How the Recovery Score works
Every morning Push compares last night with your own recent nights, never with other people, and turns the result into one number from 0 to 100.
What goes into it
Heart rate variability, resting heart rate, sleep, breathing rate and blood oxygen, all read from Apple Health. Push blends them into one number.
| Signal | What counts as better |
|---|---|
| Heart rate variability | Higher than your usual |
| Resting heart rate | Lower than your usual |
| Sleep | A four-part score of its own. See Sleep score. |
| Respiratory rate | Close to your usual, in either direction |
| Blood oxygen | Close to your usual, in either direction |
| Wrist temperature | Shown in the app, not part of the score |
Compared with you
- Each signal is compared with your own recent nights: 14 by default, which you can change in You › Baseline & Units.
- Last night is never part of its own comparison.
- A reading that is unusual for you moves the score more than one that is ordinary for you.
- Nobody else's numbers are involved. A figure that is normal for you is treated as normal.
Missing signals never count as zero
If a signal did not arrive last night, whether your watch lacks the sensor or it simply did not record, Push scores with the signals that did. A missing reading is never treated as a bad one.
An ordinary night is Steady
A night that matches your usual lands in the Steady band. Better than usual climbs toward 100; worse falls toward 0.
See what moved it
Today breaks the score down by signal, so you can see which ones lifted it and which held it back. The full method is inside the app under You › How It Works.
Questions
Why these signals?
They are what your Apple Watch records overnight that best reflect how rested you are. Each is compared with your own nights, not other people's.
Why is wrist temperature not scored?
It is one of the most interesting signals to look at and one of the least reliable to score, so Push shows it and leaves it out of the number.
Does Push measure my blood oxygen?
No. Push reads what your Apple Watch has already recorded in Health. It measures nothing itself.
Push is free on the App Store, for iPhone and Apple Watch.
Push is a general wellness feature, not a substitute for professional medical judgment, does not account for existing conditions or medications.