Both apps do the same trick. They take the heart data your Apple Watch already has and turn it into a recovery score. After that they walk in opposite directions.
One disclosure. I build Mallet, so I compete with both. Everything below was checked against each app's own site and App Store listing on October 10, 2026. Prices and features move. Check theirs before you subscribe.
Athlytic Stays Small On Purpose
Athlytic gives you a Recovery score from 0 to 100 percent, built from overnight heart rate variability and resting heart rate. It pairs that with an Exertion score from 0 to 10 and a target zone for the day. One number says how ready you are. The other says how hard to go.
Around that sit a sleep score, a journal that shows how habits affect recovery, and health monitoring against your own baseline. Athlytic says everything is read and processed on your device through Apple Health, and its App Store privacy label reads “Data Not Collected.”
It costs $29.99 a year or $4.99 a month, with a seven day free trial.
Bevel Keeps Adding Rooms
Bevel starts in the same place, with recovery, sleep, strain, and stress scores. Those are free. Then it keeps going. Food logging and a strength builder are in the free tier too. Bevel Pro, at $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, adds its AI coach, lab uploads, and Biological Age.
So the choice is less about which recovery score is right. It is about how much app you want around it.
| Question | Bevel | Athlytic |
|---|---|---|
| Recovery score | Yes, free | Yes, 0 to 100 percent |
| How hard to train today | Strain score. Coaching is in Pro | Exertion score with a daily target zone |
| Food logging | Built in and free | Not on its feature list |
| Ask it a question | Pro: Bevel Intelligence | Ask Athlytic, which needs Apple Intelligence |
| Blood work | Pro: lab uploads and Biological Age | Not on its feature list |
| Extra hardware | None | None |
| Price | Free. Pro is $99.99 a year | $29.99 a year after a free trial |
Pick Athlytic If
- You want one decision a day. How recovered am I, and how hard should I go. Then close the app.
- Privacy is the deciding factor. Athlytic says your data is processed on your device.
- You already log food and lifting somewhere you like. You do not need another place for them.
Pick Bevel If
- You want food, lifting, and scores in one free app. Bevel covers all three before you pay anything.
- You want lab uploads later. Bevel Pro reads blood work. Athlytic does not list that.
- You wear more than an Apple Watch. Bevel also lists Garmin, Oura, and Google Health as sources.
What Neither One Is Built For
A recovery score is an input. It can earn you a lighter session. It cannot tell you that three supplements doubled the same ingredient, or hold the schedule for a protocol, or tie a lab marker to what you eat this week.
That is the layer I am building Mallet for. It reads the same Apple Health data and puts it next to supplements, protocols, labs, food, and training. If that is the gap you keep hitting, read the Bevel alternative piece.
Keep whichever score you trust. Mallet gives it a place to land, next to food, training, labs, and your stack, so a red morning can change the week without running it. Get early access →
This Week
Both have a free way in. Athlytic has a seven day trial. Bevel's core costs nothing. Run them side by side for a week and keep the one you opened without being reminded. For the details on Bevel's tiers, read what is free and what is Pro. If you are also weighing hardware, read Bevel vs WHOOP.
Sources
- Athlytic. Features, pricing, and privacy.
- Athlytic. App Store listing.
- Bevel membership and pricing. Bevel Help Center.
- Bevel: AI Health Coach. App Store listing.
Checked October 10, 2026. US prices. Bevel and Athlytic are trademarks of their owners. Mallet is not affiliated with either.