Broadcasting works again: in 1.6 it could not start. Also new since 1.5: sessions are grouped by day, you can filter by tag, and a session shows which zones it was recorded against. Tap the heart rate chart to explore it full screen. The live chart covers 3 to 60 minutes.

History is easier to read. Sessions are grouped by day, you can filter by tag, and a session now shows which zones it was recorded against. Tap the heart rate chart to explore it full screen. The live chart covers 3 to 60 minutes.

Bug fixes and small improvements. The app should feel a little steadier than it did.

Calories can now sit beside heart rate and time. They are off by default. Switch them on in Settings and enter your weight and sex. The figure is calculated from your heart rate, so it is an estimate. Sessions that stop unexpectedly still land in your history.

The app now opens on a short launch screen with the Beatcast mark, then goes straight to the monitor. If you own the full version, the trial-ended notice no longer appears on the way in, and no purchase screen comes up on its own. A saved sensor reconnects by itself after you buy or restore the full version, without a trip to the sensor list. Settings has a short top level with pages behind it: Your numbers (Profile, Heart-rate zones, Alerts, Rest coach), Connections (Sensors, sharing your heart rate, Apple Health), Display, Unlock and About. Alerts and the ways they reach you are on one page now. The medical disclaimer sits under the first group. Wording is more consistent. Zone means a heart rate range, band and strap mean hardware, and the device names in the sensor guide are translated now. New installs start the age picker at 25. Plus many smaller copy edits.

Beatcast now speaks German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and Brazilian Portuguese as well as English, down to the Lock Screen, the Dynamic Island, the widgets and the permission prompts. The app also tells you where your heart rate turns up: the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen while a session runs, the home screen widget for the last reading with the time it was taken. Start with no sensor paired and you get a screen explaining what counts as one and how to connect it. Fixed a sensor that stayed connected in the background and showed a live reading while the status still read Connecting. Nothing clips at large text sizes now, the trial notice keeps its buy button in reach, and the Bluetooth permission notice has a way into Settings.

Beatcast now runs on iPad, as a stationary display for a propped-up tablet you read from across the room. TCX export, so a session opens in Strava or Garmin Connect. Edit or delete a saved session. A redesigned three-minute chart that zooms in on where your heart rate actually is. Test an alert from the background, to check you can hear it with the phone in your pocket. Sessions now reach Apple Health with an honest workout type instead of always saying strength training.