Health Tracker Gentler Streak

This app is a bit all over the place. It considers a 5 min walk to be pushing it, and a 1hr Pilates class once a week is overreaching… but I feel totally fine and my heart rate is good. I’m in fairly good health with a high vo2max, good SpO2 and I eat well with adequate sleep. Not exactly sure why this app doesn’t appreciate a good workout or simple walk. I can’t really seem to control the settings too much. Considering deleting the app as it doesn’t seem helpful.

App is great, but would love to account for shift work and overnight shifts

As the philosophy of this app is to gently gain habits of workout in healthy sustain way, i wish i can see more of that activity path. How many days was i on the optimal zone versus okai zone versus burn out zone in real time not wait for the monthly insight. The activity tab is so far not useful for me to see as i can have similar kpi within apple health. As other comments have mentioned, 60$/y is a lot to not see more kpi especially apple has also introduced training load concept. This is also why i have stopped the subscription. If you the dev team can consider adding more insight and anlytics it would really insane my experience of this app.

Amazing app for tracking all my Apple Watch workouts and see my progress over time in terms of cals, time, distance, etc. highly recommended I have used it for more than a year and I will continue using it for a long time …

I paid for premium but the app does not provide any new information about your training on top of what you get from the health app. If you want to improve your fitness look elsewhere.

I was hesitant about this app at first. As a med student and student athlete, I roll my eyes at most fitness trackers that charge a fee and claim to be “scientific”. However, Gentler Streak is perhaps one of the few apps on the App Store today with a team that continues to develop and improve its service, regardless if you purchased a onetime subscription. It’s clear the team actually cares about its users’ wellbeing. My only suggestion for the service is that sometimes the activity pathway range tends to underestimate my limits, despite consistent use (as the algorithm they use to estimate this isn’t disclosed to my knowledge, it’s hard to validate). As well, though it syncs with Apple health on most things, it does not sync the perceived exertion ratings.

For me and my lifestyle, the Gentler Streak App has eclipsed other “Fitness” Apps for these reasons: 1. It goes beyond pure physical fitness regimens to recognize the totality of my life and health, including the complexities of everyday life and living. 2. Gentler streak frames my workouts within the rhythm of my body, reminding me that I need time to rest, refresh and rebuild after robust exercise, while also affirming me when I choose less strenuous forms of activity. 3. I am able to link Gentler Streak’s data easily with Apple Health, and Apple’s “Fitness Circles.” 4. With Gentler Streak linked to my Apple Watch, it is able to gear suggestions and alerts to me (e.g. Alert of an immediate risk of over-exertion based on heart rate; or queries if I appear to have paused my workout —often I have!) 5. I really like the gently fluctuating activity ribbon that offers a visual, historical overview of how my exercise is affecting my overall health and fitness. I’m still learning more on how to use the App, but so far I’ve greatly appreciated it as a valued and positive daily digital health companion. Kudos to the interdisciplinary team who created it!

Nice app. Polished. I liked the activity trend. Workout recommendations were a nice touch but I never used it. Bur honestly? Let’s face it. Most fitness apps mirror what’s already available from the apple watch/health/fitness. Gentler Streak is no different. It’s just stats lol… Lastly. Its just not worth the cost. I dropped my rating to 1 star by virtue of the fact that after I cancelled my subscription just to sort out finances on my end, I noticed it jumped from $32 to $70. That’s…. well, insane and insulting.

This app doesn’t work if you have a Fitbit. The data it needs to work isn’t available. It might work with an Apple Watch. There is no free trial period so I paid for a year subscription and I can’t get a refund. Make sure you have data it can use before buying it. It sounds like it would be really helpful for people with chronic health problems, so I hope others can use it.

C’est de l’art, et ça ajoute de la beauté à la vie.