Bevel, the App That Turns Your Apple Watch Into a “Whoop,” Is Now Free.
The creators of Bevel , a health app for the Apple Watch that turns the device into a Whoop-style fitness tracker, announced on social media that nearly all of the app’s features will soon be available for free. Until now, Bevel required a $5.99 per month (or $49.99 per year) subscription. However, the paid subscription will not be completely eliminated.
What does the Bevel function do?
You can read my review of Bevel here , but in short, it’s a tracking app that uses data from your Apple Watch (and other devices) to provide a Whoop-style dashboard that collects and analyzes your health data in one place. Bevel can give you recommendations on how well it thinks you’re recovered and how your habits are impacting your health metrics. While the Apple Watch can collect a lot of data, Apple has never created an app that integrates it all in a convenient and easy-to-read format.
It’s this integrated dashboard that’s a strength of Apple Watch competitors like Whoop and Oura, and using Bevel (or one of its competitors, like Athlytic ) provides a similar user experience.
What’s Free in Bevel (and What’s the Catch?)
According to Bevel posts on Instagram and Reddit , this week’s update will make all Bevel features free, with the exception of Bevel Intelligence , their AI-powered feature. The company explains this is because providing AI is more expensive. Free features include everything else: “all historical data, nutrition, strength development, sleep alarm, and more.”
The company also hinted that two things will likely arrive in 2026: new features (details have not yet been announced) and a price increase . Customers currently subscribed to the annual plan will remain subscribed to the 2026 plans at the same price as they are now.
There’s not enough information to say whether next year’s plans, which the company calls “Bevel 3.0,” will justify the subscription fee, whatever it may be. But I can say the features of the regular Bevel are definitely worth checking out, especially considering it’s free. Bevel collects data from virtually any health app that connects to Apple Health and can track a variety of metrics, including strength training by muscle group, cardio, recovery metrics, and habit tracking. Most other wearables collect this information in their own apps, but if you wear an Apple Watch, Bevel is one of the best ways to combine it all.