GymRats: Group challenge

Mack Hasz

About this app

Band together to improve your fitness by competing in a group challenge. Enlist friends, family, teammates, colleagues, or whoever, to become gym rats. More effective than a simple step challenge, the goal is to workout more often; any activity counts.

-How it works-

* Create or join a group challenge
* Invite as many people as you'd like
* Post workouts to the group
* Keep doing that, a lot
* See leader board and have fun competing

-Flexibility-

The app is free form and allows for creating your own rules of competition. Score by total number of workouts, miles, minutes, calories, steps, or come up with your own point system. All that's required for a workout is a photo and a title. The photo can be of the gym equipment, a sweaty selfie, a screenshot of another app, or whatever your group deems acceptable.

-Accountability-

Don't care about score? No problem, the app can be used as a general group activity log. Keep each other accountable by having a shared space for tracking workouts.

Ratings and reviews

Good idea/app but noticing that many functions do not work with my android compared to my friends who have iPhones. I cannot log a workout for a specific past date (even though the app description boasts that feature). Won't track points for activities or even show options on Android. Disappointed that the app doesn't work the same for different users. Would not recommend this app to any Android users unless updates are made.

It's a good app and keeps you motivated. But when I get a notification of a comment and click on it, it doesn't take me to the comment. You have to search for it. Also no notification that someone out something in the chat. Also no editing on Android, have to delete and re do. I here Apple has editing.

Great concept. iPhone app has much better features. Wish I were able to edit the date and time of my workout.

What's new

* Create and join teams
* Log workout with custom date