Empirical: Heart Health

Name: Empirical: Heart Health
Rating: 4.6 (388 reviews)
Author: Empirical Health, Inc.

Cholesterol & blood pressure

Free · In‑App Purchases

388 Ratings
Ages

16+
Years
Category

Health & Fitness
Developer

Empirical Health, Inc.
Language

EN
English
Size

121.5
MB

Measure, predict, and prevent your risk of heart disease. Empirical combines dozens of biomarkers from your Apple Watch and a blood test to help you optimize your heart health. We summarize all Apple Watch vitals--the heart rate monitor, sleep, VO2 max (cardio fitness), ECGs (electro cardiogram), mental health, HRV, oxygen, and more--into a comprehensive health report. Dig even deeper with an advanced heart health blood test, which measures ApoB, Lp(a), hs-CRP (inflammation), HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and more. We help with: * Heart health & heart rate monitoring, including cholesterol and blood pressure * POTS tracking * Boosting VO2 max (Apple Watch cardio fitness) * Managing blood pressure, * ...and more. Here are the major features of Empirical Health. METRICS: APPLE WATCH HEALTH REPORTS Summarize your Apple Watch vitals into an instant health report. Metrics summarizes 40+ biomarkers into one health score, including resting heart rate, heart rate recovery (cardio recovery), ECGs (electro cardiograms), irregular rhythm notifications, heart attack risk (based on the American College of Cardiology's heart attack risk calculator), HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, ApoB, LP(a), sleep duration, sleep onset, deep sleep, REM sleep, sleep apnea risk, breathing disturbances, oxygen saturation (SpO2), respiratory rate, and VO2 Max (cardio fitness), HRV, temperature, depression, and anxiety. Keep a pulse on your health! MEDICAL CARE, COVERED BY INSURANCE Get real medical care from real doctors. Medical care is available in 30+ US states, and our doctors can order labs (e.g., blood tests), imaging, and prescriptions if medically necessary. We cover the full scope of primary care. HEART RATE MONITOR & PULSE TRACKER Track your heart rate (pulse), sleep stages, workouts, and journal your symptoms. Use Empirical as a POTS tracker, overall health monitor, and heart analyzer. The today screen gives you a high resolution heart rate (cardiogram), daily deep/REM sleep, and a customized symptom tracker with tags. AI NUTRITION TRACKER Just upload a photo of your meal, and we'll analyze it for heart health -- including key nutrients like fiber, saturated fat, potassium, sodium, calories, macros, and more. CARE PLANS for HEART HEALTH, SLEEP APNEA, BLOOD PRESSURE, CHOLESTEROL, POTS, MENTAL HEALTH, and MORE Manage hypertension (high blood pressure), lower cholesterol, and take ECGs (electro cardiograms). Do the CHOP protocol for POTS. ABOUT EMPIRICAL HEALTH Empirical Health's mission is to shift healthcare from reactive to preventive. We're founded by a doctor and an engineer who previously worked at UC San Francisco, Google, Kaiser, Cardiogram, the HealthCare.gov rescue team, and more. COMPATIBLE APPS & APPLE WATCH SENSORS We're compatible with Apple Watch, Apple Watch SE, and Apple Watch Ultra, and can also import and analyze data from third party sleep, health, and fitness apps such as Autosleep, Athlytic, Bright, Cardiogram (HeartIQ / MigraineHQ), SleepWatch, Tachymon, Welltory, Sleep++, Visible, and other heart rate & HRV monitors. Empirical works with all Apple Watch / iwatch health sensors: heart rate monitor (pulse), ECG (electro cardiogram), HRV, blood oxygen saturation, activity, deep sleep, REM sleep, sleep stages, afib history, vo2 max (cardio fitness), heart rate recovery (cardio recovery), temperature, depression and anxiety risk, sleep apnea alerts, breathing disturbances, and more. We also work with blood pressure cuffs that connect with the Apple Health app. Please always check with a doctor in addition to using the app and before making medical decisions. You can talk with a doctor directly in the app in most US states.

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

388 Ratings

Good source of key data
Aug 18

Gary sfo
How can you not like and value the significant amount of key health data points provided thru this service, which is well organized and summarized in the app. Is it perfect? Nope, but from what I’m reading the developers are constantly improving performance and features. I have full health coverage with annual blood test, but I still value to intel provided here. It’s a good app, good data, and well summarized take away.
Good source of key data
Aug 18

Gary sfo

How can you not like and value the significant amount of key health data points provided thru this service, which is well organized and summarized in the app. Is it perfect? Nope, but from what I’m reading the developers are constantly improving performance and features. I have full health coverage with annual blood test, but I still value to intel provided here. It’s a good app, good data, and well summarized take away.
Please, don’t use an app to diagnose POTS…
10/15/2023

mrs.emily.jackson
It’s great that POTS is getting more awareness. However, POTS is more than an effect of long-Covid. It’s been glamorized since Covid because of the uptick in patients who present with it. Apps like these tend to offer “quick diagnoses and fixes” but in reality, if you do suspect you have POTS, it is better to go to an actual doctor (preferably cardiologist or neurologist) who specializes in autonomic testing. There are several other types of dysautonomia that have similar symptoms and these conditions are managed differently. These are physical tests, you can’t self-diagnose. It’s not a diagnosis you particularly want, either, if that’s not actually the condition you have. POTS patients are continuously gaslit and we have a systemic problem with getting doctors to believe our symptoms. Without the autonomic testing to back up your diagnosis, it will be much, much harder to find the right treatment that works best for you. There are also different subcategories of POTS. Some have low blood pressure, some have high. If you recommend “increase salt” to those with high blood pressure, it’s not safe without regular check-ins with your doctor to monitor your overall health in conjunction with any treatments you’re doing at home. Stay safe 👌🏻

Developer Response
Hi Mrs Jackson! Our POTS evaluations always include a medical evaluation from a real board-certified doctor. These programs also include physical tests: orthostatic vitals, ECG, and blood tests. Some of these can be performed at home with the aid of an Apple Watch or other smart devices, and some are performed at a local lab.To address your specific concern about blood pressure, our at-home sit-stand procedure includes measuring blood pressure using a wireless cuff. This guides both the diagnosis and treatment decisions, such as what medication to prescribe. As for autonomic testing, our Chief Medical Officer wrote a more detailed guide on when people need to do a tilt-table test: https://data.empirical.health/p/do-i-need-a-tilt-table-test-to-confirmObviously, we believe medical care has to be rigorous and trustworthy. And we hear from many patients who are frustrated that they've been gaslit by the medical system--that's why we built this app, so that patients can get empathetic medical care and live their best lives.Let me know if that answer makes sense! Feel free to email us: hello@empirical.health.
Please, don’t use an app to diagnose POTS…
10/15/2023

mrs.emily.jackson

It’s great that POTS is getting more awareness. However, POTS is more than an effect of long-Covid. It’s been glamorized since Covid because of the uptick in patients who present with it. Apps like these tend to offer “quick diagnoses and fixes” but in reality, if you do suspect you have POTS, it is better to go to an actual doctor (preferably cardiologist or neurologist) who specializes in autonomic testing. There are several other types of dysautonomia that have similar symptoms and these conditions are managed differently. These are physical tests, you can’t self-diagnose. It’s not a diagnosis you particularly want, either, if that’s not actually the condition you have. POTS patients are continuously gaslit and we have a systemic problem with getting doctors to believe our symptoms. Without the autonomic testing to back up your diagnosis, it will be much, much harder to find the right treatment that works best for you. There are also different subcategories of POTS. Some have low blood pressure, some have high. If you recommend “increase salt” to those with high blood pressure, it’s not safe without regular check-ins with your doctor to monitor your overall health in conjunction with any treatments you’re doing at home. Stay safe 👌🏻
Developer Response Jan 27
Hi Mrs Jackson! Our POTS evaluations always include a medical evaluation from a real board-certified doctor. These programs also include physical tests: orthostatic vitals, ECG, and blood tests. Some of these can be performed at home with the aid of an Apple Watch or other smart devices, and some are performed at a local lab.To address your specific concern about blood pressure, our at-home sit-stand procedure includes measuring blood pressure using a wireless cuff. This guides both the diagnosis and treatment decisions, such as what medication to prescribe. As for autonomic testing, our Chief Medical Officer wrote a more detailed guide on when people need to do a tilt-table test: https://data.empirical.health/p/do-i-need-a-tilt-table-test-to-confirmObviously, we believe medical care has to be rigorous and trustworthy. And we hear from many patients who are frustrated that they've been gaslit by the medical system--that's why we built this app, so that patients can get empathetic medical care and live their best lives.Let me know if that answer makes sense! Feel free to email us: hello@empirical.health.
Too laggy to be usable
Feb 25

ECB71
The data available looks great and is well presented. However, it’s impossible to scroll in the View Recent Workouts page. 2 workouts get loaded and the page ends up freezing when you try to scroll back to older workouts or even scroll to the 2nd page on a workout. Not sure if it’s just the app or iOS 18 because there are scrolling issues all over iOS 18. Definitely not paying for a non functional app but I do like the UI and would consider it if the app performed as expected. I’ve actually played around with d with the app a little more and it is just too laggy and unresponsive to use across the board. Once again, data looks amazing but app responsiveness is extremely poor. Also,It’s a battery hog. I deleted the app.

Developer Response
Hey ECB71 -- we've found a bug affecting lag on the workout screen. If you send me an email at hello@empirical.health, I can add you to our TestFlight. I'd love your feedback on whether this solves the lag problem for you! Thanks for trying us.
Too laggy to be usable
Feb 25

ECB71

The data available looks great and is well presented. However, it’s impossible to scroll in the View Recent Workouts page. 2 workouts get loaded and the page ends up freezing when you try to scroll back to older workouts or even scroll to the 2nd page on a workout. Not sure if it’s just the app or iOS 18 because there are scrolling issues all over iOS 18. Definitely not paying for a non functional app but I do like the UI and would consider it if the app performed as expected. I’ve actually played around with d with the app a little more and it is just too laggy and unresponsive to use across the board. Once again, data looks amazing but app responsiveness is extremely poor. Also,It’s a battery hog. I deleted the app.
Developer Response Mar 3
Hey ECB71 -- we've found a bug affecting lag on the workout screen. If you send me an email at hello@empirical.health, I can add you to our TestFlight. I'd love your feedback on whether this solves the lag problem for you! Thanks for trying us.
Great app for heart health with suggestion
Oct 20

jarod3
As someone in his 40 with heart disease that runs in the family, I use this app to keep myself in check. Great Apple Watch companion. I love tracking my workouts, nutrition, sleep, and blood pressure all in one app. I especially love tracking the nutrition by simply taking a photo and quick text. One addition I’d love to see to make all of this easier with the fewest amount of taps possible is better shortcuts app capabilities. Like a tap shortcut to log food or a workout. Otherwise, I will continue to use this app a my main source of truth for my heart health when consulting with my doctor.

Developer Response
Thank you! I like the idea of shortcuts app integration--if you'd be interested in testing this in the future, email us at hello@empirical.health!
Great app for heart health with suggestion
Oct 20

jarod3

As someone in his 40 with heart disease that runs in the family, I use this app to keep myself in check. Great Apple Watch companion. I love tracking my workouts, nutrition, sleep, and blood pressure all in one app. I especially love tracking the nutrition by simply taking a photo and quick text. One addition I’d love to see to make all of this easier with the fewest amount of taps possible is better shortcuts app capabilities. Like a tap shortcut to log food or a workout. Otherwise, I will continue to use this app a my main source of truth for my heart health when consulting with my doctor.
Developer Response Oct 23
Thank you! I like the idea of shortcuts app integration--if you'd be interested in testing this in the future, email us at hello@empirical.health!

2.89 fixes bugs. 2.80 introduced custom health reports and a new liquid glass design.

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