Compare · checked 8 October 2026 · 6 sources
RestUp
vs Gentler Streak
Two gentle apps with no account and no guilt. Gentler Streak is built around how you move, and tells you how much to do today. RestUp is built around how you rest, and tells you what last night means for today.
“For those of us who want to move consistently, not constantly.”
- Activity Path, a healthy range for training
- Daily workout suggestions
- A full Apple Watch workout tracker
Kindred apps, honestly.
If you like one, there is a good chance you will like the other.- No account. Gentler Streak says “No user accounts. No servers.” and analyses health data on the iPhone.
- Rest counts. Gentler Streak’s streak “celebrates rest”; RestUp’s line is “rest is strength”.
- A daily read of your HRV, heart rate and sleep against your own normal range.
- Both read Apple Health, and both have iPhone widgets.
Where RestUp is different.
Sleep is the main screen, not a section.
Every night gets a sleep score out of 100, its stages around the clock, and a line in plain words: rested, 7h 51m, woke up three times. Last night’s sleep stays free after your first week.
Sleep debt, and your chronotype.
RestUp keeps a seven-night sleep debt and reads your chronotype from your recorded nights, then uses both to suggest when to wind down tonight.
What your workouts do to your nights.
RestUp reads your walks and workouts and checks them against your own sleep and readiness: on your hike days, did anything change? It says so when nothing did, and that a pattern is not proof. Workout pages are part of RestUp Plus.
On Android too.
RestUp runs on Android and reads any watch that writes to Health Connect, with the same readings, all computed on your phone.
If you move a lot, Gentler Streak does far more for it.
And if you would rather not see a daily number at all, Gentler Streak is built that way on purpose. Its co-founder: “We avoid putting your daily form into a score, percentage, or body battery concept.”
- A workout tracker on the watch with 140+ activity types, heart rate zones and GPS.
- Cycle-aware guidance, and Sick, Injured and On a Break statuses.
- 2024 Apple Design Award for Social Impact, and 2022 Apple Watch App of the Year.
- 4.7 stars from about 8,800 US App Store ratings, and Family Sharing plans.
Side by side
Checked 8 October 2026| Feature | RestUp | Gentler Streak |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | iPhone + Apple Watch, or Android via Health Connect | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch; no Android version found |
| Account | None | None |
| Where health data is processed | On your phone | On the iPhone |
| App Store privacy label | Anonymous app analytics only | Nothing linked to you; analytics and coarse location not linked to you |
| Daily read | Readiness 0–100 with a line in plain words | Daily Readiness by colour, deliberately no score |
| Sleep | Sleep score 0–100 with stages | Stages, rated Poor to Excellent; full analysis in Premium |
| Sleep debt | Yes, 7-night ledger | Not found |
| Chronotype | Yes | Not found |
| Workouts | Reads walks and workouts and compares them with your usual | Activity Path, workout suggestions, full workout tracker |
| Price | RestUp Plus; price in the App Store or Google Play | Free with Premium; monthly, yearly, family and lifetime plans at several listed prices |
| Free trial | 7 days | Not stated |
| US App Store rating | New; too few ratings to show | 4.7 from about 8,800 ratings |
Gentler Streak facts from gentlerstories.com, docs.gentler.app, its privacy policy and its US App Store listing, checked 8 October 2026. The App Store lists several price points per plan, so none is quoted as the standard price.
Which one should you pick?
Moving is what you want help with: how much to do today, a workout to start from your wrist, and a streak that forgives a rest day. Or if you would rather never see a score.
Sleep is what you want help with: last night in plain words, your sleep debt, your chronotype and a plan for tonight. Or if you are on Android. The two do different jobs, so using both is reasonable.
Sources
- Gentler Streak on the App Store: platforms, pricing, privacy label, rating, awards
- gentlerstories.com: no accounts, no servers, on-iPhone analysis
- Help: the Activity Path
- Help: daily sleep analysis and Premium details
- Gentler Streak privacy policy: local health data, analytics SDKs
- 9to5Mac, February 2023: the co-founder on avoiding a score