Workout for Women
Workout for Women, while praised by long-term users for its effective home workouts and variety, has recently shifted to a predominantly paid model, leading to widespread frustration among users who now face significant paywalls, aggressive ads, and misleading free trial claims.
Workout for Women by Fast Builder Limited offers a variety of home workouts, with many users appreciating its effectiveness and convenience. However, recent changes have made most content subscription-based, with free users encountering lengthy, unskippable ads and limited access, leading to a significant drop in recent user satisfaction.
What users like
What users complain about
- Most content now requires a paid subscription, with very limited free options.R1R2R3R4
- Free trial claims are misleading, with users being charged immediately or unexpectedly.R15R22R46R62
- Aggressive and lengthy ads (up to 90 seconds) are difficult to close, forcing users to watch multiple times or restart the app.R23R25R38R48
- Customer support is unresponsive, particularly regarding billing issues and subscription access.R15R46R54R95
- Some users report a decline in workout quality, with repetitive content and AI-generated exercises.R28R86R125R136
- Strong emphasis on weight loss and 'attractiveness' goals is off-putting to some users.R35R102R162
- Technical issues include redirection to external websites (e.g., SHEIN) and problems with data syncing across devices or Apple Watch integration.R6R16R82R97
Latest update · v8.4.26
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
Bug fixes and optimizations. We're always hard at work on our next update. Make sure to leave us a review and let us know what you would like to see next! Happy sweating~
Recurring themes
Who it's for
This app is for women seeking structured home workouts, especially those who are willing to pay for a subscription to avoid ads and access the full range of exercises R9R11. It's particularly suited for busy individuals or those getting back into fitness who appreciate guided routines and variety . It is NOT for users looking for a completely free fitness app, those sensitive to aggressive monetization tactics, or individuals who prefer a strong focus on overall health rather than just weight loss R1R3R35R102.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, primarily due to changes in the app's monetization strategy and misleading free trial claims. While the lifetime rating is very high (4.8), the recent sentiment indicates a significant downward trajectory in user satisfaction. The developer's notes mention 'bug fixes and optimizations' but do not address the widespread complaints about monetization, ads, or free trial issues, suggesting a disconnect between user experience and developer priorities.
Frequently asked
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R7] Finally healthy: Never felt better
- [R8] So: I’m so happy about this app I love it so so much like wow so good I just feel so happy and good about myself just wow
- [R9] Simply great, plus comments: I love this app. So convenient, and helps me just get to the exercise without having to do any research or get distracted by other things (which happens when I go on YT for routines). I exercise with way more variety and frequency because of it. As someone who is trying to get back into running after a long hiatus, it is very helpful for strength/cross training. Plus t
- [R11] The Best Thing my Phone Has Done For Me: I bought one year subscription back in October of 2025. I have consistently done my program 2x per week since and I have completely transformed my body composition. I have also gotten a few others onto this bandwagon and they’re loving the app as well.
- [R30] Perfect: So far it’s amazing and the work outs are better than I could have imagined. I love the different variations and added “spice/movements” they’ve added to main exercises we all know from working out prior to this app. They give you more bang for your buck especially in endurance and mobility, plus your body warms up perfectly with no stress added to joints or anything else that could cau
- [R31] Love it, but…: This app has been a huge help keeping me focused and motivated to workout right from home. It’s convenient and easy to follow. So many options for what your goals are. Only downside is there is a lack of pregnancy safe strength training, mobility and flexibility workouts. There are stretches and postpartum workouts, but not much for during the pregnancy. Much less for breakdowns of
- [R41] Very useful!: This app customizes your workouts based off needs, age, weight, and any struggles that you face. It uses the information provided and gives you workouts suited for you. It starts and ends you with simple stretches to give you the warm up and cool down needed, making sure you stay safe and don’t get hurt. The workouts progressively get more difficult, but are enjoyable, making it diff
- [R10] Lame: It has a nice layer on how they give you the workouts and how it displays what you have to do before you start. The only downside is that you have to have the subscription to do anything basically.
- [R17] Amazing: It was amazing I’ve never felt this alive and I love the music that they put it’s so motivating!!
- [R34] Ms: Great app with easy to follow workouts.
- [R40] User-friendly updates: Loving the new updates, especially the option to connect third-party music apps to select our own music for workouts.
- [R1] I shouldn’t have to pay!!!😤😡: I shouldn’t have to pay for this app because I’m not wasting money for an app that i am going to end up deleting when I reach my goal and it’s a waste of of money.
- [R2] now you have to pay: i really enjoyed this app in the past, the workouts were great! downloaded it again to use it, now you have to pay. ugh.
- [R3] Not Free (239.88 YEARLY): I only got to do one session for free. Now it wants me to pay for a subscription. The ‘deal’ I was given was 12 Months for 29.99. (84% Off) The Non-Discounted Monthly Payment is 19.99. So yearly it’ll be around 239.88 after your deal gets dropped. Ridiculous.
- [R4] $$$: I currently can’t afford to pay the monthly fee for the better experience this app will give me. I wish they made it completely free. While I do understand this is somebody’s income I believe there could have been other ways in the app they could have added a price tag that wouldn’t be so restricting for the free users.
- [R15] Charged Before Expected Trial Ended: I signed up for this app because it advertised a fee trial. I was charged the same day I signed up and wasn’t given the advertised 3 days free. I tried contacting the company via email and no response. I tried to request a refund with Apple and they denied it. Very disappointed by the lack of support and misleading free trial terms. Don’t trust this app.
- [R22] Lies: Worst app ever it’s says free but charges me on the second day
- [R46] Scam: I wanted to try the free week trial, and it said- “pay nothing now”, but I got charged $52.99 instantly for the year when that option was not even highlighted. I can’t find any support email or contact to get this rectified. Anyone know how to rectify this?
- [R62] Misleading Free Trial!: I only signed up for the free trial TODAY and was charged at the moment for a monthly subscription I never wanted. This feels misleading and unfair.
- [R23] Don’t download unless you wanna pay: I remembered using this app when I was in middle school and decided to try it again to help with some health problems I have. Just about everything now requires a subscription. SOME things you can watch an ad to gain access to, but not all. I tried some of the stretch routines and they aren’t even really stretches half the time. Same for the yoga. Targeted work
- [R25] Not what it used to be: I’ve used this app for YEARS and recently there have been changes that almost force you to purchase a subscription. It used to be accessible without added fees, but now you have to watch ads that are difficult to click out of and are blocked off from most of the app unless you pay.
- [R38] Can’t exit ads: This app punishes you for not paying with ads that are extremely hard to get out of. 90 sec ads for 7 minute workouts then another 30 sec figuring out how to exit the ad. Why not just be a paid app and stop pretending to be free.
- [R48] I loved it, but not anymore: I’ve been using this app for about 3 years, and I loved it. It was actually free with little to no annoying ads. I get it if they have to make you watch ads before each workout to make money, but they’re so excessively long, and hard to get out of. If you do it wrong, you have to watch the 90 sec long ad all over again. Not to mention, they limit your free use now. You
- [R54] Unable to access subscriptions: Unable to access paid subscription
- [R95] No communication: Don’t get app! Rip off! You email them and they don’t get back to you ever!
- [R28] used to be better: i’ve had this app for a while, and i still really like it. i’ll admit i pay for the features so i don’t get ads, however, it is slowly turning into ai slop. many of the newer daily workouts are the same things over and over. the daily habit stretch is just a workout, not stretches. a lot of the better stuff is all older material.
- [R86] AI slop now: i was a paying member of this app for years and will not be using this app anymore. most of the workouts are just AI slop now. the work outs themselves are barely even work outs, the guiding voice is telling you to do one thing while the AI diagram is doing another. such a disappointment.
- [R125] no: it’s so boring. and sum of them I don’t know how to amd they don’t even tell me how. I have to go all the way back to the starting page. doesn’t even feel like im doing any workout at all.😤🙄
- [R136] Not for me.: Not adapted exercises for me. Programs are too similar. I don’t even see a change after a bit more of 3 months.
- [R35] Why is there such a string focus on losing weight?: I used to use this app for a while and it worked okay, but stopped working out and tried to redownload it. Why. Is. There. Such. A. Strong. Emphasis. On. Weight. Loss!? You can’t even log in and use the app without setting a weight loss goal! Every single exercise comes with a note on how much weight you’ll lose. I understand it’s useful if you
- [R102] SCAM - HORRIBLE & FREE TRIAL SUB IS A LIE: I decided to try it and went through their intro quiz, which I found quite offensive. The three biggest offenders were: 1) being asked if I wanted to LOSE weight AFTER putting in my info including my weight goal which they noted was an INCREASE (I want to GAIN weight), 2) being asked if I want to be ATTRACTIVE while showing a slim healthy woman… when wome
- [R162] Nope.: The reviews here are great. But an app that asked me “Do you want to be attractive?”gets an instant delete.
- [R6] Keeps redirecting to SHEIN: I love this app and have used it for years. For whatever reason, I was redirected to the SHEIN website three times during a recent workout. Thought this was a one off but it keeps happening. Please fix!
- [R16] Connect to apple watch plz!!: I recently got the app and so far so good my only thing is i wished i could connect it to my watch so that i counts the calories i burned instead of just doing it manually. But i would recommend the app and ill right an update in a couple of months with progress!!
- [R82] Great workouts; data won’t load to new devices: Love the workouts. Cheaper than a gym membership and worth it. Love that I can link Spotify. I do the daily plan and two reps of the daily 7. However, just got a new phone and none of the data loaded to my new device, even with my log in. I’ve lost a lot of tracked progress which sucks. Also got an Apple Watch series 11 and cannot figure out how to g
- [R97] Help - contact us emails not working: Can you access your paid subscription on your other devices. I normally used my iPhone but now I want to use my android tablet. Theres no login option on my tablet. It’s just asking me to resub. I’ve emailed for the last couple of days and noone is responding. Why is that? Can anyone help me?
- [R5] Lack of Transparency: My app updated and I no longer have access to Free with Ads. Though the free option with ads is shown when they promote the subscription, there’s actually no where to choose that option. You are only given the options of paying yearly or monthly. This lack of transparency is now making me lose my free access while also trying to force me to pay for this app. Have had this app
- [R14] Money grab: The app may be free to download but there is little to no workouts now that you can do for free. I’ve had this app for a long time and have recently gotten back into it only to be rejected at every turn. I just clicked about 7 different options in a row and every time a pop up would appear stating that I’d have to have a paid plan to use any of them. This even included previously free
- [R29] No longer free: I used to love this app. I used it for 7 years. It used to be totally free without ads. Then they made some stuff subscription based. Then some stuff you could still get with ads. And now you can’t get anything without a subscription. Such a waste the way it changed
- [R66] False claims of free trial: App falsely claims to have a free trial but was charged immediately. Apple Support will not refund the charge despite the app saying I was signing up for a free trial. Extremely unhappy with the situation.
- [R60] Can’t get out of ads: They’ve hidden the X button so that when the 90s ad finishes, you can’t even get out of the ad without force closing the whole app. Been using this app since 2020. Been an avid user. Uninstalled today.
- [R77] FIX THE ADS: Tbh I always loved this app and have used it for years but recently I actually deleted it a couple of times because of the add problem. I get it y’all wanna make money with no add subscriptions but to make it so we have to watch a three minute add before every. Single. Work out. Is completely unreasonable and very apparent and annoying it makes the whole app feel like a scam and a mon
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store