Compare · checked 12 September 2026 · 5 sources

RestUp
vs Bevel

Bevel wants to be the one health app, with a free core tier. RestUp wants to be the one honest reading each morning. They read the same Apple Watch data and go in opposite directions with it.

The short answer

Bevel if you want nutrition, strength and cycle tracking next to recovery, or a free tier.

RestUp if you want the recovery reading without the account, the cloud and the dashboard.

What each App Store privacy label lists

RestUp

Used to track you: None
Linked to you: None
Not linked to you: Anonymous analytics about the app, which you can turn off

Bevel

Used to track you: Identifiers
Linked to you: Name, email, location
Account: Required

From each app’s US App Store listing, 12 Sep 2026.

Where they agree

Same watch, same starting point.

Both work from the Apple Watch you already own, through Apple Health.
A recovery number out of 100 from overnight HRV and resting heart rate against your baseline.
A sleep score and a sleep debt figure (Bevel calls it Sleep Bank).
A Watch app with complications, and home and lock screen widgets.

In the app

Where RestUp is different.

No account, and no server holding your health data.

If the privacy line matters to you, this is the biggest difference on this page. RestUp has no account to make and computes every score on your phone.

BevelRequires registration. Imported biometrics are stored and processed locally by default; contact details live in the cloud, and anything sent to Bevel Intelligence goes to cloud and AI providers, kept for up to 30 days.

Where your data livesAll of it stays on your phone.

History, settings and remindersKept on your phone. Google backup doesn’t copy them, so RestUp starts fresh on a new phone.

Your health dataNever leaves your phone.

No accountNo sign-up, no email

No adsNone anywhere in the app

Read onlyNever changes what your watch recorded

Anonymous analytics about the app itself are the one thing that leaves your phone. You can switch them off.

One number, and exactly how it is built.

RestUp shows fewer things and publishes how its readiness score is computed: which signals, against which baseline, with which weight.

BevelRecovery, sleep, strain, stress, nutrition, strength, energy bank, cycle, health monitors and a journal, free. Reviewers praise the range, and also call it overwhelming and the scoring a black box.

RestUp Today: Your body is ready for a steady day, 78 of 100, recovering well.

Useful after a week, steady after two.

RestUp’s baseline is your last 14 nights. It is usable after a week, steady after two, and the app labels early readings as early.

BevelUses a 60-day baseline, which Bevel says takes two to six weeks to settle.

Last night

Deep sleep and dreaming both spread through the night.

HRV overnight59 ms→ Near your 60 ms baseline

Resting heart54 bpm→ Near your 55 bpm baseline

Your chronotype, from real nights.

RestUp reads your chronotype from the nights your watch recorded, and shows you the bedtimes it read to get there.

BevelA circadian rhythm feature is on its public request board, not shipped as of 12 September 2026.

RestUp chronotype: Bear. Usual bedtime 10:30 pm, usual wake 6:30 am.

In fairness

Bevel does far more, and much of it is free.

RestUp’s free tier is smaller: the morning reading, last night’s sleep, sleep insights and widgets. The rest is RestUp Plus.

A free core tier with recovery, sleep, strain, stress, nutrition, strength and cycle tracking.
Connects Garmin, Oura and Fitbit directly.
Pro adds an AI coach, health records and a biological age estimate.
4.8 stars from about 16,000 US App Store ratings.

Side by side

Checked 12 September 2026

Feature	RestUp	Bevel
Hardware	iPhone + Apple Watch, or Android via Health Connect	Apple Watch via Apple Health; Garmin, Oura, Fitbit direct
Account	None	Required
Where health data is processed	On your phone	Biometrics local by default; AI coaching and contact data in the cloud
App Store privacy label	Anonymous app analytics only	Identifiers used to track you; name, email, location linked
Recovery score	Readiness 0–100, method published	Recovery 1–100 %
Baseline	14 nights	60-day RMSSD; 2–6 weeks to settle
Sleep debt	Yes	Yes, as Sleep Bank
Chronotype	Yes	Requested, not shipped
Extras	Weekly digest, Almanac, mood check-ins	Strain, stress, nutrition, strength, cycle, health records, biological age, AI coach
Free tier	Yes: morning reading, last night’s sleep, sleep insights and widgets; everything open the first week	Yes, core features free
Paid tier	RestUp Plus; price in the App Store or Google Play	Pro $14.99 / month or $99.99 / year
US App Store rating	New; too few ratings to show	4.8 from about 16,000 ratings

Bevel facts from bevel.health, help.bevel.health, its privacy policy and its US App Store listing, checked 12 September 2026. Trial length is not stated by Bevel and is left out.

Which one should you pick?

Pick Bevel if

You want nutrition, strength and cycle tracking in the same place as recovery, you use a Garmin or a ring alongside your watch, or a free tier is the deciding factor.

Pick RestUp if

You want the recovery reading without the account, the cloud and the dashboard, and would rather understand one number than browse twenty. Bevel is free to try and RestUp’s first week is free, so the honest advice is a week with each.