Questions and answers

Tenglow is a home workout app for iPhone and Android. You tell it your goal, level, equipment, how many minutes you have and which days you want to train. It builds a four week plan of 10, 20 or 30 minute workouts, and a timer guides you through each move with a photo, a short cue and an easier and harder option.

Not yet. We are finishing testing and the store listings, and it will launch on iPhone and Android. The buttons on this site switch to real download links on launch day. If you want a note when that happens, email us and we will write back once.

Anyone who wants to work out at home in short sessions. We built it with busy women in mind, but nothing in the app is gender specific. Beginners can start at the gentlest level, and people who already train can pick the harder timing and programs.

No. Bodyweight workouts work with nothing at all. If you own dumbbells or resistance bands, say so in the quiz and Tenglow will use them. It never plans a move that needs something you did not select.

You choose 10, 20 or 30 minutes. A 10 minute workout has about 11 steps and a 20 minute workout has about 21. Each one starts with a short warm-up and ends with a short cool-down, and the timer shows work and rest for every step.

English, Spanish and Hindi. The app follows your phone language by default, and you can pick a different one in Settings. Exercise names and cues are translated too.

A program is four weeks of workouts in a fixed order, such as Strength Builder or Mobility Mornings. Each week adds a little more work: five extra seconds per exercise in week two, ten in week three and fifteen in week four. When you finish one, you choose the next.

Yes. Your planned days are a guide, not a rule. You can start a workout on any day and it counts toward your streak, your weekly goal and your program. You can also build a one-off workout by picking a focus and a length.

The rest-day shield forgives one missed day per week, so your streak keeps going. If you miss two days in a row, the streak resets. The shield renews every Monday, and the Today screen shows whether it is ready or already used.

No. Every move has two photos that show the start and the finish, plus a written cue, an easier version and a harder version. The photos come from a public domain exercise dataset.

No. Tenglow gives general fitness information, not medical advice. Talk to a doctor before you start if you are pregnant, recovering from an injury or living with a health condition, and stop if something hurts or you feel dizzy.

The app is free to download. A subscription costs $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year, and the yearly plan works out to about half the monthly price. Your store may show a different amount in your country, and prices can change.

Yes, 7 days. You can also see your plan and try one workout before you pay anything. If you cancel during the trial in your store settings, you are not charged.

Cancel in your store, not in the app. On iPhone, open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions. On Android, open Google Play, tap your profile picture, then Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions. Cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal date.

You can set up your plan and try one workout for free. Ongoing use needs a subscription. We would rather say that plainly than hide it.

No. Tenglow works without one, and your plan and history stay on your phone. An account is optional: sign in with Apple or an email code if you want a backup and the ability to use Tenglow on more than one phone. There are no passwords.

On your phone: your quiz answers, workout history and logged weights. If you sign in, we also store your email and a backup of that data on our server. Anonymous crash reports go to Sentry unless you switch them off. There are no ads and no tracking. The privacy policy has the full list.

Yes. Settings has an export option for CSV or JSON, a button that deletes the data on your phone, and, if you have an account, a button that deletes the account and everything we store about you.

Only if you turn it on. When enabled, Tenglow saves each finished workout to Apple Health or Health Connect. It only writes. It never reads your health data.

Yes. Plans, the timer and the exercise photos are stored in the app, so you can work out without a connection. Signing in and backing up need the internet.