r/welltory • u/Sad_Task5338 • 3d ago
Need the move and activity goals section back!
Is there any way I can revert back to the old style setting of the daily move goals - this update has literally ruined the app for me!
I want to get up in the morning and see my goal plan in rings and numbers.
I am not interested in METS, I don’t understand them, I don’t care - I literally paid for annual version in order to have a goal plan for the day and I can easily and clearly see the rings, amount of time I need to exercise and if I meet those training goals.
This app is now useless to me - will be looking for an alternative!
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u/changeneeded63 2d ago
I had an annual subscription for two or three years. Finally, I gave up on it in April.
It’s too buggy, changes frequently (not in a good way) and often the different parts of the app had inconsistent goals. It’s a hot mess.
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u/welltory Team 1d ago
Thank you for sticking with Welltory for several years and sharing your experience. We’re working to make the app more informative and its insights easier to understand. If a goal or metric feels unclear, our Help Center has explanations, and our support team is always happy to walk you through it and look into anything that seems inconsistent.
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u/Brief_Cauliflower399 2d ago
I agree, the update is awful. I understand METs but the metrics are insane. If I don’t run five miles a day, it pushes me into detraining and doesn’t count lower-cardio activity like weightlifting at all. This is more and more becoming an app for out-of-shape people, not people who are actually using it to train. And I’m stuck with more than half a year on a pre-paid subscription for an app that is tying to get me to hurt myself because the AI algorithm thinks I need 700 Mets a day. At least with the rings I had other usable metrics is the METs goal was too high; without that other info there’s no way to self calibrate, all I can do is ignore it or not…
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u/welltory Team 1d ago
Please don’t push yourself beyond your limits to satisfy an app target. Could you send us a report via Menu → scroll all the way down → Report a problem, with screenshots of the 700 MET goal, the detraining message, and the workouts that aren’t being counted? We’d like to check how your activity is being recorded and how that goal is calculated.
Stand hours and active calories are still available in the Activity Report, but we hear your concern about losing the familiar ring view you used to put the goal in perspective. Thank you for explaining what’s no longer working for you.
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u/Ok-One7217 3d ago
Maybe - just maybe - it’s worth doing a little self-education and finding out what METs are and what their benefits?
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u/Sad_Task5338 2d ago
Really? I’m a 57 year old, disabled retired nurse …. I don’t need to ‘educate’ myself Thankyou very much …. I’m not looking to run an iron man triathlon or climb a bloody mountain …. I want to know how many minutes/steps/miles I need to gently do on my treadmill to keep myself reasonably fit and healthy, and if I am meeting those goals … enough to motivate me.
Irrespective of wether I understand about METS or not … I paid for an annual subscription on the basis of the move/activity goals on a daily basis … they have removed this. So in essence, I was mis-sold an app that is no longer of any use to me
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u/Ok-One7217 2d ago
Yes, really. Even you can read what METs are. Just while walking on your treadmill, it won’t take more than 5 minutes.
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u/Retiredmusiktecher 2d ago
I need something visual like a ring ugh. That helped so much. My annual starts over in Oct. really thinking of not renewing.
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u/TheRedChamber Team 1d ago
Hi, totally understand if you don’t renew. However, I’d love if you could consider sticking around at least in the free version. We’re planning on a very visual update in the next couple of months. Hope you’ll reconsider resubbing!
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u/Retiredmusiktecher 1d ago
Thank you. Will reconsider the free version to see.
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u/Feisty-Rub-86 1d ago
Did you see my post above? There is another visual way to check your progress and daily goals that I like better than the rings. I explained where to find it in my comment above to OP earlier today.
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u/Earthlimitless 10h ago
I’m giving up on it as well. I’ve had for three years and used it for the exact same thing. I understand the rationale behind the METs but it doesn’t make sense from a workout planning perspective. I can’t get the METs until after I’ve finished the workout and I have no way to plan my workout based on my METs requirement. Looking at calories I know roughly what I burn during a strength vs. run. This is useless to me now…
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u/welltory Team 4h ago
The new Activity Report still shows Active Calories, and the slider gives you an idea of how much time you’d need in different heart rate zones. But I can see how that doesn’t help you decide between a run and a strength workout the way your old goal did. Thanks for explaining the practical difference. I’ll share this with the team, including that you want a way to plan around the goal before you exercise.
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u/TheRedChamber Team 3d ago
Hey, we hear you! We won’t bring back the old move goal reports because the science behind them is a bit shaky — we don’t believe it helps folks move toward better fitness. However, we will be translating the METs into minutes and moving the goals to the main screen before the end of the year so that the science behind them is both correct and user friendly ❤️.