WayBetter: Weight Loss Games

I’m obsessed. This app is brilliant. You make your money back if you play enoug games, plus you’ve completed some wonderful tasks for yourself. These games have me doing squats push-ups lunges walking running drinking water and keeping my desk tidy. Don’t care what anyone says about being able to do them on your own without the app, the financial incentive is effective! So grateful for this app.

I’ve been a long time member of Waybetter. This app got me through some pretty dark times. It keeps me focused on three things: exercise, food intake and my mental well being. Highly recommend!

This app allows you to challenge yourself by competing in different categories: mindset, fitness, or nutrition. It takes the steps we take to improve ourselves and adds a competitive edge to them. Nothing better than choosing to improve you and then betting on it!

I have to give it 5 stars because it’s literally changed my life. I’ve never been this consistent with any health habits and since I’ve started I’ve been working out for 8 weeks, meal tracking for 68 days straight, learning new things, drinking water, and the list goes on. I’ve been investing in myself and actually succeeding and reaping the benefits with the help of this app. SUGGESTIONS: I would love for the games to be rated and payed out a bit faster because it prevents me from consistently working through games that start on Mondays. They payout is Tuesday and I miss a day so it’s hard to fix my schedule especially for games that require 5/6 days of participation a week. Some of the games are exclusive and I don’t want to miss out on a game that I would enjoy. At the very least we should get our investment back and wait for the bonus so we can sign up for new games and keep the ball rolling!! Looking forward to more new games this month.

The idea is good, but not executed in a way that’s usable for me: - it became unlikely that I would break even after paying for a membership. the economics of this app don’t shake out for the games I’d have like to wagered on. - you can’t join any games/make wagers or cash out on your sign up incentive if you are not a member, so without paying to play, the app is basically a brick - I will not sync my fitness tracker with this app because the privacy policy allows the app to share information with third party researchers. I don’t want to opt such personal data into research without knowing what the research is - all of the running games require you to sync your fitness tracker. would consider participating in those if I could upload a screenshot of my stats instead to avoid syncing all my data Edited to add that the concerning paragraph in their privacy policy is paragraph 15, since they replied to (incorrectly) say they don’t share your app info w third parties: Use of User Submissions for Research and Development Purposes: WayBetter may use photos, videos, and other user submissions for research and development purposes, including to train artificial intelligence systems (our own or those of third parties).

Don't waste your money. On average you'll win maybe $1-2 per game (if that much). Vague membership terms and unclear details with an automated renewal.

I took a way better quiz online and at the end it prompted for my email address ro get my results. this action enrolled me in a trial for which I was later charge. this is a deceptive practice as thy do not clearly disclose their intention. I have reached out to the company for a refund to the charge and have received no response.

We went on a hike and camped by a waterfall and unfortunately did not have service. As soon as I got service back, I emailed pictures that were time stamped with gps coordinates to the support team. Stating that I did not have signal and asked if they could update Sunday as that would have been the 3rd day that week. I had already completed the hike down the mountain for Monday’s challenge. I was told first that they could not verify the location and date of the picture (to which I know they uploaded correctly) So I resent the photos and added a video that was time stamped. After I sent that 2nd email, I received one stating I was disqualified from the challenge because I didn’t complete the week. So I emailed again asking why I said that after resubmitting the information. I received another email from someone different that said a totally different excuse that they cannot reverse data entry if a phone is lost, stolen, or photos don’t load correctly, which none of those are what happened to me. But you can get vouchers to use if you don’t want to complete a day and just have to email support and they can log it in, but they cannot log in information if you actually did do the activity but did not have cell service. So I got charged on Monday the $70 for the app (every 6 months) and lost the $10 I paid for the game. You cannot complete the game in the 7 days which is how they try and get the $70 of trying the app for 7 days knowing none of the games are 7 days to complete. I have requested my money back!

Such a frustrating experience trying to get payout and they only send to PayPal

Admittedly the $10 sign on credit essentially requires you to pay for a 6 month subscription since the free trial is only valid for a week and all of their games go on for two weeks. However, I’m less than 3 months in and I’ve already made back my subscription cost AND LOST 20 POUNDS! I’ve tried nutrisystem, etc and this is the first thing that’s finally worked for me! This is also the first review I’ve ever written for the App Store after downloading hundreds of apps and it’s just because I want to make sure this app continues to grow and improve my own sake. If you’re motivated by by daily tasks, reminders and competition this is the weight loss app for you.