Comparisons
WHOOP alternative for Apple Watch: no strap, no membership
WHOOP sells a simple idea: wear a strap, wake up to a recovery score, and train by it. The strap comes with a yearly membership. If you already wear an Apple Watch, you are wearing the sensors a recovery score needs: it records your HRV, resting heart rate and sleep every night. What is missing is the app that turns them into a verdict. Here is how Keho does that, and how it compares with a WHOOP membership on cost and hardware.
Short answer
Keho is a WHOOP alternative for Apple Watch owners. It reads the HRV, resting heart rate, sleep and workouts your watch saves to Apple Health and gives you a readiness verdict from 0 to 10 every morning, with training load and sleep debt. No strap and no membership: the verdict is a one-time $4.99, against WHOOP memberships from $199 a year. No account, and everything is calculated on your iPhone.
Keho and WHOOP side by side
| Keho | WHOOP | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | The Apple Watch you already wear, or any watch or ring that saves to Apple Health | WHOOP’s own band, included with the membership |
| Cost of a daily recovery score | $4.99 once, or included with any purchase | Membership: One $199, Peak $239, Life $359 a year |
| Recovery or readiness every morning | Yes, 0–10 | Yes |
| Sleep and training load | Yes, incl. sleep debt and form | Yes, sleep and strain |
| VO2max and heart-rate zones | Yes | Yes |
| Training plans for running, cycling and yoga that adapt to recovery | Yes, with Keho Coach ($24.99 a year) | Not listed |
| Statistics for every sport, free | Yes | Not listed |
| Keho account | None | Membership |
WHOOP prices are US prices from whoop.com on 29 October 2026, with the band included; monthly billing is offered after a 12-month commitment. “Not listed” means we found no mention on WHOOP’s membership pages on that date.
The same signals, from your wrist
A recovery score compares last night with your own normal: heart rate variability, resting and sleeping heart rate, sleep and your recent training. Apple Watch records all of these when you wear it to bed. Keho reads them from Apple Health, compares each with your own usual range and gives you one verdict with the reasons in plain words, next to today’s session. Every vital has its own tile with your usual range, the last seven nights and a trend.
HRV numbers differ between devices. Apple Watch reports SDNN, WHOOP reports RMSSD, so the values are not comparable one to one. What matters is the trend against your own baseline, see HRV explained: SDNN vs RMSSD.
What it costs over three years
WHOOP One is $199 a year, so three years come to $597, more on Peak or Life. In Keho, readiness, training load and form and the VO2max trend are a one-time $4.99. Keho Coach, $24.99 a year, includes them and adds adaptive plans: $74.97 over three years. Statistics for every sport are free forever.
A score that changes the plan
Keho Coach builds plans for a first 5K up to a marathon, for a sportive, a gran fondo or a first 100 km on the bike, and yoga at home. When sleep, HRV or training load point to a tougher day, the plan offers easier options, and you decide. Sessions go to your Apple Watch with pace, power and heart-rate alerts.
Privacy
Keho has no account and no server holding your biometrics. Your health data stays in Apple Health and on your iPhone, and every calculation happens there.
Switching takes a few minutes
- Wear your Apple Watch to bed and turn on sleep tracking, so HRV, resting heart rate and sleep are recorded every night.
- Install Keho and allow Apple Health. There is no account. Keho reads the history already there.
- Read the first verdict the next morning, with the reasons and today’s session beside it.
Questions
Do I need to wear my Apple Watch at night?
Yes. HRV, resting heart rate and sleep are recorded overnight, so a readiness verdict needs the watch on your wrist in bed. Turn on sleep tracking in the Sleep app.
Does Keho read my WHOOP data?
WHOOP writes workouts to Apple Health, and Keho includes them in your statistics. Keho’s readiness verdict is built from the overnight data in Apple Health.
Is it medical advice?
No. Keho offers personal guidance from your own data, not a diagnosis.
Sources
- WHOOP membership, checked 29 October 2026
- WHOOP: membership pricing, checked 29 October 2026
- WHOOP One, checked 29 October 2026
- WHOOP: Apple Health integration, checked 29 October 2026