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Run 5k - couch to 5k program App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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Run 5k - couch to 5k program for Negative User Reviews
✓ Unfortunate...I bought this app quite a while ago… maybe a year ago? And I really loved it. I was using it do the Couch to 5K Program (and I've been taking a long time, since I was way out of shape). Unfortunately, I opened it up today, and it was no longer the Couch to 5K Program…. C25K is 9 weeks, and this app now has some random 8 week program? Really disappointing. I guess whoever owns the whole "C25K" decided to start cracking down on apps making money from the program. So this app is no longer a C25K app. Well, it could still be a good app! Maybe if they updated it to be something else, like if you could make your own program or something, and have it give audio cues. Or perhaps they could pay for the C25K licensing? But $3.99 is a really crazy price right now for some random running program. Luckily I was far-along enough in the program that I was done with intervals and can use other running free running apps. But if you are looking for a C25K app, this is NOT it..Version: 2.0.1
✓ Has potential but has issuesFirst off, it’s great to have a program with no ads AND no subscription fee. But two glaring things make it disappointing 1- The app doesn’t announce the “run/walk” times when my phone is locked! Why?? It will only interrupt my music and narrate properly when I have the phone unlocked in my pocket. So there’s a workaround but it’s still annoying. 2- Even when I do the above and get all the way to it announcing “workout complete” it won’t actually record my stats and complete the workout for me in the app. I have to open the app again, and if I don’t do that right when the workout is over, it doesn’t save my stats. Since I usually go from my cooldown straight back to my family or to work, this is annoying. Fix these and my rating would go from 2 to 4 stars. Add GPS and a map of my workout and it would be a 5..Version: 2020.5.12
✓ Ouchy couchyAfter buying the app, I now realise that I have to do warm-up STRETCHES before I start the running/walking...which apparently, is the rewarding and encouraging part of the app. The one page stick figure drawings of the warm up stretches is BORING, hard to read, and there is no fun-encouragement to do this part. So, I'm still on the couch feeling like I need to find another app that has an animated series of stretches to get me off the couch and loving the FIRST stage ....then I can start to use the running app..Version: 0
✓ OkPositive-use your watch. Ties to fitness app on iPhone. Negative. No option to manually enter your stats after running on a treadmill..Version: 7.0.1
✓ Offer watch app hahahaIt doesn't work on the watch. If you select it on the watch the audio cues on phone stop working and you're left doing a 28min warm up..Version: 6.8
✓ USED to love this app…This was a great app when I first got it, and there were frequent updates. Unfortunately, the watch app ruins it. It just doest work when I use it with my Apple watch. The developer knows about this problem, but hadn't done anything to fix it. I've done everything they tell you to do to fix it, but it doesn't get any better. When you use the watch app (even with mirroring turned off) you don't get any notification telling you to walk or run. I've had this app for years, but now have to buy another app to do the same thing..Version: 6.8
✓ Turn on notificationsI am a long time user of this app, I love it. After a period of not running I came back to this app and found that that the sound queues no longer worked. I was about to try and find a newer app when I discovered that you need to turn on sound, in notifications, for the queues to work. I highly recommend this app but make sure your notification settings are set up correctly (in the settings app) Update: also don't forget to turn off the silent switch. thats a new gotcha. - 1 star.Version: 2.0.1
✓ Running program is fine, not crazy about appI am only at week 1 (3 days) and am going to check out other programs. I do like the gradual increase and the fact you can do days over and the audio cues as to run/walk/half way etc. but there are things about the app I don't like. When the app is running the backlight is always on so you run the risk of accidently hitting pause or end workout (I have done it twice). When I got a text it paused the program (of course while I was running) and I didn't know it until I thought it was the longest minute ever! Today during my workout I apparently hit 'end workout' when I was only 1/2 finished and just had to start it all over again. Perhaps if I had it in an arm band I wouldn't have these problems but with my running coat on (it's cold out) I put my iPhone in my pocket. If this could run while the screen wasn't touchable this would be a perfect program but I hate screwing up my run because of accidently hitting something..Version: 0
✓ So many bugs for a purchased appVoice commands won’t work if you leave the app. Stretching workout will sometimes randomly start playing mid run which you can’t turn off. It makes the phone very hot when using, probably because you have to leave the app open if you want it to work. I bought this app so I could store stats but I can only see stats for the run I just completed. I wanted it for comparisons etc. I’m going back to my free version because at least I don’t have to keep checking the phone every 90 seconds during the run..Version: 2019.12.5
✓ Run100kAudio cues? They never happen and now I can run for 45 mins. Thank you 5k. How exactly - step by step - do I start the program and music so that I can run knowing audio cues are coming when they should? Each update changes this feature and I'm ready to try another app..Version: 5.1
✓ Potentially-great product, marred by buggy Watch interactions and poor supportSince they offer a Watch app, I’ve been running just with that. Everything is great until it can talk to the phone, and then I end up with duplicate workouts, both differently-incomplete and neither able to be imported into Strava. My support query was met with a response of “you should stop running with your phone” (even though I’m not) and nothing else despite repeated messages. Would have gone on to buy the bundle to get me to a half marathon if it had worked, but instead I’m deleting..Version: 2020.5.12
✓ Does not work on lock screenVery frustrating as if your Apple Watch locks screen.. it stops working.. so you miss prompts.. Useless.Version: 2020.5.12
✓ DisappointingPurchased today to start my to5k journey again. This only talks to activity in Apple and not Workouts. I was hoping to export to another social running app but it doesn’t talk to much. I’ll be requesting a refund and going back to Couch to 5k as I can run an Apple workout in the background..Version: 2020.5.12
✓ Actually quite good...It certainly is helping me get fit which I suppose is the whole point. I am in week 4 and can now run 5 minutes without stopping! (which, coming from 3 years of no exercise, I think is pretty good) Only problem is since the latest version if the phone locks the voices are not audible, so I have to carry my phone in its unlocked state, which is a bit frustrating. Fix the problem and it's 5 stars of joy!.Version: 2.0
✓ Not worth the moneySo the good things are the warm and cool downs. They are pretty good, all round body warm up and stretches for when you’re done. Bad things are, it’s not any better than the couch to 5k app (which is free) it says when to run but this one is a robotic voice (I’m happy with). But it also didn’t always seem to work when I lock my screen, meaning I missed parts when it said to jog so just keep walking for ages. I thought it would say my speeds on the jogs and walks as it says it has gps. No ... no it does not. It didn’t even have a map to show the route. Literally just says how far I ran. I’m going back to using couch to 5k and my gps app (Runkeeper), I hoped this would have been both so was happy to pay. I regretted it..Version: 2020.5.12
✓ I prefered Get RunningThere are some really nice features of this app but in terms of usage I preferred the app Get Running. It really is like having a personal trainer with you. The voice gives lots of incouragement and let's you know when you have 45 seconds to go which this app does not. If you like things simple with no frill this app will be for you. If like me you like more promos and a friendly voice to guide you and motivate you then get running is for you..Version: 0
✓ Where is watch app??Bought specifically to use with my watch but app not showing up on watch.Version: 7.0.1
✓ Treadmill doesn’t record pace or distanceIt “works” when running indoors in the sense that it buzzes you on when to walk vs run. But it records essentially nothing. And unlike other programs, it won’t even seem to let you edit these values. So it’s pretty lacking in value unless you’re lucky enough to be somewhere you can consistently run outdoors..Version: 7.0.1
✓ Distance?I just bought this app but haven't used it yet, just wondering how it tracks distance without gps or a pedometer? Stride length/speed would make this progress to 5km extremely inaccurate..Version: 1.4
✓ Apple Watch App doesn't workApp doesn't seem to have been updated in a while. Probably abandoned. Time to move to a different app..Version: 6.7.0
✓ Doesn’t work on watchDon’t waste your money. Support email doesn’t work and no help on line..Version: 7.0.1
✓ Couch to 5KOk if you dont try and flick around and change music-it resets very easily and your back to the start again. Took me four hours to do a 30 min workout!!.Version: 0
✓ Battery issueUsed app for years and have been happy with it, but now I can’t finish my run before the battery goes dead..Version: 7.0.1
✓ Apple Watch app glitchCountdown now doesn’t work. Any time the Apple Watch screen sleeps the timer stops counting down. This has happened ever since the new update. Please fix!!.Version: 2019.10.2
✓ Long Time User, First Time ProblemI’ve used this app for several years and have been very happy with it, however recently a problem has developed that has me confused. It seems that this app tricks my phone into thinking the battery is dead. I’ll start my run with 86% battery, fire up my music, launch the app and get going. Not every time, but at least half the time, about 10-20 minutes in, my phone will just turn off. When I try to do a manual restart I get the charger and lightning bolt icon signaling that the battery needs to be charged. I’m now left with finishing my run without run/walk queues and music. When I get home, I plug my phone in to charge and it immediately powers up to show around 72% battery. I’m not sure if anyone else has had this issue but this is the only app that causes my phone to do this. Other than this issue, I have no complaints about this app and hope I’ll be able to continue using it..Version: 6.8
✓ Not as good as the hype.So did 5 minute warm up then started. Was going good but the clock in my head kept better time than this app. So I did a 60 second run that went for 120 seconds and the walk that went for 5 minutes. Problem is that when your phone goes into sleep mode the time clock slows down. Please fix as I really want to do this..Version: 1.4
✓ Calories burnedI have this app synced with my Apple Watch and it overrides the calories burned on the activity app! It’s only crediting me for 14 active calories when the watch was tracking more like 300. Talk about discouraging!.Version: 7.0.1
✓ I used to love itI have recommended this app to many people and find myself using it over and over when I have fallen off the exercise ‘wagon’. However... My current dilemma: it has stopped tracking my average pace and distance consistently. Some runs it will, some it won’t. I use the app the same way every time so I don’t understand what’s wrong. Same when I use the app on my Apple Watch. No distance, no pace, no heart rate reading. Also, I’ve had runs where it resets itself...like, I start my 3 minute run and after what feels like FOREVER, I glance at my phone and see that it has gone back to the warmup. Weird. And frustrating..Version: 2020.5.12
✓ Stopped using itWe stopped using this because it would randomly stop timing during walk/run periods. We'd be thinking "hasn't it been 90 seconds?" only to open the phone up and see that it was "stuck" on a time. Case example. I went for a run at 6:30 and it stopped working during the exercise so I put the phone away and ran. 2 hours later it popped up saying it was time to walk.... First app I feel like I've legitimately wasted my $$..Version: 1.4
✓ Turn of notifications!I have used this app for a while now, a year or so. Works good, but anytime during your 5k If you get a notification like a text, it turns the voice coach off and you have to restart the app to get the voice to come back. So you end up running without the voice. You then have to keep your eyes on the screen the whole time. I don’t know about music as I do not listen to music when I run..Version: 6.8
✓ No after run reportThe functionality of the app is fine. The notifications work. Having the stretches is nice. I will not be using this app again and will be deleting it. There is no after run report. Nothing that says your over all pace, your distance, or your average heart rate. You can see it all during the run but once it’s finished it’s gone. Having that run history would be nice to see the progress and distances changed. Waste of $5..Version: 2020.5.12
✓ Don’t Waste Time/MoneyWon’t work with other apps or talk to you with cues when to walk or run. Unless you don’t listen to music or use other apps & want to hold your phone so the screen isn’t asleep, don’t waste your time with this app..Version: 2020.5.12
✓ StretchesThe pictures are terrible update for better ones now!.Version: 1.3
✓ Does not sync to your watchBought this specifically to sync to my watch but does not show up there. Very disappointed.Version: 7.0.1
✓ DodgyDoesnt work properly. Won't work when the phone is locked..Version: 1.4
✓ Very Basic, Buggy with Apple WatchI’m on week 6 and I’m now running more than 20 minutes straight, which is a first for me. I was able to complete each workout and didn’t have to repeat any so far, so I feel like the progression is good. It’s good as far as the program and the stopwatch go, but otherwise it’s very basic and has some bugs. I use it on my Apple Watch and it regularly fails to announce the run/walk intervals when they start, so I have to keep checking my watch while I run which is annoying. The app on my phone does not store any of the data from my runs (distance, pace, HR, etc) so you can’t compare those to previous runs. So the only real improvements you can see are your increased times. If the app stored your run data and the Apple Watch bug was fixed I would give it 5 stars. Kid if frustrating that people have been complaining about the watch bug in the reviews for a long time and it’s still an issue..Version: 2020.5.12
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