This developer’s apps are great.
These apps are affordable and engaging to help with any of your goals.
A different approach
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Sadly, after using shape for awhile, I am lowering the rating from superior to average. Mainly due to function not content. The content is mostly solid. The app is rigid and clunky.
It doesn’t allow users to make corrections. Example is if you don’t start the fast and realize it later, if later occurs after midnight, it cannot be set to start at the right time. So the fast winds up showing it started later than the actual start… which in turn throws off the user’s entire daily timeline.
On iOS (this is a nuisance that spans Fabulous) it shows a number for notifications, but opening the app,
Does not show users what the notification is referencing. The notification simply disappears when the app is opened even if users don’t interact with any item within the app.
The box where a user describes a meal has a highly limited number of characters. So while a user can put literally thousands of characters to describe how they feel about weigh in, describing a meal has to be limited to broad overviews.
Weigh in is another weakness. The app asks users to weigh daily. The app claims it as a data point, but human nature is to tack more than a numeric value to weight. So if one a user is prone to be discouraged if a plateau or worse small set back occurs, the app undermines itself in its design.
The selections are limited for example protein is simply red meat, poultry, Fish, legumes or combo. It needs at least a pork/ red meat delineation as well as fish and shellfish as not all of these are the same. Also needs a better option than combo for when foods like eggs, yogurt and milk are the protein source for a meal. This is a frustration. For me personally, it does lead to me logging less of the details. High fiber items, also has limited options. Fruits are mostly absent. There is an option for fruits and vegetables, but no details for fruits.
It also red flags red meat. Even if the red meat one eats is elk, buffalo, or other much leaner game meat, it is all red flagged. I have not seen a yellow. So it is all either healthy green flags or unhealthy red flag no room for moderation. This is another frustration that leads me to not log details. Being judged by the app that doesn’t judge leaves me more inclined to photograph the meal, list key items and leave it without details. While the app claims to be “awareness not judgement” as a fundamental core of the app, it then turns around and red flags with a thumbs down food choices. Eat six ounces of red meat in a week? Red flag. Eat a hundred eggs, no red flag. Dairy gets a red flag. So say you eat a cup of high protein yogurt for a meal or snack. That meal has lots of dairy. Using the app, that meal would be red flagged because the whole meal is dairy…
Now for the good.
Logging meals using a photo is great. Being aware of what I put on the plate without weighing every item on the plate is great. Highlighting fermented foods, high fiber foods, IBS triggers, mental state, who the user ate with. Allowing a user to create a bigger picture of the user’s relationship with food.
The Journeys, coaching, pledges, and routine are all items that make the weight loss journey engaging. Using photos over weighing portions makes logging meals on the go faster.
Overall, I like the app. I use it side by side with another app. Both have positives and negatives. Shape has potential to be a GREAT tool. If the Fabulous team locks down the fit and finish, this app could be the best weight loss app for people who want a different kind of weight loss.
ORIGINAL:
Shape does not approach weight loss as many weight loss applications due it doesn’t have the calorie counting in the detailed everything. It’s a matter of take a picture of what you ate right down what you ate Journal what you ate, but it’s not it does have macro breakdown so it is a different type of accountability as far as eating and weight loss goes
Sadly, after using shape for awhile, I am lowering the rating from superior to average. Mainly due to function not content. The content is mostly solid. The app is rigid and clunky.
It doesn’t allow users to make corrections. Example is if you don’t start the fast and realize it later, if later occurs after midnight, it cannot be set to start at the right time. So the fast winds up showing it started later than the actual start… which in turn throws off the user’s entire daily timeline.
On iOS (this is a nuisance that spans Fabulous) it shows a number for notifications, but opening the app,
Does not show users what the notification is referencing. The notification simply disappears when the app is opened even if users don’t interact with any item within the app.
The box where a user describes a meal has a highly limited number of characters. So while a user can put literally thousands of characters to describe how they feel about weigh in, describing a meal has to be limited to broad overviews.
Weigh in is another weakness. The app asks users to weigh daily. The app claims it as a data point, but human nature is to tack more than a numeric value to weight. So if one a user is prone to be discouraged if a plateau or worse small set back occurs, the app undermines itself in its design.
The selections are limited for example protein is simply red meat, poultry, Fish, legumes or combo. It needs at least a pork/ red meat delineation as well as fish and shellfish as not all of these are the same. Also needs a better option than combo for when foods like eggs, yogurt and milk are the protein source for a meal. This is a frustration. For me personally, it does lead to me logging less of the details. High fiber items, also has limited options. Fruits are mostly absent. There is an option for fruits and vegetables, but no details for fruits.
It also red flags red meat. Even if the red meat one eats is elk, buffalo, or other much leaner game meat, it is all red flagged. I have not seen a yellow. So it is all either healthy green flags or unhealthy red flag no room for moderation. This is another frustration that leads me to not log details. Being judged by the app that doesn’t judge leaves me more inclined to photograph the meal, list key items and leave it without details. While the app claims to be “awareness not judgement” as a fundamental core of the app, it then turns around and red flags with a thumbs down food choices. Eat six ounces of red meat in a week? Red flag. Eat a hundred eggs, no red flag. Dairy gets a red flag. So say you eat a cup of high protein yogurt for a meal or snack. That meal has lots of dairy. Using the app, that meal would be red flagged because the whole meal is dairy…
Now for the good.
Logging meals using a photo is great. Being aware of what I put on the plate without weighing every item on the plate is great. Highlighting fermented foods, high fiber foods, IBS triggers, mental state, who the user ate with. Allowing a user to create a bigger picture of the user’s relationship with food.
The Journeys, coaching, pledges, and routine are all items that make the weight loss journey engaging. Using photos over weighing portions makes logging meals on the go faster.
Overall, I like the app. I use it side by side with another app. Both have positives and negatives. Shape has potential to be a GREAT tool. If the Fabulous team locks down the fit and finish, this app could be the best weight loss app for people who want a different kind of weight loss.
ORIGINAL:
Shape does not approach weight loss as many weight loss applications due it doesn’t have the calorie counting in the detailed everything. It’s a matter of take a picture of what you ate right down what you ate Journal what you ate, but it’s not it does have macro breakdown so it is a different type of accountability as far as eating and weight loss goes
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Helps you to eat well
I hadn’t been cooking much. I decided it was time and ordered Australian Stockman 🇦🇺 steaks fro America 🇺🇸 lol go figure ! Delicious 😋 yummy
I love the fabulous app! Let me meet your brother Shape ;)
I love the fabulous app and I think I’m falling in love again with shape!!!
A different approach
Shape does not approach weight loss as many weight loss applications due it doesn’t have the calorie counting in the detailed everything. It’s a matter of take a picture of what you ate right down what you ate Journal what you ate, but it’s not it does have macro breakdown so it is a different type of accountability as far as eating and weight loss goes
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Frandulent
I signed up for Fabulous app and then couldn’t afford the 39.99. For some reason the app didn’t have a place for me to cancel. Some kind of error within my account. So the app declined a refund. I said okay there’s nothing I can do but stop charging me moving forward. Now months later, I have another fraudulent charge and I no longer even use the app. How is this helpful? My daughter’s birthday is tomorrow and my bank is saying I can’t have access to my card because they have to send a new one at this point. That will take a week. How is that helpful? How is this contributing to my wellbeing or mental health. This app used to be upstanding but now it’s just fraudulent. What you are doing is disgusting. With all life stressors, people don’t need another one. I suggest no one uses this app.
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Great app
Only been using it for a day but I can tell it’s going to work
So easy it’s fun
Starts you with a dimple and joyful approach to eating and nutrition.
Love love love this app
This app is amazing so far! I know I am only into it on day two but it lays everything out so easy and all the other information added in is bonus in helping me succeed!
Tasks made simple
Tasks are easy to follow, guidelines are helpful and concise. It helps me manage my day to day and stops me slumping into depression as it has many helpful guides of what how and when to do them. I especially like the meditation coaching and guidance which I have struggled with in the past. I will continue to do this even after I have fulfilled my daily habits as a ritual to help me stay on track. Fully recommended if you struggle with tasks and completion of things and sticking with habits as I do…well, did :)
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Seems good so far
Just started. I’m all set to figure this out. I have faith in all the Fabulous apps!
4 so far
I have a week into the app. I am satisfied with my progress. I enjoy the wonderful artwork in the app. It makes it a pleasure to use daily.
WARNING! SCAM
This app deliberately hides its subscription management options and the app renewed out of no where a year after my “free” trial AFTER I’d cancelled it 52 weeks earlier! It is NOT visible with your normal app subscriptions and apparently cancellation within the app is not honored. DO NOT DOWNLOAD.
Promising but not ready for use
The app is a good start, and the basis of Fabulous is solid. Shape, however is rather an early beta version than a final product for real users. It is buggy, cumbersome, lacks features, the AI integration is entirely useless, and the app is clearly not well thought through at this point.
Often, form select options representing real life nutrition or circumstances are missing for things like moods, protein sources or high fiber foods. Pre and post meal questionnaires are mashed together into one dialog. Some meal log categories should be multi-select but you can only select one. The coaching part feels half baked and sloppy (texts are meh, AI voice isn’t amazing, full series just auto play all the way through, no bookmarks/favs), the social features are more annoying than useful. The app intro asks questions (like dietary restrictions) which then have no influence at all on the app. As a vegan, I am constantly asked about meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy etc., although the app knows I don’t eat any of that. It doesn’t even know any vegan protein sources beside legumes.
But hey, it’s promising! CBT-style nutrition improvement with proven habit formation mechanics, intermittent fasting, inspiration, education, awareness and reminders is something that can really work! I’m trying to use the app as if it was already good. Luckily I don’t pay for it, since I got a subscription via my sports membership. Would I pay for it? No, not at the current state. The team has a lot of work to do.
To the decision makers and implementers: Please return to your roots! Fabulous, in its pre-public testing phase, was pure, focused and very effective. The current broadening into many apps (Fab, Shape, Elixir, ADHD, Lum, and the mini apps) to make quick money costs oh so much quality, and it would be sad if the trend continued. Please come back to the core and create amazing, deeply touching, empowering and transformative software.
Often, form select options representing real life nutrition or circumstances are missing for things like moods, protein sources or high fiber foods. Pre and post meal questionnaires are mashed together into one dialog. Some meal log categories should be multi-select but you can only select one. The coaching part feels half baked and sloppy (texts are meh, AI voice isn’t amazing, full series just auto play all the way through, no bookmarks/favs), the social features are more annoying than useful. The app intro asks questions (like dietary restrictions) which then have no influence at all on the app. As a vegan, I am constantly asked about meat, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy etc., although the app knows I don’t eat any of that. It doesn’t even know any vegan protein sources beside legumes.
But hey, it’s promising! CBT-style nutrition improvement with proven habit formation mechanics, intermittent fasting, inspiration, education, awareness and reminders is something that can really work! I’m trying to use the app as if it was already good. Luckily I don’t pay for it, since I got a subscription via my sports membership. Would I pay for it? No, not at the current state. The team has a lot of work to do.
To the decision makers and implementers: Please return to your roots! Fabulous, in its pre-public testing phase, was pure, focused and very effective. The current broadening into many apps (Fab, Shape, Elixir, ADHD, Lum, and the mini apps) to make quick money costs oh so much quality, and it would be sad if the trend continued. Please come back to the core and create amazing, deeply touching, empowering and transformative software.
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Response from developer
We appreciate your detailed feedback on the app. We understand your concerns and are continuously working on improvements. Your insights about features and usability are valuable to us as we aim to enhance the experience. Thank you for your patience and support. The Fabulous Member Care team.
Predatory billing practices
I still have not been able to unsubscribe. It has been months. You can’t call and messaging them has had no answer for many people. I keep getting charged monthly. I cannot see them pop up on my app subscriptions in my phone and on the website there is no option to unsubscribe. You can cancel your account, but that will continue charging. I followed all the instructions online and still cannot unsubscribe.
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Great Addition to the Fabulous app family!
Enjoying the format of the food tracker! Easy to use nice layout with familiar friendly guidance from my positive community!! 🫶🏻🤩😎🤓💜
Great for healthy goal setting
This app is amazingly helpful and easy to use for meeting your target needs. I enjoy the colorful graphics and design of this interactive and engaging wellness app. I especially love the daily food tracker with pics of my food log and coaching videos, that offer good tips and advice for a more healthy diet and lifestyle. I also benefit from the four key habits that allow for daily awareness, food, exercise, and weight checks.
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Everything top notch
I've never been so organized and optimistic about my day. It really is easy to use.
Easy and cute
Cute app- makes it easy- I use another app to log actual food for more info like protein fat ect. Could definitely use some more options on the log- hard to account for more than one item of each category and there are few choices to pick from.
Great so far
So far so good
