A Very Dependable Heart Rate Monitor!!! – Heart Fitness Review

Tips: These finger-tip measuring heart rate monitoring apps are super sensitive to movements, and to the amount of finger-tip pressure applied to the camera lens area. To get the heart rate, I'd cover both lens & flash horizontally with my left finger tip (instead of vertically as pictured in the app) with the finger tip pointing to the right, and let the phone/lens-flash area rest on my finger tip/hand, while my hand/arm rests on something. Be sure to keep especially your finger tip/hand/arm super still while these types of apps are in the process of taking your pulse/heart beat. **************************************************Pro: This app is almost perfect! I've had this app for a long while now, and I've checked its results against my Omron chest strap heart monitor, my oximeter, and Azumio's app, and this app's results have been consistently on the mark. I also like the fact that the results are given in decimals and not rounded to whole numbers. (The Azumio's app is not dependable. Its results are mostly 1 beat lower, and its paid $2.99 StandUp Test is useless--I want my money back, but I do like its Tags / Notes features. The Tags / Notes features provide meaningful interpretations of the results when viewed again in later days.) Con: I wish this Heart Fitness app would offer tags/notes to make the heart rate readings meaningful for reference when viewed again weeks/ months/ years later--was this resting heart rate taken in bed or was I sitting at the time, was it taken while I was standing, was it taken the morning after a hard workout, was it taken after insufficient sleep...???) Having meaningful reviews would really be helpful in recognizing cause&effects / trends... Conclusion: Get this app. You can depend on the numbers it provides. Stay healthy.
Review by Candy-Gatherer on Heart Fitness.