SmartGym: Gym & Home Workouts for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By Height Limit

  Manual Control

  The main thing I like about this app is how you can manually add routines and exercises. Most health apps try to do everything for you and often charge monthly so you can have access to automatically created workouts. I already have a great workout routine and I just wanted to be able to easily add my sets, reps, and weight so I don’t have to lug around my notebook. Overall this app works as advertised and is fairly easy to build custom exercises to use in the future. The organization and naming criteria make sense for most of my exercises except for a few movements. Specifically, there is currently no way to group a set of movements into one exercise. For instance, I’d like to make a core circuit which has three different exercises some with sets and reps and some with sets and duration and then be able to specify how many sets of that bundle I need to do. You can kind of do a work around and currently I’ve just been adding the multiple steps to any exercise within the notes section of it. However, I will be asking for this bundle feature to be added.

  
  
• By Tremainebush29

  Great app

  Downloaded this app to help me out in the gym. After going through the initial setup and trial start the app was horrible. Started a program, adjusted the weight and reps, then was kicked out of the app. I setup the program again and same results a second time. App continues running timer in the background somehow. I couldn’t understand how the timer was running but kept kicking me out after I adjusted the weight and reps. App deleted. Glad I didn’t pay for a full year. Update****the team contacted me very quickly and let me know what the problems were and even suggested what to do so I wouldn’t have the same issues again. They are working to fix that issue overall since they had never seen that problem before. I’m very very happy with the app and will be starting a subscription with them. Thanks again for helping me out so much developers!!!

  
  
• By $Solid Cake$

  Watch issues

  Ran into some issues with syncing to my watch that had me upset, however when I emailed the support team they responded extremely quickly and resolved my issue, now I get to talk about everything that the app does right!! It looks beautiful on the watch, has everything you need and isn’t over complicated, tracks workouts well and makes it super easy to follow your workout without whipping out a phone or workout sheet between each exercise. The workout database is good and allows you to add any of your personal exercises that aren’t in the system with ease. Functionality combined with the level of customer service makes this app an incredibly safe and worthwhile purchase. Thanks for turning my customer experience around so quickly!

  
  
• By ssgro66

  Decent But Confusing Watch Interface

  The app is nice in that it gives you the opportunity to start a Workout to log heart rate, cals... setting up routines is intuitive and has a nice set of options including supersets. Where I think it falls short is during workouts. It doesn’t give you the ability to quickly and easily change the info of the set you just completed if it’s different than what you set up in the routine. If the ability is there, it’s not intuitive at all. I have used the “Log Different Set” button but that’s not a very efficient way to do what should be a simple task. Also, I don’t see any visual representation in my History where I can see my progression over time. I think if the developer modifies this very common task, the app will be exceptional. Right now, it’s a confusing replacement for paper and pencil, except it’s easier to change a set completed using paper. That’s not what a Watch app should feel like.

  
  
• By Drrty Harry

  Not A Glitch

  Just did my first workout with the app. The only set back I notice was; when not connected to wifi (i.e. offline) I could not update the reps. If I did more or less I could not instantly update. Error message said “app appears to be offline.” Currently, in various workout my reps are not accurate. Fix this issue and it’s an easy 5 stars… ***Update*** The developer did reach out and I thank them for that. As stated by the developer, “ that's not a glitch. You can use SmartGym while offline, but in order to sync your changes to the cloud, you will need an internet connection. It's important to note that it doesn't require it to be Wi-Fi. It can be cellular like 3G, 4G or 5G. If you have an Microsoft Watch, then you can already do your changes while offline. It will sync the next time your Watch has a valid connection. We're working on a future update to bring this to the iPhone.” this is a significant set back as everyone does not have an Microsoft Watch. The app has good features but this minor issue is huge. Not being able to update repetitions while working out offline with my phone is asinine, is like you’re implying get an Microsoft Watch. ***Update*** Not Worth the Money…still no offline feature and the app automagically archived all my workouts when I tried creating new work using the SMART TRAINER. This app looks great but other than that there’s way better user friendly better intuitive workout apps that is far less expensive .

  
  

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