# Sweatpals: Fitness Near You — user reviews > 145 indexed App Store user reviews of Sweatpals by SweatPals Inc., rated 4.90/5 from 4,825 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sweatpals-fitness-near-you/id1595991156/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sweatpals-fitness-near-you/id1595991156.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4,632 · 4★ 94 · 3★ 36 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 44 ## What do users think of Sweatpals? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great source for finding fitness communities - 🤝 Helps connect like-minded individuals - 💻 User-friendly app interface - 🎉 Fun and welcoming events - 🌟 Comprehensive fitness offerings - 🏃‍♀️ Motivates users to stay active - 🌍 Connects people in new cities **Cons** - 🐛 Glitchy performance issues - 🕰️ Slow loading times - 🔍 Lack of location-based filtering - 🤔 Confusing navigation/UI - 💰 Nickel-and-diming users with fees **Commonly reported bugs** - Images not loading consistently - Pals feature not functioning properly - Choppy scrolling and app responsiveness - Inability to remove or manage profile photos **Most requested features** - Improved location-based search and filtering - Ability to view past event attendance - Enhanced user profiles and connections - Streamlined event hosting and management - Notification customization options ## Newest reviews (12 of 145) ### 2/5 — Signing into class is a pain *2026-04-24, version 156* It is super inconvenient to have to click 5 different sign in sheets just to sign in for 1 class, especially as a member who has already signed a waiver and there is no fee. ### 5/5 — Love this app *2025-11-03, version 146* Great way to meet people in a new city! Lots of diverse meetups/classes to choose from also if you like trying new things ### 5/5 — The best way to make friends and move your body *2025-10-29, version 146* The easiest way to find fun, local fitness events—from run clubs to yoga in the park to volleyball leagues. As someone who moved to this city less than a year ago, I’ve met so many amazing people in my city who I never would’ve crossed paths with otherwise. The app is super intuitive, and I love how it shows what’s happening nearby each week. If you’re new to town or just want to be more active without going solo, this app is a game-changer. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — Making fitness social and fun! *2025-10-20, version 146* Love SweatPals! Such a fun way to meet active people and discover local fitness events. The hosts are super welcoming and vibes always great 👏 ### 5/5 — Great app! Easy to find cool experiences and communities to plug into. *2025-10-07, version 143* I’ve been using the app for 2ish years now & it’s been a great way for me to find different communities to plug into and host my own events. There’s a few features that could be worked out a little more, but overall it’s been lovely to use & everyone I’ve met using SweatPals has been nothing but great!! ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2025-10-02, version 143* This app has genuinely connected me with so many amazing friends! It’s so accessible and makes socializing new and refreshing. It helps me stay motivated and involved. ### 5/5 — highly recommend *2025-09-22, version 143* Love all the fun events & how easy it is to find a community in a new city with sweatpals ### 3/5 — Recent Update *2025-09-20, version 143* I used to like SweatPals. I downloaded it to see my run clubs schedule. Yes, the forcing to update once a week for a while there was annoying but I understood because it was a newer app. However, with this most recent update, it’s not user friendly anymore. When I first downloaded it, SweatPals was branding itself to make friends through working out. However, now I can not tell which of my friends are going to each event and after events can not put faces to names. Please bring back the feature of being able to see the list of who is going. ### 5/5 — Game-changer for fitness community hosts! *2025-09-15, version 143* I run wellness events for a sober-curious community and was drowning in admin work across multiple platforms. SweatPals consolidated everything into one dashboard and cut my weekly admin time in half. The automatic discovery feed sells 30% of my tickets organically from their 25K Bay Area users. Their free paid advertising drives another 10-20% of sales without any effort from me. The business partner support helped migrate my 350 members seamlessly. SMS marketing gets 98% open rates vs 20% for email, and the tap-to-pay option at events is so much smoother than handling cash and Venmo. I can pass processing fees to customers instead of eating the cost. Since switching, I consistently sell out my yoga sessions, crafting classes, and non-alcoholic happy hours. The community chat replaced Discord perfectly, and website embedding means people can register without joining SweatPals first. If you're juggling multiple platforms for fitness/wellness events, this will transform your business. ### 3/5 — How many updates does an app need *2025-09-09, version 142* Honestly a good app. Except that it feels like every time I open it, there’s an update that I need to do. I get that there are fixes that need to be done, but this just makes me not want to open the app at all ### 5/5 — Great way to meet new friends & get active! *2025-09-05, version 141* SweatPals has been such a great app to discover new fitness events in the city! I got to meet a lot of new people and made new friends too. Have really been enjoying using it! :) ### 5/5 — Great way to meet people *2025-09-05, version 141* I’ve really enjoyed using SweatPals! It’s helped me find events I probably wouldn’t have found. I always meet people at events and honestly, can probably thank SweatPals for majority of my friends, haha! The app is also pretty straightforward and I’ve had a good experience so far. I wish the search was a little more filtered (by category and time) but it’s still been a great ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — This app doesn’t work well on a Mac *2026-09-07, version 166* I was unable to select a date of birth when trying to register for Zilker relays on my Mac. ### 1/5 — No way to communicate *2026-07-29, version 163* I signed up for a free pickleball meetup and no one showed up and there was no way to contact anyone within the app or see who else registered so that was super disappointing. There was an automated chat message from the app but there was no way to respond or ask a question. ### 1/5 — UI bloat *2026-07-28, version 163* My gym switched to this app and I can’t stand it. All I need is to get to the membership barcode. This is the worst maze of a UX/UI I’ve ever seen. ### 1/5 — Buggy from the start *2026-03-23, version 155* I’ve been using Sweatpals on and off for over a year, and while I like the concept, the experience has been consistently held back by bugs. Key features don’t always work, and I’ve had to spend significant time troubleshooting issues with support. That’s not something users should have to deal with. There’s real potential here, but the product needs more polish and reliability before it can truly deliver on what it promises. ### 1/5 — Terrible to navigate *2026-03-15, version 154* None of the dates are in order, the location doesn’t auto update, and it’s impossible to find events with the current layout. It’s almost like they got ChatGPT to code the updates to this app. Terrible UI and can’t find anything I’m looking for. It was fine before and now the whole app is messed up. ### 1/5 — App doesnt work? *2025-12-23, version 149* I cant sign up after downloading the app. I keep getting an error message where it gives the option to add a photo. Message says “cannot read properties of undefined”. Ive tried to restart the app but still not working. ### 1/5 — It’s not great *2025-10-13, version 144* It’s not great ### 1/5 — hate the update *2025-09-12, version 143* love the app. hate the new update. why can I not see who else is going to the event anymore?? sometimes that was the most motivating thing for going and getting tickets! please bring it back asap ### 1/5 — Spam emails *2025-09-03, version 140* I clicked “unsubscribe” when sweatpals sent me a marketing email but I continue to get them. I signed up for SP through the app, so yeah I’d say this is an app issue and I hope apple does something about it ### 1/5 — Bug *2025-08-11, version 138* Annoying to use, anytime im editing profile, adding bio, it doesn’t load, I’ve tried from my phone, website. I had to create an event multiple times because it wouldn’t saved and it would get deleted all the time. Now I can’t add pictures, bio, editing anything because it won’t save. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this *2026-07-23, version 163* Love love this ### 5/5 — Week 6 *2026-07-13, version 162* Good energy, great workout and everyone seems to have fun. ### 5/5 — Another great app *2026-07-09, version 162* Easy to use and fast application for any event you would like to attend.. ### 5/5 — De lo mejor *2026-06-23, version 161* Houston las mejores experiencias ### 5/5 — So fun *2026-06-22, version 161* Love all the events great for trying new things and meeting community ### 5/5 — Great way to see events near you! *2026-05-14, version 158* Love this app! I’m able to try out different events and meet different people each time at events. I’ve been to a few grand openings and tried some classes for free! ### 5/5 — sports organization tool *2026-05-12, version 158* it seems to be a good tool coordinating schedules ### 5/5 — Go to for things to do! *2026-02-23, version 153* LOVE! This app! I travel to San Diego, San Francisco and Texas a lot for work, currently in Los Angeles, and can always find something amazing to do on this app! It’s not just about finding fitness events near me, it’s about finding like minded people who are working on being their best selves, whether that’s through fitness, wellness, networking, etc! Whatever your wellness is, you can find it here. I love finding music focused workouts or beach yoga/sports. ### 5/5 — SweatPals App *2026-02-23, version 153* Love this app! Great way to see what fitness / wellness activities going on in my area. Awesome way to build community and make friends with likeminded people! Also have seen the studio and gym facing side which offers tons of discoverability and allows for studios and gyms to stay connected to their customers throughout events / classes! Highly recommend ### 5/5 — Highly recommend! *2026-02-23, version 153* Super easy to find classes that fit my interests. One of the first fitness apps that actually creates community. As someone new to my city, it’s a great app to meet new people --- *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.*