Comparison

Supernormal vs Drift

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Supernormal

Features
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That $30/month recovery wearable you've been considering? You already own something better. Supernormal turns your Apple Watch into a full recovery intelligence system. Seven proprietary algorithms built on decades of clinical research in HRV, sleep science, and circadian biology. A live energy budget that updates every hour. No additional device. No guesswork. Every morning you wake up with a Biological Reserve — a personalized energy budget built from how well you recovered overnight. Unlike a static morning score, it updates every hour. Supernormal tracks what you spend, what you earn back, and tells you exactly what to do next. Meet Norm. Your always-on biological intelligence. Watches your five body signals 24/7 and only speaks when something is worth knowing. Always watching. Never noise. Over 14 nights Supernormal builds a baseline that is entirely yours. Not population averages. Your normal. Every night more accurate. Every morning more personal. No account. No servers. Your health data never leaves your device. —— BIOLOGICAL RESERVE Unlike a static morning score, your Reserve depletes in real time as you train and move — and earns back when you rest. Overdraft today and tomorrow pays for it. NORM Merges notifications, insights, post-workout coaching, and body intelligence into one unified feed. No dashboards. Just Norm, speaking up when something matters. BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL CLASSIFIER Five signals. Six named states — adapting, nominal, sleep debt, accumulated fatigue, sustained stress, unusual body stress. Flags unusual patterns often 12-24 hours before you feel anything. RECOVERY SCORE HRV, resting heart rate, respiratory rate, and sleep quality into one personalized morning score. Your baseline. Your recovery. Not population averages. DAILY COACHING Every morning: a best move, a guardrail, and a preview of tomorrow. Smart notifications after workouts, when stress spikes, when to wind down. Not data. Decisions. SLEEP INTELLIGENCE Scored across duration, efficiency, deep sleep, and REM with running sleep debt tracking. 7 hours of broken sleep is not 7 hours of recovery. BIOLOGICAL PACE VO2 Max, HRV, resting heart rate, and deep sleep against age and sex-matched norms. One multiplier. 0.82x means your biology runs younger than your birth year. AUTONOMIC STRESS Live stress indicator based on HRV vs your morning baseline. Shifts green to amber in real time. STRAIN TRACKING Total cardiovascular load all day. Distinguishes sustained cardio from fragmented elevated heart rate. Not all strain is equal. DAILY JOURNAL Log in three taps. After 30 days Supernormal surfaces what your habits actually do to your recovery. INTELLIGENT NOTIFICATIONS 23+ smart alerts with individual cooldowns. Morning brief. Post-workout coaching. Sleep debt. Stress detected. Weekly report. PRIVACY FIRST No account. No servers. Health data never leaves your device. Optional iCloud sync for journal only. —— For Apple Watch owners who were about to buy an additional device. For anyone who's felt terrible after a good night's sleep and had no idea why. For people who want their health data to mean something. Normal is having the watch. This is Supernormal. —— IMPORTANT: Wellness app only. Not medical advice. Not diagnostic. Consult a healthcare provider before making health decisions. Apple Watch and Apple Health required. Core technology patent pending. Supernormal is designed and optimized for Apple Watch. It may work partially with other wearables that sync to Apple Health, but the full experience — especially HRV-based recovery scoring, Biological Radar, and Biological Pace — requires Apple Watch data. Terms of Use: https://supernormal.bio/terms Privacy Policy: https://supernormal.bio/privacy Apple, Apple Watch, Apple Health, and HealthKit are trademarks of Apple Inc. Supernormal is independent and not affiliated with Apple Inc.

About

Drift

This app estimates your biological age and provides a longevity score using data from your Apple Watch and Health app. It offers daily insights into your sleep, activity, and recovery to help you understand and improve your health.

Highlights
  • Biological age estimation
  • Longevity score tracking
  • Daily Drift Score
  • Fitness score and strain analysis
  • Personalized sleep insights
  • Sun exposure UV limit
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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Drift shows your biological age and longevity score from the Apple Watch and Apple Health data you already have, and what to work on today. It runs on your iPhone with no account, and the daily Drift Score, Longevity Score and Fitness Score are free. WHAT IS MY BIOLOGICAL AGE? Drift estimates it from six measures in Apple Health: VO2 max, resting heart rate, HRV, sleep, walking speed and exercise. It shows which way each one pushes your age, and your pace of aging over time. It is an estimate from your own data, not a clinical or epigenetic test. WHAT DRIFT GIVES YOU • Drift Score: one daily number that compares today with your own baseline for the same weekday, across sleep, activity, heart, mobility and recovery. • Longevity Score: eight biomarkers (VO2 max, HRV, resting heart rate, sleep, steps, exercise, heart rate recovery, walking speed) graded against age-adjusted thresholds from published research and guidelines (JAMA, NEJM, JACC, WHO), with the sources in the app. • Fitness Score, strain and form: five parts (Load, Intensity, Readiness, Variance, Strength), a daily strain target and your heart-rate zones. • Sleep: a personal bedtime window, a 14-night regularity challenge, a wind-down reminder and jet-lag help. • 27 patterns, such as Sleep Debt, Overtraining and Possible Illness, plus good ones like an HRV rebound, each with the signals behind it. • Sun exposure: a daily UV limit for your skin type. HOW IS DRIFT DIFFERENT? It compares you with your own baseline, not a population average, so it notices change sooner, and every score shows the data behind it. No extra strap or ring: it uses the watch you already wear. DOES IT WORK WITHOUT AN APPLE WATCH? Yes. Drift reads any ring, band or watch that writes to Apple Health. With an iPhone alone you get a partial score from steps and activity. DRIFT ON APPLE WATCH The watch app reads its own Health data for heart rate, steps, sleep and recovery, and works out today's strain from your workouts before your iPhone syncs. See today's workouts with the minutes in each heart-rate zone. Seven complications show your score, sleep, strain and UV. ASK DRIFT Ask why your score moved, what changed this week or what a biomarker means. Answers come from your own data, using Apple Intelligence on supported iPhones where it is turned on. Scores work without it. IS DRIFT FREE? Yes, to start. Free: the daily Drift Score with today's insight, the Longevity Score, the Fitness Score, the Apple Watch app, widgets and notifications. The subscription opens the detail behind them: your biological age number (the free version shows which way it points), the eight biomarkers, the category breakdown, the five Fitness parts and every detail view. IS MY HEALTH DATA PRIVATE? Yes. Analysis runs on your iPhone and Apple Watch, including Apple Intelligence. Stationify receives no health data. No account, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. ALSO INCLUDED 60+ Apple Health data types, widgets, a Live Activity, notifications that only speak up when it matters, Siri shortcuts, and side-by-side charts on iPhone Duo (iOS 27.1). 13 languages. Requires iOS 26; the watch app requires watchOS 26. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION One auto-renewable subscription unlocks everything: Drift Monthly or Drift Yearly (US$5.99/month or US$49.99/year in the US; the App Store shows your local price), with a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stationify.fi/apps/drift/privacy/

Screenshots

Supernormal4 screens
Drift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Drift at every 2 days against Supernormal's every 10 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Supernormal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Drift sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Supernormal ships an update every 10 days, Drift every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Supernormal versus Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSupernormalDrift
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB35 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCharity BribesStationify Oy

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Supernormal

Subscriptions2
  • Supernormal Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Supernormal Premium Annual$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Supernormal Premium Lifetime$44.99
2 purchases

Drift

Subscriptions2
  • Longevity Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Longevity Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Supernormal free?
Supernormal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Drift free?
Drift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Supernormal or Drift have ads?
Neither Supernormal nor Drift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Supernormal or Drift?
Supernormal ships an update every 10 days, and Drift every 2 days. Most recently, Supernormal was updated on October 31, 2026 and Drift on November 9, 2026.

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