WHOOP
WHOOP is focused on optimizing human performance through innovative wearable technology. Founded by Will Ahmed, WHOOP aims to help individuals understand their bodies better and achieve their full potential. The technology continuously monitors metrics like heart rate and heart rate variability, sleep duration and quality, respiratory rate, blood oxygen, and other health parameters, providing valuable insights into strain, stress, and recovery with far-reaching implications for your health and longevity.
Therefore WHOOP offers different types of wristbands but also boxershorts, tangas, bras and other accessories that contain their tracking technology. The company's passion for understanding human physiology drives them to develop sensors that capture the intricacies of the human body, enabling users to improve their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Their core values emphasize research, development, privacy, and a commitment to taking action to drive progress.
4.2
Rating
Products
Easy app and usage
Relatively pricy for what it does and annoying subscription model
The level of behavioral insights decrease fast to non, if you already have a healthy lifestyle
HRV data often flaky and can't be taken seriously
- regeneration score
- ability to develop your own digital biomarkers via the questionnaire
- stress dashboard
- Step count is not usable
Exertion tracking
Daily stress tracking
- Long term data and comparison is great
- The extensiveness of what data you can capture and having it combined is what make whoop super powerful
- It's expensive, on the edge of not getting it, or only buying when its sales
- They need to bring out updated devices more often to balance cost imo
- Fitness tracking (HRV, RH..)
- Stress monitoring (daily)
- Accountability of both these things
- Sleek Look
- Comfortable Design
- No distraction by screen
- For the same reason less likely to damage in workouts when worn on wrists
App:
- I like the weekly plans and habit tracking options
- Lot's of data
- Autodetection of high intensity workouts works well, pretty much to the minute
- Original strap starts to smell pretty quickly
App:
- UX is not very intuitive
- Insights seem to follow very simple If-Then rules that (seem to be) only analyzing single habits not groups and possible interactions
- HRV measures seem erratic - since they influence recovery and suggested strain, the whole system feels untrustworthy
- HR measures are lower than with other wrist-worn devices
- All in all the measured data does not reflect how I feel at all (e.g. data not affected by a bad night of sleep or a weeklong cold)
- Great UX
- Minimal device that I enjoy wearing
- Great for developing a better understand for what your body needs
- Risk of over-tracking and thereby loosing touch with gut-feeling for my own body
Founders
Will Ahmed
Founded
2012
Category
Website
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