Starting Strength Official App Reviews

Great app and a great strength and conditioning programme.

Its about time this sort of app was released! Its great to be able to quickly reference parts of the Starting Strength book without carrying around the book with you. The ability to track your workouts is also great. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because the workout tracker doesnt allow you to switch exercises for pull-ups/back extension version of the program. Please add that in! Great job otherwise.

The app ute self seems to be great. I say "seems to be" because the first time I tried to use it while in the gym, as opposed to entering an already completed workout, it crashed, and would not start back. I completely shut it down, even power cycled my phone, but now it wont work. If it would work, it would definitely be a 5 star app, and well worth the $8.99 price tag. As it stands now, for me at least, its essentially useless until they update it again.

I dont often have expectations for apps, but I do expect if I pay $8.99 for an app I shouldnt have to delete it and reload it every time I workout. Newest update makes it constantly crash. Will update this review once this is fixed.

NO LONGER WORKING 6-10-16! This was a great app until it started crashing and no longer opens! I tried restarting my phone and reinstalling app! Please fix and I will change my review to 5 stars!

This app is very well thought out, and if it functioned properly would be a 5 star app. But it’s incredibly glitchy and doesn’t hold the settings that get programmed. I’d expect this from a free app, but not one that costs $8.99.

Doesnt fully launch the app. No issues until latest update.

This is a great app and I recommend you buy it, especially if you have read the starting strength books. Like others have said, it would be real nice if they added features for advanced novice training. You currently cannot enter data for assistance exercises nor other variations of the program that typically take place in later stages of the novice program. Because starting strength is such a great brand Im sure they will probably add it later. Until then its a 4 out of 5 star app. Looking way ahead, perhaps they should create an entirely seperate app for Texas method or more advanced training beyond novice programming. Update**** They added chin-ups as an assistance exercise... The app has earned its fifth star.

After languishing with other apps that tried to be a swiss-knife to logging a workout, it is refreshing to find such a focused and useful tool.

The app does a great job of making the worlds best general strength training program easy to follow.

Great app. Achieves its intended purpose very well. Updated frequently. Looking forward to an update which makes it easy to advance through the warmups, right now its difficult to do with chalky hands.

I am novice weight lifter and this helps with warm ups has a timer and is easy to use. Buy the book, read the book but use this during training.

A must if youre doing the program; and we all know doing the program is a must. Seriously, buy the book, download the app, and get to work getting strong and living life. Youll be very glad that you did.

This app is absolutely fantastic. Its a must have to pair with the book, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training. Theyre constantly taking user feedback and implementing suggestions, too, so it gets better every update. Cant say enough good things about it.

Only gripe is it doesnt auto save your workout, so if you forget to, you have to manually enter to keep your progression straight.

Phenomenal system. I think more mileage could be added with the conjunction of an Intermediate type of program. That way once a user reaches the point that the Novice program isnt effective anymore, they can still use the app.

Ive wanted to do SS for years now, and now that I have the equipment to do it, this is the perfect companion for doing this program right. Worth every penny.

I wasnt really "starting strength" when I downloaded this app. I had already been weight training for several years. I like this app better than the old app I was using to track my workouts. Starting Strength does the programming for me so I dont have to think about it.

This app is an excellent companion to the Starting Strength book. Great for keeping track of your gains and a standing-over-the-weight reminder of form.

To get started this is a good app