please don't highjack the back swipe
Hi, is this a reference to the app? If it’s feedback for the app, I’ll look into it!
Track your workout from the iPhone Lock Screen
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Re: Track your workout from the iPhone Lock Screen
#42Simple utility apps like this are definitely going to be under threat by AI-driven app creation. Unsatisfied with the free options out there, I've been using Claude to build my own workout tracker app with nearly the exact same Live Activity functionality in addition to the other features most apps lock up behind IAP subscriptions. Within a week I had the iOS and macOS apps up and running with CloudKit sync, analytic…
Workout trackers are especially at risk. Every single one I’ve tried is terrible. They are either really poorly thought out, bad UX, or charge 40/mo and still suck. I built a simple workout tracker/planner in an afternoon using an AI tool that is exactly what I want and free.
I have been working on this app for a while, trying to create a good UI and good integration with Apple Watch.
As well as live activity, haptic feedback, animations, fast local database with search that is super fast (it’s actually really fast with fussy matching algorithm so even if you type the exercise wrong it will find it instantly)
And if you have any feedback I’ll make sure to fix it!
Re: Track your workout from the iPhone Lock Screen
#43I don’t take my phone into the gym due to the distraction from doing what I’m there to do. I have found that a simple squared notebook with a pen to be perfectly sufficient for remembering what I’m doing, knowing how much I lifted last time, and seeing how much progress I’ve made.
It works really well with Apple Watch! Then you don’t have to look at your phone
I’m always using Apple Watch with Musklr, polishing the UI and experience
Re: Track your workout from the iPhone Lock Screen
#44I don’t take my phone into the gym due to the distraction from doing what I’m there to do. I have found that a simple squared notebook with a pen to be perfectly sufficient for remembering what I’m doing, knowing how much I lifted last time, and seeing how much progress I’ve made.
It works really well with Apple Watch! Then you don’t have to look at your phone I’m always using Apple Watch with Musklr, polishing the UI and experience
I haven’t used an Apple Watch before. However, I’m quite happy with the accessibility of the notebook. It’s also very cheap.
Re: Track your workout from the iPhone Lock Screen
#45I kinda want less things on my home screen. It used to be that the only thing you could do on the home screen was slide to unlock, and that made accidental input a non-issue. These days, I sometimes find my phone in some weird state due to accidental input on the home screen (flash light on, camera activated, locked out due to incorrect password attempts, ...).
In this case it’s really an activity that you are currently doing. Like a rest timer between sets. Or what to lift in your next exercise. It’s gone when the workout is over.
Re: Track your workout from the iPhone Lock Screen
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Workout trackers are especially at risk. Every single one I’ve tried is terrible. They are either really poorly thought out, bad UX, or charge 40/mo and still suck. I built a simple workout tracker/planner in an afternoon using an AI tool that is exactly what I want and free.
I have been working on this app for a while, trying to create a good UI and good integration with Apple Watch. As well as live activity, haptic feedback, animations, fast local database with search that is super fast (it’s actually really fast with fussy matching algorithm so even if you type the exercise wrong it will find it instantly) And if you have any feedback I’ll make sure to fix it!
I'm not the right person to give feedback here. I'm not in your target market. For me, social features are a negative and I don't want to use an app that makes them center stage or even promotes them. Live activity, haptic feedback, animations, etc... are not things I want.
The app I built is simple. It has a list of major exercises and then a map of supporting accessory exercises. It will create a plan that is as long as I'd like for as many weeks as I'd like with a specific number of workouts per week alternating between upper and lower body.
Everything else is fluff I don't want. I want an app that is only a workout planner and tracker app. All the rest of it is a distraction and not useful for how I use apps and workout.
For me, the point of building this app is that I do not want to pay a subscription or any fee, and I want exercises / workouts / routines to be simple. The rest of it is noise, for me.
Re: Track your workout from the iPhone Lock Screen
#47Simple utility apps like this are definitely going to be under threat by AI-driven app creation. Unsatisfied with the free options out there, I've been using Claude to build my own workout tracker app with nearly the exact same Live Activity functionality in addition to the other features most apps lock up behind IAP subscriptions. Within a week I had the iOS and macOS apps up and running with CloudKit sync, analytic…
If you just have the name of an exercise and type in the amount of kg and reps. That’s just a TODO app++. Easily created with Claude in an afternoon This app however, with thousands of exercises, each exercise mapped to the correct muscle group and equipment. Well tested integration with Apple Watch. Social features, like posts, follows, likes, public and private accounts. That’s not made that easily with AI.
Most of those extra features sound like the clutter and cruft that I actively avoid and don’t want in my app. Which is why it’s great that AI can make the app that only has what I want
Re: Track your workout from the iPhone Lock Screen
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have been working on this app for a while, trying to create a good UI and good integration with Apple Watch. As well as live activity, haptic feedback, animations, fast local database with search that is super fast (it’s actually really fast with fussy matching algorithm so even if you type the exercise wrong it will find it instantly) And if you have any feedback I’ll make sure to fix it!
I'm not the right person to give feedback here. I'm not in your target market. For me, social features are a negative and I don't want to use an app that makes them center stage or even promotes them. Live activity, haptic feedback, animations, etc... are not things I want. The app I built is simple. It has a list of major exercises and then a map of supporting accessory exercises. It will create a plan that is as lo…
I get that, for Musklr I made signing in optional, social features completely optional. Works great offline. Caches animations and saves everything locally. So can set the app in flight mode. Just use an Apple Watch if you want. And everything will still work.
Re: Track your workout from the iPhone Lock Screen
#49This UI looks shockingly similar to Macrofactor Workouts which I use and can highly recommend.
I can’t really see the similarities to be honest, looked it up and find the Musklr heatmap for example much nicer, with actual human anatomy.
It also does not have Apple Watch integration and a few other critical features
Re: Track your workout from the iPhone Lock Screen
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
It works really well with Apple Watch! Then you don’t have to look at your phone I’m always using Apple Watch with Musklr, polishing the UI and experience
I haven’t used an Apple Watch before. However, I’m quite happy with the accessibility of the notebook. It’s also very cheap.
Haha yeah, hard to compete with good old pen and paper