Polar Beat: Running & Fitness 4+
Workout tracking app
Polar Electro
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- Free
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Description
Turn your phone into a fitness tracker with Polar Beat, the ultimate free fitness, running, and workout app. Train with real-time voice guidance, use GPS to track your route and distance, and share your achievements with your friends.
PLAN, TRAIN, ANALYZE, SHARE. All in one place.
FEATURES
» Sign in to unlock 100+ sport profiles
» Maintain a comprehensive training log using the different sport profiles
» Map your route with GPS
» Get voice guidance while you train
» See your personal bests
» Set training targets and reach your goals
» Track distance, pace, and route
» Connect to Apple Health
» Share your training on Facebook and Twitter
» Connect with Apple Watch
PREMIUM FEATURES
Unlock the full Polar Beat experience with a Polar heart rate sensor.
[+] See your live heart rate with a Polar heart rate sensor and train at the right intensity for maximum results
[+] See how many calories you burned
[+] See what you achieved with each workout: improved endurance, increased strength, or burned fat
[+] Understand the impact of your workout at different intensity levels
[+] Polar Fitness Test – Measure your fitness level while you lie down and relax
[+] Polar Running Index – See how your running performance is developing
[+] Polar EnergyPointer – See the main effect of your workout in real time - whether you’re burning fat or improving fitness
[+] Polar Benefit Target – Set specific training targets - like boosting recovery or improving endurance, and get guidance to achieve it
DOWNLOAD Polar Beat now and turn your phone into a personal trainer.
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Note: Continuous use of GPS can dramatically decrease your phone’s battery life.
What’s New
Version 3.5.8
In this update, we fixed a couple of nasty bugs that caused the app to crash for some users and improved GDPR text localizations.
Ratings and Reviews
Middle-aged fat woman
To be honest I’ve only used this app a handful of times, after a recent purchase of a Polar H10. I wanted an accurate heart rate tracker for walking. The reviews I could find online were all for the 7 model, but those were highly favorable for accuracy. Pairing the device to the app could be easier, I’ve been walking and discovered it wasn’t paired, my heart rate wasn’t being recorded. I have learned to make sure to pair it to the app and NOT to my iPhone X. Strange, but I can live with that. The first time I used it I selected walking for the workout. I started it prior to actually being ready to leave the house, putting on sneakers, running upstairs for a tissue, and the coach’s voice told me to slow down! The next time I forgot to select the walking routine. Unbeknownst to me at the default running workout, I was disappointed not to be advised to slow down, or to receive any encouragement at all, being a humid 90 degree day and my fat little legs pumping away. I’m learning! I think the app itself is great. I want to know that I’m getting the most out of my walks, health and fat wise. I can see where my heart rate is, if I need to work harder or can slow down a bit, track my route, time, elevation, pace and fat calories burned. This app has all the bells and whistles plus dozens of types routines from mountain climbing to wheelchair activities.
Great! With one issue...
I love this polar bear sensor. It gives me accurate data (I’ve tested against other sensors) and it’s pretty easy to use. I am a competitive swimmer and I’ve started to use the goggle attachment. It’s somewhat irritating with a cap on, but I can deal with it. The issue I have is with recording workout data. I turn the device on, press the button twice (initiating the recording function) and I’m all set. When I finish my workout, I press and hold the button down until I know the device is turned off. At this point the data should be recorded on the device. Sometimes however, I will follow the above steps and when I turn the device on and open the app, there is no data from the workout - as in, the app and the device did not sync. I notice that the device syncs with the app fine most of the time, but I think the water exposure must mess with the button and cause it not to register when I do my final press of it. It is VERY frustrating because I look forward to analyzing my swim data afterwards, and when it’s not there, you can imagine that I feel like it was somewhat of a waste. Besides this problem which to me is major and to some may seem minor, I love the device very much!
Good heart rate tracker with color-coded zones
I like this app and I use it for every workout. When you combine it with a Polar heart rate monitor, it's much better than with third-party heart rate monitors. One thing I really wish this app had was the ability to set timers for an entire workout. For example if I want to do nine rounds of three minutes with one minute of rest between each of the work rounds, with bells or buzzers or maybe configurable sounds at the start and end of each round, it would be great to be able to set that up and save it. If I could label each round with what I wanted to do in that round that would also be awesome because then I could manage and track my workouts all in one place. As it is right now I have to print out my workout and use a separate timer, and there's no record in my workout logs of exactly what I did each round. In short, I would give the app five stars if I could plan, execute, and track my workouts all in the same app on the same device.
Also, for some reason I don't understand, I can't sync directly from my iPad to Apple health, but I can sync to Apple health from my iPhone. On iPad you have to install Polar Flow. So far I have not figured out what Polar Flow is other than a way for me to sync to Apple health.
App Privacy
The developer, Polar Electro, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- User Content
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Health & Fitness
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Polar Electro Oy
- Size
- 139.5 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 4.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © Polar Electro Oy
- Price
- Free