Polaris

Polaris alpha

Welcome to the alpha.

Thanks for testing Polaris. Start with the short welcome from Jason, then follow the three films in order. Setup takes about five minutes on your iPhone.

You need two things

  1. Open the TestFlight link

    Opens Apple's TestFlight app, where you install Polaris. Open it on your iPhone.

  2. Your invite code is in the email from Polaris. It works once and lasts 14 days.

Hey there, thanks for agreeing to test Polaris for Jennifer and myself. This is an early alpha test, so things may break, but that's what you're here for. So please give us your candid feedback as soon as anything goes wrong. Here are three additional short how-to videos to get you started. Thanks and talk soon. Bye.

Three films, in order

  1. Get the app. You'll get a TestFlight link and an invite code; keep the code handy. Tap the link. No TestFlight yet? Get it from the App Store. Back to the link, then Accept and Install. Open Polaris and Sign in with Apple; share or hide your email, either works. Type your invite code, then Continue. You're in. Next: Set up. Stuck? Text Jason a screenshot.

    Film 1 · 1 min

    Get the app

    Install Polaris from TestFlight, sign in with Apple and enter your invite code.

    1. Tap the TestFlight link. No TestFlight yet? Get it from the App Store.
    2. Back to the link, then Accept and Install.
    3. Open Polaris and Sign in with Apple. Sharing or hiding your email both work.
    4. Type your invite code, then Continue.

  2. Set up. First, Polaris asks before Coach uses AI: read it, then Agree. Allow Apple Health, then Turn On All; Polaris reads only Apple Health and never writes. Allow notifications; that's how your morning brief arrives. Coach asks about you one card at a time: goal, routine, availability, safety, style, food, targets and life stack. Answer what's true today, not your best week. Polaris doesn't connect to Oura, Garmin or Strava; it sees their data only if they share it to Apple Health. Thirty days, then you decide. Not a lock-in. Set up. Next: Living with Coach.

    Film 2 · 1 min 27 sec

    Set up

    Three permissions, then Coach asks about you one card at a time. Polaris reads only Apple Health: Oura, Garmin or Strava data reaches it only if those apps share to Apple Health.

    1. Read how Coach uses AI, then Agree.
    2. Allow Apple Health, then Turn On All. Polaris never writes to it.
    3. Allow notifications. That's how your morning brief arrives.
    4. Answer each setup card with what's true today, not your best week.
    5. Try the plan for 30 days. It's a trial, not a lock-in.

  3. Living with Coach: one day with Sam. 6:35 AM, weigh in: every morning, step on the scale first. Smart scale on Apple Health? It syncs itself. No smart scale? Weigh in, then add it in the Health app. 6:40 AM, morning brief: then tap the morning push; Coach reads your weight and your night and makes one plan for today. 7:30 AM, breakfast: type @ to log a meal; nothing saves until you tap Log it. 1:00 PM, steps: check Today any time; steps from Apple Health, with your food and training. 5:30 PM, workout: Coach picks up workouts from Apple Health and pings you to add what the watch can't see. 6:10 PM, lifting: log every set in Training; Previous shows last time. Finish, and Coach sees it right away. 9:00 PM, daily score: hit the day's habits, earn a star, if your plan has stars. Find your North Star. Stay the course. Open Coach once a day. Coach got something wrong? Text Jason a screenshot.

    Film 3 · 1 min 46 sec

    Living with Coach

    One day with Sam, a fictional member. The habit that matters most: weigh in when you get up, then get your morning brief.

    1. When you get up, step on the scale. A smart scale on Apple Health syncs itself; without one, add your weight in the Health app.
    2. Then tap the morning push. Coach reads your weight and your night and makes one plan for today.
    3. Log meals with @. Nothing saves until you tap Log it.
    4. Workouts come in from Apple Health. Tell Coach what the watch can't see, and log lifts in Training.
    5. Check Today any time. Hit the day's habits to earn a star, if your plan has stars.

Something broke, or Coach got it wrong?

Text Jason a screenshot. That's the most useful thing you can do as a tester.

Sam is fictional, and so are the numbers. Everything else is the Polaris iPhone app as it works today.