jarrod
jarrod

πŸ†•πŸ“ Why I Happily Spent $70 on an App I Almost Ignored

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ridwan
ridwan

@jarrod Never heard of this app. Played around for a bit. I still don't understand what exactly the app does.

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jarrod
jarrod

@ridwan I'd describe it as a more personalized, more actionable, and more forgiving version of the Apple Watch activity rings system. It encourages you to keep your fitness/exercise within a healthy range, but without always pushing you to do more, more, more. And when you are doing too much – based on your sleep and activity – suggests lower impact ways to stay active or just rest. (See mine below) There's more, like activity summaries, exercise plans, and insights, but that's the gist.

Screenshots of the gentler streak app suggesting lower impact activities after a spike in effort over time.

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vincent
vincent

@jarrod this is one nice looking app! Thanks for sharing. Going to explore this.

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ridwan
ridwan

@jarrod Interesting. I believe Apple Watch rings can push you towards exhaustion. It makes me anxious when I don't close the rings or achieve my previous target. I have to remind myself to take it easy all the time. They are doing a 50% deal on annual plan. Might give it a go!

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jarrod
jarrod

@ridwan Exactly. That’s just what I was saying to @RobertSilvernail last night. And the 50% discount is how they got me, too. πŸ˜‰

An iMessage conversation asking what made Gentler Streak special. The response: A couple things. I like its gimmick with the exercise bar that gives me permission to stay within a range rather than always going for more that the activities rings push with trying to fill them each day. I like that it provides more actionable insight to all the health data that my phone has, like sleep tracking, and what the hours actually mean to my body rather than just tracking the number of hours. I like the variety of personal activity suggestions, rather than me having to come up with something or just doing the same exercises over again. And a lot of impulse, due to their clever discount scheme.”

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