Hone vs GymLoop

Hone is the intermittent fasting app for the disciplined — one tap, Dynamic Island Live Activity, Apple Watch complications, and Precision Window guardrails. Free core. No account. No ads. No tracking. Your fast stays yours. If you've outgrown "wellness" apps that chase you for $70/year to show a timer — Hone is built for you. WHAT HONE DOES DIFFERENTLY Most fasting apps overwhelm you with features you'll never use — calorie tracking, food diaries, social feeds, coaching chatbots. Hone does one thing at a precise level: tracks your fast and shows you the biology of what's happening inside you, in real time. → Start a fast in under 2 seconds → See your timer live on Dynamic Island without opening the app → Check your fast from your wrist with the Apple Watch complication → Watch your body shift through metabolic zones as it happens → Track your history, streaks, and personal records PRECISION WINDOW ENGINE (Hone Pro) Most fasting apps let you cheat. Hone doesn't. The Precision Window engine enforces the guardrails that make fasting actually work: • Caffeine cutoff — warns you when late caffeine will wreck tomorrow's sleep-protected fast • Training-day exception — your long-run day isn't your OMAD day • Sleep protection — the app refuses to auto-end a fast while you're sleeping • Max-fast cap — hard stop at the duration you set, because extended fasts without supervision are a bad idea FAST PURITY — CLEAN vs BLUNTED Not all fasts are equal. Coffee with cream is not a clean fast. Hone lets you toggle Clean or Blunted, and your streak, complication, and Dynamic Island color reflect the truth. FOCUS FILTER Turn on Fasting Focus and DoorDash, UberEats, Postmates notifications disappear until you break your fast. Precision isn't just physiology — it's removing the trigger vectors. METABOLIC ZONES — KNOW WHAT YOUR BODY IS DOING As you fast, your body moves through distinct physiological phases. Hone tracks them in real time: • Fed — Digestion active, insulin managing glucose storage • Early Fasting — Insulin drops, glycogen stores deplete • Fat Burning — Metabolic switch flips, fat becomes primary fuel • Ketosis — Ketone production increases, mental clarity sharpens • Deep Ketosis — Autophagy begins, cellular cleanup underway Each zone transition triggers a notification so you know exactly when your body shifts gears. BUILT FOR YOUR LOCK SCREEN Your fasting timer lives on Dynamic Island and your Lock Screen. No need to unlock, no need to open the app. Glance and know. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep your fast visible throughout the day. ALL PROTOCOLS FREE • 16:8 — The most popular. 16 hours fasting, 8 hours eating. • 18:6 — A step further for the experienced. • 20:4 — Warrior diet structure. • OMAD — One Meal A Day for maximum metabolic work. TRACK YOUR EDGE • Calendar view with every fast • Current streak and best streak • Total fasts and hours fasted • Average duration and longest fast • Daily reminders to stay consistent DESIGNED WITH RESPECT • 100% free core — every protocol, every zone, every feature that matters • No account required — works offline, always • No ads, no tracking, no data collection • No calorie counting, no food logging • OLED-optimized dark mode — because you start fasts at night Your fasting data stays on your device. Period. WHO HONE IS FOR • Serious intermittent fasters who've outgrown "wellness" apps • People who want discipline, not pep talks • Anyone tired of paying $70/year to see a timer • Curious minds who want to understand the biology of their fast • Privacy-conscious users who refuse to be tracked Hone is not a medical app and does not provide medical advice. Fasting zones are approximate estimates based on general research. Consult a healthcare professional before starting any fasting program.

GymLoop is a gym tracker built around one idea: your training runs on a rotation, not a calendar. Define your split once — Push/Pull/Legs, Upper/Lower, or anything custom — and GymLoop always knows what's next. Skip three days? It still serves the right day. Gone longer? It offers a gentle full-body reset, then hands control back to your cycle. THE WORKOUT LOOP • One big Start button — today's day and exercises, ready to go • Set → rest → set: timers cycle automatically with a glanceable progress ring • Log reps and weight in two taps; last-time weights prefill • Rest alerts fire even with the screen locked • Prefer phone-in-pocket? Track just your gym time and back-fill exercises later • Starter routines built in — Push/Pull/Legs, Upper/Lower, PPL×2, Arnold, Full Body — or build your own • Supersets: pair exercises and GymLoop bounces between them before the rest • Plate calculator: tap a weight and see what to load on each side • Warm-up hints: a bar-to-working-weight ramp on heavy first sets • A quiet progression coach: hit your target reps and next session prefills a small increase • Share a session card when you hit something worth showing APPLE WATCH (PRO) • Run whole sessions from your wrist — phone optional • Today's exercises, set/rest timers, rep and weight logging, haptic when rest ends • Real heart rate and calories, saved to Apple Health from the watch • Start on the phone and the watch records alongside, automatically STAY ON THE HOOK (GENTLY) • Streaks and a GitHub-style training heatmap • A weekly recap every Monday: sessions, volume, new top sets (Pro) • A soft reminder at your usual gym time — never a nag • Home Screen widgets that answer one question: "what do I do next?" • Live Activity with the active set and rest countdown BODY TRACKING, PRIVATE • Bodyweight, waist, biceps + custom measurements • Progress photos by pose, compared side-by-side — stored only on your device and your private iCloud • BMI and goal tracking TRENDS (PRO) • Per-exercise charts: top set, estimated 1RM, volume • Measurement trend lines • Apple Health import for workouts and bodyweight YOUR DATA IS YOURS Everything lives on your device and syncs through your own iCloud. No account, no third-party servers, no analytics. We never see your data. Your progress photos never leave your device and your private iCloud. No one can see them — not a server, not us. Available in English, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. GymLoop Pro (optional): Trends, photo studio, custom measurements, Health import, the Apple Watch app, and lock-screen widgets — $2.99/month, $19.99/year with a 7-day free trial, or $49.99 lifetime. The free tier is a complete gym tracker with your full history, forever. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thehkk.com/apps/gymloop/privacy/index.html