Solid but slow
Love the tech - I use it over Whoop or other bands to get HR zone data. However the app can be buggy. Currently, it won’t even open. Can take a while for workouts to sync. Overall worth it but needs bugs to be fixed
Response from developer
We have a brand new, completely redesigned and rewritten from scratch, app coming out in the next few weeks. It’s been undergoing beta testing by hundreds of Morpheus users for the last couple of months. Happy to add you to that so you can use it right now if you reach out to support@trainwithmorpheus.com.
It’s just ok when it works
The app is simple with a mediocre ui and subpar user experience. But I set that aside because I just want to track my heart rate. What’s harder to ignore are the bugs. This app is less reliable than the Android counterpart. I’ve had multiple instances of the app failing to sync with the backend server, where it spins and the homepage ui is hidden. The only fix is to reinstall the app, sometimes resulting in data loss. Have also had issues with it freezing when going to the recovery screen, requiring a reinstall to fix. And I’ve experienced signal loss from the hardware while doing a recovery, which is fixed by restarting the app and power cycling the hardware. Haven’t had any of these issues on the Android app after a year of use.
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Slow to connect
In the morning you want it to be responsive and get on with the 2:30 test. I frequently wait for it to load data from Apple health (sleep data) while it spins and spins until I give up. Dev said to disconnect those “third parties” delete app and reinstall. Sure that worked for a day or so and now it is happening again and I want the sleep data assuming the algorithm is using it. It’s almost worth writing my own app at this point given the speed with which one can develop one. I will say it’s a good app when it works.
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Response from developer
Our brand new app is ready for Morpheus User beta testing. If you want to join as a beta tester please reach out to support@trainwithmorpheus.com and we’ll add you and communicate how to get the app. We think you’ll find the difference between the old app and the new app to be night and day.
Struggles to connect
I want so bad for this device to be great, but no one who would want one has the kind lifestyle to spend 20 minutes connecting it every morning.
Heart rate zones
Just signed up and looks like the HR zones are way too high based on all the experts I’ve studied.
can't get logged in
bad support
Too much effort to maintain
After using this app for around 16 months, I’m giving it up. I took morning readings every morning for that entire time, and manually recorded all of my running workouts through the sync feature, and it’s just too clunky, slow, and time consuming to keep up.
For all that effort, the main benefit that I got was some advice about modulating my heart rate ranges for recovery, and some suggested weekly targets for each zone. I thought the customized ranges were pretty cool! I used them daily and tried to follow the weekly targets as closely as I could… until about 3 months ago.
Yesterday I completed my first marathon. Training was quite challenging, and came with quite concrete goals—Morpheus targets meant little when I knew I needed to put down an 18 mile run for the day. So I took my readings but did the work I needed to in order to get ready for my race, not what Morpheus suggested.
But ignoring its suggestions for a few months has left me feeling like this app just completely miscalculates what a fitness app should be. So much time waiting for it to load, seeing it crash and having to restart, manually recording every run using a finicky process that only pays attention to heart rate even though that data and more is in Apple Health, and they just can’t be bothered to poll the API and use the data… meh. In the last 18 months, I’ve put many hours of effort into this app, and the value I got from it just isn’t remotely there. I think HRV is really interesting, and I hope to see it used more meaningfully by players in the health space with a stronger product focus. For now, I’m going back to Athlytic. I wish it had this recovery-based HR zone scaling, and a better way to score HRV, but it’s quite useful without it, and is just much more feature rich, providing greater analytic transparency and range, and taking advantage of the wealth of data available through Health integration.
Maybe I’ll check in with these guys if they ever release the app re-write they planned.
For all that effort, the main benefit that I got was some advice about modulating my heart rate ranges for recovery, and some suggested weekly targets for each zone. I thought the customized ranges were pretty cool! I used them daily and tried to follow the weekly targets as closely as I could… until about 3 months ago.
Yesterday I completed my first marathon. Training was quite challenging, and came with quite concrete goals—Morpheus targets meant little when I knew I needed to put down an 18 mile run for the day. So I took my readings but did the work I needed to in order to get ready for my race, not what Morpheus suggested.
But ignoring its suggestions for a few months has left me feeling like this app just completely miscalculates what a fitness app should be. So much time waiting for it to load, seeing it crash and having to restart, manually recording every run using a finicky process that only pays attention to heart rate even though that data and more is in Apple Health, and they just can’t be bothered to poll the API and use the data… meh. In the last 18 months, I’ve put many hours of effort into this app, and the value I got from it just isn’t remotely there. I think HRV is really interesting, and I hope to see it used more meaningfully by players in the health space with a stronger product focus. For now, I’m going back to Athlytic. I wish it had this recovery-based HR zone scaling, and a better way to score HRV, but it’s quite useful without it, and is just much more feature rich, providing greater analytic transparency and range, and taking advantage of the wealth of data available through Health integration.
Maybe I’ll check in with these guys if they ever release the app re-write they planned.
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Needs a separate device purchase
Requires buying another device to work with the app and asks for all your data up front
Unreliable app
Great concept. App is not reliable and connection with the belt is tricky. Takes too long to load up, measurements in the morning lost. Etc.
Buggy
When it works it’s as good as any HRV & training app, but recently been refusing to recognize my M 7 HRM and when it does recognize it, the gets stuck in a loo with the M and three color circling and fails to produce results. Disappointing. It formerly was useful but problematic the past week.
Not So Sure
It’s important to note that the science behind their ‘formula’ is unproven. I feel like the z2 numbers I get back are on the high side. I feel like I’ve lost more muscle than I’ve gained aerobic capacity using their readings, as a result.
If you use this app for z2 training, hedge on the low side.
If you use this app for z2 training, hedge on the low side.
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New update glitching
New update now crashes the app as soon as it opens. Hope you can fix soon. Thanks!!
Running iOS 18.3.2
Running iOS 18.3.2
Works well
Works well, devs are responsive to bugs and quick fixes.
IOS App needs work
The iOS app feels like a beta. Can’t edit anything after entering it. Default workout type cannot be set. Importing is janky. Historical viewing charts don’t work. Terrible UX to present after feeding the app with data every morning. Doesn’t feel like I’m learning anything from it.
There is potential but needs work
App is ok, spinning wheel is overwhelming me, the app does too much thinking, nothing seems to be local, all the data seems to be in the cloud?
There is potential but data flow needs to be optimised.
Not ability to download my own data?
There is potential but data flow needs to be optimised.
Not ability to download my own data?
Much more than five stars.
My trainer highly recommended this product. The easiest setup. Great device. Elegant, succinct UI.
And extraordinary support...
Yesterday, I'd used it for the first time. Leg day with a serious cold - feeling awful. Frustrated that I couldn't find the summary in the app. Wrote to support in a regrettable tone - not nasty but I was an absolute jerk. Support responded helpfully. I replied admitting my horrible tone asking them to forgive me, and they were so understanding. They spoke to me on a human level after the awful way I spoke to them. Feeling grateful for the product and the team.
And extraordinary support...
Yesterday, I'd used it for the first time. Leg day with a serious cold - feeling awful. Frustrated that I couldn't find the summary in the app. Wrote to support in a regrettable tone - not nasty but I was an absolute jerk. Support responded helpfully. I replied admitting my horrible tone asking them to forgive me, and they were so understanding. They spoke to me on a human level after the awful way I spoke to them. Feeling grateful for the product and the team.
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Buggy
Takes way too long to calculate recovery and crashes constantly. The heart rate monitor is great though.
Awful
I’ve had this for over 2 months and haven’t used it yet. Syncing doesn’t work. App is awful. No customer service at all. Don’t recommend it.
Great!
I’ve used various training apps/devices over the years. I heard about this from an interview Peter Attia had with Joel, its founder. I was skeptical but they have a 30 MBG, so gave it a try. This is, by far, the most accurate app/device combination I’ve used, to date. It truly dials in my training ability each morning, and adjusts after each workout. In just three weeks my Z-2 wattage has increased by 15%. Funny thing is, Z-2 HR can change depending on recovery. Following its recommendation on what that HR should be, is key to improved performance in the three modes of Recovery, Conditioning, and Overload. Highly recommend!
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App needs some work
I like the product but the app needs a lot of work:
1. Sleep time for checkin doesn’t always work right. Sometimes is pulls in the right time from my health kit data other times it is off by hours. Then I change it when recording the morning checkin and it then reverts to the wrong data when recorded.
2. Sync workouts sometimes hangs and you have to close the app and try again.
3. No way to correct information when syncing.the app pauses and asks if you want to import or skip after you recorded the data for the session - why not give you the opportunity to edit one last time.
4. The app should not default to a workout type when syncing. This is incredibly annoying because the little icons are easily missed. Leave it empty and force me to click on a work out type so it is correct.
Generally the app has a dated feel. Sad that you have a good product but a not so great app.
Came back to lower my rating - the default filling in of the workout type is insanely frustrating. LEAVE IT BLANK SO WE HAVE TO CHOOSE A WORKOUT TYPE.
Another day and I have come back to reduce the stars again. Please let me change the training data after it gets submitted. Apple health now tracks training load - they figured out a way to go back and edit data - why can’t you figure this out????
1. Sleep time for checkin doesn’t always work right. Sometimes is pulls in the right time from my health kit data other times it is off by hours. Then I change it when recording the morning checkin and it then reverts to the wrong data when recorded.
2. Sync workouts sometimes hangs and you have to close the app and try again.
3. No way to correct information when syncing.the app pauses and asks if you want to import or skip after you recorded the data for the session - why not give you the opportunity to edit one last time.
4. The app should not default to a workout type when syncing. This is incredibly annoying because the little icons are easily missed. Leave it empty and force me to click on a work out type so it is correct.
Generally the app has a dated feel. Sad that you have a good product but a not so great app.
Came back to lower my rating - the default filling in of the workout type is insanely frustrating. LEAVE IT BLANK SO WE HAVE TO CHOOSE A WORKOUT TYPE.
Another day and I have come back to reduce the stars again. Please let me change the training data after it gets submitted. Apple health now tracks training load - they figured out a way to go back and edit data - why can’t you figure this out????
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