What is Apple Health?
Apple Health is the built-in health platform on every iPhone. Coachway uses Apple Health to pull data from Apple Watch and apps like Garmin Connect, Polar Flow, and other fitness apps - so steps and activities show up automatically.
The easy way: the Enable button
If you see a pop-up with an Enable button on your home screen in the Coachway app, tap it - it takes you straight to the right settings so you can give permission in seconds. That's all most people need. The steps below are for setting it up manually or fixing it later.
Setting It Up Manually
Open the Coachway app on your iPhone
When prompted, allow Coachway to read data from Apple Health
If you missed the prompt, go to Settings → Health → Data Access & Devices → Coachway and enable the data types you want to share
For a full Guide see: Manage Health data on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch
Connecting Your Fitness App
Apple Watch data flows into Apple Health automatically. For other brands, make sure the brand's own app is set to sync with Apple Health:
Open your fitness app (e.g. Garmin Connect)
Go to its settings and enable Apple Health sync
Coachway will automatically pull the data from Apple Health
This works for any watch or app that can write to Apple Health - Garmin, Fitbit, Polar, and more. If the brand's app can sync to Apple Health, Coachway can read it.
Good to know: when data appears
If something looks missing: open your fitness app first so it syncs to Apple Health, then open Coachway and give it a moment.
Troubleshooting
Coachway is not showing my data
Check that both your fitness app and Coachway have permissions enabled in Apple Health. Go to Settings → Health → Data Access & Devices and verify both apps are listed. Then open your fitness app, then Coachway.
Only some data is coming through
You could have allowed only some categories when the permission prompt appeared. Go to the same settings screen and turn on the missing data types.
I do not see the permission prompt
Check the settings path above first. If Coachway is not listed there at all, delete and reinstall the Coachway app - the permission prompt appears again on first open.
Maybe you have an Android 👉 See How to set up Health Connect on Android
