Finally a heart rate app with alarms
Response from developer
Thank you for your review and thank you for helping adding the features you wanted in the app.
Doesn’t detect
I contacted through twitter. Answered my first question then nothing after
Response from developer
Thank you for your review. Fitbit is propriety, it does not comply with Bluetooth 4 Heart Rate Service specification. Polar, Wahoo, etc have heart rate monitors that are all compliant with the bluetooth specification. To switch the app (on your iPhone) from iPhone to Apple Watch mode, tap on the sensor. The app will stop searching for a bluetooth heart rate sensor and stop spinning. Be sure that your have the Apple Watch app installed to switch to Apple Watch mode
Nice
Thanks and please update for ever
🤗🤗🤗🤗🙏🙏🙏🙏
Response from developer
Thank you for your review. As the developer of the app, I use it almost everyday, especially on my HIIT sprint running, and every now and again, new ideas pop into my head, which then gets coded into the app. Theo
Has potential but wasted $20
Missing some basic functions. A whole bunch of extraneous features like; animated exercise selection indicators, line drawing of sensor type, and algorithm predicting what heart rate will be 5,15,30 seconds in the future but the app is MISSING numerical display of heart rate zone in BPM. Also does not allow custom setting of heart rate zone in BPM, only in %.
Unfortunately I have only been able to find one other Heart Rate Zone monitoring app in the App Store with one time purchase rather than subscription model. “Heart Graph” which whilst having a richer set of practical features and 100x better sensor pairing, it’s alarm volume is too soft AND it has the SAME SOUND for being over as well as under your set heart rate range.
Looks like a subscription it is =(
Response from developer
Thank you for your review. Not all the features in the app will be for everyone, but some of the ones you mentioned were implemented at the request of users. The animation has a purpose, it indicates the status of the workout, and sensors. For example if a runner stops running, the Apple Watch sensors will detect that and pause the workout automatically, on which the app will pause the animations as a visual way indicating the workout has paused. The native Apple Watch workout app, and others apps, also adopts this approach of informing users on the state of a workout. The prediction of a heart rate (at 5, 15, 30, 60 seconds) is an early warning system to the user that soon he/she will be soon out of the target heart rate zones. This allows him/her to take corrective action to maintain focus and staying within the goal zone range. The reason why zones are expressed in terms of % of Max Heart rate, heart reserve or lactate threshold heart rate is based on scientific evidence. A user who has a goal to increase VO2 capacity will use target rates expressed in terms of Max HR, while an endurance or stamina user might use a lactate threshold threshold. Specifying absolute BPM values does not take into account age of user, fitness level and goals, which changes over time. There is a scientific references section in the app explaining this. As for your 100x better sensor pairing, alarm volume to soft, they really depend on your volume settings, the kind of headphones you using. I’m not sure how 100 times better I can pair a BLE heart sensor, there is bluetooth standard on how sensors are paired. Pairing BLE sensors on Apple Watch is a process that remains in the hands of Apple (via the bluetooth settings on Apple Watch)
Works With Bose SoundSport Pulse
Doesn’t require annoying subscriptions like other apps.
I’ve downloaded and tried several but this is the best I’ve found. Well worth the money!
Edit: most times it takes a lot of messing around to get it to connect to the headphones. I usually have to open the Bose app, get it tracking my heart rate, close Bose app and open this one. It generally requires me to do this a few times.
Was rated 5 star, but I’m dropping one off for this reason.
Edit 2: developer responded and is working to fix this with next release
Response from developer
Thanks for your rating. Regarding the bleutooth issue I experienced it as well, its the way iOS/watchOS decides which app get priority to the bluetooth channel on sound. The next release (v 2.1.4) should handle bluetooth sound better, if not tweet or email me (via the About on the app).
Annoying
Response from developer
There is no resting VO2Max test available on the Apple Watch. The Resting Heart Rate test is only available on an iOS device (iPhone and iPad). All other VO2Max (Running, Walking and Stepper) tests are on both the Apple Watch and iOS devices. There is no limit on the number of times you can use any VO2Max Test. On an iOS device you can tap the back button at the top-left to go back to the instructions and then you can tap start at the bottom to begin a new VO2Max test; or while in a VO2Max test, tap the circular-icon on the top-right to restart the test. On an Apple Watch force-touch on the screen to cancel the test, you be taken back to workout view, then swipe left to go to the VO2Max Tests where you can start a fresh VO2Max Test. When using any VO2Max test from an iOS device, you will need a bluetooth heart rate sensor
Does this app ever connect with the apple watch????
Response from developer
If you contact me on twitter I can help you better. Once you have completed the setup from your iPhone, you should be able to see estimated VO2Max for yourself. To get more accurate VO2Max estimates you need to perform one of the VO2Max exercises from your iPhone (with a bluetooth Heart sensor) or from your Apple Watch. If you using an Apple Watch there is no need to have your iPhone connected to your Apple Watch as the Watch works independent from the iPhone, unless you need to transfer workout data from the Apple Watch to your Phone. To get the status saying connected follow help on http://www.tgs.me.uk/apps/hra/ The app will end the workout if the heart rate sensor is "dead" or has not sent a heart rate for a while. This can happen if a bluetooth sensor has disconnected or in the case of an Apple Watch if the sensor can not measure a pulse. You can change this behaviour by going to Settings on the iPhone and disable the "Auto end workout" in the "Sensor Settings" section or increase the "Timeout" length.
Apple Watch
Response from developer
Look at this tweet the gives a flow chart on how to solve the problem: https://twitter.com/ZoneTrainingApp/status/839439791129260032 Or have a look at the App website: http://www.tgs.me.uk/apps/hra/
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Response from developer
There are currently no complications in the watch, however in the next few days. They are currently under development and to be released in the next version (in April 2017)
