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The makers of Bevel<\/a>, a health app for the Apple Watch that turns the device into a Whoop-style fitness tracker, have announced on social media that nearly all of the app\u2019s functions will soon be available for free. Until now, Bevel required a $5.99\/month (or $49.99\/year) subscription.\u00a0That said, the paid tier isn’t going away completely.<\/p>\n What does Bevel do?<\/p>\n You can read my review of Bevel here<\/a>, but in brief, it\u2019s a tracking app that uses data from your Apple Watch (and other devices) to give you a Whoop-style dashboard that collects your health data in one place and analyzes it. Bevel can give you advice about how recovered it thinks you are, and how your habits affect your health metrics. While the Apple Watch can collect a lot of data, Apple has never built an app that integrates everything in a friendly, easily readable way.\u00a0<\/p>\n That integrated dashboard is where Apple Watch competitors like Whoop and Oura shine, and using Bevel (or one of its competitors, like Athlytic<\/a>) gives a similar experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n What\u2019s free in Bevel (and what\u2019s the catch?)\u00a0<\/p>\n According to announcements Bevel made on Instagram<\/a> and Reddit<\/a>, an update rolling out this week makes all features of Bevel free except Bevel Intelligence, their AI feature. The company says this is because AI is more expensive for it to provide. Free features include everything else: \u201call historical data, Nutrition, Strength Builder, Sleep Alarm, and much more.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n What do you think so far?<\/p>\n The company also hinted that two things are likely coming in 2026: more features (specifics not yet announced) and a price hike. Customers who currently subscribe to an annual plan will be grandfathered in to the 2026 plans at the same price they currently pay.\u00a0<\/p>\n There\u2019s not enough information to know whether next year\u2019s plans, which the company is calling \u201cBevel 3.0,\u201d will be worth the subscription fee, whatever it happens to be. But I can say that the features of regular Bevel are definitely worth a try, especially at no cost. Bevel collects data from almost any health app that links to Apple Health, and can track a multitude of metrics, including strength training by muscle group, cardio load, recovery scores, 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 consolidate it all.<\/p>\n