Gentler Streak
A fitness tracker that adapts to how your body feels
The verdict
Apple's Activity rings treat a sick day the same as a lazy one, and one broken streak can undo months of motivation. Gentler Streak reads your sleep, heart rate and recent workouts to suggest rest or a hard session, and you can pause for illness or travel without losing progress. Your data stays on your iPhone, but Premium is $8.99 a month, so take the $39.99 yearly plan if you stay.
Get it if
You wear an Apple Watch and feel guilty every time a rest day breaks your rings.
Skip it if
You just want to count steps and close rings, and Apple's Fitness app does that free.
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What it helps you do
- Know if today needs rest or a workout
- Keep a streak alive through sickness or travel
- Ease off before you push too hard
- Spot sleep and vitals trends over 14 nights
What it really costs
Pay once or subscribe? Drag to see the total after each year.
Pay-once totals leave out paid upgrades to future major versions.
Plans and prices
Free
FreeFree to download
Premium
$8.99$8.99 a month or $39.99 a year
Premium Lifetime
$59.99One-time purchase in the app; the App Store lists lifetime options from $59.99
Premium Family
Monthly and yearly family plans, shared through Family Sharing
What changed
Version 5.13.5
This is the second part of Gentler Streak getting ready for the iPhone Duo screen. Screens? iPhone Duo screens. With this update, we’ve added the new sidebar and navigation, and covered every way you might use the app: on the outer screen, on the inner screen in portrait and landscape, and side by side with another app on the inner screen. We will likely add some more perks in the next months, once we get our hands…
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Pick something else if
AthlyticPick it if you train most days and want a morning score that says when to push and when to rest.From $4.99
Pedometer++Pick this if your goal is a daily step count you can see on your Lock Screen and watch face.Free to start
WorkOutDoorsPick it if you hike or run trails and want real maps and navigation on your Apple Watch.$8.99 once
Gentler Streak head to head
- Gentler Streak vs Pedometer++Pick this if your goal is a daily step count you can see on your Lock Screen and watch face.
- Gentler Streak vs AthlyticPick it if you train most days and want a morning score that says when to push and when to rest.
Gentler Streak vs BevelPick this if you want Whoop-style recovery scores and a strength log from an Apple Watch or Oura ring.
The details
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
- Requires
- iOS 16.0 or later
- Version
- 5.13.5
- Size
- 320 MB
- Made by
- Gentler Stories LLC
- Rating
- 4.7 from 8.8K ratings on the App Store
- Widgets
- Home and lock screen
- Family Sharing
- 1 purchase for the family
- No account
- Works without signing up
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