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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.Show lessJPSC29710
Solid Application, Room for Improvement
I use a Polar H10 to track workouts. Workouts include kickboxing (drilling, sparring, bag, pads), running, strength training, and various cardio machines.
This app collects very accurate data at a high sample rate, consistent with the H10’s capabilities. The interface itself is a little spartan, and generally that’s fine. It’s clear what zone you’re in, the GPS integration works well, it provides an assessment of your workout.
It’s easy to tell the H10 to store the workout onboard and then sync to the app after the workout is complete.
Potential improvements include:
- Verbal cues are extremely limited and not particularly useful beyond fat/fit differences. If you’re looking to do more precise zone training, you’ll need to look at the screen.
- The notes section has a character limit, which feels very arbitrary. My notes end up looking like I’m some sort of Linux developer as I try to abbreviate everything.
- There’s not an intuitive and easy-to-interpret way to track work over time, and it’s not easy to search for and find a specific section. I port data from this app in to Health, and then into Zones for this. I figure I’m actually supposed to use Polar Flow, but was weirdly hard to get working. Probably better on a PC.Show lessPaul the Pretty Potato
Great, but needs some updates
I’ve been using this app for a long time. Overall does exactly what it should and offers customization to your program. Would love to see a few extras:
1. Add an interval function. I currently have to use a separate app for customized interval training (1:1, 1:2, 2:1, steady-state, etc).
2. Programs should memorize what my goals were from the previous session. For example: if distance was my goal for “Running”, I shouldn’t have to set this goal each time I use it. It always reverts back to Freestyle.
3. Better integration into Apple Health. It doesn’t always sync data over so if you’re utilizing a nutrition tracking program like MyFitnessPal that imports data from Apple Health, it becomes a little frustrating.Show lessstevej01a