Paceline: Fitness Rewards

I have been using Paceline for a bit over a year now (I think, maybe more). I started using it because I liked the idea of getting rewarded for being active, which I was already (so it was a low effort decision). I stuck up on points and noticed that I would have to get a lot of points to get something worth it for me. Because I have it linked to my Garmin I basically paid little to no attention to it for a long time other than the ocasional giveaway ticket purchase. About a week ago I won the Garmin giveaway, had a great experience with the person from customer service and was able to get a brand new heart monitor from Garmin! So, pretty happy about it! Also, I signed up for the credit card maybe at the end of last year and I haven’t heard anything about it since then, but I would be interested in looking into that if available in the future. I like the user experience of the app and as long as I can get the ocasional value from them while keeping active I would keep using it! Not sure how Paceline does it or how they keep their profits, but kudos to them for promoting active humans and rewarding them!

When this app first came out, the rewards were great and it truly made you want to hit your goals because there was actually Rewards. They had gift cards, they had cool items, they had cool giveaways. The more this app progresses the prices and rewards get worse. It just becomes discounts and percentages off of products or free trials. So any rewards you end up earning you have to pay additional to fully receive that reward. Now with this newest update, Rewards that you used to be able to get for one week of hitting your goals, will now take weeks upon weeks because the points needed are so high free minimal reward. It’s going to take you weeks of hitting your goal to get a $3 gift card. If I did not have a 183 week streak like I do. I would stop using this app immediately. It’s like a game for me and I already work out enough so I hit my goals. There’s no point of me deleting the app. But if I was just starting out, I would immediately delete this as they have made the Rewards soooo unattainable that it doesn’t make it fun anymore. You used to be able to get a five dollar gift card every other week or every third week. And then they changed it so you had to have the app branded credit card to receive those and now you need thousands of points, which will take in a very extended amount of time. Very disappointed in the trajectory of this app, and this used to be an app. I thoroughly enjoyed and recommended this app to EVERYBODY, I no longer recommend this app to ANYBODY. Truly sad…

I've been a Paceline user for a little more than a year, and I love it. I think anything that promotes physical and financial health is phenomenal, but to also be rewarded for doing activities I already enjoy doing is a tremendous bonus. There aren't any gimmicks or gotcha's. It's a very simple premise, and it's completely free to use. I like how I can get discounts on things I'm already buying anyway, and I think it's cool to discover new brands every single week that I might be interested in. Additionally, the Paceline credit card is my new go-to. I get 5% cash back on things like grocery stores and gym memberships just by working out, and I still get 3% cashback year-round on everything else; that's far better than any other credit card that I have. As someone who cares about the intrinsic value of being healthy, using Paceline to get additional rewards for doing things I already personally care about is amazing.