Cardio Zones.

Name: Cardio Zones.
Price: 49.99 USD
Rating: 4.3 (40 reviews)
Author: Theo Scott

Heart rate based training

$49.99 · Designed for iPad

40 Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

Health & Fitness
Developer

Theo Scott
Language

EN
+ 13 More
Size

29.7
MB

Take your Apple Watch (leave your iPhone at home), bluetooth headphones, go for a run, walk, cycle, spin (Schwinn bikes), gym, swim, row, .... - Use the voice assistant to regulate and keep your heart rate within target zones during workouts - View cumulative graphs for time spent in heart rate zones for workouts, even for any workout recorded by other apps and stored in Apple Health - Rate your fitness level, and recovery heart rate (Superior, Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor) - Measure your Resting Heart Rate & VO2 Max, plus calculate your Max Heart Rate - Preloaded Heart rate training zones: Karvonen & Zoladz formulas, British Cycling Coaches, Joe Friel Running & Cycle and more. - Create your bespoke heart rate zones. - Find training zones for beginners, intermediates and professionals. - Voice alarm warning guidance helping you stay in your training zones, with Bluetooth headphone support (listen to the funky comments on your progress during your workout) - Real-time heart rate, statistical prediction and training zones are shown in a graph and text format. - Location tracking of your routes with your heart rate data at each point on the map. - Display heart rate data on maps and/or in a graph format. - Export heart data to CSV on iCloud and use Excel and Numbers from your Mac or PC to analyse the raw data and build your own optimised training programme - No login account is required, no external web accounts are needed, and you keep your data (strict privacy). - No subscriptions are required, no extra payments, and full access immediately. - Support portrait and landscape display modes. - Support for Cycling Speed and Cadence Bluetooth service (Apple Watch only) Your heart rate provides insight into how efficiently you’re training and gives you a way to quantify improvements. With zone training, you can yield different benefits and are appropriate at different times during a training plan, whether that is weight loss or improved cardiovascular performance. Zone training gives you focus. Measuring your heart rate and keeping within your zones can help you from overtraining. Overtraining can lead to exercise addiction which can lead to negative physiological and psychological effects, constant muscle soreness, elevated resting heart rate, burnout, reduced variability, elevated blood pressure, lack of appetite, and even becoming moody. To get the best out of the app you need a heart rate sensor that conforms to the Bluetooth 4 Heart Rate Service (HRS) like the Polar H7 Smart, Wahoo TICKR, Bose Soudsport Pulse, etc. You don’t have a heart sensor: The following functions are available if you don’t have a bluetooth heart sensor or Apple Watch: - Calculate your VO2 Max doing a 1½ mile run. - Calculate your Maximum heart rate. - Get optimal heart zones depending on your fitness goals (fat burn, cardio, et.c). - References and reading material on how heart rate zones are used in fitness & sports sciences. Data Privacy: - Your data remain private in your iOS Device or iCloud Account. You are in control over who views or uses your data. - This app works seamlessly with Apple Health - You do not need any annoying login accounts. - All data is stored on your iPhone/iPad/Apple Watch, and no data is on any external database on the internet or worldwide web. Battery: - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. - Continued use of the Apple Watch heart rate sensor can dramatically decrease battery life. - Viewing your heart rate in Graph mode will impact your battery life when the App is automatically (the icon with the wheel at the top) adjusting the XY-Axis. Tap on the wheel/settings icon at the top to switch to manual mode to conserve battery life and reduce the graphics power processing requirements. Thank you for your time, and for support or new features request, send me an email from within the App: About | Contact or tweet @ZoneTrainingApp

Ratings & Reviews

4.3

out of 5

40 Ratings

Improvement as a whole exercise app
12/14/2022

Mr. Bluemoon
This app is wonderful and accurate as it seems to refresh every second or two and dominating HR sensor signal so no unnecessary disturbance.It will give 5 stars if they add a voice of encouragement through out the session that you choose… something like Nike Run Club would be ideal ! HR based or distance based!

Developer Response
Thank you for the kind review.The app will make remarks of encouragement when your calories hits 500 and 600.I can understand why people like the trainer's remarks from the Nike app, that is because the Nike Run app is focused on getting you better at running.The Cardio zones app was created so I can be focussed on staying in a specific zone, and measuring heart rate recovery but not specific for a particular sport like running, rowing, cycling, etc. Theo
Improvement as a whole exercise app
12/14/2022

Mr. Bluemoon

This app is wonderful and accurate as it seems to refresh every second or two and dominating HR sensor signal so no unnecessary disturbance.It will give 5 stars if they add a voice of encouragement through out the session that you choose… something like Nike Run Club would be ideal ! HR based or distance based!
Developer Response 12/16/2022
Thank you for the kind review.The app will make remarks of encouragement when your calories hits 500 and 600.I can understand why people like the trainer's remarks from the Nike app, that is because the Nike Run app is focused on getting you better at running.The Cardio zones app was created so I can be focussed on staying in a specific zone, and measuring heart rate recovery but not specific for a particular sport like running, rowing, cycling, etc. Theo
Perfect for my needs
11/22/2020

Rtegc
I have started Zone 2 training and needed an app that would give me voice prompts and allow me to set my own hr zone. With this app I can enter the zone I want to train in and it gives voice prompts when I am out of zone and back in zone. I can also get instant voice feedback of my stats with the motion of looking at my watch. I have tried several apps but none of them had the features I needed. I was hesitant to buy this app because of the price and my only regret is that I didn’t buy this one first. Also, the app developer is very responsive to questions. Can’t say enough about this app, I highly recommend.
Perfect for my needs
11/22/2020

Rtegc

I have started Zone 2 training and needed an app that would give me voice prompts and allow me to set my own hr zone. With this app I can enter the zone I want to train in and it gives voice prompts when I am out of zone and back in zone. I can also get instant voice feedback of my stats with the motion of looking at my watch. I have tried several apps but none of them had the features I needed. I was hesitant to buy this app because of the price and my only regret is that I didn’t buy this one first. Also, the app developer is very responsive to questions. Can’t say enough about this app, I highly recommend.
Galaxy Watch won’t connect
05/03/2020

cem1492
I have an iPhone 8+ and a Samsung Galaxy Watch, which has bluetooth and connects nicely to my watch with a heart sensor. Cardio Zones cannot find my sensor on my watch. Why not? I’ve done everything logical to get it to find my watch but it won’t. Help please.Thank you very much for your answer. I ordered an Apple Watch series 5 to use your app because I love what it can do for me at 65 in terms of heart health and my intense workouts with interval training using cardio zones.

Developer Response
Your Samsung watch is proprietary to Samsung and does not conform to the Bluetooth 4 heart rate specification. Examples of heart rate sensors that are complaint to this Bluetooth specification are Polar H7, Wahoo TICKR and others. The way the app works on Apple Watch is that it install a watchOS Cardio Zones app on an Apple Watch, which the user then use as shown in the screenshots on the App store. Your Samsung watch does not use the Apple watchOS operating system.
Galaxy Watch won’t connect
05/03/2020

cem1492

I have an iPhone 8+ and a Samsung Galaxy Watch, which has bluetooth and connects nicely to my watch with a heart sensor. Cardio Zones cannot find my sensor on my watch. Why not? I’ve done everything logical to get it to find my watch but it won’t. Help please.Thank you very much for your answer. I ordered an Apple Watch series 5 to use your app because I love what it can do for me at 65 in terms of heart health and my intense workouts with interval training using cardio zones.
Developer Response 05/03/2020
Your Samsung watch is proprietary to Samsung and does not conform to the Bluetooth 4 heart rate specification. Examples of heart rate sensors that are complaint to this Bluetooth specification are Polar H7, Wahoo TICKR and others. The way the app works on Apple Watch is that it install a watchOS Cardio Zones app on an Apple Watch, which the user then use as shown in the screenshots on the App store. Your Samsung watch does not use the Apple watchOS operating system.
Won’t work if simultaneously using a fitness tracking app
02/24/2022

LadySunshine1510
I was so excited when I found this app, since I use the Maffetone method and needed some thing to alert me when I was leaving my preferred cardio zone. However, I always use the map my fitness app on my Apple Watch to track all of my workouts. Unfortunately, CardioZones won’t work if I also use the MapMy Fitness app at the same time. This would’ve been perfect for me, if not for this issue! Dear developer, if at all possible please, please, please develop a solution so that other fitness tracking apps can be used simultaneously with CardioZones! 🙏🏻

Developer Response
You can't run two workout session at the same time on watchOS. It is a restriction by Apple.
Won’t work if simultaneously using a fitness tracking app
02/24/2022

LadySunshine1510

I was so excited when I found this app, since I use the Maffetone method and needed some thing to alert me when I was leaving my preferred cardio zone. However, I always use the map my fitness app on my Apple Watch to track all of my workouts. Unfortunately, CardioZones won’t work if I also use the MapMy Fitness app at the same time. This would’ve been perfect for me, if not for this issue! Dear developer, if at all possible please, please, please develop a solution so that other fitness tracking apps can be used simultaneously with CardioZones! 🙏🏻
Developer Response 06/21/2022
You can't run two workout session at the same time on watchOS. It is a restriction by Apple.

- Update for iOS 15.6 - 26, watchOS 8.7 - 26 - added support for multi-window, where applicable (iPad) - Add ability to pair a heart rate monitor persistently (iPhone/iPad devices) - Improved compatibility with Apple Health.