Apple Health sync costs £99 A YEAR
I bought their Body Smart scales on October 11th because of their Apple Health integration, plenty of people praising the wifi sync to the app and then to Apple Health. By the time it arrived on the 13th, Withings had started holding that sync to Apple Health to ransom, demanding £99 a year for the ability to use Apple’s built-in sync. It happens on the phone, it costs Withings nothing. I’m absolutely disgusted. I’m returning the scales, deleting my account, and won’t ever buy anything from them ever again. Pretty sure it’s against Apple Developer TOS too, monetising Apple’s APIs.
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Paywall for Apple Health
Do not get trapped in this insane proprietary ecosystem. They charge extra for sync with Apple Health. That’s like charging extra for saving files. Unbelievable!
Withings+ required to sync with Apple Health
After paying a premium upfront for the devices, it is incredibly disappointing to see basic functionality like Apple Health syncing moved behind the Withings+ paywall for new accounts. While the subscription used to be optional for additional insights, this new direction feels like an unfair bait-and-switch. It also leaves existing users concerned about what features might be restricted next.
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Apple Health integration paywalled
Really unhappy that apple health integration is now locked behind a paywall. These devices cost so much and they want to make you pay a yearly subscription fee for a scale. Insane.
Bad
Apple health integration is now payed feature and more expensive than Netflix? Unacceptable
Withings will require Subscription for Apple Health
I am giving the app one star because new accounts will require a paid subscription to sync with Apple Health. It used to be a basic feature and it is a cash grab. The syncing runs locally on your device and doesn’t even cost them anything. This is unacceptable.
Apple Health Sync is Paywalled
I’ve been a withings user for nearly 10 years and while my experience has been positive the recent move to lock Apple health syncing behind a pay Wall is despicable, and if it is not reverse, I will likely never purchase another withings product again.
Apple Health subscription requirement wasn’t disclosed before purchase
I bought a Withings Body Smart scale and BPM Connect blood pressure monitor. The hardware looks good and setup was easy. Then I discovered that Apple Health integration requires Withings+ for new accounts: $99.99/year or $9.99/month.
My measurements already sync to the Withings app on my phone. Charging a recurring fee to let that data reach Apple Health is ridiculous. I paid for the devices generating the measurements. Now I’m being asked to keep paying to use those measurements where I actually want them.
It feels like buying a luxury car and discovering the heated seats require a subscription. At least the car can blow my hair back and take me to dinner. This is a bathroom scale and a blood pressure cuff.
The app adds to the frustration by constantly pushing articles, guides, extra features, and subscription offers instead of simply putting my data front and center.
Support confirmed that my account falls under the new subscription requirement. This restriction should be impossible to miss before purchasing either device.
Apple Health integration was a major reason I bought these products. Finding it locked behind a subscription after buying and setting everything up was a punch in the gut. Had I known, I would have spent my money elsewhere.
My measurements already sync to the Withings app on my phone. Charging a recurring fee to let that data reach Apple Health is ridiculous. I paid for the devices generating the measurements. Now I’m being asked to keep paying to use those measurements where I actually want them.
It feels like buying a luxury car and discovering the heated seats require a subscription. At least the car can blow my hair back and take me to dinner. This is a bathroom scale and a blood pressure cuff.
The app adds to the frustration by constantly pushing articles, guides, extra features, and subscription offers instead of simply putting my data front and center.
Support confirmed that my account falls under the new subscription requirement. This restriction should be impossible to miss before purchasing either device.
Apple Health integration was a major reason I bought these products. Finding it locked behind a subscription after buying and setting everything up was a punch in the gut. Had I known, I would have spent my money elsewhere.
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Sync to Apple Health
Having a paywall to sync weight calculations from Withings to Apple Health is diabolical. I’ll never recommend any Withings product, nor will I purchase anything else while this trash tactic is in place.
Poor pairing process, and subscription paywall to Apple Health
Requires a subscription to write data locally to Apple Health. Makes no sense at all
Paywall
I’ve owned Withings scales and devices for over 10 years.
Withings is taking away the ability to sync data to Apple Health unless you pay an astronomical annual fee.
They will happily take your data from Apple Health for free. Which makes me wonder how that is being used.
Would not recommend this company. There are plenty of other, more affordable, scales and other devices out there that don’t lock you out behind a paywall.
Withings is taking away the ability to sync data to Apple Health unless you pay an astronomical annual fee.
They will happily take your data from Apple Health for free. Which makes me wonder how that is being used.
Would not recommend this company. There are plenty of other, more affordable, scales and other devices out there that don’t lock you out behind a paywall.
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New paywall subscription required
This was a decent app and health devices - but they just put syncing to Apple Health behind a $99 subscription paywall, so I can’t recommend any of it anymore and would suggest looking to alternative options to Withings now.
Paid subscription to write to Apple Health
Adding a paywall to get the scale to sync with apple health is about as trashy as it gets
Not worth $99
Insane subscription increase
Apple health paywall is a joke
Apple health sync paywall is terrible. I will no longer by supporting this company.
New apple health paywall is awful
I only use these products so they automatically sync with Apple health. I don’t care about withings software AT ALL. If you put this feature which has been free forever behind a paywall I will discontinue use of all withings hardware and software
Don’t buy. Newly requires paid subscription for Apple Health auto import
I do not recommend buying anything new from Withings with the expectation to put this data into Apple Health without paying a monthly fee. I do love this app and my scale. However, the paywall for new users to auto-import to the Apple Health app prompted me to dissuade my family member from buying a Withings scale. Without the free auto-import, despite the scale being excellent, it’s useless for their goals.
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Paywall for your own data
WARNING before buying note that they are now going to not let your health data sync to Apple Health unless you pay for a subscription for a basic function we were sold on when we bought the scales. They are turning on their own user base!
Cash Grab: The App
Where do I get started? The incessant ads to get me to upgrade to their subscriptions? The emails of the same nature? Or the fact that they just locked away exporting to the Health App behind a paywall? We pay premium money for your premium hardware, the bare minimum of being able to access my health data is all we’re asking for. 9/10 hardware, 1/10 software. New customers be warned.
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App doesn’t work
I’ve tried everything. Won’t connect and won’t update
