Using Push without an Apple Watch
Push reads Apple Health, not a particular device. What you see depends on what arrives in Health, so here is what to expect without an Apple Watch.
| What you wear | Recovery Score | Everything else |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Watch, worn to bed | Yes, after seven nights | The whole app |
| Another tracker that writes to Health | Yes, if it writes overnight heart data or sleep stages | Whatever it writes, plus your iPhone's activity |
| Only an iPhone | No | Steps, distance, flights and other iPhone metrics in Vitals |
Another tracker
Push does not check which device a reading came from. If your tracker writes heart rate variability, resting heart rate, breathing rate, blood oxygen or staged sleep to Apple Health, Push scores with what is there and leaves out what is not. A missing signal is never counted as a bad one. See How the score works.
Workouts from other apps count toward Strain too. A workout without heart rate falls back to its active energy.
Only an iPhone
- The Recovery Score needs overnight readings, and an iPhone alone does not record them, so Today stays on No Score Yet.
- Sleep your iPhone logs to Health has no stages, so it does not count toward the seven nights your first score needs.
- Today shows what is already in Health, marked as not scored. Steps, distance, flights climbed and the other metrics your iPhone records are charted in Vitals, with daily goals.
- Pair a watch later and your score arrives once it has recorded enough nights. Nothing needs resetting.
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.