Heart Graph 4+

Smoky Cat Software Ltd.

Designed for iPad

    • 4.6 • 225 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Analyse detailed graphs of your heart rate to help understand how your body is changing over time. No subscription, no accounts; your data stays safe on your device.

Knowing your current heart rate is useful, but seeing in real time how it varies over a longer period gives you much more information, especially when trying to understand how your body is responding to a training plan. Heart Graph can be used for all types of aerobic exercise including running, cycling, rowing or gym work, and of course you can also use it to study your normal heart rate for general health reasons.

Heart Graph allows you to record new data and see your heart rate graph in real time, as well as importing existing data from Apple Health. Data from previous sessions can then be compared to give a deeper understanding of how your body is changing over time, for example by directly comparing the graphs for equivalent sessions, viewing statistics such as max, mean and resting heart rate across sessions, or seeing the proportion of time spent in different heart rate zones aggregated over weeks or months. (Note some features require a one-off In-App Purchase, as described below.)

FREE features of Heart Graph include:
* Display a real-time graph of heart rate against time on your iPhone or iPad
* Support for both Bluetooth sensors and Apple Watch
* No ads
* Review your sessions offline to spot trends in your data
* Integration with Apple Health: import existing workout data and store new workouts
* Maximise the screen area for graphs on iPhone using landscape orientation
* Group related sessions by adding your own notes, then searching for sessions matching those notes
* Record a standard Reference Set at the start of each session to help determine how your body is really doing; if your heart rate is elevated, you may want to take it easy
* Record data in the background if you want to use other heart rate apps (Bluetooth sensors)
* Calculate calories burned, and set a calorie target for each session

Beyond the basics, a single, one-off In-App Purchase will enable the Premium Features, giving you access to more in-depth analysis tools and the ability to design your training sessions in the app. These Planned Workouts split a session into small pieces, for example sets at the the gym, or intervals on a bike. When you’re exercising, Heart Graph will keep track of where you are in the session and what’s coming up next, alerting you when it’s time to stop or move on. The trigger for moving from one set to the next can be a simple time gap (“wait 30 seconds”), or be based on heart rate to allow a specific amount of recovery before continuing (“wait until heart rate is below 120bpm”). The outcome is a structured plan that adapts to how your body is responding each time you do that session.

Premium Features include:
* View and analyse the time spent in each of five configurable heart rate zones
* Add annotations to the graph during recording to help identify key events
* Heart rate alarms when your heart rate changes zone or goes above or below configurable thresholds
* Import data from the Health app for custom time periods of up to 24 hours
* Directly compare graphs for equivalent sessions
* Compare statistics (such as max, mean and resting heart rate) across sessions
* Record a session to explicitly measure resting heart rate while you relax
* Audio rep counting so you never lose count - make a noise every time you complete a rep and the app keeps track of how many you’ve done
* Import and export heart rate data from other apps or your computer using Garmin TCX format files
* Import Garmin GPX format files
* Export data to CSV files for further analysis in software such as Excel (email, Dropbox, etc)

Heart Graph requires an external sensor to record heart rate, such as:
* A bluetooth (BTLE) sensor such as the Wahoo Tickr / Polar H10 chest straps, or the Mio Alpha watch
* An Apple Watch
* An ANT+ sensor connected using the Wahoo Key

DISCLAIMER: Heart Graph is not a medical device, and you must always seek a doctor’s advice before making any medical decisions.

What’s New

Version 6.1.2

* Fix bug where swimming workouts don’t start on Watch
* Minor bug fixes and enhancements

We're listening! If you experience a problem with the app, please contact us via our website.

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5
225 Ratings

225 Ratings

Spinning Kev ,

Excellent heart rate app

I use this app with a bluetooth heart-rate monitor. I use it when I am doing indoor cycling on my spinning bike and I have my ipad set up in front of me with this app running on “simple workout” mode which gives me a very useful graphical picture of how my heart-rate is changing during my workout. The free version is excellent but for the small price of the paid for version you can set your own heart-rate interval bands which are displayed as different colours on the graph and I find this extra visual information very useful and motivational during my workout. An additional feature that I really like is that the app estimates calories burnt and displays this on screen in realtime along with the heart-rate information.

Jack Karry ,

Solid job, zero bugs, good analysis

The App does an excellent job of what it says it does! I have used the app almost continuously for the past month and have come across zero bugs!

The ability to customise graph options and the analysis are spot on as well. The only additional graph I might suggest is a high bin histogram where you can compare days, weeks or months.

However, the only reason it’s a 4* and not a 5 is because when you sync it to apple health app it only transfers your high, low and average heart rate for each session. And it just feels like an unnecessary loss of detail. But that is my openly criticism and that was clear before purchase so, is quite minor.

Solan border ,

Useful tool in helping to cope with ME.

I find heart graph linked with my Apple Watch an excellent way of keeping track throughout the day of my heart rate and I appreciate (tho admittedly sometimes ignore!) the alarms telling me when I have gone over my anaerobic threshold. It’s also very useful to see how much time I have spent in the various zones. Both play a big part in meaningful pacing, one of very few approaches that can help make any progress with the symptoms of ME. The app is very informative and easy to follow and great for the record. I have also been most appreciative of the support I have had from the developers.

App Privacy

The developer, Smoky Cat Software Ltd., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Collected

The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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