atZone: Home Workout Partner

Sure it’s alright at the start. But for the quality of the app and how little “virtual active” rides there are it can get very redundant doing the same 60 minute ride (there’s only one location option for the 60 minute virtual active workout). There isn’t a way to purchase Z-points on the app or in the App Store, so once you run out you’re stranded and cannot do anything. The app tells you to go on the App Store to get them and the App Store tells you to go on the app to do it. Customer service has been 0 help the two times I called them. I emailed them as well and they don’t even know their own app and suggested I was using the Zwift app (suggests they don’t even know their own app). So now I’m stuck and can’t do any workouts with no way to get more points. The cost of Z-points after you run out is astonishing from the prices listed. I will now have to pay almost $5 a week to refill on points, and that seems like a scam having already bought the bike and the low-quality of the app and customer service. Highly disappointed.

I only did 1 workout so this is not a very thorough review, but this was a bad experience. Pros:* Connected quickly to Horizon 7.0AT Treadmill* Outdoor workout scenery was nice, but it didn't feel like it was designed as a workout. Just a camera moving at a steady pace along a flat road, then a sudden cut to the same in a flat forest. Cons:* Menus are slow and unintuitive despite doing very little* No workout details before starting except starting speed; the workout I did was just 30 minutes at 3mph with inclines ranging from 0-2. Would have preferred some speed intervals or hills for some variety, but there was no way to tell what the workout contained until I was done.* Every time it beeped I worried it was speeding up with no warning but it was usually just alternating between 0 and 0.5 incline which are both essentially flat. * Locked me out of manual treadmill controls which seems dangerous. You should allow overrides. * Doesn't allow starting a workout unless treadmill is fully stopped but immediately starts treadmill at starting speed (3mph at level 1) - would prefer to speed up gradually or control my own speed* Leaderboard stuff doesn't interest me and clutters UI which runs off the screen during the workout. * No indication of remaining time. After over 30 minutes of the 30 minute workout, the workout continued and I assumed it was looping, so I stopped and it says I stopped at 99%* Ambient noises in the outdoor workouts need some balancing. The video stopped by a very loud waterfall for a while and I had to take my earbuds out. * Gave it permission to read heart rate from Apple Watch but it didn't work* Registered users get points at the start of each month, with the option to buy more. You can do boring workouts for free, or you can spend points to do moderately less boring workouts with scenery. I'm glad it's possible to use the app for free, but I would strongly recommend a subscription service like iFit over paying per workout if you can afford it.

I like how the app connects to my Horizon 7.8 treadmill to keep track of workouts. Unfortunately, the app is sending double workout data from my iPhone and Apple Watch. The app has the accurate distance but is labeled as an outdoor run. The Apple Watch data doesn’t include distance, but does record it as an indoor run. It would be nice to have a fix for this redundancy because I do like the app.