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DAWG - Self Discipline & Focus
DWG Labs · 7,142 ratings · ★ 4.3
4.3
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7,142 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 46 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"subscription"
22 negative reviews mention this · 48% of all complaints
★★★★★ "subscription" - Jeff Bukowski
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"trial"
13 negative reviews mention this · 28% of all complaints
★★★★★ "making you subscribe before even seeing the layout is crazy. no free trial? get out of here. plus 15 bucks a month is crazy for a tracking app." - Jose Suarez
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"free"
12 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "making you subscribe before even seeing the layout is crazy. no free trial? get out of here. plus 15 bucks a month is crazy for a tracking app." - Jose Suarez
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"free trial"
8 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "making you subscribe before even seeing the layout is crazy. no free trial? get out of here. plus 15 bucks a month is crazy for a tracking app." - Jose Suarez
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"month"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "making you subscribe before even seeing the layout is crazy. no free trial? get out of here. plus 15 bucks a month is crazy for a tracking app." - Jose Suarez
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"required"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I spent 20 minutes filling in bs information just for them to hit me with a "subscription required" at the end of all of it. If this is how an app starts, definitely not something I'd recommend using" - Matthew Brostoski
📋 All 46 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
subscription
making you subscribe before even seeing the layout is crazy. no free trial? get out of here. plus 15 bucks a month is crazy for a tracking app.
AI art and system. And you gotta pay for it upfront, FIFTEEN DOLLARS A MONTH? More than any streaming service?? lol no. I can just talk to any ai online for free.
Got to pay for discipline? Lol can't even pay for it just trying to start something new to make a better me and can't pay because I don't have a card yet. 0 stars if I could.
Requires subscription to use any part of it.
I spent 20 minutes filling in bs information just for them to hit me with a "subscription required" at the end of all of it. If this is how an app starts, definitely not something I'd recommend using
I was excited to try the app until I found out there wasn't even a free trial or anything. Just a handful of questions and then you are hit with the subscription page.
just charge for the app so I know to not download it, rather than waste a bunch of time answering questions just to learn I can't use it without a subscription.
Subscription needed.. automatically I can't use it, nor even want to
required subscription, not even a free trial offered
No features available until subscription paid. Bait questions to try to get you interested just to give you nothing. Basically click through an ad to make it to subscription.
Unfortunately for me, I can't use his app at all. I was very excited about the concept. I love video games and think this could be a really good motivator for myself. However, I can't even get started without having to purchase something. Free trial or not. I'm trying to get my life in order so I have the freedom to spend money. Not everyone has the ability to pay, especially if they are just starting to attempt to get their life together. The concept is cool, but not accessible for everyone.
Requires subscription. Not worth it.
Subscription is required for this.... there isn't even a free option. Very disappointing.
why the subscription is required?
scam makes you set up everything then asks for money
subscription paywall. AI graphics. Nuff said
Wish I could get a refund. this is just a fancy checklist. I prefer my paper checklist.
They hide the subscription. Not a good price at all.
didn't get to experience the app much, had high expectations but was disappointed due to there being a subscription block. I am someone who can't afford a lot let alone subscription. there's no free trial option either nor warning of needing to subscribe.
paid, then got stuck in a loop without any help. getting a refund
terrible
all AI ran, yet you have to pay either 50 bucks a year or 15 a month. its not worth 50 bucks to have a robot tell you "you can do it" and there's no free level of it or anything so you can at least try it and see if it would work for you. Just another AI app. not worth it. Not to mention the "fighter" picture is literally from Hajime no Ippo...
TLDR - Creates extra friction between doing tasks / Used for 1 day, got scammed out of $50 Look at the bottom of the app description, "Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a Dawg Premium subscription" they don't mention this, just ask for a subscription after you create your account. Then you find out the app is very limited and you just got scammed. I've tried reaching out to the developer and they have chosen to ignore my emails.
downloaded, started, Uninstalled. if your app wants to get motivated, they should not start by telling your users that tje things they are doing that they enjoy doing are wasting their life.
asks you generic "how do you feel about your life" questions, then hits you with the "you gotta pay to use our service" i dont even know what your app does, or how it works. at least give a 7-14 day trial. this feels like a cash grab scam for a poorly designed, generic app.
I spent an hour and a half adding all my habits and setting up reminders in chronological order. When I left the app and came back, all my work was lost. I would like to know if it’s possible to cancel my subscription and get a refund. To make matters worse, I cleared the app data hoping it was a bug, but now I can’t log in. The app is stuck on setup and asks me to pay for another subscription.
have to pay only not.interested
$15/month, no free version, no free trial even. What a joke.
Subscription required. You go through the entire set-up before they say that. Unless you're willing to pay don't waste your time.
tries to force reviews before telling you everything is behind a 50$ paywall.
Requires Subscription total waste of a download for me, im not paying someone to test their app, at least give a trial period like a month to get people hooked on using your app.
$50 a month for this is greedy. not even a trial to try it out first.
garbage, go through the entire setup only to be told to pay
Great concept but technical issues make it impossible to login.
if you do this, wait till they offer the 87% off for the year, then maybe try it. Only preview i can see is - workout, wake up at 7:45, less than 4 hours of screen, meditation. smfh, meditate. gtfo
I will always rate low on apps that ask me to rate their app during setup.... I haven't even used it, don't keep spamming me to rate it.
crazy price
They do not tell you that you have yo pay for it right away. They just waist your time. Can't say that I would recommend, because I did not even get a trial.
I see. At first I thought it would be nice to use and app that was created with a man's mindset in mind. I then realized I was even more of a fool to believe that because they really just wanted my money and the ability to send me notifications before I could even tell them my name.
just fake expectation and nothing more not worth at all
Subscription based model, I'll stick with HabitNow which was a one time purchase. Certainly not as cute as this but spending $15 a month for cuteness is not worth it to me. They have an option to buy for a year for like $55ish bucks but there isn't even a free trial and again, subscription based modeling needs to be phased out already.
didn't even get to try it out, have to pay a subscription 😕
I have ADHD and I like these types of things makes it look kinda like a game but the best part is the visuals of where I can see my progress and where I need improvement just I didn't use this app sense you need to pay a subscription and I am tured of all of these subscriptions wish it was just a $50 and own the app but I use (do it now) same exact model you can use it for free with some things locked and just pay once and own it not as nice looking as this one looks but the exact same thing
Seems like it could be cool, but paywall and no trial, so bummer.
Doesn't disclose it's a subscription only service until you have wasted 15 minutes with the intro survey.
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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