Muscle fatigue tracking has been recalibrated for more accurate readings across all training styles. The Calisthenics section has been redesigned from the ground up. The workout tracker is now more intuitive, with a clearer flow during your sessions.

Aethel 2.0 is the biggest release since the app launched. REDESIGNED FROM SCRATCH Every screen has been redrawn: soft shadows, real depth, careful typography. Same app, completely different feel. APPLE WATCH APP Start a workout on your iPhone and the Watch starts by itself. It records your heart rate throughout and saves it with the workout in Health, where it never showed up before. On your wrist you get heart rate, elapsed time and the rest timer; pause on the Watch and your iPhone follows. READINESS SCORE A single number combining muscle fatigue, recovery and heart rate variability. Enough to tell in thirty seconds whether today is a day to push. WORKOUT SHARING Every workout has a short code. Send it to anyone, they import it in one tap. SESSION RECOVERY If the app closes mid-workout you pick up where you left off: sets, weights and timers all still there. THEME PREVIEW Thirty seconds of free trial on any theme before you decide. EXTENDED CLOUD BACKUP Now includes calisthenics skills and preferences. FIXES - The fatigue model counted sets taken to failure twice when RIR was also logged. Failure sets now carry a consistent recovery cost. - Workouts finished after midnight were recorded on the previous day in the calendar, breaking your streak. - The calendar now marks days as completed even when nothing was scheduled. - The workout count ignored workouts inside folders and stayed at zero. - Workouts deleted from your history are now removed from Apple Health too. - Fixed a crash when the rest timer ran out. - The notes field no longer ends up underneath the keyboard while typing. Thanks to everyone who reported issues and sent ideas: nearly everything in this release came from there. Keep them coming.

Rethought workout templates Templates now start with a single tap and work as guides: exercises and sets stay fixed, you just log your weights. Everything you enter still goes into your history, exactly like any other workout. Push Upper Body and Legs & Glutes have been expanded with new exercises. Calendar Tap the year at the top to open the picker and jump between years without scrolling month by month. Rest timer When you minimise it, it stays visible inside the exercise and the session, so you never have to go back just to check how long is left. Fixes - Fixed a crash when opening "Continue without account" - Fixed a crash on Android when the rest timer ran out - Account name is now correctly retrieved from Apple and Google - Page content is no longer cut off at the bottom - On Android the app's navigation bar no longer sits under the system bar - Filters are no longer cut off on some Android devices - Version and build numbers now correct on Android - The paywall no longer shows outdated prices when the store doesn't respond

What’s New in This Version! - 4 New Themes: Personalize Aethel with fresh new visual styles designed to match your vibe. - Direct Workout Sharing: Share your workouts directly in the app with friends or the community in just one tap. - Introducing Partners: Explore our new dedicated Partner section. Update now and take your training to the next level!

What's new in this version: Quick Workout — on a free day, jump straight into a workout without scheduling it first: it's still saved to your history and counts toward PRs and your streak. Edit workout date — you can now correct the day a past workout was done: calendar, streak, muscle recovery, and Apple Health all update automatically. More reliable cloud backup — fixed cases where cloud backup wouldn't complete correctly. Workout timer — fixed a rare issue that could show an incorrect elapsed time when starting a workout. Minor improvements and stability fixes.

- Critical bug fixed: Resolved a major issue causing instability. The app is now solid and reliable. - Glitch cleanup: Fixed several annoying minor bugs and interface issues. - Overall performance optimizations for a smoother experience.

Aethel speaks Italian and English. Every screen, message, notification, and text in the app is now available in Italian and English. The language is selected automatically based on your device settings. Privacy Policy and Terms of Service are fully translated into both languages.

Two new ways to train: Supersets and EMOM. Group any exercises into a Superset — the rest timer holds until you've finished the full circuit. Or set up an EMOM block and let Aethel pace your intervals automatically. Both modes are available as dedicated buttons below "Add Exercise" and can be enabled from your Profile settings. More exercises. The catalogue has grown to over 157 movements across gym, powerbuilding, and calisthenics — with accurate primary and secondary muscle mappings for every entry. Your workouts now live in Apple Health. Each completed session is saved automatically with active calories calculated from your real body weight, workout type, and effective duration. Your Apple Watch Movement ring gets the credit it deserves. HRV recovery. Aethel reads your Heart Rate Variability from Apple Health and turns it into a clear signal — Good, Moderate, or Stressed — so you know whether to push or hold back. Edit your workout history. Go back into any past session and adjust weights, reps, sets, or duration. Changes sync to Apple Health immediately, and your muscle fatigue map recalculates from scratch. Bug fixes: resolved multiple timer issues where reopening a workout could show stale elapsed time, the active session banner sometimes failed to appear, or re-entering a session wiped existing set data. Also corrected muscle recovery speeds — muscles were incorrectly showing as fully rested after as little as 10 hours.

This update is all about the Calisthenics Skill Tree — completely rebuilt from the ground up: - New lane-based layout: every skill branch now has its own clear path, so nodes and labels never overlap again - Full 2D scrolling — pan freely in every direction to explore the whole tree - Added a back button so you can always return to Progress with one tap Also in this release: - Fixed an issue where the Home screen could show "Rest day" even when a workout was already scheduled on your calendar - Cleaned up duplicate Calisthenics exercises (like Handstand vs. Freestanding Handstand) that pointed to the same movement — your progress now tracks correctly against the right skill Thanks for training with Aethel — keep pushing!

What's New - Added custom illustrations for exercises across the entire catalog, replacing generic icons with clear visual guides for muscle activation. - Fixed an issue where kg, reps, and notes could be lost when switching between workouts mid-session. - Rest timer can now be minimized, so you can browse the rest of the app while it counts down. A sound now plays when it ends. - Fixed muscle recovery times not updating accurately over time. - Fixed several skills in the Calisthenics tree not registering as completed. - Improved chart colors in Progress so each muscle group is easy to tell apart. - Home screen now reflects calendar changes immediately. - Improved Excel import: better exercise name matching, clearer error messages, and the option to choose a folder for imported workouts. - The calendar's "add workout" picker now only shows workouts you've actually added, not unused templates. - RIR tracking is now off by default for new users and can be enabled in settings. - Various bug fixes and stability improvements.