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Hybrid Calisthenics
Hybrid Calisthenics LLC · 2,139 ratings · ★ 4.8
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Top complaints - extracted from 14 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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"exercises"
5 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Functionality is terrible. I really want to be able to do this and I love the idea that it guides you, but right now I cannot restart an accidentally started day 1 first video, so I am forced to do only the other exercises. In addition, I also cannot watch the start …" - Cuddlestuff
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"load"
5 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "None of the videos work. I couldn’t do any exercises because no videos would load. This would sometimes cause a soft-lock where I couldn’t back out of sections where videos we’re supposed to play, so I would have to close and reload the app. I tried deleting and re…" - GameplayerMike
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"form"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ummmm …. Not good for beginners (slow down) - rushes into exercises and does not explain best form (talk about position more) - has many versions of an exercise in a single video and you have to wait for the version u want (just separate each one o…" - Valen32178
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"videos"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "None of the videos work. I couldn’t do any exercises because no videos would load. This would sometimes cause a soft-lock where I couldn’t back out of sections where videos we’re supposed to play, so I would have to close and reload the app. I tried deleting and re…" - GameplayerMike
5
"through"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No free trial. I thought the app was free or had a free trial. After signing up it just went to two paid options. I deleted the app and removed it from my phone but I don’t know if I’ll be charged. While I like the YT channel this was a frustrating experi…" - 3D Engineer
6
"know"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too easy. It started off too easy and there’s no music or sounds to let you know when you’re supposed to move on" - Start5786
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"supposed"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too easy. It started off too easy and there’s no music or sounds to let you know when you’re supposed to move on" - Start5786
8
"love"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Functionality is terrible. I really want to be able to do this and I love the idea that it guides you, but right now I cannot restart an accidentally started day 1 first video, so I am forced to do only the other exercises. In addition, I also cannot watch the start …" - Cuddlestuff
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"video"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Functionality is terrible. I really want to be able to do this and I love the idea that it guides you, but right now I cannot restart an accidentally started day 1 first video, so I am forced to do only the other exercises. In addition, I also cannot watch the start …" - Cuddlestuff
10
"these"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Functionality is terrible. I really want to be able to do this and I love the idea that it guides you, but right now I cannot restart an accidentally started day 1 first video, so I am forced to do only the other exercises. In addition, I also cannot watch the start …" - Cuddlestuff
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"exercise"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Functionality is terrible. I really want to be able to do this and I love the idea that it guides you, but right now I cannot restart an accidentally started day 1 first video, so I am forced to do only the other exercises. In addition, I also cannot watch the start …" - Cuddlestuff
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"wait"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Ummmm …. Not good for beginners (slow down) - rushes into exercises and does not explain best form (talk about position more) - has many versions of an exercise in a single video and you have to wait for the version u want (just separate each one o…" - Valen32178
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Too easy
It started off too easy and there’s no music or sounds to let you know when you’re supposed to move on
Functionality is terrible
I really want to be able to do this and I love the idea that it guides you, but right now I cannot restart an accidentally started day 1 first video, so I am forced to do only the other exercises. In addition, I also cannot watch the start guide and while in the app it keeps trying to direct me to watch everything in the app. I hope they fix these issues, as they appear to be pretty basic functionality type issues. (And yes, my app is updated).
Ummmm …
Not good for beginners (slow down) - rushes into exercises and does not explain best form (talk about position more) - has many versions of an exercise in a single video and you have to wait for the version u want (just separate each one out)
None of the videos work
I couldn’t do any exercises because no videos would load. This would sometimes cause a soft-lock where I couldn’t back out of sections where videos we’re supposed to play, so I would have to close and reload the app. I tried deleting and reinstalling, but that didn’t help either.
No free trial
I thought the app was free or had a free trial. After signing up it just went to two paid options. I deleted the app and removed it from my phone but I don’t know if I’ll be charged. While I like the YT channel this was a frustrating experience to go through several steps to set up an account and be charged for something I can’t try out first to see if I can do it. I definitely don’t recommend it.
Barebones. No complete features. Tech support doesn’t load for a refund request.
The homepage consists of only two exercises that you can’t add to. You’ll be done in 6 minutes.
There’s a second tab where there are all sorts of different calisthenic exercises, and videos attached to them, but there’s no way to keep track of them or to add them to a workout.
Also, I don’t understand why we can log our exercises, but there’s nowhere to actually view them.
I guess I’m just supposed to write down which exercises I did and how many reps I did- Oh wait, isn’t that what the app was for?
Everything is half made so that no single feature is actually fully complete. It’s really frustrating.
And then, amazingly, tech-support is the only tab under “Help” that doesn’t work so I can’t even request a refund.
No difference on phone or tablet
There’s a second tab where there are all sorts of different calisthenic exercises, and videos attached to them, but there’s no way to keep track of them or to add them to a workout.
Also, I don’t understand why we can log our exercises, but there’s nowhere to actually view them.
I guess I’m just supposed to write down which exercises I did and how many reps I did- Oh wait, isn’t that what the app was for?
Everything is half made so that no single feature is actually fully complete. It’s really frustrating.
And then, amazingly, tech-support is the only tab under “Help” that doesn’t work so I can’t even request a refund.
No difference on phone or tablet
Doesn’t save sets sometimes… have to sit through 3 minutes of ads to relog sets
Ads have made this app hard to use
No equipment?
I didn’t realize equipment was needed.
The program is great, app is cumbersome
I have seen results in two weeks with HC at 38. I like it a lot and will continue it. However, the app (being in beta stage) is buggy. Rest day skipped somehow and now I’m seeing Mondays exercises on Tuesday. There is no way to see progression or stats. No way to edit exercises, etc. the videos for form are good and the simplistic nature of it is welcoming, I just went back to JEFIT and will do the program from there. Hoping the HC improved in the future.
Buggy App
Hampton’s routine is honestly great, but being an unpaid beta tester for this app is the diametric opposite of a good time.
Love the app hate the ads
So the app itself is great, but after whatever update this last one was the ads are uncloseable. You can’t see the “X” that I know used to be there on some of these ads. Because some of them are the same ones I’ve been seeing since day 1.
I don’t know what changed but I literally cannot get through any workouts right now.
I don’t know what changed but I literally cannot get through any workouts right now.
Excellent, can’t wait to see where it goes!
4 stars
I’ve been using the app about a week now and it’s been great! The info is helpful and laid out pretty well and the ads are easily ignored (especially with the volume silenced - and the signal chime still rings!!). I really like the summary that pops up after completing a workout. Sometimes on logging in, it takes 10-20 seconds to load, which is the only reason this isn’t a five.
2 things I would love:
1. Easy access to the form cues during the workout
2. The ability to tie my schedule to a 4x a week rhythm - I’m currently not using this routine 6 days a week, so the rest day is hardly ever going to line up with my actual rest day. Thanks for making this app - have a beautiful day!
2 stars
Still love the set up and function of the app, but there’s some flaws.
1. Load time - I mentioned this in my original review, but it’s continued to be a major detriment. It takes forever to load any page - whether on startup or switching within the app.
2. In the exercise library, you have to touch the video preview image to swipe between pages - that’s a relatively small area positioned close to the left edge of the screen, which makes swiping awkward.
3. If you exit the app during a set, the gif demonstrating how to do it freezes.
Hope to see these things improve!
I’ve been using the app about a week now and it’s been great! The info is helpful and laid out pretty well and the ads are easily ignored (especially with the volume silenced - and the signal chime still rings!!). I really like the summary that pops up after completing a workout. Sometimes on logging in, it takes 10-20 seconds to load, which is the only reason this isn’t a five.
2 things I would love:
1. Easy access to the form cues during the workout
2. The ability to tie my schedule to a 4x a week rhythm - I’m currently not using this routine 6 days a week, so the rest day is hardly ever going to line up with my actual rest day. Thanks for making this app - have a beautiful day!
2 stars
Still love the set up and function of the app, but there’s some flaws.
1. Load time - I mentioned this in my original review, but it’s continued to be a major detriment. It takes forever to load any page - whether on startup or switching within the app.
2. In the exercise library, you have to touch the video preview image to swipe between pages - that’s a relatively small area positioned close to the left edge of the screen, which makes swiping awkward.
3. If you exit the app during a set, the gif demonstrating how to do it freezes.
Hope to see these things improve!
A foundation, and that’s all.
If you aren’t following the Routine 2.0 exactly, and remembering to load the app every day - including rest days - give this a miss for now. Or if you’re doing modifications. Or if you haven’t figured out how to do certain progressions in your workout space (looking at you pull ups). Otherwise it takes a lot of finagling.
For example, I want to be doing MWF, but as today (a M) would be my seventh workout, the app is stuck on rest day. Even though it can track what days I log in and record sets. For me this means I will log what I do today tomorrow, and in the future have to remember to load the app on a rest day every six workouts to avoid this happening again. If I were doing M-F or the Routine 2.0 and just forgot to load the app yesterday, it would be much harder to correct.
The app progresses you through movements as soon as you log doing the level 3 goal once (once!) and there is no way to go back. Which means if you’ve achieved level 3 doing an easier modification (which there is no way to tell the app you are doing a modification), or if you have no way to do the next progression, you have to do a whole Movement Library/Lie to the app manoeuvre to log and move on the the next workout’s movements.
There is a three minute timer for between sets, but not a five minute timer for between movements. Or if there is, I haven’t figure out how to trigger it. Selecting “next movement” doesn’t, and if you select “I’m done” it ends the whole workout, even if you’ve only logged sets for one movement.
I like that there are form cues, and looping videos of how to do the movements, even if it’s not enough for me. I realise the specificity I need is probably way above average.
For the moment, I plan to keep struggling with the app, and hoping things get updated and improved quickly. Because I really appreciate Hybrid Calisthenics approach to exercise, and at the moment it’s the best I can do to support them.
For example, I want to be doing MWF, but as today (a M) would be my seventh workout, the app is stuck on rest day. Even though it can track what days I log in and record sets. For me this means I will log what I do today tomorrow, and in the future have to remember to load the app on a rest day every six workouts to avoid this happening again. If I were doing M-F or the Routine 2.0 and just forgot to load the app yesterday, it would be much harder to correct.
The app progresses you through movements as soon as you log doing the level 3 goal once (once!) and there is no way to go back. Which means if you’ve achieved level 3 doing an easier modification (which there is no way to tell the app you are doing a modification), or if you have no way to do the next progression, you have to do a whole Movement Library/Lie to the app manoeuvre to log and move on the the next workout’s movements.
There is a three minute timer for between sets, but not a five minute timer for between movements. Or if there is, I haven’t figure out how to trigger it. Selecting “next movement” doesn’t, and if you select “I’m done” it ends the whole workout, even if you’ve only logged sets for one movement.
I like that there are form cues, and looping videos of how to do the movements, even if it’s not enough for me. I realise the specificity I need is probably way above average.
For the moment, I plan to keep struggling with the app, and hoping things get updated and improved quickly. Because I really appreciate Hybrid Calisthenics approach to exercise, and at the moment it’s the best I can do to support them.
Sloooowwwww
Ok, I paid for premium, but for the high price (yes, 10 dollars a month for an app I use for a couple minutes 3 times a week is a lot) but the app is just ridiculously slow. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered an app and all my years of voting an iPhone that had such a slow load up time. I’m literally writing this review because I’ve given up on the app still stuck in the loading screen so I came here to rent and it’s still loading. It hasn’t even loaded yet. This is what I’m paying $10 for???
It’s been 4 minutes. I give up. It’s refund time.
It’s been 4 minutes. I give up. It’s refund time.
Sentiment summary
95%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
2%
Negative (1-2★)