An Apple Health workout tracker that syncs both ways

Your workouts are already in Apple Health, from your Apple Watch, your running app and your gym machine. Daily Workout reads that history so your streak and analytics start on day one, and writes new workouts back so every app stays in sync.

Why start from your Health history

Starting a new workout app usually means starting from zero: empty calendar, empty charts, a streak of one. That's discouraging if you've been training for years, and it makes the first weeks of analytics useless.

Apple Health already holds a record of what you've done, written by your Apple Watch, running and cycling apps, gym equipment and other trackers. Reading it means the app knows your training from the first minute:

• Your streak and calendar fill in with workouts you've already done.
• Your analytics have real data: weekly time trained, workout mix, strongest days.
• Today's AI workout (Premium) can account for what you've actually been doing, not just what you told it during setup.

How the two-way sync works

Import (Health → Daily Workout). Connect Apple Health and your workout history imports, so your streak, calendar and analytics fill in from day one.

Export (Daily Workout → Health). Everything you log flows back to Apple Health, so your other fitness apps stay in sync and Health remains your single record.

You stay in control. Access is requested through Apple's standard permission screen. You choose the data types, and you can change or revoke access at any time in the Health app or iOS Settings.

What you can see once it's connected

With Premium analytics:

• Total workouts, time trained and calories for the week, month or year
• An 8-week training-minutes trend, with the previous period ghosted behind it
• Which workout types actually dominate your training
• Your strongest and weakest day of the week
• How your reported energy tracks against your training load
• A full-year heatmap of every day you showed up

These answer practical questions: Am I training more or less than last month? Do I always skip Thursdays? Has my running pushed out strength work?

Set it up in a minute

1. Open Daily Workout and connect Apple Health when prompted.
2. In Apple's permission screen, allow the workout data you want to share.
3. Give the import a moment. Your calendar, streak and analytics update with your history.
4. From then on, tap Done after a workout in the app and it's written to Health too.

If something doesn't appear, check access in the Health app: tap your profile picture, then Apps, then Daily Workout. The support page has more fixes.

Common combinations

• Apple Watch + Daily Workout: record the session on your watch as usual; it lands in Health and counts in Daily Workout. Use the app to know what to do today and to see the bigger picture.
• A running app + Daily Workout: runs import automatically; log strength or yoga in one tap.
• A detailed lifting log + Daily Workout: if your lifting app writes workouts to Health, they're included, and Daily Workout keeps the streak and the weekly overview (why a simple log helps).

Why Health as the single record helps

Keeping Apple Health as the one place your workouts live has practical benefits:

• Switching apps doesn't reset you. Your history stays in Health, so trying a new app, or coming back to an old one, doesn't mean starting from zero.
• Every source counts. A watch-recorded run, a class logged in another app and a one-tap strength session all end up in the same history.
• Fewer duplicates. Logging in one place and letting sync do the rest is easier than entering the same workout twice.
• Your data is visible to you. The Health app shows what each app has written, and you can delete entries there at any time.

Privacy

Health data is sensitive, so the rules are simple. It's used only to provide the app's fitness features to you. It's never sold, never used for advertising or marketing, and never shared with data brokers. Read the full privacy policy for what the app collects and why.

Does walking count?

Yes, and if your phone or watch records walks as workouts in Health, they can count toward your streak. A brisk walk is moderate-intensity exercise by most definitions. Our guide on whether walking counts as exercise explains where the line is.

Before you rely on the numbers

Calorie and heart-rate estimates from any wearable are estimates. Use them to see trends over weeks, not to make medical decisions. If a number worries you, talk to a doctor rather than an app.

This page is general fitness information, not medical advice. Check with a doctor before starting a new exercise program, especially if you have a health condition, are pregnant or have been inactive for a long time. Stop if you feel pain, dizziness or chest discomfort.