My Heart Counts

Name: My Heart Counts
Rating: 4.5 (549 reviews)
Author: Stanford University

Medical

Free

549 Ratings
Ages

18+
Years
Category

Medical
Developer

Stanford University
Language

EN
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164.7
MB

Turn your daily activity into life-saving research. Join the Stanford study, learn about your heart, and help advance science. Turn your daily activity into a powerful tool for science with My Heart Counts, a revolutionary research study and personal health app from Stanford University School of Medicine, the University of Washington, and Imperial College London. Heart disease is the #1 cause of death worldwide. But what if we could change that, together? My Heart Counts invites you to partner directly with researchers to help us understand how activity, lifestyle, and fitness relate to cardiovascular health. This isn't just another fitness tracker, it's your chance to be part of the solution. WHY IS THIS SO EXCITING? - BE A CITIZEN SCIENTIST: You are not just a user; you are a research partner. By simply living your life, you contribute valuable data to one of the largest-ever studies on heart health. Your contribution can help unlock the secrets to preventing heart disease. - YOUR PERSONAL AI HEALTH COACH: This study includes a physical activity randomized controlled trial. My Heart Counts now features an intelligent coach powered by a cutting-edge Large Language Model (LLM). The coach provides personalized tips and encouragement to help you build healthier habits, one step at a time. - GET PERSONALIZED INSIGHTS: Discover your "Heart Score," a unique measure of your cardiovascular health based on your activity levels and other data. Learn more about your own patterns and how they contribute to overall health. - POWERED BY STANFORD MEDICINE: This app is developed and run by leading cardiologists and researchers at Stanford University, the University of Washington, and Imperial College London. You can trust the science and know your data is handled with the highest standards of security and privacy. HOW IT WORKS: 1. Download & Consent: Join the study in minutes with a simple, transparent consent process. 2. Track Your Activity: The app uses the motion sensors in your iPhone or connects to your Apple Watch to automatically and securely measure your daily activity. 3. LLM-Powered Physical Activity Recommendations: Our LLM-powered coach will provide motivation and personalized physical activity advice. 4. Get Your Score & Contribute: See your activity patterns, get your Heart Score, and know that every step you take is advancing our collective understanding of heart health. KEY FEATURES: - Automatic Activity Tracking: Seamlessly monitors your steps, distance, and active time. - AI-Powered Coaching: Chat with our LLM-driven coach for personalized motivation and guidance on your physical activity journey. - Personalized Heart Score: Get a unique score and insights into your heart health. - Secure & Private: Your data is encrypted, anonymized, and stored on secure servers. Your personally identifiable information is never shared. - Optional Physical Activity Testing: Participate in a classic fitness assessment to provide even more valuable data. DATA SAFETY & SECURITY: We take your privacy as seriously as your heart health and your data is protected by the highest institutional standards: - Open-source development: My Heart Counts is developed as an open-source project, allowing you to verify the functionality and security. We invite open-source contributors and are building on an open-source stack including the Stanford Spezi ecosystem. - Enterprise-Grade Security: Your data is managed by Stanford Medicine Technology & Digital Solutions (TDS), utilizing the same rigorous security infrastructure used by Stanford Medicine. - HIPAA Compliant: We are fully compliant with HIPAA regulations to ensure your Protected Health Information (PHI) remains safe and confidential. Join a global movement for better health. Your motion has meaning. Download My Heart Counts today and turn your daily activity into scientific discovery!

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

549 Ratings

Application freezes
06/25/2020

Reader from The South
This application wasn’t tested by developers. It’s freezing as I trying to set it up. Trying to send an email to support team, getting a message that email is not valid.
Application freezes
06/25/2020

Reader from The South

This application wasn’t tested by developers. It’s freezing as I trying to set it up. Trying to send an email to support team, getting a message that email is not valid.
Hardly confidence inspiring
02/14/2019

xyoga15
The current app, updated recently, seems half-baked. That is, activities responses do not register when completed. Walking activity test is unrealistic, asking participant to sit down immediately upon completion. It’s as if app’s designers have not tested in real world. App will not accept ‘no’ as response to 23&me sharing; not possible to opt out of sharing. Developer web site link is hopelessly outdated, describing Apple’s iPhone models as 6s and 7s which this current app is designed for. Yikes! All in all, not very confidence building in terms of sharing one’s biometric data . Lack of attention to these visible details and awkward interface certainly give pause, and this only after just getting started. Well-intentioned, but hardly thought through. There are very concerning disconnects. One wonders if data gathered here suffer as well. Is this project really being supervised?

Developer Response
Thank you for these feedback. Version 2.2 released today should address these concerns.
Hardly confidence inspiring
02/14/2019

xyoga15

The current app, updated recently, seems half-baked. That is, activities responses do not register when completed. Walking activity test is unrealistic, asking participant to sit down immediately upon completion. It’s as if app’s designers have not tested in real world. App will not accept ‘no’ as response to 23&me sharing; not possible to opt out of sharing. Developer web site link is hopelessly outdated, describing Apple’s iPhone models as 6s and 7s which this current app is designed for. Yikes! All in all, not very confidence building in terms of sharing one’s biometric data . Lack of attention to these visible details and awkward interface certainly give pause, and this only after just getting started. Well-intentioned, but hardly thought through. There are very concerning disconnects. One wonders if data gathered here suffer as well. Is this project really being supervised?
Developer Response 11/12/2019
Thank you for these feedback. Version 2.2 released today should address these concerns.
Buggy
05/16/2020

EgClone
The app is not working right after the last two updates from Apple. I do the 6 minute walk and at times it is hard for me to get it started. I have to tap the start button numerous times to get the timer started. Sometimes after it starts I get the message “Walk as far as you can” by the number of times I had to tap the Start button. If this happens then the app will just quit. Today I was able to get it started and heard the “3 minutes remaining” message. Sometime later I checked to see how much time was left, but the app showed the home screen and had quit. This behavior has been going on for quite sometime. I have an iPhone 11 and have the latest iOS installed.
Buggy
05/16/2020

EgClone

The app is not working right after the last two updates from Apple. I do the 6 minute walk and at times it is hard for me to get it started. I have to tap the start button numerous times to get the timer started. Sometimes after it starts I get the message “Walk as far as you can” by the number of times I had to tap the Start button. If this happens then the app will just quit. Today I was able to get it started and heard the “3 minutes remaining” message. Sometime later I checked to see how much time was left, but the app showed the home screen and had quit. This behavior has been going on for quite sometime. I have an iPhone 11 and have the latest iOS installed.
The right idea
08/25/2021

Jackemeyer
Daily small survey is do-able. I would like resting HR instructions & prompt 1x per week, but no such function. 6 min walk test is nice. Improvements would be to make clear if activities from Healthkit were being used or not (I’m not certain if my workout yesterday was “recorded” or not. In the past, I would enter the data manually into this App, redundantly to entering it manually into the z health App … except the formats are different!).Further, the circle (yester, today, week) make no sense to me.
The right idea
08/25/2021

Jackemeyer

Daily small survey is do-able. I would like resting HR instructions & prompt 1x per week, but no such function. 6 min walk test is nice. Improvements would be to make clear if activities from Healthkit were being used or not (I’m not certain if my workout yesterday was “recorded” or not. In the past, I would enter the data manually into this App, redundantly to entering it manually into the z health App … except the formats are different!).Further, the circle (yester, today, week) make no sense to me.

What’s Changed - Automatic Activity Tracking: Seamlessly monitors your steps, distance, and active time. - AI-Powered Coaching: Chat with our LLM-driven coach for personalized motivation and guidance on your physical activity journey. - Personalized Heart Score: Get a unique score and insights into your heart health. - Secure & Private: Your data is encrypted, anonymized, and stored on secure servers. Your personally identifiable information is never shared. - Optional Physical Activity Testing: Participate in a classic fitness assessment to provide even more valuable data.

Version 4.0.0

1d ago

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
- Location
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Sensitive Info
- Other Data
Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics