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by Denleschae

Reading that the app had the capability to build WorkoutKit running workouts and a planner sounded appealing to me. Upon closer use of both tools, they fall flat.

The workout builder works with the standard set of WorkoutKit rules. However, it arbitrarily limits maximum power alerts to 240W. While building up interval workouts, each interval takes a number of inputs. If a mistake is made in entering data in an interval there is not a way to edit it. One must delete and re-enter the interval details again.

If you manage to successfully enter a long and complex interval workout and want to modify one thing about it, you’re out of luck. Delete and start the tedious task of selecting and entering all the values again.

Assuming you get workouts built to your liking, the next step is to plan them out. The workout planner is a glorified CSV. You pull out a separate spreadsheet and fill in the weeks long details using the provided syntax. Once imported in the app, it displays the information back at you. It makes no connection between the plan and the workouts built within the app. This is a large gap in functionality.

The app looks interesting for looking at personal running stats, but needs a bunch more work to get the workouts and planner in a workable and symbiotic way.

by Oswald'27

I like the idea of this app. I was really enjoying using it for a while until my new entries suddenly had broken splits. There would only be 2 splits for a run. The 1st mile and then the rest of the run would be lumped together as one big split. Completely useless data at that point. The splits are correct in the data source and correct in Apple Fitness, only in Tempo are they broken. I reached out to the devs at their published support email and got no response. I had paid for a year of premium but I cancelled after realizing the data is suspect and the devs won't troubleshoot issues. I would look very carefully before spending any money and ensure that the data is correct for your workouts.

update: after tweeting at the developer I did receive a response. The developer tried hard to solve the problem but unfortunately a solution was never found. I really wish I could use this app as I quite like it, but I just can't get around this issue.

by Half Fanatic 1834

I just loaded this app and I really like the statistics that it provides. One thing I wish I could add to it as other activities such as cycling. I also spent a lot of time on an elliptical machine. The heart rate data and activity data from these indoor or outdoor endeavors is captured in my Health app, so adding those activities to tempo would just require additional data crunching, similar to what is already being done for walking and hiking. And this way I would capture all of my activities during the week. I ride my bike 80 miles or so every week and I probably spent two or three hours on an elliptical in zone four or zone five, so that’s useful data to add for the intensity for the week