kovaakovaa asks for each type of data separately and only reads what it uses. You can turn any of them off in Settings › Privacy & Security › Health › kovaa. kovaa keeps working, just with less to go on. Without sleep and HRV, for example, there's no morning readiness.
What kovaa reads
| Data | What it's used for |
|---|---|
| Workouts and workout routes | To match what you did against the plan, show your route, and adjust the plan. |
| Sleep | To work out how ready you are each morning. |
| Heart rate | For heart-rate zones in each workout, and to estimate training load when there's no power data. |
| Resting heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) | Your morning readiness, compared with your own 30- and 60-day baselines. |
| Respiratory rate and sleeping wrist temperature | Early signs you might be getting sick, as part of readiness. |
| VO2 max and body weight | Your fitness trend, strength calories and power-to-weight. |
| Active energy | Calories for each workout. |
| Running distance, power and speed | Run pace, splits and power. |
| Cycling distance, power, cadence and speed | Ride power, normalized power and training load. |
| Cycling functional threshold power (FTP) | To suggest your FTP when you set up kovaa. |
| Swimming distance and stroke count | Swim lengths, pace and SWOLF. |
| Workout effort (yours and Apple’s estimate) | Effort you already rated in Apple Fitness, so you aren’t asked twice. |
What kovaa writes
| Data | When |
|---|---|
| Workouts | Strength sessions you log in kovaa. |
| Active energy | Calories for those strength sessions. |
| Workout effort | How hard a workout felt, when you rate it in kovaa. |
kovaa never writes runs, rides or swims: those are recorded by your Apple Watch or other devices.
Our commitments
- Health data is read and processed on your iPhone. kovaa has no server and sends none of it to us.
- It's used only to plan and adjust your training.
- It's never sold, never used for advertising or marketing, and never shared with third parties.
- kovaa doesn't store health data in iCloud. Your iPhone's own backups may include kovaa's training records, under your backup settings.
Read the full Privacy Policy.