Chelsea Piers Fitness App for Android

Mostly better class and event browsing and scheduling, but a few fairly significant issues: 1. Notifications consistently ping me in batches of 3 for the same class. And they send right after booking when you book a day in advance (which is always). Had to turn them off because they’re useless. 2. Adding to calendar works great, but the app requests full calendar write *and read* access, which makes no sense. You have to reject access, then go into privacy settings on iOS and select add-only privileges for the app, and then it works. 3. It absolutely needs Google Wallet support—notifications need to be off because of (1), and always-on location sharing should not be required for this app; using Google Wallet passes can give location based prompting for the check-in pass on both the phone and an Google Watch, without requiring notifications or location access to the app.

1. It was more convenient when you could just update the page and scroll down to the date and class available. There is no need to see so many days if we cannot book classes in advance more than 24 hrs anyway. 2. Besides that, it slows down the app when you scroll or switch between the days. 3. Location filter didn’t turn on automatically and there is no option to filter by location. Only when I closed and opened the app again, it showed the location. 4. Why do I need to enable my location settings to check in? I don’t want it to be in the background “always” and my setting is “while using the app”. But when I tapped on check-in today in the gym, it asked me to enable my settings. Smth is wrong here and needs to be fixed. I liked the old version more. It was simple and fast. One day of using the app, we will see if anything changes.

The new app looks nice. The class calendar works well. One criticism - it would be better if the lap swim booking was not lumped in with other activities like babysitting and personal training. There are too many steps to take to get there, especially if you want to book every day. A single button to the pool booking on the home page would be better, just like the class booking button at the top.