Own it, don't rent it
cowe is a one-time $24.99 purchase — $15 if you lock the founding price on the waitlist. You buy it once and it's yours; there's no membership quietly renewing in the background.
A simpler Bevel alternative
The pay-once Bevel alternative for Apple Watch.
cowe is a pay-once recovery app for Apple Watch that turns your own HRV, resting heart rate and sleep into one calm morning recovery score, computed 100% on-device. If you came looking for a Bevel alternative, the pitch is short: own it once, keep your data on your wrist, and read one number that's built from your own baseline — no account, no cloud, no subscription.
Lock the $15 founding price.
Recovery you own, on the Apple Watch you already have — pay once, no subscription. Join free now and lock $15 before it rises to $24.99 at launch.
One calm morning recovery score — computed on your own device from the signals your Apple Watch already records.
Why look for a Bevel alternative?
Bevel keeps your HRV trends on your iPhone, which people like — but it's primarily a phone-side HRV picture. cowe is built the other way round: it reads HRV, resting heart rate and sleep straight off the Apple Watch you already wear and collapses all three into one calm morning recovery score you act on, scored against your own baseline and computed 100% on-device. So most people end up here for one of three reasons: they'd rather own an app outright than rent it, they don't want a second account and another cloud holding their health data, or they simply want one clear number in the morning instead of a wall of charts. cowe is built around exactly those instincts.
No account, no cloud
There's nothing to sign up for. Your recovery score is computed on your iPhone and Apple Watch and stays there — no profile, no server, no analytics following you around.
One number, not a dashboard
cowe answers the only question that matters before you plan your day — am I recovered? — with a single morning score, then shows the why underneath if you want it.
How does cowe build the morning score?
It reads three signals your Apple Watch already records overnight and weighs them against your own baseline — not a stranger's average. No new band, ring or strap; the watch on your wrist is the sensor.
- Heart-rate variability (HRV) It's the most telling overnight signal, but it's noisy night to night. cowe reads the trend, not a single morning, so one rough night doesn't tank your score.
- Resting heart rate Steadier than HRV, so it acts as a check. When it drifts up against your personal trend, that's a quiet signal your body is still working harder than usual.
- Sleep Duration and consistency are the foundation under the other two. cowe treats sleep as directional and, crucially, tells you when it isn't confident yet rather than faking certainty.
New to these signals? See what your Apple Watch already tracks — a free explainer, no signup.
Is cowe the right kind of recovery app for me?
cowe is for people who already wear an Apple Watch and want recovery to be calm, private and paid-for-once. If that's you, a few neighbouring pages go deeper on the parts you care about most.
- Want the full picture first? Start with the pillar on what an Apple Watch recovery app actually does and how cowe approaches it.
- Here mostly for HRV? See why cowe reads the trend, not one morning, in the guide to the best HRV app for Apple Watch.
- Privacy is the deal-breaker? Read how a truly private recovery app keeps every score on your own devices.
Common questions about switching to cowe
Do I have to buy any extra hardware?
No. cowe runs on the Apple Watch and iPhone you already own — there's no separate band, ring or strap to buy or wear.
Is there really no subscription?
Correct. cowe is a one-time $24.99 purchase you own outright. Waitlist members lock the founding price of $15 before launch.
Will I need to create an account?
No. There's no login and no profile. Open the app and your morning recovery score is computed on-device from data the watch already has.
What if it can't tell yet?
cowe says so. Recovery trends vary by person, so it reads against your own baseline and tells you when it isn't confident rather than guessing a number.
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A pay-once recovery score, on the watch you already wear.
One calm morning number, built from your own HRV, resting heart rate and sleep — computed on-device, no account, no cloud, no subscription. Join the cowe waitlist and lock the founding price before launch.
- Pre-launch · watchOS + iOS
- No account, no cloud
- Pay once