Helix

Getting started

Getting started

What Helix is, what it reads from Apple Health, and the path from install to your first trustworthy recovery score.

Helix is a fitness intelligence app for iPhone and Apple Watch. It reads the health data your devices already record, scores how recovered you are every morning, tracks strain against a personal ceiling through the day, and turns sleep, heart data, workouts and bloodwork into one clear daily verdict: push, or back off.

Three things make it different, and they shape everything in these docs:

  • You vs. you. Every score is measured against your own rolling baselines, never population averages. That is also why Helix needs a short calibration period before it speaks with full confidence.
  • No backend, no account. Scores are computed and stored on your iPhone. There is nothing to sign up for and no server holding your health data.
  • Honest numbers. Estimates are labeled as estimates. Missing data shows as missing, not as an invented number.

Start here

What’s free and what’s Pro

The core loop is free forever, with no account and no trial clock: recovery, strain, sleep and stress. Helix Pro adds the deeper labs.

AreaPlanWhat it does
Recovery, Strain, Sleep, StressFreeThe daily loop: score, ceiling, verdict
VO₂max LabProTrajectory, Cooper test, intervals, threshold, race predictions
Training LabProPer-muscle recovery, strength index, logging, templates
Bloodwork & ExperimentsProPanel uploads, marker scoring, guided protocols
Energy Schedule & AI coachProCircadian energy curve; a coach that reads your numbers

How these docs are written

We describe what each feature reads, how it personalizes to you, and which direction moves the number. We do not publish the internal math. Where a claim depends on your own data, the app itself is the source of truth; the docs tell you where to look.

Questions the docs don’t answer? Write to us and we’ll fix the docs, not just the reply.