# RuckIt Fitness — user reviews

> 7 indexed App Store user reviews of RuckIt Fitness by GO Longevity Labs LLC, rated 2.80/5 from 16 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ruckit-fitness/id6608977189/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ruckit-fitness/id6608977189.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 7 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 8

## Most critical reviews (7 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Not for me !

*2026-07-20*

They should state that Ruckit is only good in areas like the cities of the suburbs with scads of WI-FI access.  I click to start the rock and choose the option. I want (in this case duration) and click on the black "start ruck" button. The button turns gray; I put the phone in my pocket and head out. I get back to my starting point to find that the "start ruck" button is once again black and the program has not recorded a single step. This has happened more than once. I am not pleased!

### 1/5 — It won’t open

*2026-06-27*

App doesn’t let me sign in. Then it force closes.

### 1/5 — Forced subscription

*2026-06-08*

The only way to use the app is with a subscription.

### 1/5 — Didn’t work

*2026-02-14*

Well I did my “first ruck” using the app. It was doing great on my watch and phone and was tracking everything perfectly. I think the distance was wrong but I didn’t double check it. Doesn’t matter anyway because when I completed my ruck I hit “ stop ruck” or whatever it said on my phone and it didn’t do anything but stop the clock. So then I clicked end and save on my watch and it recorded my ruck as lasting 0 seconds. Then I got a reminder alert on my phone 5 minutes after my ruck that it was time to lace up my boots and ruck. Not a very functional app.

**Developer response:** Hi Doc Pettit — We're really sorry you had this experience. Definitely not what RuckIt is built to do. 

We're a small team committed to making this the best app we can, especially on core things like this. These are all bugs we take seriously. We've investigated all 3 and have fixes going out in the next version. 

Thanks for taking the time to submit the review to let us know. Feel free to reach out at support@ruckit.app and we'd be happy to send you a code for a free month on us. 

— Matt and The RuckIt Team

### 1/5 — Pointless

*2025-12-06*

Doesn’t really do anything more than what you already get from Apple fitness. No watch complications. Boring UI and zero feedback. Definitely not worth 36 bucks.

**Developer response:** Hi rpg0722 — Thanks for trying RuckIt and sharing your thoughts.

The core difference from Apple Fitness is under the hood: RuckIt uses the Pandolf Equation to calculate calories based on the weight you carry — body weight, pack weight, speed, and HR. Standard trackers can underestimate weighted workouts by 20–40%. We also protect your VO2Max from being penalized by loaded exercise.

Watch complications and richer in-app feedback are both in development. We appreciate the nudge — it helps us prioritize.\

Since your review, we've also made meaningful improvements to the experience — better onboarding that shows the calorie accuracy gap, a streamlined UI, and more in-workout and post-workout feedback.

We'd genuinely love for you to give it another look. If you do, we think you'll see why your weight matters to your data — and why Apple Fitness can't account for it.

Feel free to reach out at support@ruckit.app with any other suggestions and to get a code for a free month. We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. 

— Matt and the RuckIt Team

### 1/5 — Forced subscription

*2025-09-09*

It forces you to sign up for a paid subscription (with a free trial period). Should be free without the forced payment subscription first. Then force to pay later to keep going. Unfortunately, I couldn’t even use the app because I don’t own an Apple Watch. It wouldn’t let me ruck with just the phone. Unsubscribed, deleted, and didn’t even get to try it out.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the feedback! You’re absolutely right — the early version required an Apple Watch and a trial sign-up, which wasn’t ideal. Based on your and others feedback, we’ve since fixed that: you can now ruck using just your phone, and you can explore key features before subscribing. We appreciate you helping us make the app better! --- RuckIt app team

### 2/5 — Too many rucks not recorded

*2026-05-21*

Too often, I record a rock on my watch and after the workout I look and it doesn’t sync with my phone. I don’t see an easy way to fix this or to force it to sink so that I can keep tracking my workout. This is very frustrating for a paid app.

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