Gentler Stories, the team behind Gentler Streak, Apple Watch App of the Year 2022 and a 2024 Apple Design Award winner, has launched a new project for athletes who take training seriously. The Outsiders is not a wellness companion. It is a performance-first tracker built for cyclists, runners, swimmers, and others who already live in the world of data, self-coaching, and planned training cycles.
Where Gentler Streak is about balancing everyday fitness with kindness, The Outsiders is about precision. It starts each day with a Training Readiness score that factors in acute to chronic training load, body metrics, and sleep quality. This score is not just a number; it adapts to short-term trends and helps athletes know when to push and when to hold back. It is designed for people who see training as their main side project, not just a hobby.
Performance insights go deeper than what casual apps offer. Endurance Fitness, VO₂ max, and cycling FTP are tracked with long-term context, while Training Focus modes such as Polarized, Pyramid, and Threshold align effort with structured goals. HealthKit workouts are unified in one place with detailed breakdowns of load, distance, elevation, duration, and heart rate zones, plus charts that span weeks, months, and years. Planned updates include advanced metrics like running FT pace, cycling power curves, and interactive charts for training load ratios.
Recovery is treated with equal importance. Sleep quality, duration, stages, and consistency are tracked over 14 days to connect nightly rest with training performance. Combined with readiness scoring, this ensures progress keeps moving without tipping into overtraining.
Like Gentler Streak, the app puts privacy first. All data stays on the device and is pulled directly from HealthKit, never stored elsewhere. The Outsiders works best with 90 days of history, but adapts as athletes build up their data. An Apple Watch app is also on the way, bringing quick-glance stats to the wrist for workouts and recovery.
The Outsiders is available now for iPhone running iOS 26.0 or later. It is free to download, with subscriptions priced at $3.99 per month, $24.99 per year, or a $79.99 lifetime option.
For athletes who already trust Gentler Streak for wellness, The Outsiders is the next step. It is a tool built for those who log, analyze, and plan with intent. It is not about chasing streaks or gamified kudos. It is about balancing effort with recovery and making performance gains that last.
