Help Center
Guides and answers for getting the most out of Gauge. Can't find what you need? Contact us.
Getting started
- Your first day with GaugeWhat setup asks, why it asks it, and what to do once you land on Home.
- Notifications, reminders, and the morning digestControl meal reminders and the daily coach note — or turn them all off.
- Home-screen widgetsPut today's calories and macros on your iPhone home screen, and log food without hunting for the app.
Logging food
- Logging meals by text, voice, or photoThe three ways to get food into Gauge, and when to use each.
- Saved meals, recipes, and one-tap mealsBuild a library of your usual foods so repeat logging takes one tap.
- Fixing a bad log entryAdjust portions, move entries between meals, or remove them entirely.
- How Gauge estimates your macrosWhere the numbers come from, and every lever you have to make them sharper.
- Water tracking and streaksTrack hydration from the Home footer and keep your logging streak alive.
Targets & day types
- How day targets and day types workWhy your calorie and carb targets move with your training — and how to control them.
- Weigh-ins and your weight goalLogging weight, syncing it with your health app, and controlling your pace.
- How Gauge sets your targetsThe engine behind your daily numbers — and how it learns from your results.
- Your weekly reviewHow the week actually went, what counts as a logged day, and how close Gauge is to tuning your targets.
Training
- Getting your training plan into GaugeSubscribe to a calendar, import a screenshot, or add sessions by hand — then change any of them when the plan changes.
- Fuelling long sessionsWhat to eat during a long run, how Gauge works out the amount, and why the answer depends on a gut you can train.
- Race weekWhat changes in the last days before your event — the taper, the carb load, race day itself, and the plan you can take with you.
Connections
- Connecting StravaRuns and rides sync automatically and re-grade your day the moment you finish.
- Apple Health and Health ConnectWhat Gauge reads and writes, and how permissions work on each platform.
- Using Gauge from Claude and other AI agentsConnect any MCP client to your Gauge data — read-only, revocable anytime.