Yoga | Down Dog
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praise 92% · mixed 3% · complain 5%
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- ★★★★★crashes and compatibility issues
Used to be the best now a waste of time. I use this app all the time. Every single day until you changed it and now I can never get the app to load. I spend the entire time I have for yoga reloading the app and trying to get it to open. If I delete and reload it from the App Store three times it finally opens but really. I feel like it’s a waste of time and money now I will not be subscribing again and am looking for a more friendly app
- ★★★★★pace and flow structure
I do not recommend this yoga app.. I don’t recommend this app for the simple fact that it does not listen. I’ve been using it for two months and it’s stretched only my hips. No matter how much I have tried to program stretches that target the arms and chest and shoulders, this app gives nothing but hips and quads. In a 30 min practice with chest and shoulders as the focus we did zero chest or shoulder stretches, hips and quads only. So then I programmed a 5 min only chest and shoulders and it did one stretches for my triceps and then straight back to a quad stretch for the remainder of the practice. Use a different app that will actually listen to you and your body, not whatever it wants.
- ★★★★★other
Decline over time. This app is actually getting worse. With each upgrade there are less useful features. Definitely not renewing subscription.
- ★★★★★price hike without warning
Toooo expensive !. Pro went up $50. Not worth it
- ★★★★★ai voices and demo instructor debate
Subscriber of Many, Many Years!. I love the price and the many, many options Down Dog offers choose your level, the kind of music you want played from classical to ethereal New Age and many between, also the guide’s voice can be male or female and in a variety of accents, and how long of a session from six minutes to at least an hour and a half (maybe more). Also they keep adding different styles from tradition hatha to yin and many more. It’s a real bargain. Only thing I find quite tasteless are the gynecological zoom shots of the model in certain bends , floor twists, and invisible OB stirrups poses really like the camera person couldn’t do a ceiling/ladder downward shot? Thus you might find this uncomfortable with your guy or dad/uncle/brother or, heaven forbid, your teenage boy in the room.
- ★★★★★ai voices and demo instructor debate
Creepy. All of the guidance voices and the video examples of people doing the poses are extremely creepy. I think the people might be AI. There’s just something very creepy and off.
- ★★★★★ai voices and demo instructor debate
AI Instructors. Deleted this app after 2 minutes of having it. Why would anyone want to led through yoga by a lifeless looking AI “instructor”? If anything, you won’t learn how to do the practice correctly. Look elsewhere.
- ★★★★★ai voices and demo instructor debate
AI SLOP. Seriously??? Each yoga practice is generated with ai. You can’t see an actual instructor doing the pose. There is no actual instructor. Disappointing and LAZY
- ★★★★★price hike without warning
Sure it’s “free to download”. Had to delete my previous review to add this. This company went from free to a payment of over $10 a month which I refused. I recently tried again (after 2 years) and after I put all of my info in it prompted for payment. Especially at these times, we ALL need a little help. When the app let me sign in and provide every detail for my workout, I assumed they’d gone back to the usual. Again promoted for my credit card, I gave up. Maybe I’m a Karen but after YEARS of using this app I never expected to be robbed. I watched the ads. I signed in. I used to support this but no longer. I’m done with you and thank you for never responding to any criticism you’ve ever gotten. It’s been very noteworthy and I’ve told every person I’ve met to NEVER use your app. 💛
- ★★★★★price hike without warning
Money hungry. I remember using this app completely free 3-4 years ago :( Although i loved it, i will not pay for something i can find online for free. More effort required? Maybe but worth it to me.
- ★★★★★crashes and compatibility issues
Used to be a go to. Down dog used to be a go to for me and helped greatly with some issues. Decided to recently jump back in and I find everything is hidden behind pay to use walls. More than a little disappointing.
- ★★★★★other
Faiths hymn. Was horrible during savashana. I felt like I got trapped at a congregational church during yoga. It was a horrible way to end a wonderful yoga session. There was a repetitive and grating on the mind.
- ★★★★★crashes and compatibility issues
Double Charged For Subscription. I used to really love Down Dog, but for the past few months they’ve double charged my account and their support team is impossible to reach.
- ★★★★★crashes and compatibility issues
App would not start the flow. I installed the trial to test it before paying. The app literally would not start any yoga flow I selected. It had the start button but any time I clicked it, it opened the same prompt as the secondary boost button. 1 star because it never worked.
- ★★★★★crashes and compatibility issues
It works until it doesn’t. I have been faithfully using this app every day for well over 5 years and I’m sorry to say that with each update, everything gets worse. One update completely erased every single pose that I liked or disliked (which was well over 100), and support basically told me to suck it up when all of that was erased due to an update. You can log in on different devices, but don’t expect your parameters to transfer over. When I log in on my iPad when I’m traveling, every single parameter that this app is praised for is completely erased and I have to reset them every time. What’s the point of even having an account? Especially if tech support isn’t actually going to support you? My thought was that app updates were meant to make the app better, but over the years, every single update they’ve churned out has made the app progressively worse, and support evidently does not care. Find yourself a yoga app that actually cares about you and what you need.
- ★★★★★other
Asks to Rate App After Every Yoga Session. I’d gladly give this app a higher rating if it didn’t nag me for an app review after *every* yoga session.
- ★★★★★pace and flow structure
Not for a beginner. Even using beginner setting, it’s not beginner friendly
- ★★★★★other
Lacking. Not at all like my yoga studio. No modifications, nothing surprising, no soul. Just the minimum for those wanting basic instruction w/ nothing extra.
- ★★★★★other
What happened to the quirky??. Love the app but miss the quirky motivational messages. I love the aesthetics but bring back the quirky.
- ★★★★★pace and flow structure
too many side planks. why?. too many side planks. 3 sets in 25 min session?
- ★★★★★crashes and compatibility issues
Disappointed. I’ve been paying for this app for several years. Now I can’t use it because I need an iOS update that my iPad is too old for. My iPad is in pristine condition and it seems like it’s just a money racket to continue updating when there is nothing wrong with what I have. The economy sucks and most people don’t have money to go out and buy new phones that cost in the thousands. I’ll finish my time on my iPhone which is only 2 years old but will be extinct in another year. Sorry to cancel my upcoming subscription but I feel like I’m being taken advantage of: The phone company, the down dog standards of having to have the upgrade to use what I already paid for! The oligarchs of the world! Downdog should Do better!
- ★★★★★price hike without warning
Raised Prices with No Warning. I’ve been using down dog since 2022. Great app. The membership was $54.99 and recently it went up to $99 per year. With no warning, no email. That’s just not ok
- ★★★★★other
Group Subscription. Love DD and recent changes good except for now not saving configurations of members when on a group subscription. Having to reset them every time is dissuasive at best, highly annoying mostly.
- ★★★★★crashes and compatibility issues
No longer compatible with Mac. I can no longer use this app on my TV through an hdmi cable. This was my main mode of engaging with the app- to see it large on my tv through my tv speakers. Now when I go to redownload, it (granted) is classified as an iPhone/ipad app. I enjoyed my subscription while I could utilize it, but now it’s time to say goodbye.
- ★★★★★price hike without warning
Price increase. It’s very disappointing for your rate to increase from $7.99 to $12.99 My brother in law has not had an increase in his start up in 2017. What gives? Love the app but not the increase…cancelling subscription!
- ★★★★★pace and flow structure
Good. Fast
- ★★★★★pace and flow structure
too fast. Flow is too fast and can’t get set for next activity
- ★★★★★pace and flow structure
Why I pick 4 star (By: Harrison Marksbury age 10). I like Down dog because it gives me time to focus on my body and it helps me strengthen the things that need it most. I picked 4 star because I personally feel like some of the stretches are in the wrong category of poses. I LOVE DOWN DOG!!
- ★★★★★deep practice customization
New home page. I love the app but dislike the changes to the start up page. It makes it much harder to show other people how easy it is to change the options and personalize it when it opens with all my past practices.
- ★★★★★deep practice customization
New layout. I’m not a fan of the new layout. I loved having all the options easily seen plus all the old videos. I was really loving Down Dog up until this point (still enjoy it).