Hi all!
I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while in order to share the way I keep track and analyze my fitness data. The goal is to both share my inputs and hear some feedback to sss what works for others.
**Hardware:**
**Apple Watch Series 10**
I use this for the vast majority of my day as it has all the important sensors and it writes everything in Apple Health of course. In terms of workouts, I use it for the gym, padel and running - workouts I need to be able to check the time, pace and other important metrics at a glance.
**Amazfit Helio Strap**
It’s been called the Whoop Killer. It’s super lightweight, has no screen just like the Whoop but the main difference is that you only pay the hardware itself (100€) with no yearly fees. It’s been having monthly updates so far and one of the main ones is the ability to write HRV in Apple Health as well. I use it to sleep (much more comfortable than the AW) and for CrossFit (as I don’t want to damage my AW) - all the metrics (REM sleep, time slept, BPMs, SPO2, etc) are transferred via Zepp (the devices’ app) to Apple Health as well.
**Software:**
**Bevel**
The best discovery of 2025 by far. I come from using Athlytic and MyFitnessPal and Bevel just combines all in one in an amazing, elegant and very useful interface. It gives you recovery, sleep and strain levels, the AI chat definitely need some improvements (it’s kind of robotic and repetitive) but it works, and it even gives you a daily score based on the food you eat. I’ve been tracking my macros for years on MyFitnessPal and never thought any other app would even compare to it, but Bevel does. The app’s database is insane, it has AI recognition if you take a picture of your food and it even scans barcodes. I also log my gym workout routines there to see what muscle groups need more work - Bevel also has an exercise library that’s quite complete and it even gives you workout suggestions. It’s my holy grail and of course reads ALL the data (weight, water intake, sleep, daily steps, etc) from Apple Health that is necessary.
**Water Tracker**
I’ve tested dozens of apps to track my water intake and I kept coming back to this one. The UI is a little too “fun” for my taste as I want things simple but it has some cool widgets, it gives you weekly and monthly averages and has a lot of different kind of beverages you can choose from, which give you different kind of water percentages. Things like coffee, decaf, energy drinks, alcoholic beverages and juices are obviously included.
**Apple Health**
It’s basically the hub that collects all the data from both wearables and other apps and writes it into other apps that I need to (Bevel). I don’t really open it as much - only when I write manually my weight and waist circumference)
**Zepp**
Again, I only use this to transfer the data from the Helio Strap to Apple Health. It has some really cool (and Whoop like) features like Biocharge, Exertion and Stress levels, but given I don’t use it 24/7 I don’t really rely on it too for daily analysis. The user interface is super nice tho.
**Apple Fitness**
It’s super basic, disappointing even. It doesn’t even have a decent way to connect to friends like Whoop does for example. But I take a look at it from time to time to check if I’m closing my rings (which the Helio Strap can contribute to but only while working out, not for the rest the day’s active energy)
And that’s it. I’m no Bryan Johnson but I like to keep track of this as much as I can. Let me know if you have any suggestions!
**UPDATE:**
Since working out with the Helio Strap won't contribute to Apple Fitness Rings and the data Zepp sends to Apple Health is very limited, I added another app for that. It's called HealthFit, it allows the manual workouts import to Apple Health/Fitness, it fills Apple Watch's exercise and active rings (only with workouts) and it provides some cool data and statistics.
I bought an Amazfit Helio strap because I thought it would be better than my inspire 3. It's not better.
I wear my inspire 3 on my bicep and have done so for years now. Best value for money wearable and about as accurate as an iwatch.
I went back to my inspire
I have the Amazfit ring and Helio strap. I like using the ring for sleep tracking. I don't like wearing the fitness band to bed so the ring is a better option. Outside of that though the band is usually my preferred option. It has a longer battery life, I can lift weights with it on and it just does a better job of tracking things overall.
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