Glacir is a stretching app for iPhone. It has 80 stretches, each with an illustration, short cues, what you should feel, a "skip if" note and the muscles it works; 21 ready-made routines; 6 multi-day programmes; a body map that builds a routine from where you feel tight; and a player with a timer, short spoken announcements and an optional Bluetooth heart-rate strap. Glacir is free, with no in-app purchases and no account.
Questions, a problem, or a stretch you are missing? Write to [email protected]. It helps if you mention your iPhone model, your iOS version and the app version (in the app: Settings → About).
Which languages does the voice speak?
During a routine Glacir makes short announcements: the name of the stretch, when to switch sides, and when the routine is complete. In English they use a recorded voice. In German, French, Spanish, Norwegian and Swedish your iPhone's built-in voice speaks them in the app's language. For a better-sounding built-in voice, download one in iOS Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Voices. You can switch the announcements off with the speaker button in the player or in the app's Settings → Voice cues.
What does Glacir do with Apple Health?
Only if you allow it: it saves each completed routine as a Flexibility workout with estimated active energy, and wind-down routines as Mindful Minutes. It reads your recent workouts and step count to suggest a fitting routine, and your body weight to estimate the energy of a session. You can change these permissions in the Health app (your profile picture → Apps → Glacir).
My workouts are not showing up in Health.
Check that "Save to Apple Health" is on (on the finish screen or in the app's Settings → Apple Health) and that Glacir is allowed to write workouts in the Health app (your profile picture → Apps → Glacir). A session finished while the phone was locked is saved the next time you open the app.
Which heart-rate sensors work?
Any sensor that sends heart rate over Bluetooth with the standard Bluetooth Heart Rate profile, for example:
Sensors that only speak ANT+ cannot connect: an iPhone has no ANT+ radio. To connect, open the app's Settings → Heart rate sensor → Search for a sensor, and wear the strap so it switches on. After that, the sensor reconnects by itself when you start a routine. Glacir shows your live heart rate during the routine and keeps the average and peak with the session; it does not write heart rate to Apple Health.
How do I get my history onto a new iPhone?
Sign in to iCloud with the same Apple Account and keep iCloud switched on for Glacir (iOS Settings → your name → iCloud). Your session history, custom routines, profile, programme progress and body-map check-ins come back by themselves once the app is installed. The app's Settings → iCloud Backup shows whether syncing works and how much is backed up.
How do I delete my data?