Kranj, 28th of May 2025 – Gentler Streak, the award-winning fitness tracker, just got two long-awaited updates: non-recorded steps now count toward your daily efforts, and RPE from Apple Workouts syncs with the app. Both features were shaped by user requests and expand how everyday activity is captured and reflected in your guidance.
Gentler Streak
Version: 5.5
Out: June 5th 2025
Gentler Streak just got a much-requested upgrade: non-recorded daily steps can now count toward your Activity Path’s efforts!
Rather than turning steps into something to chase, this feature is designed to help you better understand your daily movement and how it supports your fitness over time.
Steps feature includes:
**Steps and Their Impact on Your Activity Guidance **For those engaging in aerobic or anaerobic workouts regularly, including steps in their Activity Path may not change their guidance much or at all.
But there are two groups that could greatly benefit from it.
People navigating chronic conditions, will find this feature offers a more complete view of how daily movement impacts their activity levels. They might notice anything from a subtle shift to a significant change in their Path and guidance. This feature offers a more mindful way to plan your day, and manage or prevent flare-ups. In one of the future updates, we’ll also introduce “steps to overreaching” to add another layer of insight and support for flare-up prevention.
Also, for people who walk a lot throughout the day, whether for work or as part of their lifestyle, the inclusion of non-tracked steps offers a fuller picture of their daily movement and a more accurate reflection of their fitness.
“Step count can easily turn into just another metric to chase - and that’s exactly the kind of pressure we’re working to avoid. To integrate steps in a way that truly fits Gentler Streak, we had to rethink both how they influence guidance and how they're visualized. A ring might’ve seemed like a natural UI choice, but rings tend to create a subconscious need to complete them, which clashes with our core principle: adapting to where the user is, not the other way around. This solution is meant to reflect what is - not to drive behaviour, but to support better understanding of it.” Katarina Lotrič, CEO and co-founder.
We hope this update serves as another step toward a more personalized experience - where guidance bends to fit you, not vice versa.
Technicalities
You can now sync RPE from Apple’s Workouts app with Gentler Streak -previously, only RPE logged in our app counted toward your Activity Path.
Frequent users of this Apple Workouts feature, may notice changes in their Activity Path and the guidance provided by Gentler Streak. If the guidance feels off, we recommend dialling back on the RPE adjustments and sticking with calculated effort estimate, especially for aerobic workouts.
Everyone new to RPE concept or unsure how to use it, head to Insights > Gentler Streak 101 to learn more. Understanding it well can help your guidance stay accurate and supportive. Open the app, go to the Insights tab> Gentler Streak 101 > What is RPE, How to Use RPE, and Assess Your Efforts With RPE.
Technicalities
Activating both of these features requires additional access to Health data, which users will be prompted to confirm in the app. Seems like a good time to remind that all of the health data remains on the user's device at all times; this access makes guidance possible as it allows us to read and write data to the Health app, but it still keeps your data with you.
Thank you! :)