Alloop AI vs First Gear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alloop AI
This app synthesizes your body signals like sleep and training load into actionable insights. It helps you understand your daily readiness, maintain behavior protocols, and receive AI-guided suggestions to improve performance and long-term health.
- Personal performance loop integration
- Daily readiness assessment
- Behavior protocol management
- AI-guided next steps
- Progress and outcome tracking
- Community support for execution
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All your health, in one loop. Your wearables collect the data. Alloop tells you what it means. Track your Bio Age, Sleep, Recovery, Activity, and Nutrition in one dashboard, then ask your personal health agent what to focus on next. Less jumping between apps. A clearer picture of how you're doing. FEATURES Personal Health Agent – Answers From Your Own Data Message your agent anytime, by text or voice. Ask things like "Why is my recovery so low today?" or "Is eating late hurting my sleep?" and get personalized insights based on your own data, plus a clear next step for today. Dashboard – Your Health at a Glance ▸Bio Age: An estimate of your biological age based on your sleep, activity, and nutrition data. Compare it to your actual age and see how it changes over time. ▸Sleep: See how long, and how well, you slept. Spot patterns and wake up knowing where you stand. ▸Recovery: Your recovery score helps you decide when to push and when to ease off. ▸Activity: See your daily movement and workouts in context, right next to the sleep that fuels them. ▸Nutrition: Snap a photo of your meal to log it in seconds. Get a nutrition score and daily feedback on what you eat, with no tedious manual logging. Community – Stay Accountable Together You're not doing this alone. Share your progress, milestones, and everyday wins. Message other members to swap tips, ask questions, and cheer each other on. Join group chats around shared goals and keep each other going. Connected Health – All Your Data in One Place Connect Apple Health to automatically sync data from your supported wearables, devices, and health apps into Alloop. Your dashboard shows where you stand, and your agent turns that data into personalized guidance. Alloop is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or medical condition. The information in this app is for general wellness purposes only and is not medical advice. Always talk to your doctor before making medical decisions or if you have questions about your health.
First Gear
This app provides real-time heart rate coaching for Zone 2 running, guiding you on when to run and walk based on your live heart rate. It's designed for beginners and those returning to running, simplifying easy runs without needing to constantly check a screen.
- Live heart rate voice coaching
- Zone 2 heart rate range setting
- Adaptive coaching based on conditions
- Guided stretching routines
- Run recaps and progress tracking
- Apple Watch integration
- GPX/TCX export
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A running coach in your ear that says when to run and when to walk, by your live heart rate. Go above your range and your coach has you walk. When your heart is ready, you run again. Made for beginners, for anyone starting again, and for anyone who wants easy Zone 2 running without watching a screen. ZONE 2 RUNNING MADE SIMPLE Choose how the top of your heart rate range is set: First Gear's estimate, MAF, Zone 2 or your own number. Your coach handles the rest, so easy runs stay easy. A COACH THAT ADAPTS On a warm day, after a break, or the day after a run, your coach can give you more room to walk and tells you why before you start. After a few short runs, it can set a shorter goal. There are no questionnaires and no readiness score to check. ON THE WAY TO A FIRST 5K Most beginner plans run on a stopwatch. First Gear follows your heart rate instead, so a hard day means more walking, not a failed workout. YOUR EASY SCORE See how much of each run you spent inside your range. It is feedback on that run, not a fitness test. STRETCHING AFTER YOUR RUNS A short guided stretch on iPhone, about 5 or 10 minutes, after a run or any time. The moves change by the day and each one is timed, so there are no reps to count. Your coach talks you through it, with video when you're online. WHAT'S INSIDE • Live heart rate voice coaching over your music • Two coaches, Lana and Cal • Runs from 10 to 60 minutes, or an open run with no set length • Six stages, and you choose when to move up • A guided warm-up before you set off • Each mile or kilometer called out as you pass it • A spoken recap of your run at the finish • Heart rate, pace and distance on request on Apple Watch • Optional breathing and form tips in your headphones • Outdoor route maps shaded by effort • Heart rate charts that mark each call your coach made • Weekly time in range, resting heart rate, records and badges • Widgets, plus your iPhone run on the Lock Screen • GPX and TCX export for outdoor runs • Runs and stretches saved to Apple Health USE THE GEAR YOU HAVE • Apple Watch on its own, so your phone can stay behind • iPhone with AirPods Pro 3 or Powerbeats Pro 2 • iPhone with a heart rate watch or strap over Bluetooth, such as a Garmin (beta) Runs with your iPhone are outdoors and count like any other run. NO STREAKS. NO GUILT. No catch-up workouts. A break never takes away your stage, and your badges stay yours. No account required. First Gear does not support runners with a heart condition, a pacemaker or implanted defibrillator, or medication that slows the heart rate. SUBSCRIPTION First Gear Coaching starts with a 7-day free trial if you're eligible, then is billed monthly or yearly at the price shown in your local currency before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://firstgear.run/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Alloop AI at none against First Gear's 2. Alloop AI also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. First Gear sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Alloop AI asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alloop AI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alloop AI has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Alloop AI ships an update weekly, First Gear every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Alloop AI | First Gear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alloop LLC | Rubber Bands LLC |
Customer experience
Alloop AI
First Gear
In-app purchases
Alloop AI
No in-app purchases
First Gear
- First Gear Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- First Gear Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year









