Heart Rate Monitor - Pulse App

Calleigh

2 years ago

It works, and I don't really have much to say about the app, but please make sure you turn off your flashlight, At least with some phones. I have a Samsung s10 and I have been getting burns from holding my finger over the flashlight. The noise is extremely annoying and I wish I knew to turn off the flashlight beforehand. So I word of advice: turn off the noise and flashlight

Jordan Howell

3 years ago

Overall, pretty useful, well built, and has good features such as tracking trends, comparing different heart rates with differing levels of physical or mental activity, etc. Basic reader works for the most part, very well; half the reason I am giving 4 stars instead of 5 is that I hadtrouble with the monitor on just a couple phone models. Ofcourse there are ads in the app, I'm not sure if they are allowed to use metadata- if they are, they'd sure have a lot of personal data on people.

MegaSnoopy211

2 years ago

Worked perfectly. / Couldn't be easier to use. / Took only seconds for results. / Compared with CO2 finger monitor, results were identical. / HINT: DON'T SKIP INTRODUCTION. You don't have to turn on your flashlight if you're in an average lit room. Just place your finger over camera lens, start, lens will glow red and you will hear beeping. Look at your screen (bottom left corner) to see that your finger is positioned entirely over the camera lens and just wait for results. Easy, Fast.

Julie Griffin

2 years ago

My experience is identical to one of the other Sept. reviewers. Used to turn red when placing finger on it. Worked well - verified with manual check - and was very helpful. Now (with a newer upgraded phone) it is yellow and is always waiting to stabilize or instructing me to press the finger or starting over midway. When it does catch a measurement, it is all over the place. While lying in bed, it will be 110, 55, and then 91 back to back.

Alexandria

2 years ago

It's a good app and all, but as someone with a heart condition, all the ads at the beginning are really tedious. My heart rate varies dramatically by the minute, and waiting that extra time and having to find the tiny little x button to leave the ad is sometimes enough time to not get the quick measurement I need. Otherwise, it's usually pretty accurate, and pretty easy to use.

Anne TSB

2 years ago

Works great. I missed my built in HR monitor from my Galaxy S8 when I upgraded my phone, and ended up keeping my old phone around just to use it for that purpose, but i can't carry around 2 phones all the time. This is just as accurate as my old phone and now I don't need to carry both. The noise was too hospital for me, and I was glad I could turn it off. I wish I could turn off the vibration, too, to help with biofeedback without distraction.

Amy Hardesty

2 years ago

I was using this app to track my heart rate for a possible POTS diagnosis. I liked being able to see the difference between resting and standing, light and heavy activity, etc. My phone screen broke and I had to get a new phone. Well the data never synced to the cloud so I lost a months worth of heart rates. My appointment with the cardiologist is this week and I have nothing to show them. The syncing should be automatic, I had no way to know my phone would stop working. Really disappointing.

Christian Martinez

2 years ago

Started using this due to a sudden episode of tachycardia that wouldn't stop, even when resting for hours. Very easy-to-use. I'm not sure how the readings manage to be relatively accurate, but they can because I double check with the manual method. The accuracy of the app is good enough ±3-5bpm (for me). I like that it keeps a record for reference. The ads aren't annoying and there's no pay wall that I'm aware of for the full report, which is great. I will keep using this app to monitor my rate.

Professor .Jean

1 year ago

After setup you get less than 36 hrs to figure out how to navigate and whether it's providing useful information. After that you can measure once daily, but without the ability to see any results at all. No menu and navigation is not intuitive. Also a lot of intrusive "helpful" verbiage keeps interfering with navigation. I never got to find out if it's worth paying for so I uninstalled. It seemed like it might be but a day and a half isn't enough time to understand it and evaluate it IMO.

Kristy F

1 year ago

It seems to work and I do like that I can view results and input positions. I have POTS and am trying to determine stuff related to it. I was just trying to do the standing test for POTS, but having to move between my timer app and this app was frustrating as heck bc everytime I moved away I had to deal with an ad before I could register my pulse, which is annoying when have to do at specific intervals. Even just pulling my notification bar down and not fully leaving the app triggered an ad!

William Smith

1 year ago

While a tad better than some others - still: 1. Is inconsistent. ( ex: 1st and 3rd readings matched. 2nd was ⅓ lower. All in exact same position/ location) 2. Ads hang up and lock up the app. (The last time, no ad showed. Back button did not work. Only choice was to close app)3. Both hinder the ability to take rate immediately after exercising, making health support limited.

Matthieu Baker

1 year ago

Would be awesome if it wasn't for the crazy long ads. I have problems with my heart rate randomly spiking and I need to monitor it, so the long wait time has led to moments where I could be in danger. Put the ads after you get your reading, or limit the time of the ads. I've gotten ads that are a minute or more at times. I've tried to find an in app purchase to get rid of them, but I can't find anything. The app itself is well designed, but useless because of this. Incredibly disappointing.

Nobody In Particular

1 year ago

This is a very useful, accurate, and precise measure. The features and sort options provide specific, educated results that are unique to this app alone. Although there has been complaints about ads, I have to disagree. They're always short (8 second or under+skip option) and allow the app to remain free of charge, which I think outweighs a couple seconds. Overall, it's a great utility for anyone to have, and I highly recommend it.

Ceci Hanson

1 year ago

Best one I've tried. Keeps a running graph of measurements. Does have ads. Edit: Went from 5 stars to 2. Ads are way too long when one needs to know their pulse. I get wildly different readings from what I get with a finger and a watch. First showed 118. Then 94. In truth, it's currently 168. Deleting and looking for something better. Some people need accurate, quick measurements, and this isn't it.

Nima

1 year ago

NEEDS a paid ad-free option. Please please please provide this option, it would make this app go from just "really good" to absolutely fantastic. That said, the ads that do exist aren't too problematic. Just annoying when I would like a smooth experience without extra stuff in my way and am willing to pay a bit for that.

KP

1 year ago

This is a great app. User friendly, well designed, and very helpful. However, I gave 4 stars instead of 5 because just like everyone else has said, the ads can be excessive and annoying. Luckily, though, the ads I get can be closed out in less than 5 seconds. So it could definitely be worse, but it's still frustrating to deal with. I'm unsure if there is an option to pay for no ads, but if there is, that would probably stop more people from deleting this app (as long as it's not too expensive!)

Jennie Mattila

1 year ago

Limited Capacity Free App .... Absolutely wonderful for what it does. Tells you your heart rate using the camera lens. My friend's Dr told her this method is not reliable so I tested against my oximeter. Same result for pulse rate. Yes there is a full page ad first. It was 3 seconds before you could hit "skip". No complaints here! Tracks automatically, teaches a little, FREE & ACCURATE!