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TrainWiz
Pokémon-styled workout RPG — real reps level up your monster
14 followers
Pokémon-styled workout RPG — real reps level up your monster
14 followers
Most fitness apps feel like a spreadsheet with guilt attached, so people quit by week two. TrainWiz makes it a game you actually want to open. Prop up your phone, do real bodyweight exercises like squats or push-ups, and on-device AI counts every rep (no video ever leaves your device). Those reps power a real RPG: battle through 100+ stages, catch and raise 100+ monsters, and evolve your team. Plus live co-op, train with a friend in real time. No gym, no equipment. Free on iOS & Android.
Okan
It was convenient that I could just set my phone down and exercise, and it would count my reps automatically. Since I didn't have to keep track myself, I could focus on my form and movement.
It was also great that it made exercising fun, like playing a game, rather than just going through the motions. I think even people who aren't particularly athletic will find it easy to stay consistent while playing.
There were times when it didn't count my reps if I moved a bit too slowly, but I think it is amazing that it can recognize my movements using only a smartphone. If it becomes possible to save my training records, I would love to keep using it.
Okan
@new_user___30720249b31619bfb5b9871
This might be my favourite comment so far — thank you for taking the time 🙏
"Focus on form instead of counting" is exactly the feeling I was chasing. The second you're not holding a number in your head, the whole workout gets calmer.
And you nailed why it exists: it's built for people who bounce off normal fitness apps, not gym die-hards. If it keeps someone who doesn't call themselves "athletic" coming back, that's the whole win for me.
The slow-rep miss is real and genuinely useful feedback — there's a movement-speed threshold I'm actively tuning, and slow, controlled reps are exactly the ones I want to catch (they're often the better reps). Noted and on my list.
On saving training records — that's high on what I'm building next, because I want your history to feel like something you don't want to break. If you could see one thing there first, what would it be — total reps over time, per-exercise progress, something else?
Seriously, thank you. This is the kind of comment that makes the solo grind worth it.
How does the on-device AI handle different angles or if I prop my phone at a weird spot, does it still count accurately or do I need to keep adjusting it every workout?
Okan
@ag_rbas9241
Great question — honestly the one that decides whether this actually sticks for you.
Short answer: you shouldn't have to re-adjust every session. Set it once so your whole body's in frame, camera roughly facing you, and it holds for that exercise — it's tracking your body's pose/joints, not needing a perfect head-on shot, so it tolerates a decent range of heights and angles.
I'll be straight with you though: the hard case is extreme angles — phone way too low, or an exercise that points your body almost straight at the lens so everything foreshortens. That's exactly where I'm still tightening things. If you ever hit a spot where the count drops, tell me the exercise + roughly how the phone was placed — that's genuinely the most useful feedback I can get right now.
Sweet spot: prop it so you're fully visible and facing it, and after that you barely think about it.
Squats got pretty tiring by stage 20 but the rep counter is surprisingly accurate, made me actually look forward to opening it.
Okan
@nazlcan1396490 Ha, stage 20 squats — you went deeper than most, respect 🙌 Really glad the counter held up; getting it accurate across different body types and camera angles was the hardest part to nail, so that means a lot.
The "tiring by 20" is genuinely useful though — I'm still tuning the difficulty curve and I'd rather it ramp challenge than just pile on reps. Did it feel like too much volume, or more the good kind of "ok, that was actually a workout"?
And "looked forward to opening it" is the entire thing I was chasing 🥹 thank you for that.
Does the on-device rep counting actually work reliably in a dimly lit room, or does it need decent lighting and a clear phone angle to avoid miscounts?
Played around with this for a few minutes and the on-device rep counting actually picked up my squats without needing to fiddle with positioning, which was surprising. The monster catching loop hooked me way more than I expected for a fitness app.
The on-device rep counting is a really thoughtful call, keeps things private while still feeling responsive. Love that you tied it straight into an actual RPG loop instead of just slapping a streak counter on it.
Okan
@kranurrurw
Thank you — this genuinely made my night 🙏
The privacy bit was non-negotiable for me: you're pointing a camera at yourself mid-workout, that footage should never leave the phone, full stop. On-device also keeps the rep count instant, which mattered way more than I expected — even a little lag totally breaks the game feel.
And yeah, the streak-counter thing is exactly what made me quit ~10 fitness apps. Guilt never made me want to move. Caring for a little creature that levels up off my real reps turned out to be a much stronger pull than any streak ever was.
Curious — has a habit app ever actually stuck for you? What made it work (or not)?