Apple Health knows your output. It has no idea what your gear went through to get you there. Gear-Life fills that gap by tracking foam wear, flagging the right shoe per workout type, and telling you exactly when to replace before something breaks down.
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Cumulative Stress Score
Every workout stresses your foam differently. A HIIT session hits shoes harder than a walk. A trail run hits harder than a treadmill. CSS tracks mechanical wear precisely: activity type, pace, heart rate, and body weight. Not just miles.
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Every Activity Type. Auto-Synced.
Runs, walks, hikes, HIIT, CrossFit, lifting, and treadmill sessions all flow in from Apple Health automatically. Any activity can also be logged manually in seconds with a simple two-step flow. 12 months of history on day one. Each activity type carries its own foam stress multiplier. HIIT hits shoes harder than a walk. Gear-Life knows the difference.
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Activity-Aware Recovery Intelligence
Gear-Life reads your sleep, HRV, and resting HR every morning — and matches its advice to how you train. If you run, it suggests easy runs or rest. If you lift, it recommends mobility work. If you do HIIT, it tells you to skip the intervals. Recovery advice calibrated to your actual activity mix, not just runners.
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Proactive Alerts
Get notified when foam health drops below 30%, when gait shift is detected, or when your insoles need replacing, before your body tells you first. Works across every shoe category: running shoes, trainers, and lifting shoes alike.
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Insole Tracking
Aftermarket insoles wear out independently of the shoe. Gear-Life tracks insole mileage separately from shoe mileage. You never toss a good insole with a worn-out shoe, and never train on dead cushioning in shoes that still look fine.
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Category-Aware Wear Today
Running shoes, training shoes, and lifting shoes live in separate closet categories. Gear-Life never recommends a Hoka for a HIIT session or a flat lifter for a trail run. The right shoe for what you're actually doing, not just the one with the best foam health.
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Gear Advisor Check-Ins
Twice a year, Gear-Life acts as your personal gear advisor. A mid-year check-in in July and a full year-in-review in January surface insights from your actual data: your hardest-working shoe, your most active month, replacement timelines, and a forward look at what your gear will need next.
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Built Accessible from Day One
Gear-Life is built to WCAG 2.1 AA standards — the same accessibility certification required for government and enterprise software. VoiceOver-ready throughout. Dynamic Type support on every screen. Full Reduce Motion compliance. Color contrast verified across every status indicator. Accessibility isn't a checkbox — it's built into the foundation.
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Weather & Date — In the App Header
Today's date and current weather conditions appear right in the Gear-Life header and inside Sage's chat interface. City-level location, °F or °C based on your locale with a user toggle — and Sage uses it to give weather-aware gear advice. "87°F and clear — great day for a run."
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Consistent Design System
Every card in Gear-Life — shoe cards, alerts, activity intelligence, recovery, training load — shares the same tile design language. White card, layered shadow, colored icon tile, bold title. A visual system built once and applied everywhere, so the app always feels intentional.
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I Wore a Different Pair
Auto-assigned the wrong shoe after a run? Tap "I wore a different pair" in Edit Activity to add a shoe you haven't logged yet — right from the correction flow. It goes into your closet and gets assigned to the run in one step. CSS recalculates automatically.
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🌿 Apple Intelligence · On-Device · Free
Sage — Conversational Gear AI
Meet Sage, Gear-Life's built-in AI advisor. She knows your closet, your training load, your recovery score, your heart rate zones, your steps, sleep stages, and SpO2. Ask her which shoe to wear today, how your foam is holding up, or how many miles you ran last week. She has answers, not guesses — and she remembers your conversation across the session.
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Runs on your iPhone · No cloud
Free in Core · Always
Session memory
✦ Included in Core Free
iPhone 15 Pro+ · iOS 18+
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Pro Intelligence Coming After Launch
Gear-Life Pro goes deeper — visual wear analysis, cardiovascular effort intelligence per shoe, full gear history, and Sage Pro's enhanced advisory capabilities. Built for athletes who want to understand their gear, not just track it. $1.99/mo or $9.99/yr. Apple Intelligence is free in both Core and Pro.
Pro Feature
Launching After Core
