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Great app
The information coming from this app is really interesting. I’m currently experiencing a worsening of HRV and RHR that’s lasted a few weeks. Could be overtraining toward the tail end of a marathon program; could be work pressure. But the thing I’d most like to know is what the app recommends to do about it, and how to keep on an ongoing basis in the zone that improves HRV and RHR. I could follow the target exertion zone guidance - that’s what I’m trying now. I’m not sure that is taking into account the trends on the Training Adaptation screen though… which is really what I’m trying to change. Any recommendations?Show lessXetnauq
Good app with lots of potential
Started using this after using whoop for 3 years when I got tired of their 30 a month fee App has a lot of potential but can not be compared to whoop which is more advanced accurate and slick. But it’s not a fair comparison as whoop is a massively funded company with a ton of people while this seems like a single developer app . So kudos to them as they don’t have the financial resources of whoop or their access to actual medical research and people
Find it useful for the actual workouts which I find even better than whoop The recovery I feel needs quite a bit more work. They don’t incorporate sleep into it. Also not sure using mindfulness with deep breathing is the best way to collect the hrv as that is not how most people breathe normally .
Eventually apple needs to fix sleep tracking battery and hopefully provide a native fitness and recovery app as all the info is from apple sensors.Show lessoberoi17
Developer Response
Thanks for your review but not using sleep in Recovery is intentional, I feel that Recovery should be 100% physiological. For example lets say you get only 4 or 5 hours of sleep but your HRV is very high and RHR is very low...your body is signaling that, despite the low about of sleep, it's in a good condition for training. Why should we arbitrarily knock recovery down based on the sleep? As far as a morning Breathe Session, Because the Apple Watch only gives us a few HRV samples during sleep, for a most accurate and consistent measure of Recovery we recommend that you use the Apple Watch’s Mindfulness App (formerly “Breathe App”) immediately upon waking (before picking up your iPhone and seeing any notifications (texts, emails etc.) so there are no external stressors). During the Mindful Minute or however long you choose, most of the time the Apple Watch will also take a new HRV sample. For reasons stated above, Athlytic will default to this single Mindfulness HRV to base Recovery on. However when you use the Mindfulness App you will notice that the app prompts you to breathe very deeply in and out. We recommend that you do not follow the app’s prompting and just breathe normally. The reason for this is what while breath work has been shown to improve HRV, when you are essentially doing this same breath work while trying to sample your HRV (and measure the state of your CNS) you are sort of “hacking” your HRV to be higher than it might otherwise be if you breathe normally. If you just breathe normally as you would, your resulting HRV sample should be much within range of your normal ranges. Note that it can be difficult to ignore the Mindfulness App’s haptics, so we also recommend that you go into the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, then find the Mindfulness App, scroll to the bottom and set Haptics to “None.” We also recommend that you are consistent with whether you chose to (1) do a morning Mindfulness Session every morning for your daily Recovery HRV or (2) you wear your watch to bed and let Athlytic use your sleeping HRV for Recovery. The reason for this is typically, even when breathing normally, HRV during the Mindfulness Session is likely going to be higher than the average of your sleeping HRV. So to compare apples to apples, it is best to have a 60 day baseline of the same type of HRV. On last tip, to remind yourself to perform Mindfulness in the morning, open the Watch app on your iPhone and go to Mindfulness. Select Allow Notifications, and then, under Mindfulness Reminders, enable Start of Day. You can also tap Add Reminder to set a custom time. I hope this helps and please consider revising your review! GaryBetter than Whoop/Oura at a fraction of the cost
This does everything my Whoop did (and more), lets me only wear my apple watch and costs 1/12 of the subscription fee. I’ve been looking for an app like this for a year and glad i finally found it. I’m still in the early stages but since the app pulled in my past data i didn’t even need to wait a month (like Whoop) to start tracking my activity, sleep, exertion, recovery, etc. so good.
I had a minor issue getting things set up on my watch (a simple restart fixed it) but the response time from the developer was almost immediate. Much appreciated.
The only aspect i learned was i need to run the apple watch workout mode when i workout so detailed HR data gets recorded (as opposed to once a minute). That makes a big difference the the exertion numbers.Show lesstwardo
Turns your Apple Watch into a Whoop… privately
Awesome app. Basically turns your watch into a Whoop, minus the deeper sleep analytics (which you can get from another $5 app). Only issue is, despite selecting the option to make sure it only uses the first HRV reading from the Mindfulness App in the morning, sometimes my recovery rating changes to the average from my sleep. It’s intermittent but no big deal. Other than that, if you’re into training and recovery tracking, this app is the best. Recommended this to all my friends.Show lessKezzzzzzzz
Loved it the first day I tried it!
I love all the stats that my Apple Watch gives me but really wanted something that analyzes my workouts. Since turning 50 and having heart disease in my genes, I want to make sure I really stayed tuned with how my body responds to my workouts. This app is fantastic. All the data I need. My only recommendation is that, I sometimes take naps and the sleep portion never updates my sleep data after I wake up initially in the morning. My sleep app that I use with my watch updates my nap data, so it would be nice if that did as well. Maybe I’m missing something?Show lessEsimono
Amazing
I spent weeks doing some pretty extensive research trying to find the best option for training. I was on the verge of going whoop and then someone suggested Athlytic (thanks Reddit!). After comparing the two through even more research, I decided to just give it a shot because the cost alone is worth the gamble. I’m an avid Apple Watch user, I’ve been committed to it for years and I am thrilled that I don’t need to invest in anything else to track my training. I track my sleep via Sleep Cycle which, for all intents and purposes, seems to be accurate enough.
Only one (minor) suggestion and completely irrelevant to the function of this app, but I’d love if there was a social media presence on Instagram for updates/ news/ etc. Not everyone is on Facebook and it would be nice to be in the know!!Show lessshcrayon
The only fitness app you need
Pair this app and Apple Watch and never look back. Covers all metrics you’d want, makes sleep tracking make even more sense.
You won’t find a more dedicated app developer than the one constantly improving this app. Just when you think you have all you need along comes another brilliantly executed idea. He also replies to feedback, ideas and issues.
Best app I’ve ever downloaded and was a pleasure to pay for it to help the developer keep up the good work.Show lessThe Jones Boy
Constantly Reminding Users of Nonpayment
80% of the app is locked without payment, which is fine given that I only care about the unpaid features. The issue is that the interface is a minefield of buttons for starting their subscription service. It's even inescapable in their home screen widgets, which shove prompts in your face that you haven't given them your money. You cannot hide the features that you don't pay for. Listen. I get that development is expensive. I admittedly considered paying for their service in spite of how much ire towards the developers this caused me. I decided not to because this design ethos isn't worth supporting. It's hostile towards users.
Edit: Developer claims that disagreeing with the style of the paywall doesn't warrant a one star review. Reminders of the paywall are 80% of the app. I'm not sure what else I'm supposed to review here.Show lessMaxDale99
Use it every day
Since I got this app I’ve been able to take the huge amount of data in apps like Heart Watch and AutoSleep provide and use them in an easy to use way. It’s one thing to know the data, it’s another thing to make it actionable and that’s what this app does so well.
If I could add one thing it would be for the app to give me an idea of how long my workouts will be to hit my target exertion goal based on historical workout data. That would make it easier to plan my day. I often find I’m chasing the exertion ring, but fall just short of it when I could have gone another 10 mins to close it.
Keep up the great work. To those on the fence, to me this was a worthy purchase.Show lessSpartan559
Updates are not timely
I just started using this app and was very excited about the claim that it has 24/7 data, and at first it seemed to reflect accurate readings from my Apple Watch and Health app when I first set it up. But the latest update in the Recovery section was at 4am this morning when I first started using this app, and it it now 2:45pm! And the Exertion section is not updating at all, even tho the claim is that it updates every minute of the day. Strange, because other parts of the app like the Sleep section HAVE updated. Kinda makes it useless if the Recovery and Exertion sections are not timely.Show lessLara the iPhone Lover
