Wakeout! Defeat Sedentary Life Reviews

I was dubious about WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife when I first stumbled upon it. However, I went ahead and pulled the trigger purchasing a years subscription. In all honesty I must say it has become one of the greatest decisions I’ve made pertaining to apps. Wakeout has become a cheerleader in the sense of reminding me to keep my focus on wanting to become more active. It’s very reminiscent of having your best friend by your side. That friend everyone has that you love and support and in turn they do the same yet you both bring out the competitive side in each other so you end up doing the things you wouldn’t have done alone. To the creators of Wakeout I send a huge THANK YOU. In this new age of Covid-19 and social distancing it’s no longer an option to have that BFF I spoke of by your side like the old days. So at least for me and at least for the foreseeable future I’ll let Wakeout fill that friend role and be thankful for having the option to do so.

The exercises are fun, timely, and appropriate. I haven’t seen any other apps that offer simple “in the moment” exercises geared to the environment I’m usually in - whether it’s getting out of bed or sitting on a couch or in a coffee shop.
That being said, the container for these fun exercises is enraging. The UX is truly terrible. Want to change notifications time? Sure! Here you go. We’ll ignore your changes of course, but so what? We know what’s best for you. The music would be good except for the fact that it uses short loops that don’t transition well into each other - very abrupt. Payment? Sure, we promised a 7 day trial period...but unless you sign up for a subscription, good luck with that - the lifetime license I bought was charged immediately (I don’t think there’s any other way to do it, but the developer must make it clear). I don’t think there’s a free trial, nor does my iPhone and iPad sync. Restore purchases? Bwahahaha! Surely you jest.
Bottom line: fantastic app brought lower by a dozen paper cuts. And yeah that bilious green color is revolting.

WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife has motivated me to do something my chiropractor, physical therapist, and wellness coach have been recommending I do (increase physical activity in small time periods throughout the day) for years, and Wakeout is so chill and non threatening, to the point, that I’ve been doing my morning mobility routine everyday now first thing after I meditate, and actually look forward to it. I enjoy the 3, 5, and 10 minutes choices, the music selection, the ability to rate the movements at the end of the session, very customizable and not a bunch of “experts” talking or too much text to read. WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife is practical, effective, easy to incorporate in daily routines and most of all, it works and I feel so much better throughout t6e day! I’m looking forward to exploring more of the terrific options and continue my wellness journey with Wakeout. Oh and also introduce my 4 yo niece to it and the rest of my family and friends! Thank you Wakeout team!

I’m the definition of sedentary since I work as a seamstress. Plus exercise isn’t really my fave thing. Wakeout doesn’t feel like exercise tho… it feels like stopping to take mini “play breaks” in your day. And with sooo many different exercises and routines to choose from, there’s something for everyone I’m sure. I can really feel the days I get a Wakeout in every hour or so… can just feel that my body is working more efficiently and healthier, plus the exercise “snacks” help keep the stiffness of arthritis at bay. Bonus for the fact that this makes exercise accessible for someone who has significant physical disabilities, but I’ve recommended it to several friends who are completely healthy and they love it too! Thank you for an awesome and ground breaking app!

I am looking for an app that will help me remember to move throughout the day because my job is mostly sitting in an office. WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife has sooo much potential, but just not enough that I would want to spend the subscription price on it. I like the idea that you can share it with the family, but there isn’t even really a profile page. There’s not really a home page either. It just goes straight to different exercises. And then there isn’t a way to set your weekly schedule to be reminded for the workouts each day so if it’s noon on Tuesday and you’ve forgotten to set the focus time then you’ve already missed out on half the days exercises. Another thing I didn’t like was that when you do set the focus time, you’re basically stuck on that page and can’t navigate to any other page on WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife unless you end your focus time. 3 stars for such a good idea and great, unique movement exercises. Just not quite enough in WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife to convince me to purchase.

I’ve had WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife for a long time now and I thought I had written a glowing review before, but here goes again: Wakeout is the best, most versatile workout app you can get! I love it so much! I especially love some of the seated wakeouts because my boyfriend is in a wheelchair and we can wakeout together!!! The only final suggestion I can make for Wakeout is I wish there was a “dictionary” of every wakeout and you could build your own!!!! That way, I could make a full wakeout for us to do together and not have to skip around! I’m sure there are lots of people out there who would use it! Thanks to the devs for all of your hard work and improvements and thanks for making WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife more inclusive and accessible to everyone!!!

I was excited to download WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife to help me stay a bit active while I work from home. When I first opened it to set it up, it asked me if I wanted at home or office or other kinds of workouts I chose home office. Then it asked me did I want sitting, standing, or both type of exercises I chose both. The first two times it reminded me to exercise it gave me standing exercises. Every time after that it gave me things that I’m sitting down for. I sit at my computer all day, and I don’t mind doing some sitting exercises like neck stretches, but I want the standing ones especially. WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife does not include any menu with which to change one’s preferences. It also does not include any way to contact any customer support. If the developers adds a menu of custom choices that one can easily access, and customer support, I would happily download this again. But I canceled it during the first day that I downloaded it.

There are so many different plans with different prices and no way to tell what is different between them all. There are two with the same name and time frame for the same price, the. There is another set of two but they are differently priced. There is a huge difference between the cost of some of them. 6 different year long plans. And again no way to tell the difference. Am I paying too much? Am I missing some content? I have no idea. And their website doesn’t answer this question. I sent an email but haven’t gotten a response back. Also when I first downloaded WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife I was told it had a free trial and it just charged me. I don’t know if I had tried it before, so a warning would have been nice. Otherwise this is a neat lil app with things to keep you moving. Just wish I knew what I was paying for.

It is probably great for everyone, but very much for those of us who want to get even a little bit more active but can’t or won’t plan into their insanely busy days a 30 minute or longer workout. I love that these can be as short as 30 seconds but you can do as many of these as you want back to back to extend it for as long as you want. When I am telecommuting, WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife helps remind me to take a break and move, which I desperately need to do. Their app updates, so far, have been great improvements to the UI and additional workouts. I got an iWatch for my birthday and am so excited to see an app for it! I will be checking that out soon.

I think WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife had a lot of potential, but it’s not at a place where it’s worth paying a subscription for. The reminder feature and notifications don’t work as well as I would like and it would be nice to have a little more control over the kind of notifications that go to my watch vs my phone. It would also be really helpful if the notifications that went to my watch were alerts with randomized exercise a to do. Currently, the watch notification either has me open WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife on my watch to search for an exercise or to open my phone app for the randomized one. It would be really nice it it were streamlined and the notification that went to my watch contained the exercise. I like finding ways to automate my life as much as possible, and this is too manual for my preferences.

Had an issue with WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife crashing on my 12 mini, uninstalled and reinstalled WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife again and now it works fine.

It would be really nice if there was a way to see the history of different Wakeouts I’ve done or be able to search for something specific. Sometimes I want to redo a previous set but I haven’t found a way to select what routine to do, other than the type of routine.

Also being able to “share” *after* doing the wakeout would be a lot more useful, my mom and I both use WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife and sometimes the routine I get is clever or more energizing so I want to be able to share it - but I don’t know that until afterwards. I’ve only seen the share button before completing the wakeout.

While I know many people think they know the secret of life hacks. I unfortunately had to loose EVERYTHING to get me to the point where I am today. I unfortunately had to get diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis while I became bed bound and was only able to use a wheelchair to move a bit. I had almost given up completely and then I got the idea one day that I was not going to just accept the assumptions placed on me by a diagnosis. I have taught myself to walk and even gotten into better physical shape than I was before I was labeled with a diagnosis. WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife has taught me additional ways to increase my movements and has helped me get into a better mood.

I keep seeing things from Apple trying to push WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife and I thought it looked great! I was excited because I am just starting my first semester of online school and sitting around all day is killing me. I downloaded WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife and of course as soon as it makes you login with your Apple ID it makes you choose a subscription plan. I wanted a free app and expected it to be free. Being a college student I can’t afford another subscription just to have my phone tell me to do some leg lifts at my desk. Heck I can’t even afford Disney+ so why would I pay for this? If you’re gonna have an app for free on WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife Store you should at least have a lite version where you can have basic features without paying $5 a month. I really wish I could use WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife and would love to try it and give a good review but it’s just not the kind of thing worth spending my money on.

WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife might save my life! I hate exercising, it's the worst thing in the world. Since first Covid lockdown I have become pretty sedentary and am also battling addiction issues while trying to cope with gaining all this weight. I work from home and between that, my elderly dog, and my own laziness I just don't want to do anything.

I downloaded WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife just to check it out. The exercises can be 30 seconds if you want, you can do them from your bed, and more importantly I can do them while sitting at my desk listening to people complain about technology advances.

There are so many variations of workouts to choose from. Simple movements to improve hand strength, yoga for your eyes, and if you're feeling like a maniac you can do some squats! High to low intensity, it's very exciting.

It's only my first day but just stretching alone has my body feeling all kinds of new. I felt positive for the first time years. I don't usually subscribe to apps past the free trial but if I keep up with it, I think this could save my life. Thank you.

Love it! Charming, hilarious, fun, always different. Just a little pick me up when you need it. Would like to see a category for nurses, health care workers. Always on our feet, frequent computer charting, have to push through 10 and 12 hour shifts(inpatient and outpatient) and often w back pain, while trying to put our discomfort aside to provide medical care and emotional support to our understandably stressed patients and families. It’s a tall order I know, but nurses appreciate the smallest things that help get them through their days (or nights!). Good luck to you guys. I love your wonderful little app that is trying to make the world a better place, one small funny activity at a time. As my Southern mama would say, “Bless your hearts.”

I had initially had some issues with WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife , but the developer was super responsive and the issue was isolated.

Since then, I’ve used in several locations and really appreciate the approach and videos. I have a very busy, sedentary job, so working out seems impossible—but taking even just a quick 30 seconds of stretch or movement via WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife is easy and actually a fun break. And, I’ve gotten more stretch and movement in the middle of my work days using Wakeout than I’ve had previously.

This is not a “serious” workout app—but it isn’t meant to be. It’s meant to get us moving. And it does that well.

As noted previously:

The interface is clean, you input location and energy level or mood to get an exercise selection (and you can use or scroll through to other exercises once presented with one). There doesn’t seem to be a screen for tracking progress (yet), or a way to mark favorite exercises, although it does tell you how many you’ve completed once you’ve completed a wakeout.

So room for improvements, but a great app in this niche.

I started full-time teleworking in March and the amount of movement significantly dropped. I discovered WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife in December and love the concept. The exercises are short and easy. I really feel like it makes a difference but why do I have to turn this on every day? Can’t there be a way to set this so that I can defineThe start and end of my workday? Are usually don’t remember this until it’s almost lunchtime and I go who wait where was my mid morning remind her to do some short exercises. This will be ever so much more useful if it were just automatically come on every workday for me. Yeah it sounds lazy but the point of WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife is to remind me to stretch and move, so obviously i need reminders. 😁

I hate to exercise. There you have it. But somehow WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife gently motivates me (‘sound on’ adds a layer of fun) and provides lots of sensible (and some quite silly) motions that pique my interest. 1 minute exercise? Oh yeah, i can tolerate that. Lighthearted and effective. And bonus, I actually DO feel better when i move. It comes with the ability to set reminders for myself to move at various times through the day when i might be able to follow through - ie head and neck moves at midday to help gently work out the stiffness from hours of computer work strain. Definitely the the best thing i bought this year.

I sill love WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife but it used to take you back to the main screen and show you how much total time you did for that set and a total for the day. Then you could choose to do more. Now you have to set an alarm to do them. Short of me setting alarms every 10 minutes to get several at one time there is nothing else I can do. You can’t even open WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife and see anything without a notification being active. I am very disappointed as WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife really got me to move more. I wish someone would contact me or reply to my comments.

I love WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife but since the last update when I finish my first set for the day it freezes and I cannot do anything else. I used to be able to do several sets in a day but no more. I paid for the pro and was wanting my husband to do this also but it is so much more expensive for him to join now. So I will wait and hope there is a fix for my freezing up problem.

Trying to fit exercise into my routine can be extremely difficult at times. I love the timer function, I study for 45 minutes, take an active break, a actual break, and repeat. It’s great! One issue I’m having though; when I use Wakeout throughout the day it transfers to my Apple Watch as a lot more minutes of exercise than I’m actually getting. Example: I’ve done 5 1 minute 30 second wakeouts today, and maybe exercised 10-15 minutes besides that. My Apple Watch says I have had 95 minutes of exercise and have burned 1270 calories.
Also the notifications can be screwy, sometimes I get them, sometimes I don’t, often times I get wayyy to many lol.

This is the oldest app on my phone. (Even older than facebook) I finally got it to go through on my iPad which make some things so much easier to do some exercises. Over the changes there have been some great changes and not so great. I love the current version. I have a love hate thing for the music but without it I wouldn’t be as happy when I get down. I love the notifications that pop up. I even got the ipad and iPhone set up to go off at different times of the day which is awesome. I did have a free trial and other offers but I was waiting and saving for the lifetime membership. As so those out there that want a free trail don’t sign up for a life time. Life time usually means you’ve already tested it out and really like it. So if your testing this out go with something small until you know for sure that it’s something you’ll love. I love wakeout and their staff. Friendly, supportive and a great app. At least this is my personal opinion.

I’ll admit it, the monthly subscription is worth it to me for the music alone. It is better than coffee! Don’t ever change the music. I like that the latest update added more workouts, especially discreet ones. One (very) minor complaint: I miss the old bear logo! Yellow was so much brighter and cheerier and appropriate for the morning than green. The new illustrations make the bear look sickly and ill. The old one reminded me of rocket ships and superheroes. I also like that it now has a daily commitment schedule. I only wish it synced across devices! I do my morning exercise on my iPad, but would prefer to use my iPhone at work. Unfortunately, my phone didn’t log the morning routine. I do miss the yellow bear though.

I was happy using WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife , but with the last update you CAN NO LONGER USE IT FOR FREE, you will have to pay for every month. So now is a usleess app because you need to pay in order to be able to see/do any excessive.
I feel so discouraged because I have been using WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife for free and probably there are going to be more people who can’t afford to pay the monthly plan and we will end up not been able to use WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife as in the past.
I think developers can do apps that requiere a obligated purchase to use them, they are in the freedom to do it. But when you lunch your app as free with options to purchase and in the future you switch to obligated purchase I don’t think is good because communicate that the company cares more about money than customers. They are willing to loose all the initial customers because they want a better profit. This makes me sad, I used to like WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife a lot.

I was really enjoying WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife & was using it as a great way to help me get up in the morning. I purchased the pro version because I was tired of the same few exercises every morning. But then upon getting pro, I realized there are a lot of exercises out of my skill level or that I find difficult to do on my bed for a multitude of reasons. I wanted the ability to just turn off those exercises from the library, but there’s no way I can look at a library of exercises & choose which ones not to pop up. It became very discouraging for me to wake up & get 3 exercises in a row that weee too difficult, & so I stopped using WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife . If I had more control over my wakeout experience I’d start using it again & be a happy camper.

Nice idea. You get 18 exercises in the free version.

PROS: The upbeat music and movement helps wake me up in the morning. The very short, simple exercises keep me motivated (but keep in mind that I'm not an "exercise person").

CONS: The alarm turns itself off after a minute and it's only as loud as your device will allow. I'd recommend using an alarm clock as back-up. WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife chooses exercises randomly and sometimes chooses the same exercise repeatedly so instead of three different exercises you only get one.

MONEY GRAB: I like WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife and would be willing to purchase a "full version" for a nominal price ($5 or less). Unfortunately, the full version is by subscription. They want you to pay $2 per month or $15 per year for the full version ...and subscriptions auto-renew so you keep paying. As a "non-exercise person" this seems excessive. Although the subscription fee might be acceptable for people who exercise every day, I don't think the short exercises will appeal to them. WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife developer is misjudging their market by offering the pro-version by subscription.

I’ve read through the other reviews and see that there’s a mixed bag of opinions, but I’m going to have to agree with the handful that think we don’t want to deal with trying to find time to test WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife out within your 2 week free trail and then if we don’t like it, going into our iTunes account and cancelling the subscription. As for other apps that do subscriptions, most of the exercise apps I have still foster a free limited version, and then offer a free trail of their pro versions, which may or may not be subscription based. Judging by your responses to other reviews I get the sense that you’re less concerned with the dissatisfied users because you have “thousands of other satisfied users”, so I’ll delete WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife and continue using my “other satisfying apps” instead.

I have decided NOT TO subscribe to WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife, and I decided to warn others about it. I wanted SO MUCH to like WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife, and I have a feeling I am not alone in this, but WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife is impossible to use discreetly without the embarrassing karate sumo wrestler yell. It basically ANNOUNCES to anyone within earshot, "Hey! Look over here! I'm about to do some extremely ridiculous-looking exercises right here at my desk! Quick, come LOOK! And be sure to point and laugh!"

There was no way to turn it off and it yelled EVEN WHEN THE SOUND ON THE PHONE WAS OFF!!.

ARE THEY KIDDING?

It's really stupid have an exercise app that features discreet exercises to do in A QUIET OFFICE ENVIRONMENT only to have karate man scream every time you start a new one.

My suggestion is clear: the user should be allowed to turn the volume off to shut WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife up, or it should be an option in WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife itself. Fix that super annoying feature, and I'm there.

WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife is not meant for those who share a bed with someone as there is no option for quieter exercises. My very first exercise was hops; god luck doing that without waking up your loved one. I did not want to make this a public review but I found no way to provide feedback via WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife .

Also, it asked me my activity level (which is embarrassingly low) but I feel like the exercises were still a little hard. A little more guidance for the not-workout-obsessed would be nice.

All that said, it did let me get started quickly and the video showing how to do the workouts was helpful.

I have tried various other ways to keep myself active during workdays but this is far and above the best! When the beep beeps I get excited! I have recently been taking it and going down to my coworkers office and saying: “Time for our wake up break!!” and we do it together!
My only wish is that I could set it for MORE than 4 times a day because I would definitely do it every 1-2 hours!

WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife is very useful and easy to use, as well as the excercises and concept. But the whiplash sounds, the shouts and music are awful. They sound cheap and childish. Don't know how to access the settings to turn everything off. I turned the music off but the remaining sound I had to mute. If you are doing this at work or at bed, the sounds can be also annoying to other people. Please change them or eliminate or put controls. Thanks.

I love the content and idea of WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife! Getting more movement into the day doesn’t have to be difficult and WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife makes it so easy. The main thing that doesn’t work properly is the activity tracking. I’ll go into an area to select an exercise to complete and it will show ones I’ve not yet tried as completed and ones I have done as completed zero times. I suggest fixing that since it’s one of the most prominent aspects of WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife .

Very cute app. I'm not going to lie. I downloaded it for the teddy bear on the logo. I'm glad I did.

Now that said, I really would prefer that you could order or pick what exercises you do. I hate getting up in the morning. And honestly the pillow squats first thing seem pretty daunting. I'm more likely to give up on the days when it's a hop out of bed immediately for 20 squats versus a gentle set of crunches I can do without getting up.

Also once I'm out of bed, it's better if I stay out. I'm likely to fall back asleep if I hop back into bed.

So if you could add those features or even just a random skip button I would change my review to 5 stars.

I went pro because I like how obnoxious WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife is. It's a great idea.

I downloaded WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife today to try it out. You are asked to select a subscription at the very beginning, with the note that it will start after the 14-day free trial. I selected the lifetime subscription as WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife sounded good, at that made sense for something that would be used daily. I was surprised later tonight to get a bill from Apple. Apparently the lifetime subscription isn’t actually a subscription, but an in app purchase. That means no free trial.
Apple support said that they will refund me the money, within 10 days. Be careful if you download WakeoutDefeatSedentaryLife so you don’t get caught paying if you aren’t sure.