Couch to 5K® - Run training

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

   Apple Music Playlists. It says it works with your music or playlist but it does NOT. It still refers to iTunes and IPod and doesn’t recognize the playlists or albums in the newer Music.

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

   Not for beginners. Progresses way too quickly!!! Jumps from 5 min intervals to 8 to 20 in one week. Ridiculous. Should increase running intervals from 2 to 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and decrease walk intervals from 2 to 1 minute to 30 seconds.

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

   😭. I can’t add my friends to this app. None of us can. Please fix this!!!

4. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Charge?. I did not want to pay for this app!

5. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Want my 4.99 back. Last time I'll pay for an app up front Couldn't sign in- tried multiple email addresses, never got a confirmation. No feedback on password selection The app's "support" function pulled my boss's rmIl address into the form and wouldn't allow me to change it. Zero stars. Refund me.

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

   Can’t sign in. So, how good is an app that can’t even work well enough to allow you to set up account. Check out the internet, numerous issues with the app, wish I would have checked before buying.

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

   $5 for what?. I was looking for an app where I can personalize and create an exercise plan specifically for me. Zero options with this app.

8. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   5 bucks for what?. Won’t let me add friends or update my profile. It’s so confusing bringing me to another app and website. If you’re going to charge for an app at least make the interface easy to navigate.

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

   It’s been broke prayers. If you like to listen to music while you use this app then don’t buy it! The verbal cues will suppress the volume until the next interval making a music plug-in almost useless. It’s been this way for years now. I deleted the app before but thought, hey, it’s been about two years. Same old problem. How pathetic is that?

10. ★★★★★trial charges and refunds

    The company is a scam. What’s out - they collect your information and then will wait and sign you up for their premium service without your consent, then after that 30 day trial period they will charge you 100 dollars. Then when you try and get a refund they give you the run around. Don’t let the 4.whatever star reviews fool you, this company is a scam.

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

    Worst ever. Don’t even show up on iPhones activity app

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

    So many bugs. The app does not work on Apple Watch, at all. If you plan on listening to your music while using the app get ready to jump through several hoops, only to get a terrible user experience. Other than those missing basic functions, sure it’s an okay app.

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

    Doesn’t sync to apple health/fitness. This app doesn’t sync to apple Heath or apple fitness app. You have to input everything manually. I’m not inputting everything manually for 9 weeks.

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

    Constantly crashes in the middle of a workout. I’ve used this app for a few years, downloaded it again today and it crashed twice while I was in the middle of a run. Useless.

15. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    No heart rate monitor or Activity integration.. A running trainer that doesn’t integrate with any type of heart rate monitor and doesn’t write your workouts to Apple Activity? Unfortunately I only figured out AFTER paying for this app. Don’t make my mistake.

16. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Frozen, won’t do a thing after trying to relink with FB. I’ve had this app a while, bought the paid version & it works fine. Until TODAY... I’ve been using the app again after the pandemic forced me to stay home more than I would’ve liked...so I wanted to start at the beginning & had to sign back into my account, log in on FB to do so...ever since I did this? The app has frozen & will not work. I’ve shut down the app and restarted more times than I can count. Restarted my phone, etc...app still frozen. Nothing works. I even went on FB and logged the app out of permissions there. Restarted phone, app, everything...still doesn’t work. So much for those “bug fixes” from 2 weeks ago🙄🙄🙄

17. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

    rip off - don’t waste your money.. i was invigorates by the stellar ratings and purchased this app, but when i try to make an account, i keep getting an error message that one of the fields cannot be empty, but the field is filled out? not to mention this app isn’t even optimized for iphone xs max. i’m deleting this app and don’t recommend anyone buys this, turns out this is NOT the official “Couch to 5k” app anyway!

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

    Breaks Siri. The app doesn’t fix volume after trainer updates and breaks Siri being able to hear me. Make your app work on the platform it’s designed on

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

    Don’t bother. This app crashes constantly. You’re running, waiting for the next prompt which never comes because the app crashed. Not only does it derail your workout you also don’t get credit for it and have to start over. Don’t waste your money.

20. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

    Stopped working. I used it once. Then last week it stopped working. It won’t even open now.

21. ★★★★★a needed feature is missing

    UPDATED REVIEW:Needs an update right away. Piece of crap!!!!!! Can’t get off the Constance screen. Now not responding at all. No updates They just don’t care. I emailed tech support, had a quick response asking for more info now nothing. CONSTANCE comes up EVERY time you open the app -even if you’ve already set a trainer. It doesn’t always recognize that you’ve hit ‘Start Workout’ you have to hit it a few times. The music doesn’t always play. ref:_00Dd0fasC._5003o1NpstA:ref Other than that the premise of the app and the coaching is great. UPDATE: here’s the lates CS response. Apparently it’s supposed to malfunction. “Thank you for reply. This trainer selection part would be occurred at the beginning of the workout. We do appreciate your suggestions. This email will be forwarded to our development department for enhancement consideration. Please rest assured that your suggestions will be seriously considered as they deserve. Please don't hesitate to email us if there is anything else that we can help you with.”

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

    Childish animations and voices. I hate that I have to set the trainer each time, the childish animations and fake cheers. Why can’t there be a minimalist voice that can be set by default. Also, better dashboard showing progress rather than go through each run separately. Also, show progress steps during run rather than not let me know how many sprints and for how long are left.

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

    Doesn't work with Apple watch. I'm very upset that my runs aren't being recorded through my Apple watch like it says it does. If there is a way to fix this, I would love to know about it. I've tried everything.

24. ★★★★★data, history or progress disappears

    Disappointed. There is no easily accessible option to change my password or delete my account. No easily accessible FAQ section. The C25K program itself is great but the app is not user friendly.

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

    Abandonware. Feels like abandonwear. Crashes regularly and hasn’t received a significant update in years.

26. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Would rate zero if I could.. I just purchased the app and I can’t even use it. I can’t register because it says my username is already in use. Which isn’t possible. I tried to reset it but still won’t work. No one to contact. I paid for nothing. Absolutely horrible and waste of money.

27. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Used to be great.... I was using this running program through the Active website before it became an app. I absolutely loved the program and app (up until about a year and a half ago) and over the years have told so many people to purchase it because it’s one of the best ones I’ve found in terms of building a base without injuries and for not being intimidating, even for new runners. That said, the last year or so I’ve been thoroughly disappointed with the app. It’s buggy, shuts down randomly and doesn’t save the run (other apps I’ve tried that are free, you can just reopen the app if it crashes and the run is still going so you don’t lose everything), and most importantly does not work with the Apple Watch like it claims to (I have a cellular plan and the app, phone and watch are fully up to date). You have to bring your phone with you if you want to see any of the stats (time, distance, pace, interval) and that defeats the purpose. Also, sometimes it’ll queue me to run or walk with a buzz notification on my watch (when I’ve left my phone at home) but most the time doesn't. There’s no telling when it will or won’t work. The convenience this app used to provide isn’t there any more because it’s not keeping up to date with modern technology. Until these issues are fixed I would discourage anyone paying for the app.

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

    Not for beginners. The “trainer” keeps saying “great job” even if you walk the whole time. There’s no help if the workout cannot be completed. I’m stuck on week 4 and can not get any help on what I need to do to finish those workouts. The trainer just says “great!” but I can’t run for the time I should be running for. It makes not sense and doesn’t motivate me at all. Now it also started providing notifications on “likes” even though I have turned off all that community crap. Extremely frustrating app that does not help me run a 5K.

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

    Watch App Useless. Don’t Buy.. There’s no point in not having a stand alone watch app. Why would I want to lug my phone around to just sync to the watch. Don’t waste your money on this app.

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

    App keeps crashing. The app crashes on launch and fails to log my runs lately. My phone is on iOS 13.4. I don’t want to switch to a different app but if I can’t use it when I need to then I am going to have to switch