RP Diet Coach & Planner

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1. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Nothing Unique Or Special Here. This is basically a meal and macro tracking app, no different than any other tracking app. I was thinking that there was meal planning included, but there is not. No different from My Fitness Pal and basically just as expensive. I just wasted $20! If a tracking app is what you are looking for, there are cheaper and easier to use options out there.

2. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Too difficult to navigate. I’ve had success using the fundamentals of RP but the app has gotten so complicated it’s not worth the headache any longer. Checking in meals, redistributing macros for the day (and saving that setting for the length of the diet), realistic redistribution (ie don’t tell me to eat 300g of red meat to reach a goal- tell me to add another meal!)…. But over all what was doable is just too time consuming to find the simplest of things.

3. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Sucks Big Time. This app does not add up the daily totals. After you spend all day imputing the meals you’re eating, it simply just reminds you what your target total for the day was. If you want to figure out your daily totals you have to write them down and add them in paper. What’s the point?

4. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Shampoo-drinkingly awful UI. This app has gotten me shredded but the new AI features make this app unusable. The old interface was better, the new interface is impossible, I don’t even enter my macros every day because the AI automativally adjusts the macros of my other meals if I only enter in one meal. Also, it’s impossible to schedule a workout without it doing weird stuff like giving me crazy macros or moving my workout where it doesn’t belong, like before any meals or after any meals instead of where I want it, which is after my first and second meals. There doesn’t seem to be a way to fix this even when I manually type in exactly what time I want my meals and my workout to be, without it freaking out. The only solution seems to be scheduling my week perfectly, because going off script in anyway just bricks the app. This app used to be awesome.

5. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Wonky. It’s fair share of bugs and customer support is nowhere to be found when you need it

6. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Latest update is terrible. They changed the UI with no warning, made the app worse, and didn’t put any information how to use the new UI online. Rollout was terrible. They pretty much told me if I didn’t like it, too bad. When my subscription is up, I’ll be looking elsewhere.

7. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Was a great app but now it’s not. I love pretty much everything about the app - the diet itself works great and the app’s features really help with compliance and adherence. There are a few things they could improve (like letting you enter your weight in decimals instead of whole numbers during weigh ins) but they constantly improving the app and the support is first rate. Update: the new update stinks. I don’t know who they have doing their ux design but it’s terrible. The food list update is terrible, the meal check in requires you to open the meal and go to a pulldown (why??), and it doesn’t appear to remind you when your next meal is. They took a good product and made it kind of suck which is a shame

8. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Horrible UI hard to use. I got this as I am starting my cut. Used to use MyFitnessPal but figured I’d try something new. Bought this and immediately regretted it. The UI is terrible and there aren’t any added features compared to other CHEAPER apps. Worst part they don’t even give you a free mode or trial to give it a try before buying. Gotta pay up front and if you like it great but if you don’t they just take your money. Do not recommend! If you just want to track calories MyFitnessPal is 100% better

9. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   The update sucks. Before the updated version, I had successfully cuffed twice and the app was very straightforward and easy to follow. After the update, copying meals don’t adjust the portions onto the meal I am copying to adjust the macros. I didn’t realize this until I went back and saw I had gone over my macros. Adding custom foods when logging meals throws errors.

10. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    The diet worked but the app sucks. I’ve used RP before. I came back to it after a 2 year break. The new app seems too complex and confusing. The old app was great.

11. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    About to delete. Doesnt let you change units of measurement. No tutorials on how to use. Tiny writing. Complicated and difficult to use with no guidance.

12. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Just payed for the app and it won’t let me in. How is it that I sign up for the first time, but it tells me I already have an account? Then I try to get in to the app and it says my subscription has expired. What kind of shenanigans for stealing peoples money is this? If I can’t get in, then just give me my money back. This is harder to navigate than the frigging V.A.

13. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    One Step Forward, Five Steps Backward. Hello Everyone, first off, I am writing this review because I truly loved this app and hate to see the direction it has gone in. The new update that was implemented a few months ago has truly made this app much worse. Many of the favorite features that I and many other users of the app loved are gone. Meal Adherence is gone, The three sections of Protein, Carb, & Fat are gone. The app has a new look that is no longer unique and looks like every other bland app out there. Progress Tab looks like a mess now and is something I don't even bother looking at any more. Explore Tab is just ads for RP. The Edit/Macros tab is a slow and buggy. I was a beta tester for this new version of the app and did not ask that any of these features be removed. In fact, I don’t think anyone did. We constantly see in these reviews that they made these changes for “flexibility”, but I really think that instead of solving the problems many people had with the original app, they have actually made it worse and more cluttered than before. My next point is more to do with how the developers have handled criticism rather than a critique on the app. If you sort each of the recent reviews, they are overwhelmingly negative and rightfully so. However, if you take a look at each response to these reviews from the developer, they are all worded exactly the same and provide nothing promising that they’ll improve the app or correct their mistakes. I guarantee you’ll even see an AI response to this review. It’s a shame. As I write this, I am a month or so away from my subscription ending and I don’t plan on renewing. I have already cancelled it and will move on to a different app. I suggest everyone else do the exact same thing. Vote with your wallets and maybe they’ll change. This truly hurts to see as I’m a long time user, beta tester, and I’m someone who respects RP as they’ve changed my health. I hope that one day, they change this app and make it the app we once loved. If they ever do, I will be back. My warning for everyone now though is to stay away and choose a different app. VOTE WITH YOUR WALLETS!!

14. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Used to be good. Now it’s like MyFitnessPal but even buggier. No thanks.

15. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    You have made the app unusable. I’m coming back after a year away and this app is totally resigned, in a terrible way. It used to be easy to use and now it is beyond confusing.

16. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    App does not work. Downloaded the new app, signed in and purchase a subscription. Now that i log back in the screen stays white. Tried to contact support and only a robot tells me to download another app. Nothing in their website to be able to speak with someone or even send an email. Don’t buy unless you want to loose your money

17. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Not Ideal for Recomp. If you have a decent amount to lose, don’t waste your time. They set an arbitrary maximum and provide no consideration if your’re slightly out of bounds. (5lbs) They expect you to program hop instead. Don’t waste your time.

18. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Not user friendly. I have attempted several times to work around the app and figure it out to no avail. I purchased during Black Friday and really would like a refund. I haven’t even been able to use it correctly like I thought I would be able. Can someone get in contact with me ASAP!

19. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Previous version was amazing. Will not be renewing until they decide to revert back to old version. Been a client for 10 years on and off. Previous version was amazing— put about 20 of my friends and clients on to the old version, now they’re all upset and looking to get refunds. New version is overly cluttered, and you end up having to adjust yourself. If you’ve used previous versions, you can still adjust everything fine, however, you have to know your stuff and be willing to take about 20 more minutes than what you’re used to in the previous version. Stay away until this is improved.

20. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Downgrade. This app was the best app around till they did a complete design change. Now the app is hard to use with extremely small font. You could have the perfect day hit all you numbers and still end up with a red ! next to the day. There is no reason given for the red ! Is not clickable your just stuck with it. They also took away the option to just click over/under macros. I’m out for dinner watching the football I know I’m over. That option missing makes it hard to track those day over a 8-16 week period. This app no longer makes taking macros easy and fun. It’s now frustrating and chunky.

21. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Worst diet app I’ve used. I love Dr.Mike but this is probably the worst calorie tracking app I’ve used. The U.i makes no sense and also has the worst database of foods / meals. Wish I could just get a refunds

22. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    App is Still 5 Years Behind. The app needs to add in a camera to take photos of the food especially if you going out to eat an AI feature. I also don’t get why a person needs do pay for the hypertrophy app and this app separately. They should work together along with cardio. I think for both of the apps to continue to grow they need to be open minded to listening to their customers. They seem pretty hyper focused on doing things only their way. For example, on the hypertrophy app they don’t even have options for supersets. Come on! The amount of money they are charging for both apps they should be cutting edge.

23. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Should offer refunds.. Should offer refunds for those of us that paid for the year prior to the new update. This app was the best before the update. It helped me lose 40 pounds naturally. Now it’s a noisy, cluster mess, like every other diet app out there.

24. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Total Joke. This app is so bad that I strongly suspect it is supported from a guy who had his college dissertation exposed, has a fake black belt, terrible performances in athleticism, lack of a pro card, did very poorly in bodybuilding competitions, and cannot diet so gets liposuction to remove the fat… all while saying it isn’t fat but just genetics. My guess is the person would claim to have an IQ so high & way above 160 that they can’t even measure it. He likely has said that he’s the single most knowledgeable trainer on earth. He might even boast he’s bigger & stronger than a Mr. Olympia such as Mentzer. Just a guess. I also assume he has a wild twist on justification for all these shortcomings & hypocrisies. At best, the entire program is false advertising. But let’s just call it what it is: snake oil.

25. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Terrible Update. What used to be a good food tracking/planning app is now the worst diet app on the market. It’s a shame. Terrible update.

26. ★★★★★an update broke a familiar workflow

    Unusable. Used to be a great app. Since the update a few months ago it has become unusable.

27. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Don’t love the changes. I’ve used this app for years on and off for cuts, came in for another round and really can’t get behind how much the app has changed. I’ve always loved RP for how simple it is compared to all the other apps out there that seem to overcomplicate things for the sake of *innovation*. RP has done the same, this app is no longer simple. I spend twice as much time in this app as I used to in the older version. Big bummer!

28. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Glorified My Fitness Pal. Overpriced Myfitness Pal with less customization, at least fitness pal you can choose low carb if you need it….not this.

29. ★★★★★an update broke a familiar workflow

    Nitpicky, Ignorant, and Inconvenient. New update made this app worse than when I started. Even after the long planning and inputting your food you still have to “check in” or it won’t count the macros. Dr. Mike talks about it simplifying health and fitness while giving me the most complicated app that discourages me from even logging my food. It is such a pain that I’ve gone off the rails and quit completely. Their answer on FB to all our complaints is “I hear you.” that is corporate code for “we don’t care.” And I’ve heard it many times before. They won’t change. They don’t see it as an oversight and it’s not worth the crazy expense. Bodybuilders should go back to pen and paper. I used to adore Dr. Mike. I think he’s off his rocker. Not just about the diet app. I’m keeping the Hypertrophy app cuz that works for me. But I’ll be damned if I try to add any more input for his company. I don’t like being blown off when I know what works in apps and what doesn’t.

30. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Bring Back the Old Version. Started a new diet cycle and was unpleasantly surprised to find that I had to learn an entire new app from scratch. Much higher learning curve than the previous version. I could go on and on about what I don’t like, but it appears I’m not the only one that just wants the old app back. It’s practically unusable. Would suggest to roll back versions and do some user testing before introducing new features or refactoring anything, because you clearly missed the mark with this one. I also canceled my subscription because of this update. Would consider reactivating it, but I would need to see a major improvement. P.S. one of the things I loved about RP was the simplicity of not tracking calories…