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Track Your Sauna Practice

Sweat estimates. Thermal adaptation. Health insights. Track your progress toward research-backed benefits.

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Sauna

00:00Target: 20:00
80°C
Upper
Features

Why This App

Built for sauna enthusiasts who want to optimize their practice with real data.

Know exactly how much to rehydrate

Your sweat rate depends on sauna temperature, session length, bench position, and your body. We factor it all in — so you know what to drink after every session.

~385ml

90°C • 20 min

600ml

Rehydrate

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Follow evidence-based protocols

Finnish Longevity. Deliberate Heat. Contrast Therapy. Track your compliance with science-backed sauna protocols and see your weekly progress at a glance.

4/5

This Week

Finnish

Protocol

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Hot + Cold. Perfectly tracked.

Alternate between sauna and cold plunge with guided timing. The app knows when you're heating up and when you're cooling down.

30 min

Hot

4 min

Cold

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Health Insights

Track Your Progress Toward Real Benefits

See your practice score, thermal adaptation timeline, and how your sessions measure up to research protocols.

Optimal
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Practice Score

~40-50% improvement vs. inactive

Weekly Progress

Toward optimal thresholds

Sauna38/45 min
Cold Exposure8/11 min

Weekly Sessions

KIHD study bracket

4-7x
0%

CV risk reduction

0%

Sudden cardiac death reduction

Thermal Adaptation Timeline

Sauna and cold adaptations build separately over weeks of consistent practice

SaunaWeek 8
Vascular
Thermoreg
Blood pressure
Sustained
ColdWeek 5
Cold shock
Stress adapt
Metabolism
Sustained
Alertness response doesn't weaken over time

Premium feature — included in 14-day free trial

Heart Rate Analytics

Connect Your Heart Rate Monitor

Pair any Bluetooth heart rate monitor and unlock four analytics modules that turn raw BPM into actionable session insights.

Live Session20:00 min
118bpm avg
122bpm max
72bpm rest

HR Zones

Z1
15%
Z2
25%
Z3
35%
Z4
20%
Z5
5%

Estimated Calories

Heart rate-corrected model

SAUNA
~0kcal
35-65 range

Corrected for passive heat — your elevated HR is thermoregulatory, not metabolic. Honest estimates, shown as ranges.

Cold Shock Response

Habituation tracking

COLD
Shock+0bpm
Recovery1:45min
46% habituation over 6 sessions

Thermal Load

Edwards TRIMP score

MODERATE
0TRIMP

Your body's actual response, not just the environment. Same sauna, different load — TRIMP captures individual variation.

Heat Adaptation

Cross-session HR trend

IMPROVING
-0bpm

vs. your first comparable sessions

Significant adaptation typically reached at 8-14 sessions (Kirby et al. 2021)

Works with any Bluetooth HR monitor
Syncs with Apple Health on iOS
Hydration

Stay hydrated,recover faster

Your post-session sweat loss automatically becomes your hydration goal. Track water intake with one tap.

1.5

liters today

810ml to go

Goal: 2.3L
0L0%2.3L
Quick Add

Smart Post-Session Goals

After each sauna session, your calculated sweat loss is automatically added to your daily hydration goal. No guesswork needed.

Log Water in Seconds

Quick-add buttons for common drink sizes. Cup, glass, bottle, or jug — one tap and you're done. Undo if you made a mistake.

Personalized Daily Goals

Your baseline hydration goal is calculated from your body metrics. Customize it to match your activity level and lifestyle.

Track Your Progress

Beautiful visual progress indicator shows how close you are to your daily goal. Stay motivated with clear feedback.

Session Types

Every way to heat upand cool down

One app for your entire thermal wellness practice.

Sauna

Heat therapy sessions

Traditional
Infrared
Steam

Cold

Cold exposure sessions

Ice Bath
Cold Shower
Outdoor Plunge

Contrast Therapy

Alternate hot + cold cycles

Protocol Presets

Science-backed routines

How It Works

Start tracking in 3 taps

Quick Start skips the setup. Add details later — or don't.

1

Start Session

Tap the button on your home screen

2

Pick your type

Sauna, Cold, Contrast, or Protocol

3

Go!

Quick Start or customize first

Start Session

Home screen

Sauna
Cold Plunge
Contrast

Choose session type

Temperature, bench level...
Quick Start

Skip setup, add later

App Preview

Beautiful by Design

A premium experience for your wellness practice.

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Sauna Timer

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Insights

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Session Results

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Hydration

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Contrast

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Cold Timer

The Science

Research-Informed, Honestly Presented

What the studies actually show (with context)

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Lower cardiac risk observed

Frequent vs. weekly sauna users in Finnish study

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2015

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Variables in our sweat calculation

Body weight, sex, temp, bench level, acclimatization...

Personalized to you

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Fewer sick days taken

Cold shower users reported fewer absences from work

PLoS ONE, 2016

Honest Calories, Not Inflated Ones

Many apps claim saunas burn 300-600 calories per session. Peer-reviewed research shows the actual number is closer to 50-150 calories — roughly a light walk. We refused to show inflated numbers, so we didn't show calories at all. Until now.

With a Bluetooth heart rate monitor, we now estimate calorie burn — but honestly. Our sauna model applies a correction factor to account for the fact that elevated HR during heat exposure is thermoregulatory, not metabolic. Our cold model uses temperature-adjusted BMR because HR-calorie formulas are invalid for cold exposure entirely.

We show ranges, not single numbers. We explain the methodology. And we tell you upfront: these are estimates with real uncertainty. A 20-min sauna at 90°C? Expect ~35-65 kcal, not the 400+ you'll see elsewhere.

Sources: Laukkanen et al. 2015 (JAMA Internal Medicine), Buijze et al. 2016 (PLoS ONE), Faulkner et al. 2017 (Temperature), Podstawski et al. 2019 (BioMed Research International)

Note: Limited calorimetry research exists for sauna. Observational studies show correlation, not causation. We track your practice—health decisions should involve your doctor.

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Hot
Cold

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14-day premium trial included.

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