Fitnessbuilder App Reviews

This app has free (no subscription) workouts that cater to everything. Amazing!! When everything costs money. This does not.

I am two weeks into using this app on my Apple Watch. I have 30 years of gym workouts behind me. I started with a prebuilt intermediate level Fundamental Strength program. I gave it three stars because the workout was well-balanced and good. I took away stars for a several reasons. 1) Often the picture of the workout was not there. This happened at least once during each of my sessions. 2) even though some workouts repeated, the original weight entry that I input did not populate the same workout in the future. I had to go back to find the day that I did the workout to add the weight. 3) every single workout has the identical rep/weight screen. This screen is not applicable for many of the exercises: crunches, planks, bicycle crunches, etc. 4) it would be nice to swap out exercises on the fly. Like I said, I found the program of exercises to be excellent. I will try other apps. Depending on what I find, I may or may not come back to this one.

Update 6/17/18: This app, like many others, has gone from a great app to a barely usable app. I’ve been using this app for 8+ years to track my gym progress. Now it’s constantly crashing and 50% of the time it’s just frozen and won’t respond until you quit it and restart it. Also, the monthly subscription plan is pretty ridiculous. I would have been happy to pay a one time fee for an app that works and is so valuable to me. But a monthly subscription for a gym tracking app is crazy. Hands down- the best gym app ever! I tried all of them so save yourself some time and just download this. Everything on it is customizable so it fits your workout style and it's so easy to use!!

I used this app (PT subscription) for 7 years with personal training clients and loved it, especially the tech support which was amazing. Last month I joined Anytime Fitness and downloaded their app. I knew AF had bought out FB but didn't realize that installing their single-person app would take away my access to the one I used for work. And the tech support is slow and useless. I reported the issue 3 weeks ago and they still have not tried to fix it--latest is they will forward support ticket to the appropriate department. So here I am for 3 weeks without access to client records and my $400/year subscription is due to expire next week. What are odds of my renewing? Yup. I would’ve rated the app 5 stars for functionality but am now so frustrated by lack of support that I can’t give it even 1 star.

I used this app (PT subscription) for 7 years with personal training clients and loved it, especially the tech support which was amazing. Last month I joined Anytime Fitness and downloaded their app. I knew AF had bought out FB but didn't realize that installing their single-person app would take away my access to the one I used for work. And the tech support is slow and useless. I reported the issue 3 weeks ago and they still have not tried to fix it--latest is they will forward support ticket to the appropriate department. So here I am for 3 weeks without access to client records and my $400/year subscription is due to expire next week. What are odds of my renewing? Yup.

Just when I got used to a workout routine they locked it and asked for MORE MONEY! Seriously, they locked the workout and wanted me to pay more. Unbelievable, you have been warned.

The Apple Watch feature could use improvements. For one, it would be really awesome if you could log into the next workout without having to do so with the phone. Also, I would prefer if it synced with MyFitnessPal. Still a great app though.

I’ve asked about landscape mode in the past and it still hasn’t happened. Would be so much easier to prop up iPad and type.

I need assistance to cancel my subscription I was charged for a month that I don’t want! How can I cancel my entire subscription?!?! I’ve tried going through the iTunes and my Apple account but nothing please! I don’t want to keep paying for something I don’t need or use!

Pros: lots of variety. Videos w associated audio description is helpful. Plans provide good structure for overall program. Easy to construct a routine. Cons: to get back to main screen, you have to keep hitting ⬅️ button..there should be just one quick main screen button. Same when in scheduler...just a lot of needless clicks. Still no landscape mode for iPad, would be easier because could prop it up instead laying flat. I’d like to modify the including routines without having to duplicate them every time. Wind up w a cluttered “my workouts” list.

I cannot login (authentication failed) or create a new account on my ipod runnin ios6. Apparently the app now only supports ios9.1 and up, although there are no messages that tell me this when trying to use the app on my ios6 device. I own 4 apple devices, and not all 4 of them are brand new. I choose to bring my small, lightweight ipod touch to the gym, and this app appears not to support it. Although instead of just telling you that, there are a bunch of frustrating messages like "authentication failed".I don't see why the app needs ios9.1 to function.

Has great potential to be a great fitness app for the gym. It's no where near it. Cannot get through a workout without the app crashing either on phone or Apple Watch. Consistently slow and lags behind. Not smooth at all. I have the membership and I don't think it's worth it. Def will not renew after this month unless the developers change the application so it doesn't work like some antique application. Seriously. It's soooooo slow. The app cannot keep up with the workouts.

i spent time comparing free fitness apps in the store and found this one the most complete one in terms of workouts and explanations and academic and scientific base.

I had to restore my iPhone from a backup, when I tried to access my workouts I was told I needed to upgrade. So I clicked restore account and it said Subscription Restored yet I still have no access to the full app. I'm canceling my auto renew now and going to a different app.

I purchase the plus on the 13th of this month and it will not let me print any workouts although the Q&A states unlimited printing. I have not printed a workout since I purchased the plus subscription. I only printed workouts when I tried the trial pro version if I would have known that I would not have purchased the plus. Unreliable app and customer service because there is no one to talk to just an email.

UI is not intuitive. Even with plus subscription list of exercises woefully incomplete. Watch app is among the worst I've ever seen- really it has no purpose at all.

I bought this app to use on my watch. It is so flaky, one has to wonder if the developer has any background or is just another amateur. I build my own workouts - they have zillions to chose from on all kinds of equipment. It is annoying that one must scroll through so many exact duplicates. The more serious issues are with the watch app. You must have your phone nearby for the watch to work. The refresh often doesn’t work unless I reboot my watch. The rest timer is very inconsistent. You can change weight and rest time but not reps. The add exercise button doesn’t work. Ever heard of quality control?

This app changed my life, it is the best workout app ever

When I try to edit my workout and I hit the "back" button it crashes. I'm so frustrated. I already feel like I am overpaying....now with the crashing 😡 edit* It has been fixed. Honestly, for me this is the best app available for tracking your workouts. I've been using it for at least 3 years. I never have crashes (besides the time stated above) and it has 90% of the features that I'm looking for. Severely overpriced though.

What happened to the apple watch app?????????????

The app has been freezing up after the latest IOS 11 update and has to be restarted continually in order for it to work.

Why i cant save the video for offline view?

Functionality is seriously lacking. Can’t keep track of sets done per workout, it auto populates all three sets or more at once! So when you’re doing a set of 10 or more per workout you cannot keep good track of the ones you already did. The watch app has major issues. It refreshes the watch essentially after every set making it necessary to open the iPhone app to restart the watch app making it useless to use the watch! It seems to be getting worse with every Apple update, usually an indication that iteration is slowing by the developer and ultimately will end support.... Update: The watch app is unusable for me now. It crashes during every workout. I’ve worked with the developers of the app to no avail. I’ve even bought a new Apple Watch thinking that may be the issue and have experienced the exact poor results. If you want Apple Watch support this is not the app for you!

I’ve loved using the Plus Access version of this app for years, however it seems that the Apple Watch app has gone missing and the support also seems to have disappeared. I really hope that’s not the case though!

I love this app. It has tons of workout options that are tailored to the equipment you have available. That's a big feature I've found missing in other apps. Reason for 3 stars are the bugs in the schedule app. Every time I try to delete a workout on my schedule, the app crashes. Also, it needs a feature where if I schedule a workout plan, I can delete the whole plan - like a "delete series or delete single occurrence" option. After those 2 fixes, this could be a 5 star app.

Would be better with videos or ways where you wouldn't have to tap that you're finished with the exercise. Also needs more back work in most workout generators.

I’ve been a Pro member for years. Today as I’m preparing to train my clients, all of my client account data and workouts are not available. The app will not let me leave a support request so I’m leaving this review hoping for a quick response and fix. The app is too expensive for this lack of support!

Great app very informative, Lucas is unreal! 🙌🏼 this app really helps with your form! 🍑

Nothing comes near this and I’ve tried them all.

Does not let you log in, create a password or login with fb account

This was my go-to workout app. The best feature to me was the Apple Watch app. I could workout without having my phone out all the time. Then one day it was gone. I will be looking for another app that works with my watch.

I enjoyed the fitness class app and have a pain subscription however I now can NOT sign in or get a response from the company apparently without signing in. I have had an injury and have not used it in a while. Seventy dollars down the drain. If not resolved I will be canceling the auto renew. They should have better support as they are not the only fitness app out there

I have paid for a year subscription for s Plus account, am being charged monthly twice and still cannot access the “Plus’” exercise choices. If I could get ahold of support to fix this I would be thrilled. The “send a question to support” on the website isn’t working. I don’t know how to get this issue fixed.

I love it best app

This app is great for recording workout and giving suggestions but I really hate using it on my Apple Watch. It's such a pain in the butt. If I have my Apple Workout app on it starts to get all wacky, it won't stay on and I have to constantly have to refresh it and pair it with my phone again. I really like using my watch over my phone for when I workout and for that I'm deleting it and find a new app that is more functional.

Love this app. I can customize my workout at home before going to the gym and using it. Their pre loaded workouts are great as well. Recco.

Crashes all the time in iOS 12 and is not usable. All the fitness plans show either “0 workouts available” or they just crash. I tried uninstalling, reinstalling, signing in and out but does not work. Please remove this app from the App Store as it is a complete waste.

Generally disappointing and not user friendly.

Are you guys going to add more exercises?

I love this app. I don't understand why it's not rated higher. Maybe the 6$ a month? That's super cheap for being able to customize my own workouts with my exact equipment. Love it!

Great standalone apple watch app for guided workout programs including pictures and tracking weight/reps. Three stars because it does not sync well with Apple Watch and Activity and Health apps. The app syncs the data (time, calories, etc.) which is then visible in the Apple Health and Activity apps. The calorie and exercise data plots in the Activity app hourly bar charts (in grey). However, only the exercise time data plots in the trademark daily circular bar chart. The calorie data from the workout refuses to plot in the Activity daily chart (e.g. even though a 500 Cal workout was done and imported to the app data, the Activity app says I only have 200 calories for the day, though my exercise time is shown correctly). PLEASE FIX.

First time user of this app. When creating new workout routine, there is no option to select Saturday as a training day. Also, proceeding to the calendar view after selecting a new workout/program, it does not allow me to start my new program today or tomorrow. Instead, it wants me to start several days into the future despite having selected today and tomorrow as days if like to train on (in the previous screen). Aside from that, this seems like a solid app

It keep crashing whenever i start building a workout.. please fix it.

Very buggy. Half the time you use it there’s no rest timer...

If you're willing to pay the cost each month for the plus subscription, then maybe it's better. Kind of useless without the exercises restricted to the premium accounts. And the builder feature is super glitchy. Oh, and the Facebook sign doesn't work. Real nice.

I subscribed to the annual membership for the app last night then went looking for my first workout for today. Super frustrating that almost all the routines I wanted to select are empty - meaning there are workout titles but no exercises in the workout. I took screenshots of a bunch of examples. Working to get a refund of my subscription fees.

Functionality is seriously lacking. Can’t keep track of sets done per workout, it auto populates all three sets or more at once! So when you’re doing a set of 10 or more per workout you cannot keep good track of the ones you already did. The watch app has major issues. It refreshes the watch essentially after every set making it necessary to open the iPhone app to restart the watch app making it useless to use the watch! It seems to be getting worse with every Apple update, usually an indication that iteration is slowing by the developer and ultimately will end support....

I’ve been using this app for years and I love it. I do have some gripes about the auto schedule feature seems wonky. Doesn’t seem to adjust correctly if I’m scheduling a workout routine that has week one is 1/2, R, 3/4 then wk2 1/2, 3/4/5, etc. Not a huge issue since the app tracks your last workouts so you know what’s next. I would love a feature where I can substitute exercises while in a workout. Once and a while, a workout routine calls for equipment I don’t have in my gym or I may not be comfortable with the exercise in the routine. While I can adjust this on the fly, it kinda messes up logging. The purist in me dies a little when I fake logging.

I’ve loved this app and am a paying subscriber, but it’s pretty disappointing that it’s no longer allowing the health app to import its data. What gives?

Paid yearly for this for many many years. Took a long time for them to fix when iOS 10 rolled out and not working at all in iOS 11. Would think since I pay a yearly subscription it would be developed on the beta versions and be ready to go when new iOS is released. But unfortunately that is not the case. I would expect this from a cheap one time purchase app but not on a subscription service.

This app has the greatest selection of exercises. The fitness programs can be tailored to your individual needs. And the new interface is gorgeous. Tracking your reps and weight is normally tedious but after the update it's a breeze. Great job!