Reviews for Alive by Whitney Simmons

Its super simple and I love the Alive Inside Program. (Update) Absolutely loved it until this bug hit. I reached out and was told there Is a bug but no information on when it'll be fixed or how to get around it. I'm enrolled in 5 programs and I can't unenroll from any of them. When I do the program I want to do it saves no progress so I can't move forward in the program. I haven't been able to use it properly for a long time and it sucks because I love using it.

I'm loving it so far! It's user friendly and has great workouts. Then only downside is the timer countdown alarm does not work, even after toggling the option on and off, to "reset" it. Without the alarm I don't know when to stop a specific move and totally miss the rest and what's up next. Oh and just a suggestion, but now that this is available for Android, a Cast screen option within the app would be a huge plus! Other than that it's great!

On week 3 of 6. Love a lot of the features, video snippets, and alternative movements. It's keeps me motivated and on track. The best part is I don't have to think about what I'm doing for every workout. I look at the workout for the day, set up my equipment, and get to work. I've lost 4.5 lbs in under 3 weeks with minimal diet changes. For me, that's sustainable and honestly very happy with the results. However, it does glitch like crazy! While annoying, it isn't a deal breaker.

It's worth the hype genuinely. I've been utilizing the Alive app for about 6-7 weeks now and I've seen results. Whitney's programs are comprehensive and I will continue to use this from now on to reach my fitness goals. EDIT: The app desperately needs updated. Badly. I've had a subscription for a long time and it will still prompt me to sign up for a subscription and not let me utilize the content I pay for. I love the workouts but the app ain't worth it anymore....

I love the app when it works. I feel so bad that I was recommending it to people. It was working great and since the update a couple of days ago it has been a nightmare. Crashes with in a couple minutes and restarts the work out/timer. It's so hard to get through a work out. Haven't been able record my work outs the last couple of days. I loved seeing my days completed and previous weight. I really hope it gets fixed soon. I will update my review as soon as it does.

I was really enjoying this app. until the recent update with the constant annoying "reminders" to update my subscription. I don't like having my apps on auto renew. My subscription doesn't expire until March of 2024. I don't need a reminder to renew my subscription every day while I'm in the middle of my workout! It makes the app glitch, and I have to restart the app, losing my place in my workout. This makes me not want to renew when my current subscription expires.

I wanted to love this app so much because I love Whitney and all her content. I ran into so many technical issues that it was unusable. Nothing was saved properly. It kept freezing, so I would have to close and start over. It kept telling me I needed to allow permissions even after I set that up. I'm on andriod so idk if that's the issue. If the usability gets solved I would try again in the future, but I can't justify paying for something that is so difficult to use.

There are definitely a few bugs to work out. One thing that I think would be a great future enhancement is being able to see the alternative exercises from the workout preview. Right now I have to start the workout just to be able to see the alternative exercises which is annoying. But I love the workouts themselves! This app has kept it easy for a beginner with no previous gym experience to stay confident and on top of a regular routine! Nothing has ever stuck for me before except this app!

I love this app for what it offers. love the workouts. but it closes everytime I switch out of it to change songs or text someone. I have to restart my workout wherever I left off. then today, it won't let me log in at all! I had to improvise at the gym which was super annoying bc I pay to follow these routines. I uninstalled and reinstalled, didn't work, tried to make a new acct, didn't work. These glitches need to get fixed or I'm moving on.

I love the workout programs and having short videos showing the movements, tracking previous weight used, and not having to think about what to do in the gym. But, there are SO many glitches! Frequently the rest timer will restart or I will reorder the workout and then start it and it won't be in the order I set. There was a time when I couldn't get any workouts to load and ended up having to uninstall and reinstall the app, etc. The app is great, but unreliable.

So incredibly buggy. Always logs you out and thinks you don't have a subscription, so you can't access any of the workouts. Have tried reaching out to support but the ticket just sits open for weeks. It's a 50/50 shot if you're going to get to the gym and have the app work or not. It's so frustrating. The workouts are great but user experience is abysmal.

I like the app's content but there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. When I click things sometimes they don't open. I can't always open my workout for the day which can get a bit frustrating and somehow I completed the next days workout without ever opening it, and now I can't go back. I would give it 5 stars for the content but the app itself just has too many kinks. I have and android so I don't know if that's the issue.

Lately the app has been very glitchy. If I switch over to another app, when I try to reopen the Alive app it's just a blank screen. Love my workouts! I do wish there was more transition time between the warm up/cool down exercises. I would also love a place to make notes, view weight history for each exercise, and I'd like the weight recording for each exercise to be more prominent

Love the suite of programs and format of the workouts. However, the Android version of this app is very buggy-- the "Start Workout" button may or may not work, the app often gets hung up after completion a workout, and if I switch to another screen and back to the app, the app freezes. Wish it was a better user experience because the workouts are great!

I love the content on this app, however if you're an android user, you may as well just save your money! This app is TERRIBLE on Android! I never had issues with it as an iPhone user. They simply don't put the same effort into the android version. I have had issues for a while and after a recent update I can no longer use the app at all.

I love this app and the workouts but it's HORRIBLY glitchy on my Google Pixel phone. Anytime I reorder the workouts the screen goes white and I have to force close it. Super annoying when I'm reordering the whole week. Ever since the most recent update, the "reorder" and "settings" buttons at the top of the screen during a workout are actually so high up that they're behind the time that's in the right hand corner and can't be clicked on at all. PLEASE fix for android.

Really love the workouts on this app. Easy to follow and love the ability to reorder my weekly plan. However, it's incredibly glitchy. There are some workouts where the rests are in the wrong place, hitting the next or start button won't register, or it needs to be force closed. Really hope the tech issues are resolved because I feel like this could be a 5 star app. UPDATE 7/25: The update on Android won't even allow me to open the app. What am I spending my money on if I can't use it?!

Edited from 1 to 3 stars. They fixed the issue and followed up with a response to my review. :) Once it stops glitching on the workout screen (some other reviews mention this specific issue), it'll be amazing! Android app is unusable after last update. Functional buttons (track weight/reps, "dismiss" at the end of a workout, "done" when adding progress photos) no longer work because they're under the OS's existing bottom bar and top status bar.

Update: the new version takes care of the screen sizes and now I can add the weight and repetition for each set. Tnx! Original: The update has larger screens that bleed over the edges of it. I can't adjust the weight and repetitions nor dismiss the End of workout screens without pressing many times or restarting the app. Also, could you make it so that the order of the workouts stays saved? And it would be great if you could skip workouts and or weeks without needing to complete them.

I love this app! Just started doing the Pilates program, and it has been so fun! It's been a bit frustrating, though, throughout the workouts the video will just stop working the screen will go black, and I have to start the whole workout all over and fast forward to the part I was at. It has happened everytime I've signed on to work out.