07, version 1.1* No sound. Dose not play as a consecutive video of poses. Just image clips with some description. ### 1/5 — Sad face *2016-08-11, version 1.1* It doesn't just play through the poses and the sound doesn't work. So I don't understand how this is supposed to be helpful with the mind body connection when I will constantly for every single move have to check my phone. I'm so disappointed, I thought this was "it". Who are these 5 star people? And really?!?? ### 1/5 — WOMP *2016-03-31, version 1.1* It's not working. 😩 ### 1/5 — Slideshow doesn't play (on iPhone 6 Plus) *2015-12-30, version 1.1* Slideshow doesn't play (on iPhone 6 Plus) ### 1/5 — It doesn't work *2015-12-25, version 1.1* On an iPhone 5. Would have been nice if they mentioned that. What a waste of money! ### 1/5 — Read newer reviews: Doesn't Work with iPhone 5 or later! *2015-10-19, version 1.1* Great app when it did work a few years ago, but it does not work on iphone5, 5s, or 6 and there is no support for this app. Frustrating. C ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2026-04-07* One of it’s kind in terms of a guided practice through the primary series but unfortunately there is a critical bug that blocks the app from switching from one pose to the other instead it repeats in a loop the same position. I think it is worth updating even for an additional cost so please consider hiring a coder and making a paying update if necessary (or if there are some volunteer ashtanga coders even better) ### 5/5 — Critical Bug - Awesome App *2026-02-17* Hi Michael, Dear App Team, I had been using your app for over 10 years now and love it. On and off, but I always enjoyed coming back to a familiar routine. There have been small problems with the app before, but nothing that ever prevented me from using it. Only small nuisances here and there. However, unfortunately something broke with the latest app update that you just did and now when I go to play the sun salutations the audio and progress gets stuck and skips the whole sequence after the first inhale immediately jumping again to the first inhale (second round). If I manually progress to the next step it does the same error of skipping the rest of the sequence there. I could not find any workaround. Please have a look and try to fix it. It should be easy to spot and hopefully fix. I’m on an iPhone 15 pro latest Apple software (26.2.1) and latest app update from the App Store (2.0.7 updated 3 month ago). I don’t know if there are any local settings that could affect this, but if there is anything I could try please let me know! Namaste, Paul ### 5/5 — Simple and specific *2021-12-08* This app is simple to the extent of being basic. But that’s deceptive. It’s complete I one can follow along to the best of my ability and keep improving. Simpler is better, in this case. ### 5/5 — Waking me Up *2021-07-28* I have had it for years but just pulled it back out and it is reminding me of many things forgotten. ### 5/5 — Bom pra acompanhar a prática *2020-12-30* Acho mais útil pra quem já conhece bem a série. Ótimo pra fazer a prática inteira sozinho, pois, o aplicativo gera uma motivação e faz você manter o mesmo ritmo do início ao fim, como se fosse uma aula conduzida. Evita também que se esqueça uma ou outra postura, algo relativamente comum quando se prática sozinho e não tão concentrado. ### 5/5 — Just what one needs *2020-04-02* If you like the Ashtanga practice, this is a very nice app. Easy to follow and straight forward. ### 5/5 — Back on the mat *2019-10-08* Love this app. I needed a little more of a push to restart my home self practice. This did it! ### 5/5 — Perfect for new home practice or traveling *2019-09-15* I love this app. It's very well designed and easy to use. I love that there are two settings, beginner and intermediate. ### 5/5 — Best App Ever! *2019-04-14* Please make this one in Spanish! Clear, simple instructions, helpful descriptions. Beautiful job!! ### 5/5 — Bomb *2018-11-06* The best Ashtanga app. --- *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 2026-09-09.*