In an update rolling out today, Gentler Streak introduces new ways for users to track their well-being and customize the app’s instructions based on how they’re feeling. Here are the details.
New ways to track your health and well-being
One of my favorite exercise tracking apps just got even better today with an update that expands its functionality beyond exercise and fitness metrics to better reflect how users really feel.
Starting today, Gentler Streak will allow users to record how they feel each day, including mood, symptoms and other factors that may not be reflected in their health and fitness data.
Some days, how we feel is not reflected in what the data says, regardless of the quality of the data. “How I feel” captures the part that devices can’t understand: personal context. And how you feel isn’t just a mood: it’s also a sore throat, heavy legs or poor sleep. This feature was inspired by the Gentler Streak community, including people living with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, ADHD, and those who don’t wear their Apple Watch at night. Without night signals, their leadership has less work to do.
According to the team behind Gentler Streak, these new features are aimed at users whose health and fitness data may not accurately reflect how they feel, including those struggling with chronic conditions, menopause, stress or poor sleep.
In practice, the app will now contain four tabs: Today, Health, Exercise and Statistics. A new “Would you like to add something?” appears on the Today and Health tabs. the field will allow users to rate how they feel from Great to Off, and add context about what may be affecting their well-being, including tiredness, feeling calm, or self-labels.
You decide when the challenge appears. Go to Profile > Settings > Self-Assessment Prompt and select one of three options: only when you’re off vitals or sleep, always on, or never.
Gentler Stories notes that self-ratings will override the app’s well-being estimates for the day, and daily guidelines will adjust accordingly.
The Today tab will also feature an expanded 10- or 30-day timeline showing recorded workouts, health estimates, potential symptoms, poor sleep or vital signs, and the first day of your period, while Health will introduce an interactive graph showing users how their health has changed over time, with the ability to filter by symptoms.
Users can also now customize what information appears on their Today screen, including vitals, sleep, steps, menstrual cycle, VO₂ max and exercise, which is nice.
For users who are sick, injured or taking a break from exercise, it will replace the signature Activity Path with a new Wellbeing Path that will allow them to track their well-being on a daily basis.
For users with an Active status, a new colored well-being line will appear below the Activity Path to reflect how they feel each day. This information is recorded automatically for those who wear an Apple Watch overnight, or based on self-assessment for those who don’t.
Importantly, Gentler Stories notes that all information entered through the new feature remains on the user’s device, without the involvement of company-operated accounts or servers.
Gentler Streak is available for free in the App Storewith in-app purchases for monthly, annual, family and lifetime subscriptions.
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