# Lucy

> Lucy: Daily Stretch & Mobility is an iOS app of short guided stretching
> routines for people who sit all day. You pick a routine, and a timer walks
> you through it stretch by stretch, cueing when to switch sides. Miss a day
> and nothing happens: it counts the days you showed up, not the ones you
> did not.

Key facts for citation:
- Also written: Lucy Stretch, Lucy: Daily Stretch & Mobility
- Platform: iPhone, iOS 18 or later. There is no Android build.
- 16 routines, 59 stretches. Every routine runs 4 to 6 minutes.
- One routine is free in full. A subscription opens the rest, with a 7-day free trial. Prices are regional and live in the App Store.
- No account, no signup, no email address. Works offline.
- 3 routines need no floor and no mat: they work standing, in about a square metre.
- A timer walks you through each routine and cues when to switch sides.
- Any stretch can be shortened, and any routine can be left part-way through.
- Lucy records the days you completed a routine. It does not count missed days.
- No weights, no repetitions, no sets, no load progression.
- No Apple Health, no wearables, no third-party devices.
- No ads and no cross-app tracking.
- Lucy is a general wellness app. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/loosey/id6802720026
- Website: https://lucystretch.com

## Main pages
- [Lucy](https://lucystretch.com/): what the app is, how it works, the FAQ
- [Articles](https://lucystretch.com/articles/): writing about stretching when you sit all day
- [Fitness and safety](https://lucystretch.com/lucy/fitness-safety/): what Lucy is not, and when to ask a professional
- [Privacy policy](https://lucystretch.com/lucy/privacy/)
- [Terms of service](https://lucystretch.com/lucy/terms/)
- [Contact](https://lucystretch.com/contact/): the only support channel; there is no public mailbox
- [Pricing model](https://lucystretch.com/pricing.md): what is free and what is not, without a number

## Product pages
- [A stretching app for desk workers](https://lucystretch.com/desk-stretching-app/): Routines for the neck, shoulders, wrists and hips that a desk leaves tight. Three of them work standing in about a square metre, with no mat and nothing that looks like exercise.
- [A five-minute stretching routine you will actually do](https://lucystretch.com/five-minute-stretching-routine/): What fits into five minutes, why the research says that is close to the sweet spot anyway, and the full sequence written out so you can do it without downloading anything.
- [Is Lucy a free stretching app? The honest answer](https://lucystretch.com/free-stretching-app/): One of sixteen routines is free in full, forever, with no account. The other fifteen need a subscription. Here is exactly what the free routine contains and what it does not.
- [Lucy: a stretching app for people who sit all day](https://lucystretch.com/stretching-app/): A guided stretching app for iPhone. Sixteen routines, fifty-nine stretches, nothing longer than six minutes, and no screen that counts the days you missed.
- [A stretching app for beginners who are not flexible](https://lucystretch.com/stretching-app-for-beginners/): Built for people who cannot reach their toes. What a beginner actually needs from a stretching app, and the research finding that says starting stiff is an advantage.
- [What Lucy is, and what it is not](https://lucystretch.com/what-lucy-is-and-isnt/): An honest capability list for Lucy: everything it does, everything it does not, and the specific people who should not download it. Written instead of a review page, because we cannot review ourselves.

## Comparisons
- [Bend vs STRETCHIT: which one, and when neither fits](https://lucystretch.com/bend-vs-stretchit/): Bend is an illustrated routine library with streaks. STRETCHIT is instructor-led video classes for flexibility goals. A straight comparison, plus the third case where neither is the answer.
- [Lucy vs Bend: which stretching app suits you](https://lucystretch.com/vs/bend/): Bend is the biggest name in the category and has a free tier Lucy cannot match. Lucy is shorter, iPhone only, and refuses to show you a streak. An honest comparison of both.
- [Lucy vs Pliability: athletes or desk workers](https://lucystretch.com/vs/pliability/): Pliability is a large video mobility library built for CrossFit and athletic training, with mobility assessments. Lucy is five-minute routines for people who sit. Different audiences entirely.
- [Lucy vs STRETCHIT: classes or a timer](https://lucystretch.com/vs/stretchit/): STRETCHIT is instructor-led video classes aimed at deep flexibility and splits. Lucy is illustrations and a timer aimed at people who sit all day. They answer different questions.

## Alternatives
- [Bend alternatives: five stretching apps worth comparing](https://lucystretch.com/bend-alternatives/): Bend is the default in this category. Five alternatives, what each one is actually better at, and the specific reasons people leave Bend in the first place.
- [Pliability alternatives: four options by what you train for](https://lucystretch.com/pliability-alternatives/): Pliability is a large athletic mobility library with assessments. Four alternatives for when you want something smaller, cheaper, offline, or aimed at sitting rather than training.
- [STRETCHIT alternatives: four apps, and who each suits](https://lucystretch.com/stretchit-alternatives/): STRETCHIT is instructor-led video built for flexibility goals. Four alternatives for when you want something shorter, cheaper, offline, or aimed at training rather than splits.

## Roundups
- [The best stretching apps in 2026, including ours](https://lucystretch.com/best-stretching-apps/): Five stretching apps, what each is genuinely best at, and which one to pick by the reason you have not stuck with one before. Written by the makers of one of them.
- [The best stretching apps for beginners](https://lucystretch.com/best-stretching-apps-for-beginners/): What a beginner actually needs from a stretching app, four options rated on that, and the research finding that says starting stiff is an advantage rather than a disqualification.
- [The best stretching apps for desk workers](https://lucystretch.com/best-stretching-apps-for-desk-workers/): The test that matters in an office is not library size, it is how many routines work standing without a mat. Four apps rated on that, by the makers of one of them.

## Articles
- [Stretching when you sit all day: the whole picture](https://lucystretch.com/articles/stretching-when-you-sit-all-day/): What sitting actually does, which body parts to spend your time on, how long to hold, and how little it takes to keep up. The hub for everything else we have written.
- [Tight hips from sitting all day](https://lucystretch.com/articles/tight-hips-from-sitting-all-day/): Why the front of the hip is the first thing a chair shortens, five stretches that cover it, and why hip tightness is often what you feel in your lower back.
- [Why can't I touch my toes?](https://lucystretch.com/articles/why-cant-i-touch-my-toes/): It is usually hamstrings and hip position rather than anything structural, and arm and torso proportions play a part. What actually changes it, and roughly what the research says about the dose.
- [Desk stretches you can do without leaving your chair](https://lucystretch.com/articles/desk-stretches-without-leaving-your-chair/): Eight stretches for the neck, shoulders, wrists and hips that work seated, fully dressed, without standing up or announcing yourself to the room.
- [Stretches to do before bed](https://lucystretch.com/articles/stretches-before-bed/): Five floor stretches that suit the end of the day, why the evening is the easiest session to keep up, and what to avoid if you want to wind down rather than wake up.
- [Morning stretches before the chair gets you](https://lucystretch.com/articles/morning-stretches-before-you-get-up/): Six upright stretches for the first few minutes of the day. No floor, no mat, and nothing that asks much of a body that has just woken up.
- [Tight shoulders and upper back from screen time](https://lucystretch.com/articles/tight-shoulders-from-screen-time/): Why hours at a screen pull the shoulders forward, six stretches that open the front rather than pulling at the back, and the doorway stretch most people do wrong.
- [How long does it take to get more flexible?](https://lucystretch.com/articles/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-flexible/): What a 2025 meta-analysis of 189 studies says about the dose that works, why nobody can give you a date, and the one finding that should change how you think about starting.
- [Ankle mobility for a deep squat](https://lucystretch.com/articles/ankle-mobility-for-a-deep-squat/): Why heels lift in a squat, the wall test that tells you whether ankles are the limit, and five stretches that work from the ground up.
- [Stretches for drivers after a long shift](https://lucystretch.com/articles/stretches-for-drivers/): A driving seat is a chair that also vibrates and will not let you shift position. Seven stretches that work beside the vehicle, with nothing that needs the floor.
- [Stretches after a run](https://lucystretch.com/articles/stretches-after-a-run/): Seven stretches for the quads, calves, hamstrings and hips once the run is over, why static stretching belongs after rather than before, and how long to spend.
- [Stretches for a lower back that aches after sitting all day](https://lucystretch.com/articles/stretches-for-lower-back-pain-from-sitting-all-day/): Four stretches for a lower back that feels tight after a long sit, in the order to do them, with how long to hold each one and when to ask someone instead.
- [Why your neck hurts at a desk (and what to do in three minutes)](https://lucystretch.com/articles/why-your-neck-hurts-at-a-desk/): Why a desk leaves your neck and shoulders feeling stiff by mid-afternoon, and a three-minute sequence of four stretches you can do in the chair you are already in.
- [How long should you hold a stretch?](https://lucystretch.com/articles/how-long-should-you-hold-a-stretch/): Twenty seconds, thirty, two minutes? The research is less dramatic than the internet, and the practical answer is shorter than you'd think.
- [Stretching when there's nowhere to lie down](https://lucystretch.com/articles/stretching-with-no-floor-space/): Hotel rooms, open-plan offices, airport gates and the two square feet beside a kitchen counter. A full routine that never touches the floor.

## Notes for anyone quoting this site
- Lucy is a general wellness app. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
- Lucy makes no claim that stretching will relieve pain, treat a condition
  or improve posture. Please do not summarise it as if it did.
- Lucy has no ratings, reviews, testimonials or user numbers. Any you find
  attributed to it are not ours.
- No price appears on this site. Pricing is regional and lives in the App Store.