App Store Pearls: Gentler is the sports app for iPhone and Apple Watch

Every day we do a tour of the internet for you to find the best apps from the App Store for your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV. Today OMT editor Jeroen Kraak presents you with the ideal weather forecast. Meet Gentle Streak on your Apple Watch.

Want to start exercising with your iPhone and Apple Watch? Then you have a lot of choice from different apps. Of course you have Apple’s own sports app, but also names like Strava and the 7 Minute Workout. Gentle Streak does everything differently and may therefore be the best choice for you.

This Gentler Streak for iPhone and Apple Watch

While many sports apps mainly focus on improving your physical performance, Gentle Streak does it differently. The app tries to find an ideal mix between sport and rest. It does this via both the iPhone and the Apple Watch.

If you use an Apple Watch, you know the three rings you need to fill for your health. However, Apple doesn’t have that much compassion for you. If you don’t make it, you’ll get some reminders on your smartwatch. That could be nicer, hence the name Gentle Streak. Moreover, this app also supports many more types of exercises. You can even register on your smartwatch and iPhone that you are gardening or walking the dog.

Gentle Streak analyzes your heart zones to find out when you are at your peak. If you go over your limits, the Apple Watch app will tell you to take a break. In addition to activities, it also builds in rest days and recovery training. With this it wants to make a training schedule that suits you perfectly. This way you can keep up with sports for much longer.

More than just numbers

The great thing about Gentle Streak is that it doesn’t just display numbers on the iPhone and Apple Watch, which you have to interpret yourself. It explains exactly what it all means, so you just know what you’re doing and what you need to take a rest for, for example.

Plus, Gentler Streak shows you a health summary every morning on your iPhone. The app learns exactly what you can and detects unusual changes as a result. So the Apple Watch app almost literally keeps a finger on the pulse.

That Gentler Streak works so well has not only been noticed by us, but also by Apple. It won a Design Award for best Apple Watch app last year.

The basic functions of the app for iPhone and Apple Watch, such as displaying workouts, are free. If you really want to analyze your results, you can take the Premium version for 49.99 euros per year. You can download the app here.