Instant Heart Rate: HR Monitor Reviews

This is very helpful for people who have any issues with their heart rate, skips, palpitations, heart issues, bc at the very moment you feel a difference or discomfort you can take your heart rate, see the live read out of the skips or palpitations, & generate a report that you just print off & take to your DR. There’s also a “stress test”, tho that name isn’t exactly a medical grade stress test in which either a pt is put on a treadmill & made to go to their carefully calculated highest HR for age & wt, while they’re heart is monitored before during & after., or a pt is given a med IV that raises the BP & HR to this calculation. This stress test monitors only HR while you’re sitting then beeps for you to stand for about 15 secs. It then shows the HR on a graph, & another bar shows where you fall as far as at rest, less fit, all the way to fit. This confuses me bc you’re sitting/standing, not being active to tell if you’re fit. Then it gives a % from 0 to 30% which it doesn’t explain your score or even what the % means, & I’m an RN who’s worked in cardiology testing!
I wish it included an 02 sensor, so if there’s an issue, that would be a solid piece of information, since lung probs can cause or be effected by the heart. Overall I find it very helpful for my Afib. And it’s free!;)

I use InstantHeartRate all the time and have been using it for going on 4 years. I like to monitor my pulse in different mental states and under the influence of different substances. I know, I’m odd. Without upgrading it takes fairly accurate readings, you can create custom tags to apply to your readings, add notes to your individual readings for more specificity, and it saves the actual chart from every reading. My only complaints are minor to the point of almost being negligible. For the chart there seems to be some accelerometer involvement instead of being purely based on the cameras readings, and the result it gives you after the 15 second reading is your final pulse at the end of the test and not an average of the 15 seconds. Anyone who is curious about how different variables alter your physiological state and want an easy way to test, notate, categorize, chart, and compare, then this is InstantHeartRate for you. Did I mention that it does all of this for free? Yea, that’s a pretty big deal for all of this functionality.

When I was 51, I found myself feeling really sluggish. I thought it may have been menopause or maybe depression. At the same time I kept using InstantHeartRate to check my heart rate and it repeatedly came out in the low 40's. This went on for a couple of weeks until I finally took my results in to the cardiologist. At first he didn't believe me and since I had no other symptoms he said InstantHeartRate was just wrong. Because I had consistently been get such low pulse reading I kept pestering him and He reluctantly order a Holter monitor test. When the results came back the next evening I was told to get to the ER asap and had a pacemaker the next morning. Turns out had complete heart block which is an electrical issue not a cholesterol/artery one. Without InstantHeartRate detecting my low pulse I would not have pushed the cardiologist the run any tests and would have listened when he said I was fine. I am so grateful for InstantHeartRate. Not sure what would have happened without it.

I have been cardioverted twice for atrial fibrillation. Thus, it is important that I monitor my cardiac rhythm regularly. A few months ago I noticed an interesting anomaly in rhythm when I looked at my heart rate. Every third beat occurred earlier than the two previous beats and showed less blood flow. this pattern was reproducible. As a Med school professor, I had an MD/PhD student who studied genetic changes in young and old rat hearts due to aging, thus I am familiar with ecgs. I suspected a condition termed trigeminy in which every third beat is a premature ventricle contraction (PVC) beginning in the ventricle instead of the SA node. I emailed the graph to my cardiologist who had me come in for an ECG. It confirmed my “diagnosis” that indeed I was in trigeminy. Subsequently flow normalized and I have not again seen this condition. Electrolytes such as sodium and potassium play crucial roles in regulating cardiac rhythm so this condition could have been due to lower than normal concentration of an electrolyte such as potassium.

InstantHeartRate used to be great way to check your pulse oh how things have changed...They used to use the flash to check your pulse now instead they have you just put 2 fingers on the camera and the readings are all over the place. Like yesterday I was checking after exercise and my pulse was all the way to 185 which doesn’t happen to me cause I have low heart rate , so most of the time even with an intense workout example a cardio workout going about 90% max effort I get to about 140 to 150 bpm because my resting heart rate is around 67 bpm. But for 10 mins when I used InstantHeartRate it stayed in 130 to like 170 range and wouldn’t change and I got nervous so I did the old way and checked my pulse by counting the number of beats for 15 seconds and multiplying by 4 and it was about 85 bpm which sounded about right! So I tried InstantHeartRate called Inpulse and the heart rate was exactly what I thought it was. So for people who want heart rate app thats accurate get Inpulse don’t use InstantHeartRate or else your gonna make your self think you have faster heart rate then you really have!

I have used InstantHeartRate prior on an older iPhone. Back about a year ago I didn’t care for it because it wasn’t as accurate. Now since I think the Developer did some tweaking and fixed it I have no complaints. I have actually used it along with a true 3 lead heart monitor and it is maybe one or two BPM off but that’s a huge improvement from the older versions. I recommend holding you index finger sideways pointing to the right side of your phone with the camera. For some reason you get a more accurate reading that way. Just a suggestion! I recommend InstantHeartRate to anyone who like me has heart issues. I suffer from sinus tachycardia and this is pretty much the best app. Also you get the free stress test as well as participation in the Heart Disease Study when you sign up. Anything I can do to help scientist and doctors treat heart issues and save lives I’m happy to review InstantHeartRate. I don’t review a lot of my apps but this one is deserving!

I have been using InstantHeartRate now for several months. I use it at various times of the day during my activities. I am 69 now but have been active all my life and InstantHeartRate lets me know my heart rate before and after activities. I swim 1 1/2 miles almost daily and InstantHeartRate makes it quick and convenient to keep an accurate record of my heart rate. My resting heart rate now ranges between the upper 40’s to the mid 50’s. And, without InstantHeartRate I would not have known my rate was so good. I used to try checking my heart rate by trying to measure my pulse by doing it the old manual way was a pain; as I always had to have a watch or clock in which to take a measurement. No longer, as I just place my finger on the light of my iPhone and it not only takes a convenient measurement but keeps a record. Love InstantHeartRate!!!

The good news is the measurement technique appears to work great. The bad news is you can only use InstantHeartRate once before being prompted to give your facebook account or email address to create a login. This day and age, I'm simply not willing to give everyone and their dog my email address or access to my facebook profile just to use their app, it indicates that my personal data collected on InstantHeartRate is probably being stored online and potentially available to the developers. I don't care what their privacy policy says, it's only a matter of time before an unscrupulous app developer following this model lies and sells that data to advertisers to start selling me heart medication or health products. I would much prefer a standalone, offline only app that only saved data locally.

EDIT: it is now possible to use InstantHeartRate without signing in! Thank you Azumio. More stars for you.

I saw my cardiologist today, and I told him about InstantHeartRate on my cell phone – my iPhone, and he was really enthusiastic and excited about it. I have had times when I have needed to know what my heart rate was, and I just couldn’t do it the typical away. Well, I got this, and I can take my heart rate whenever I want or need to. It’s easy to use, and I think it’s pretty accurate. It’s one of the best apps I have ever gotten because it really helps me. I get tachycardia, and he has asked me what my heart rate was when I got it, and I never could give an answer. Well now I can, but I sure hope I don’t get tachycardia anymore. I feel like I’m taking better care of myself. I think it’s just great! And it was free! I may upgrade soon. Thanks for creating InstantHeartRate! Blessings! 😊

I paid the $9.99 for one month to test the credibility of InstantHeartRate. It is terrible to say the least. The only perk is that you can check your heart rate, lots of free apps where you can do that, and that’s about it. The stand up test is the real joke. No matter what you do it gives you a low score, I’m extremely healthy, I have regular doctor visits and am very physically fit, and this consistently gives me lower than 50% rating. Even though my heart rate is 58 BPM. Not to mention it never explains to you why you’re receiving the score you got it just gives you a random score and makes you feel horrible. If that isn’t bad enough, you can not compare it with other peoples because the friend system DOES NOT WORK! You cannot add or view other people and they probably do this so you can’t compare your ridiculous scores. I give InstantHeartRate a 0/10 because the free version is complete garbage and littered with ads popping up every second. Do not waste your time or money on this. You’ve been warned!

These people know exactly what they’re doing ...

They scammed me out of money by renewing my subscription and tallying it up without my knowledge for months when I was only under the free trial. then one day I wake up and have a bill from Apple for $63???? For InstantHeartRate ??? Since WHEN is it okay to do this to someone without telling them every month ? I didn’t even agree to this . I didn’t even want to renew the free trial . InstantHeartRate isn’t even worth the ridiculous monthly price they try to charge . Would be better off buying one from Walgreens and would save you WAY more money . they scammed me. Since when is it ok to charge someone or hold someone accountable for something without letting them know ? Without giving them a proper billing statement or ANYTHING ?i didn’t use InstantHeartRate for months let alone have a single transaction from them then boom I see this ? I WILL be requesting a refund and I hope no one else purchases InstantHeartRate and falls victim to this ,
OUTRAGEOUS

InstantHeartRate seems to be pretty accurate in comparison to taking manual rates. It is simple and easy to use. It has multiple "heart-healthy" trackers built into one app and it allows you to monitor what factors, throughout day, may have an impact on your heart rate. This helps keep track of and monitor important health markers, so you can more easily manage your overall health more independently, and have a convenient place to share your information with healthcare providers so that they can also better help you manage your health (if desired.)

Another positive is that InstantHeartRate integrates with some other apps like iHealth and sleep cycle (to name a few,) and gives the option to remind you to keep track of your heart health.

InstantHeartRate takes a reading and then locks you on a screen that forces you to give either your e-mail address or your Facebook account information. I tried to get around it, thinking InstantHeartRate is free. But I couldn’t. So I put in an alternate e-mail address I send junk mail to like I do with all apps that pull this type of sucker move on users. Then, after casually selecting the option that InstantHeartRate save my heart rate it sticks me on this inescapable screen that tells me I can use it something like 7(?) times for free but then it’s $9.99(?) a month.

Dear App Developer. This 1 star review wouldn’t be here if there was transparency from the start. I’m having a heart issue. It’s why I downloaded InstantHeartRate. Thanks for frustrating me even more while trying to use it. Much appreciated.

My advice is to download an app that’s actually either free, a reasonable one time cost, or at the least - is completely transparent in the description that InstantHeartRate is subscription based only.

One day I had a sudden onset of chest discomfort. Noticing that my heart rate seemed to be speeding I used the heart rate app to take my heart rate. It showed a rate of 127 and from the readout of the pattern I could tell that it was also very irregular. When it seemed to settle down, I did the same procedure again and saw a normal heart rate and rhythm. When I went to the Dr. a few days later I showed him the two readings and the huge difference between the two. This alerted him and caused him to put me in a 30 day heart monitor. Being able to show him the readout from this heart rate app was much better than just listening to my symptoms. It convinced him that something out of the ordinary happened and he is suspecting I may be having episodes of Afib.

InstantHeartRate caught my irregular heartbeat several times before my heart attack. I knew something was going wrong. All the arteries leading into ( 3) leading into and 3 leading out of my heart.

Works very well and matched my blood pressure machine within 2 beats. Make sure you use light pressure with your finger. At first I could not get a reading because I was using too much pressure . I've had InstantHeartRate for some time now . Since I have a bad heart, I use it all the time. This is one of my most important app's.
I am not sure why InstantHeartRate is asking me to submit a second review? My review would be the same as above. I have a bad heart so I find InstantHeartRate very handy indeed since I almost always carry my phone with me. Plus it reminds me to check my heart rate!
This is a great app! Very cool indeed!

Note: In Aug 2019 InstantHeartRate was showing that I was having a uneven heart beat. The medical doctors told me that my heart was doing fine. Aug 15 I had a major heart attack. Thank God I survived .. My heart surgeon told me that I had survived many heart attacks in the past and no one caught it.

InstantHeartRate saved my life! I was feeling dizzy, lightheaded and short of breath while in the shower. I ran out of the shower and my husband made me use InstantHeartRate to check my heart rate and it was 166! My husband called the cardiologist and he told my husband what to do to control my heart rate and suggested that I check it every five minutes until my heart rate leveled. It finally leveled to 85. If I had not checked my heart rate I would not have known what was causing the symptoms and would have under estimated my symptoms as nothing and could have had a heart attack. Now my cardiologist now suggests InstantHeartRate to his patients. InstantHeartRate is accurate as I have checked it along with hospital monitors and it was right on!!!

I have loved this heart rate monitor for years. Sometimes I think it save my life. I have shown the results to my doctor multiple times.
All this changed with the most recent update two weeks ago. I can no longer use it at all. It has a screen that requires me to login using my email address. InstantHeartRate does not recognize my email address. I can log into the website using my email address, just fine. But not InstantHeartRate .

I’m sad to not be able to use it. It was better than any other heart rate monitor that I tried. I just about decided it was worth paying for to support the product. Don’t know why this update doesn’t work?

I’m twelve years old and I have the flu. I was browsing the web for sicknesses with my flu like symptoms. I found a lot of stuff on this deadly
disease that matched almost all of my symptoms. One thing on there that I didn’t know if I had was high beats per minute for your heart rate. I got kind of freaked out and searched InstantHeartRate Store for a heart rate app. I found this and read a few reviews and then downloaded it. After testing, it said my bpm was 127, when I was just laying in bed. I ended up calling the doctor and they gave me a medication and told me what I should do. After monitoring my heart rate for a couple hours, it started to go down, and I was already feeling better.

I downloaded to compare with my friend’s Samsung app. It said it was free. It LIED! When InstantHeartRate installs itself it gets you to login with a new acct or Facebook. So far “OK”. Then it says (with no ability to opt out) to do unlimited use for 7 days and the pay $9.99/mo OR get 5 free uses and then and the they’ll start billing you. Since there’s no Opt Out option (and I’m supposed to be able to “cancel at anytime” by updating settings). So I do the 5 free option and immediately go to settings WHICH SHOWS NO OPTION TO CANCEL OR CHANGE SETTINGS!! I go to tech support in Support and search for “cancel subscription” and it says I have to go through Apple Pay to cancel/manage my subscription with them. Soooo I go there and they’re not in there -at least not yet. I’m assuming they’re going to try and bill me FIRST and then cancel so they can keep $9.99. WHAT A SCAM!!! I will set a reminder for 7days from now to cancel/complain to Apple. Parasites...

This is a loyal customer. I have been using InstantHeartRate for years. Never had a problem till now. Can’t get the tags to work in InstantHeartRate . The rest tag is stuck and it shows up in the notes on all readings. Please fix this problem. Thank you.

Now I had to delete InstantHeartRate and start all over again. I heart issues and share that info with my doctor. Thanks for not fixing the problem or even getting back to me about it. I always recommended InstantHeartRate to people who may need it but now I see how you treat your loyal customers so now I can’t and won’t recommend InstantHeartRate till some person can fix this issue and actually can show some thanks to the loyal customers. I guess we are not important enough to your business.

InstantHeartRate actually saved me from a heart attack I had some fatigue in the top of my legs aches and the upper top of my back ached really bad a risk cuff doesn’t work for measuring heart rate so I tried InstantHeartRate I wasn’t short of breath just deep rooted aches come to find out my heart was racing which was causing the aches pulse rate was 146 for days went to urgent care and come to find out it was tyrecardio which means rapid heart beat but cause yet !!!but if it wasn’t for InstantHeartRate letting me know my heart rate I would of never want to urgent care ... I’m 47 and we don’t know the cause of why yet !! But I thank InstantHeartRate for the well created accurate testing !!! Thank you for saving me from a heart attack no words could explain my gratitude !!!

I am 29 years old and one day I woke up with severe palpitations. I did not have a blood pressure monitor to check my heart rate so I came across InstantHeartRate and it downloaded it, not sure what to expect. InstantHeartRate literally saved my life and was very simple to install and setup on my phone. After placing my right index finger on the camera it gave me an accurate heart rate of almost 200 BPM, this prompted me to go to the emergency room and with God’s Grace, the doctors worked on me and was able to get my heart rate down. Needless to say I continue to use InstantHeartRate daily to check my heart rate, as it keeps a schedule of all the rates, dates and times!!! Please download you won’t be disappointed.

I have the non premium version of InstantHeartRate. I understood this non premium version of InstantHeartRate works to give bpm but, just not the many other features.

As I try to take the measurement, ads pop up blocking the screen and even seeming to interrupt the process but in any case blocking the read out. I don’t mean a single ad. Sometimes as many as 3-4 ads pop up and block the bpm scree in rapid suggestion. The x to reject the ads are hard to see on this iPhone X but when I find the x, as I do within a few seconds, it may take several presses to clear out the ad but, worse, another ad sometimes pops up immediately, and this sometimes repeats, as I said, 3-4 times.

I understand ads for non premium apps. I have other non premium apps w ads and InstantHeartRate Store description helpfully notes ads or no ads. They’re a small hassle of course. But I have never had an app show a second ad in immediate succession, let alone 3. or 4! And InstantHeartRate is about emergencies, where being able to read the core data immediately is essential.

I’m getting a different app. With this performance I’m not willing to trust these developers or their app. This is heartbeats per minute!!! How irresponsible!!

If you are concerned about potential incidents of too rapid beat, I’d avoid this non premium.