Aktiia 4+

Pretty good early version

Overall I’m happy. I was put off by the handbooks as they were huge and in such tiny print. You can get PDFs via the App. Quick Start sheet!! That’s all you need. I didn’t need the manuals I have never seen a reading over 150 systolic and I certainly had these frequently with my previous meter. I’m not 100% convinced with the measurements. However I am delighted to know the variation overnight. I think as an indicator of 24 hour cycles of blood pressure, this is fantastic. Also I think if you get high readings on a normal meter because of anxiety, having the measurement taken when you don’t know is also brilliant Minor improvements to the app would be to add a single day average measurement to Apple health. I think all the data would just be too much. Apple health doesn’t have good display software for blood pressure I think you ought to be able to export the data as a CSV file Conceivably, the weekly and monthly graph could have variations shown on the ends of the lines OhI would like a nice light brown strap please in leather. Not Apple price. But something for 20 or £30 would be lovely

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your comments, your feedback is very much appreciated, Aktiia is always looking for improvement of the device and the app. Best regards - Elisabet Crespi - Aktiia support

App needs development

The device itself works generally works well. I would prefer more strap options - although soft enough to be comfortable the rubber tends to cause sweat.
The app itself is very simple (given the price I’d want to see more insights) and while it works 90% of the time it is quite frustrating. If you close the app, the device disconnects and won’t reconnect unless you attach it to the charger. Super annoying.
I also had quite a lot of issues getting it to stay connected to Bluetooth initially. If you have to switch off Bluetooth for whatever reason, it won’t to reconnect again without attaching it to the charger.
I am currently using this in conjunction with Whoop, would be good if the data could be integrated with Whoop, likewise with Apple health to integrate with frankly the much wider sweep of insights both Apple health and Whoop provide (I had an Apple Watch before Whoop and happily most of the same data points can be tracked in Apple health on Whoop band just as they are on Apple Watch).
Overall I think a good start, but more reliability, functionality and integrations would be good especially given the price. Without this I am not sure why I would wear this in the long run…

FANTASTIC!!

Finally peace of mind as I can see my blood pressure is not high except some evenings or when not sleeping enough etc so I can use the feedback to keep it in the normal range. Very difficult to measure pressure doing the day for me a busy professional and sport man using a traditional device.

Suggestions:

1. When I tap “Note” I should be able to add a note for the time that I selected in the diagram, otherwise it’s time consuming and error prone having to set the time for every note as I’m keeping track of my activity during the day.

2. Sleep schedule should be more flexible, I don’t have a fixed sleep schedule and not going to stick to it, it should be easier to tap a button to say “Now I’m going to sleep”.

3. In the reports it should be possible to see the notes alongside the measurement so it would be very easy to put the values in context, i.e. cause of emergency situation lack of sleep caused higher pressure for three days.

Also the company should put on their roadmap a waterproof wrist device, I guess it’s too expensive to get it certified so it’s fine as first iteration but it doesn’t make sense that such a small enclosure should be removed when showering. My Apple Watch and my headset can be used in shower and swimming pool so it’s very easy to forget to take the measuring device off.

Fundamentally it’s great product and app I strongly suggest to buy it even if you haven’t diagnosed with high blood pressure as prevention is cheaper than treatement!