I use Google Health (or Fitbit) — how do I get those workouts into Gretl?

Turn on sharing from Google Health into Apple Health, which is where Gretl reads. Google added this direction in Google Health 5.05 (August 2026) — before that the connection only ran the other way, which is why you may have looked for the switch and not found it.

1. Update Google Health to 5.05 or later.
2. Tap your profile icon → Partner apps → Apple Health.
3. Follow the prompts, and when iOS asks which data to allow, include Exercise and Active Energy — those two are what Gretl reads. Extra categories do no harm.
4. Already connected Apple Health before this? That connection was read-only, so it won't start sharing on its own. Open the same screen and tap Review permissions to grant the new types — without this step nothing new appears, and the connection looks fine the whole time.

Then it flows automatically: Google Health → Apple Health → Gretl. Workouts show up as active energy, and workout days get badged on your Trends chart. Heart-rate variability is the one thing Google doesn't pass along, which doesn't matter here — Gretl never reads it.

If you'd rather not connect anything, just tell Gretl: “ran 5k this morning” logs the workout and estimates the burn. That's also the only route that puts the workout in your Gretl history rather than only its calorie number. Either way it's shown for interest and never changes your calorie target.