# Sheiko - Workout Routines — user reviews

> 83 indexed App Store user reviews of Sheiko by Robert Frederick, rated 4.70/5 from 147 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sheiko-workout-routines/id807352223/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sheiko-workout-routines/id807352223.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 122 · 4★ 16 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 5

## What do users think of Sheiko?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 💪 Effective programming for strength gains
- 👍 Well-structured workouts
- 📱 Convenient app for tracking
- ✅ Works as intended for many users
- 💯 Science-based programming
- 🌟 Detailed and comprehensive
- 💡 Useful video links for movements
- 💰 Good value for the price
- 🚀 Progress tracking and monitoring
- 👍 Easy to use once learned
- 🎯 Tailored for powerlifting
- ✨ Motivates users effectively

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
- 💸 Not worth the money for some
- 🤷 Confusing interface for new users
- ❌ Lost purchases and data
- 🔒 Password reset issues
- ⏳ Long workout times
- 📉 Inconsistent performance
- 🚫 Lack of explanation for use
- 🪲 Date functionality broken
- ⚠️ Unresponsive support
- 🚫 No iPad functionality
- 🌐 Partial Russian localization
- 🤔 Unclear exercise descriptions

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Videos not viewable (private on YouTube)
- App not opening after update
- Lost all purchases
- Cannot access purchased programs
- Password reset emails not received
- App crashes upon opening
- Date functionality broken
- Blank selection screen
- Workout history deleted
- Input weights resetting
- App won't stay open
- App crashes immediately upon opening
- Front squats don't change percentages
- Cannot change 1RM on front squats
- App crashes back to dock
- Restore from cloud backup fails
- App constantly crashes
- Cannot log back in after reinstalling
- App starts user over at week 1/workout 1
- Bar path tracker is finicky
- Cannot look ahead at program without changing workout day
- Scrolling back to top while entering RIR
- Does not always save weights/notes for auxiliary exercises
- App won't allow 'no' click to view program, forces save
- App crashes frequently
- Cannot adjust numbers easily
- App not loading on iPhone 7+ running iOS 11.2.2

**Most requested features**

- Add programs for bench press
- Add programs for deadlifts
- Ability to see week/month ahead workouts
- Option to print workouts
- Retest maxes after cycle completion
- Estimate 1RMs from rep maxes
- Add RPE for assistance movements
- More direction for assistance movements
- Ability to add custom programs
- Support for 5+ day per week training
- Dark mode
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Full Russian localization
- Improve iPad functionality
- Cloud backup restoration fix

## Newest reviews (12 of 83)

### 4/5 — Videos

*2024-05-01*

Die app ist super. Die Videeos kann ich jedoch nicht sehen, da sie auf privat sind bei youtube.

### 3/5 — Used to be a great app

*2021-01-25*

So I’ve been using this app since 2018. It has worked flawlessly until 2020. Sometime last year the date functionality broke. I stopped doing Sheiko last year so I’m not sure when exactly this happened. 

The date issues causes some issues in not allowing you to select the date when you finish a workout. This issue carries over into other selection areas as well only giving a blank selection screen and no means of resolving. Thus many of your workouts will not have the correct date or exercises.

Overall 3/5 stars. Anyone reading this do not purchase in current state until developers fix the issues.

**Developer response:** The date issue has been fixed in the latest update. Thanks for letting us know.

### 2/5 — Love the app but there’s an annoying bug

*2020-09-23*

This app would be a 5 star if the date display wasn’t broken for your workout. I can provide screenshots if developer contacts me somehow (don’t know how to report bugs). Don’t get me wrong the workout portion of it works as intended the issue is when your finishing logging and putting which day you completed the workout. I will edit my review once fixed.

**Developer response:** I found it, thanks. It's fixed in the latest update. The app settings page has a link for sending me an email. Let me know if you have any further issues to report.

### 4/5 — Great app

*2020-07-22*

Great app. The only complaint I have is that if you have never use this style of training, it may be a little confusing at first. It doesn’t really explain to you how to use it. Once you get the hang of it tho it is amazing ! Would highly recommend. I have noticed great gains in strength in no time at all. Highly recommend

**Developer response:** That's been a complaint about this type of training for a long time. It can work great for beginners but they really need someone to walk them through it. But if you already know then you're on the road to gold.

### 4/5 — Convenient app

*2020-02-24*

I like there app, but there are definitely some quality of life things that could be addressed.  An example is, how it scrolls back to the top of the screen while I’m trying to put in my next RIR. Another one being it doesn’t always save my weights or notes for the auxiliary stuff.  Could be just me, but this is what I’ve found so far.  Aside from that, good app, great value.

### 2/5 — App Glitches

*2019-05-29*

I am on iOS 12.3.1 on an iPhone 7 and the app continually glitches out.  It deleted my workout history, keeps resetting my input weights, and now it won’t stay open for more than a second.  It looked like a really great app and I’m sad it’s not useable for $15 :(

### 5/5 — Great App

*2018-10-23*

What’s it mean when the exercise just says chest and no workout with it?

### 2/5 — iPad Pro

*2018-09-20, version 2.3.2*

Nice update, but still no iPad functionality so the screen isn’t reduced. Will this be added in the future?

### 5/5 — 皮皮皮卡丘

*2018-07-04*

皮皮健力

### 5/5 — Updated now crashing

*2018-05-11*

The app worked great until yesterday’s update now it crashes immediately upon opening.

UPDATE : The new update fixed the problem, great service guys!

**Developer response:** Sorry about that. The fix (2.2.1) just came out yesterday.

### 5/5 — Great App

*2018-03-27*

Works great. My only complaint is front squats don’t change percentages, it has me doing sets of 5 with my one rep max and won’t let me change the one rep max on front squats to lower the weight.

### 4/5 — Good app

*2018-03-19*

A well thought out app. So far I am happy with my progress with the Advanced Prep Cycles. Worth every penny imho

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Auf Russisch

*2024-01-07*

Die Anmeldung konnte ich dank Google Translate noch durchführen, aber dann habe ich keinen Button oder Einstellung gefunden, um auf Englisch umzuschalten.

**Developer response:** You can adjust your language preferences is iOS settings. Reorder your list so that English comes before Russian.

### 1/5 — Loved the app but can’t access purchases

*2022-03-13*

Had to get a new phone and don’t remember my password. Tried resetting my password multiple times and don’t get an email. I had also purchased some of the focused workouts but cannot access them now.

**Developer response:** Please check the latest update. If you previously used Facebook to login you can create a new account and login that way since Facebook has been removed from the app. You'll be able to restore all your purchases as those go through your Apple user account instead. If you have any further issues, send me an email through the app and I'll be happy to help.

### 1/5 — App has bugs

*2021-10-28*

Tried to reset the app after purchasing a 10.7 dollar program from the bench program 

I don’t have access to it after I deleted and reinstalled the program it says to buy it again. 

I need to my refund

**Developer response:** Sorry about that and I agree a refund is in order. Please check the latest update and restore your purchases by going to the Dashboard and clicking the settings icon on the top right.

### 1/5 — Why is this app even a thing?

*2020-08-05*

You can get all these routines online for free. This app is so unorganized, and such overkill. I have no idea why so many people gave this a 5 star review. I feel like I just got robbed of $13.

**Developer response:** Yes, I agree the app was previously a bit cluttered with functionality. I'm happy to let you know the app has been simplified in the latest release, without loss of function. As for why someone would pay for this app, it's a small price to pay for the convenience of not having to use spreadsheets on your phone while working out. That's no fun. Just think of it like buying me a cup of coffee. Plus, you get a nice Apple Watch app so you can even leave your phone in your locker and focus on lifting.

### 1/5 — Impossible de valider ses séances

*2020-01-08*

Impossible de valider ses séances d’entraînements car l’application n’affiche pas la date. De ce fait je ne peux pas la sélectionner pour finir de valider mon entraînement. L’application est payante en plus !!!

**Developer response:** Can you send me a screenshot? Go to the app's admin section and send me a bug report.

### 1/5 — Просто ужасно

*2018-06-05*

Перестала открываться через час. Не понятный интерфейс. Ссылка ведёт на чужой форум. 1000 рублей в мусорную корзину.

### 1/5 — Идея хорошая, реализация отвратная

*2018-02-15*

Очень хорошая задумка перенести эти алгоритмы на iphone, но то кому доверили делать эту программу явно отнесся халатно. 
Программа не высчитывает вес для не базовых упражнений. Те покупая не самое дешёвое приложение в AppStore еще и сам по старинке считаешь вес.
Про частичную русификацию я уже молчу. Все описания на английском, да и приложение встречает вас с английским окном приветствия и ввода базовых параметров.

### 1/5 — App constantly crashes

*2015-11-30, version 1.2.1*

I have had to delete the app at least 4 times and now I can't log back in. I do not recommend this app.

### 1/5 — keeps crashing

*2015-04-20, version 1.1*

I bought this app in order to train by Mr. Sheiko program and to keep my history regarding my progress, but unfortunately it is impossible due to constant crashing of the app. The program itself is great, but this app got really annoying due to the reason I mentioned above. I wish I had not bought it at all.

### 2/5 — Not sure if this app is even updated

*2022-09-28, version 3.0.0*

I had not used this app for a year do to injury. I just opened the app to learn I have lost all my purchases I made. I bought all of the specialty programs and the app is not showing them. This is very frustrating as I paid good money and no one is responding.

Just did the most recent update and now it’s not opening.

**Developer response:** Sorry about that. Please check the latest update and go to the Dashboard and click the settings button on the top right. You can restore all your purchases there and you should be good to go from there. If you have any further problems you can also send me an email from that same page.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — This app gave me gains

*2021-09-13*

It works as long as your consistent, doing the daily workout for increasing my overall lifts took me 1h45-2h to complete. My squat deadlift and bench increasing surprisingly more then I ever would have thought.

### 5/5 — Works great.

*2021-06-26*

The app works great and is very useful.

### 5/5 — 3e semaines ! J’adore ce système.

*2020-06-12*

Je cherchais un programme de power, plutôt orienté volume. Sheiko semblait tout indiqué. 
Pour le commentaire de Top (deux ans plus tard malheureusement) : je pense que tu as été dérouté par le système de validation de l’entraînement. Il faut glisser le Yes ou No dans la case plus bas.

### 5/5 — Steps You Through Each Lifting Session

*2020-04-16*

With every version, this app keeps getting better.  Pick realistic starting weights and let the app take you through each Sheiko phase/cycle.

### 5/5 — Awesomely convenient app

*2019-09-26*

Powerlifters dream app for anyone running Sheiko programs. Very convenient interface used to track workout includes video links for each movement and ability to adjust sets/reps. Sure the spreadsheets are free online, but no where near sad easy to use in the middle of a workout.

### 5/5 — Insanely well made

*2019-08-27*

Seriously, I’m a general lifter and I wanted to transition to actual competitive powerlifting. I was kind of unsure about what route to go, so I decided to download this app because I’ve heard nothing but the best about Sheiko. It’s a really well made, easy to follow app that will ensure you progress.

### 5/5 — Best app best program

*2019-07-27*

The advanced medium load program has earned me multiple medals at multiple meets , including. 495lb / 225kg bench

### 5/5 — Love the programming

*2019-05-06*

As a personal trainer I often used overly complicated programming. This app and the Strongur app both have given me personal gains I would have never thought possible. Approaching 70 years of age I’m setting goals I never reached as a young Marine Training officer over 40 years ago.

### 5/5 — Great app

*2019-01-28*

It’s well worth the price and the recent update that lets you easily view workouts ahead of time makes it near perfect. I wish it could still estimate 1RMs from recent rep maxes, but that’s not super important.

### 5/5 — goog

*2018-11-28*

专业健力计划，你值得拥有

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