In an update launching today, Gentler Streak introduces new ways for users to monitor their well-being and customize the app’s guidance based on how they’re feeling. Here are the details.
New ways to monitor your health and well-being
One of my favorite exercise tracking apps just got better today with an update that expands its features beyond workouts and fitness metrics to better reflect how users actually feel.
Starting today, Gentler Streak will allow users to log 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 isn’t reflected in what the data says, regardless of its quality. “How I Feel” captures the part that devices can’t: personal context. And what you feel isn’t just a mood: it’s also a sore throat, heavy legs or a bad night’s sleep. The feature was inspired by the Gentler Streak community, which includes people living with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, ADHD, and those who don’t wear their Apple Watch at night. Without nighttime signals, their driving has less to work with.
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’re feeling, including those dealing with chronic conditions, menopause, stress, or poor sleep.
In practice, the app will now have four tabs: Today, Health, Workouts and Insights. In the Today and Health tabs, a new “Is there anything to add?” The field will allow users to rate how they feel, from Great to Not, and add context about what might be affecting their well-being, including tiredness, feeling calm, or custom tags.
You decide when the message appears. Go to Profile > Settings > Self-Assessment Request and choose one of three options: only when vitals or sleep are off, always on, or never.
Gentler Stories notes that self-assessments will override the app’s wellbeing estimates for that day, with its daily guidance adjusting accordingly.
The Today tab will also feature an expanded 10- or 30-day timeline showing recorded workouts, wellness estimates, potential symptoms, poor sleep or vitals, and the first day of a menstrual cycle, while Health will introduce an interactive graph that shows users how their wellness changes over time, with the ability to filter by symptoms.
Users can now also customize the information displayed on the Today screen, including vitals, sleep, steps, menstrual cycle, VO₂ max, and workouts, which is a nice touch.
For users who are ill, injured or taking a break from exercise, the app’s signature activity track will give way to a new wellness track, allowing them to track their well-being on a daily basis.
For Active users, a new colorful wellness line will appear below the activity track, reflecting how they feel each day. This information is recorded automatically for those who wear their Apple Watch at night or based on self-reports for those who don’t wear it.
Importantly, Gentler Stories notes that all information entered via the new feature remains on the user’s device, with no company-managed accounts or servers affected.
Gentler Streak is available for free on the App Store, with in-app purchases for monthly, annual, family and lifetime subscriptions.
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