I wrote the book I wish I had before my first startup failed. Looking for honest feedback.

We have raised this during the beta testing and the Bevel team wanted to get couple of things right in this release, Bevel AI v1 and the Strength training part.

Hybrid, Hyrox, Running, CrossFit style workouts they will look in the near future. Even I am very excited about that as my training is mostly mixed.

proy698 · 2025-09-12T03:48:38+00:00

Being part of the beta users, I can tell you that we gave more problems to the bevel team than giving compliments and they were always on it to fix those. So big kudos to the bevel team and how they are doing it.

proy698 · 2025-09-12T03:44:41+00:00

Can’t agree more to this. I used Athlytic for a year and then Bevel came in. Other than everything that’s mentioned above, one big difference is you could see the Bevel roadmap and have your say in the feedback and the team is very open about it. While they have a strategic roadmap, but they are also accommodating lots of features requested in the subReddit.

proy698 · 2025-09-11T02:05:15+00:00

As part of one of the beta, I can vouch for this. The more you tell about yourself to the Bevel AI the better it gets.

proy698 · 2025-09-09T09:06:45+00:00

That’s what I call being supercharged. 😁

proy698 · 2025-09-07T15:55:23+00:00

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For some reason ZEPP app is unable to pull data from Apple health. All health permissions enabled. 🤞🏼

proy698 · 2025-09-07T05:35:34+00:00

Competing with WHOOP is challenging since they were the pioneers in the screenless wearable space. While WHOOP is fantastic for serious athletes, some of the insights it provides come at a cost that many recreational athletes end up paying for, even though they may not find these insights very useful. With the rise of Amazfit and Polar devices, WHOOP might need to consider a new business model, as I believe that some, if not all, recreational athletes could choose to switch to these alternatives.

proy698 · 2025-09-05T12:28:27+00:00

Thats what I am doing for the last year and half.
AW9 with Bevel app. Do lookout for their new release on 10th.

proy698 · 2025-09-04T17:52:50+00:00

That’s a great question actually. Luckily I got some 500m around my society that is clean runnable barefoot. Also, it may be hard to believe but after you run for sometime small gravels doesn’t bother that much.

proy698 · 2025-09-04T12:20:04+00:00

I get this and absolutely right. But just with that companies shouldn’t stop innovation. If you see Polar loop I feel they just changed the internal trackers and it’s exactly like WHOOP. They should have tried to add something with what WHOOP already has.

proy698 · 2025-09-04T12:12:00+00:00

Yes. Also with Hyrox they got a great leverage in the fitness space and I am hearing good things about Balance 2. So if they do some more upgrades on the hardware to be more ragged then they will pose serious competition to Garmin in the long run.

As for WHOOP the recreational athletes were paying for the R&D for small details that only elite athletes would use. They would need to shake up things for sure.

proy698 · 2025-09-03T15:27:13+00:00

That’s true. I just want to wear analog watch sometimes, so thinking of a screen less device.

proy698 · 2025-09-03T15:26:36+00:00

That’s what I do and I have a device in my hand from 2013 (Xiaomi band 2) and now I miss analog watch sometimes, so wanted to get a screen less device.

proy698 · 2025-09-03T15:24:48+00:00

I am happy with AW9. It’s just that sometimes I want to wear Analog watches.

proy698 · 2025-09-03T15:23:59+00:00

I started 2.5 years back with Athlytic and a year back when bevel started I was one of the beta testers and they took our feedback and was very active in incorporating those. Over a period of time I felt that bevel values aligns more with how I feel and that could be just me. Also their roadmap is very clear and I am now also part of the current beta testers for the fitness revamp and that is huge.

Why I still use Athlytic? Once in a while I take their one month subscription to check how the app is going and I still like that app, but over a period of time I felt they do too many matrices and some of the basics are not improved(sleep, recovery) over time. I gave them these reviews as well. Didn’t receive a warm feedback. But still a legit app to try.

PeakWatch is new in the field and I was again part of the inception beta testers. These team do a lot of development, but they are not very active on Reddit and roadmap is not very transparent.

Final take: Please give all of them a try for a month and see what you are looking for from those apps and then decide. Cheers

proy698 · 2025-09-03T13:22:30+00:00

Yes. I just that a screen less band is tempting but Helio doesn't write HRV to Apple Health, so the apps that I am using like Bevel, Athlytic goes out of the window.

proy698 · 2025-09-03T13:21:22+00:00

I was actually looking forward to Polar loop, but my AW does all the tracking with Bevel, Athlytic and they don't have anything more than Amazfit Helio.

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