Built for GLP-1 Users & Beyond, Gyroscope V8 Zeroes In on Smarter Health
The app has unveiled an AI health camera, personalized coaching and a fat loss protocol
Gyroscope has rolled out a new version of its iPhone app featuring three major updates: a data-driven fat loss protocol focused on maintaining muscle mass (ideal for those on GLP-1 medications), an integrated AI coach and an intuitive food tracking and coaching system.
The new food tracking tool uses the iPhone camera to identify calories, macros, fiber, sugar, caffeine, alcohol, micronutrients and more with the tap of a button. Free members can access calories and macros, while the full range of measurements is available to paid users.
Dubbed Food Xray 8, the system was first tested in 2019 by a team of nutritionists. The latest iteration, however, combines human expertise with AI models to deliver what Gyroscope calls its most accurate food-tracking system yet. As users log meals consistently, the app learns their habits to improve accuracy over time, requiring minimal manual input or correction.
Another premium feature allows users to snap a photo of a menu to receive instant personalized recommendations.
“With our photo food tracking, I’ve been able to log pretty much everything I’ve eaten for the past six years,” Gyroscope founder Anand Sharma said. “Before that, I liked tracking but was just too busy to type in every ingredient. With Food XRay, it’s not only easier—it’s gotten far more accurate and instant.”
Gyroscope’s fat loss protocol offers members instructional videos and guides, assisting them in hitting the optimal targets for sleep, strength training, protein intake and more. Members will find a checklist and insights from the app, which is integrated with leading devices and wearables from Apple Watch, Oura, Whoop, Garmin, Fitbit, Dexcom, Eight Sleep and Wifi scales.
As for its AI-powered coach, Gyroscope partnered with OpenAI to enhance reasoning capabilities and improve voice detection. The coaching experience, designed to resemble a social media feed, delivers curated content, personalized quizzes, videos, guides, meditations and custom recipes.
Altogether, the experience is designed to go beyond basic calorie counting, which Sharma says is helpful but not enough on its own.
“We had that in the early days, but we found you really need a coach to translate that raw data into action—and especially to keep you accountable once the excitement wears off or life gets busy,” Sharma said. “Now, people are actually excited to get more fiber and fill up their bars to hit their daily targets. Seeing how all these things connect to your Health Score and even affect how long you will live can be a game changer, compared to the current good but generic advice that is easy to ignore.”
While free users have limited access to Gyroscope’s features, a premium Gyroscope One (G1) membership unlocks the full experience for $39 per month, including access to discounted blood tests to assess longevity biomarkers.
“Our mission is to make great health accessible to everyone,” Sharma added. “We’ve built the best app we can, that we think people will really enjoy using daily—but fixing the food system and ending obesity and diabetes are much bigger problems than we can tackle on our own. We really need millions of people working together to make it happen. So we’re removing the barriers, reducing the cost to zero for many of our top trackers and courses, and asking our members to help us spread this message of health to everyone they care about.”
Fitness and wellness apps are big business in today’s health-conscious world, although the crowded space can make it challenging to convert free trial users to paid subscribers. According to findings from RevenueCat, only 5% of health and fitness apps hit $10,000 in total revenue within the first two years.
One way to stand out, according to RevenueCat’s recent report, is by focusing on habit-forming features, engagement and premium content.
WeWard, a free app that rewards users for walking, has just announced a creative partnership with contemporary artist Richard Orlinski, encouraging users to stay active while collecting limited-edition digital cards inspired by Orlinski’s works.
“At WeWard, we believe that walking is much more than a means of transportation: it’s beneficial for our health, the environment and society,” WeWard CEO Yves Benchimol said. “By working with Richard Orlinski, we’re adding a new dimension to our mission by combining movement and artistic expression to inspire as many people as possible.”