Heart Rate Pro Health Monitor Reviews

I’ve tried HeartRateProHealthMonitor for several days now with multiple finger positions and no matter what I try it simply doesn’t work on a regular basis. Occasionally I can get an accurate reading but more often than not it is wrong. Not just a little but a lot. For example, this morning I had three readings saying my HR was in the eighties. When I checked it with my Apple Watch it was more like 50-55 (my HR is often on the low side). I will be deleting HeartRateProHealthMonitor and wishing I had my 2 bucks back. BTW-I almost never write reviews, good or bad, so please trust me and look elsewhere if you want a real, trustworthy HR app.

you expect and you NEED any app that claims any health-related function, especially one that measures a critical vital sign such as heart rate to be accurate and repeatable.

HeartRateProHealthMonitor simply fails on both accounts.
However, it is ONLY because I know what my heart rate normally is (I use blood pressure monitoring equipment 4 times per day which tells me, that I knew that when I saw a heart rate of 78 - it could not be accurate. So I repeated the measurement several times over and over again, using my fingertips - then different spots including my wrist, too if hand, forehead... And no two readings were even closely repeatable. Only two of the dozen or so readings were close to the actual value of 98, but I got many readings ranging from 68, several in the 70s, and several in the 80s.

By returning these slower rates, it would easily miss what might be life-threatening tachycardia and the complete lack of accuracy and repeatability makes it useless for even routine monitoring.

Not only can I not recommend it, but I must also warn people away from it.

I’ve tried lots of iOS heart rate apps on my iPhone 11 in the last couple of weeks. The free version of HeartRateProHealthMonitor seemed to work pretty consistently- but the ads were annoying. I bought the “pro” version but now during “detecting,” I have to stop, reposition my finger, and re-start repeatedly. “Detecting” seems to be a little more successful if I put the camera/flash against the palm of my hand. Even so, after starting and restarting the “detecting” function, the measurement often seems to double up - a heart rate of 65 registers 130; 70 becomes 140. Not good.

Resting heart rate seemed believable although it jumps all over the place while taking reading. Active rate is way off. Immediately after a run it showed 91, then I checked manually and it was 110. My pulse drops quickly after finishing an activity so I wanted something to get a reading faster then palpating. This gives you a value fairly quickly but it always reads low and varies wildly. At the gym this always reads 10-30 bpm slower than the monitors on the machines.
I paid to have ads removed after getting a few believable resting heart rates, before checking it during and after activity. For anything other than sitting still on the couch it is worthless, and now I doubt the resting heart rate as well.

After checking my pulse manually and comparing my results (on several occasions) there were discrepancies ranging from 10bpm-40bpm in some cases
It seems as if they just give you a normal range HR each time you check because that’s what most typical people will encounter- but as someone with a high baseline HR newly taking a beta blocker, checking baseline HR prior to taking my meds I knew this was super wrong- manual checking confirmed that... I’m sorry for the negative review app developers but I would want someone to be misled

I tried the free version and thought it useful. So I purchased the Pro version. Free version works better than Pro version. Pro version does not detect pulse as easy. Half to move finger around to get it to detect. Didn’t have to do that on free version.

Sound doesn’t work in Pro version. Button for sound is there showing disabled but can not enable it.

The Pro version could be better (more options) since you’re paying for it. It’s hard to get the reading to begin on the iPhone 13 because you have to figure out how to place your finger each time. There is no option to change the duration of how long it takes. I would like the option to be able to have it run a full minute and up to 3 minutes. Once HeartRateProHealthMonitor finally likes your finger placement, it sends to work fine. My first reading was really low, so I did a second one which was normal. I hope future readings are better.

I love the fact that I can write a note for each time I take my heart rate, unfortunately my readings are mostly inaccurate. The few times it’s been accurate were great and I was ecstatic. The reason I found out it wasn’t accurate 100% of the time. I returned home from hitting the weight room and running 5 miles. Curiously I began checking my bpm. In my mind it looked abnormally low. So naturally I set a timer and manually checked my bpm. My manual reading was 96bpm, with the apps reading being 88bpm and lower. For each attempt within a few minute time frame around the manual reading

Would be full 5 stars for me if it also used haptic feedback once heart rate has been calculated. As it is, you have to look at the screen to see when it is done which can take more or less time and the problem - for me - is that looking at the screen while checking my heart rate stresses me out and actually increases my heart rate - and I am trying to check my resting heart rate which should be as low as possible.

I’d give HeartRateProHealthMonitor a 5 star ⭐️ except I can’t change the day/month/year order into just that: first the day, then the month, then the year.

My cardiologist was impressed when I showed him HeartRateProHealthMonitor . He said I’d pay a couple hundred dollars for the same data at a hospital. Then his nurse gave me an EKG and we looked at the difference. Very interesting.

Warning: Don’t even think HeartRateProHealthMonitor is a mini EKG machine, or any other professional medical apparatus. It’s not. Do not use HeartRateProHealthMonitor in that way. That’s dangerous. If you want an EKG go get one done by a qualified health professional. Additionally, just because my cardiologist was impressed other cardiologists may think differently. Seek qualified professional care. No DIY allowed.

I been enjoying HeartRateProHealthMonitor and have found it very accurate, usually +- 2 beats, even when working out. Here’s what i would like to see, i have a resting bpm of 54 and a normal in the upper 70’s but at work, which is very manual but not what i would consider to be a workout, my bpm is usually between 90 and 120. So the charts look like i have a high bpm on avg just normal. Would like to see a selection for work of something along that line so i would have resting, normal, work and workout.

It’s a good app when it comes to measuring your heart rate but the only thing I’ve found hard with it is that it’s hard to put one finger over the flashlight and the camera on any phone with 3 cameras. Other than that though it’s a good and reliable app.

I wish after I took my heart rate it would give me the option to add a custom label to it. Right now it only has normal, resting, and exercise as the options. For example, I’d like to be able add a custom label such as “after drinking coffee” so I can track my heart rate in specific scenarios.

Overall for a $2 app, it’s pretty good

In general, nice simple app to track Pulse. Price was low enough. Although I have to add I find it doesn’t count well at high rates like while intensely exercising. It measures about 105 when I was more like 140. I could see the beats on the monitor where missing beats I could feel. I presume this is a limit of the device (camera/light source), not HeartRateProHealthMonitor .

Lite worked so well I paid the $1.99 and upgraded to Pro, now it just turns on the light but doesn’t measure my heartbeats. I checked the Help file but it didn’t address the issue, and had no way to contact customer service. What a disappointment and waste of money.

HeartRateProHealthMonitor is very accurate compared to me manually taking my pulse. I have an irregular heart beat. So far HeartRateProHealthMonitor is within 1 or 2 beats of manual. Have not used when experiencing heart beat of 170 per minute. Perfect so far. Being able to record results makes it even better. Thank you.

I spent last night and this AM testing many pulse taking apps. Most worked inconsistently or not at all, and were immediately deleted. This one worked every time. It took me just a few minutes to purchase pro to get rid of the ads

Accurate enough because I have compared this to the number I get on my Apple I Watch and to the HR monitors on the treadmills and elliptical machines at the gym. A note line would be nice for keeping data on specific things like anxiety, panic attack, anything brindles just normal or working out. My question is on the saved, I see date but where is time of day?

I love the constant output during the test. I do have a couple of recommendations that would help HeartRateProHealthMonitor be more helpful to people with heart rythym disorders. First, it would be nice to be able to set the duration of the test. For me, I found that it Monitored too quickly. Second, if you could introduce a playback option to see the Heartrate fluctuations for Afib.

Sorry seems the change in the sound icon from muted to not muted is simply a background color change and hardly noticeable. Once I did worked fine! Sorry for the false alarm!! LOl