I just used it to work out for 5 minutes since I'm currently 20kg. overweight.<p>Here's some feedback from someone who actually used your app to work out.<p>1. On my iPad in horizontal orientation, I had to scroll up and down to see the exercise name and the timer, it was --really-- unintuitive.<p>2. I want to tap the X Minutes button and have the exercises run one after the other. Having to get up and press the "Start" button for every exercise is really counterproductive.<p>3. The gifs are really lacking in explanations of certain exercises. Can you use actual videos instead low framerate gifs?<p>---<p>Otherwise this is excellent. I'll start doing 10 minute sessions in the morning and at night. Hopefully in a month I'll have lost this weight.
Your tagline says 'The simplest bodyweight workout app ever!' You need to change that.<p>Why? Everyone seems to always have the simplest of everything. I want to know why. Why is it the simplest? When you answer that, use it for your tagline.
May I suggest a new feature that I don't see in the fitness apps i've checked out. I listen to a lot of athletes on podcasts (JRE) and they always talk about proper form and its importance for taking care of your body. In things like yoga you could be damaging to your joints, spine, or muscles. Maybe have "exercise tips" or "learn how" section/videos. I know some exercises are intuitive and may not need this. Just throwing ideas.
hi there hn, I build this app because I loved the concept of the 7 minute workout [0], but quickly got bored by the static routine. I showed it to a couple of friends. They all seem to like it, but I would love some more feedback!<p>Also, I'm happy to answer questions about the tools i used, if you have any.<p>[0] <a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout/" rel="nofollow">http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-mi...</a>
1. Congrats on your first app!<p>2. The [lack of] font styling in the Instructions is a minor issue, but little things add up. Also copywriting-wise, probably best to avoid first-person eg "I suggest..."<p>3. Feature request: history of workouts! Day, duration, and (ideally) the specific exercises. These should be plotted to show progress. Check out "100 pushups" for a great example. Seeing that chart climb steeply up and to the right is a big motivator.<p>4. Feature request: display list of the whole array of potential workout elements (grouped by type). Allow for "favorites" or perhaps ratings so only higher-rated ones show up in the mix, and/or an exclude feature to block particulars that aren't right for me. A simpler way to get this would be a "skip" button to simply select another one from the same type/group.<p>5. Suggestion wrt making $: you might do better to just have the one free app with upgrade, vs selling Pro for $2.99 (steep)? Any of the features above could be catalysts for upgrading. App Store Search optimization is arcane (to me anyway) but I don't think having 2 versions is as user-friendly. Hopefully others here w more experience on generating revenue w iOS apps will weigh in.<p>Anyway it's a solid start, good luck taking it to the next level! :)
I noticed there's a lite and pro version of the app. You might want to combine these into one app for a couple reasons off the top of my head:<p>- easier maintenance and sanity for you as a developer/creator<p>- leverages lite users to just for example pay an in-app purchase to upgrade (vs having to discover the paid/pro version)
Congratulations with your first app. I've tried the Android version and it worked as advertised : it's simple to use although it can use a little polish design-wise. Others have already made some great suggestions, here's what I would like to see.<p>1. Skipping an exercise (eg for people with a health problem)
2. A little description of the exercise, what muscles are activated and so on
3. Auto-count. One of the app permissions is for camera/microphone. Wouldn't it be nice if the front facing camera could be used for automatically counting how many reps you actually did?
4. Choosing between a countdown and number of repetitions<p>Good luck with your app, may many follow!
I'm looking into phonegap stuff myself... were you a mobile app developer before using it? Or only javascript/html/etc?<p>If only js/html/etc, was the transition to phonegap for web apps pretty simple for you?<p>Thanks!
The app has a nice clean design and the website provides a good overview of the features and pro differentiators. For android, you may want to include in the description why you need access to the camera/mic, etc. Nice work!
Very nice! Incredibly simple to get started with, and like you said, if all you care about is staying healthy the important thing is consistency and reducing options makes it much easier to be consistent. I guess it doesn't really look "native" at all but for something this simple I don't think it matters.
Nice work! I've been wanting something exactly like this, now I don't have to build it.<p>If you keep working on it, I'd love to see an option to pick curated routines for targeting specific muscle groups/activities.
Typo on first page under "Sane": "The workout is the right amount of challenging to keep you in shape, without being too though to stay motivated."
Nice work. One minor suggestion:<p>A light content status bar seems like it would look better. Or change the status bar style based on the colour of the navigation bar.