# Essential - Healthy Lifestyle — user reviews > 248 indexed App Store user reviews of Essential by Drayfield Labs, rated 4.60/5 from 7,127 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/essential-healthy-lifestyle/id6461420447/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/essential-healthy-lifestyle/id6461420447.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,756 · 4★ 637 · 3★ 364 · 2★ 134 · 1★ 236 ## What do users think of Essential? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Convenient health tracking - 💡 Helpful for monitoring health - 🤩 Accurate measurements **Cons** - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🚫 Limited free features - 🐛 Inconsistent performance - ⚠️ Misleading advertising **Commonly reported bugs** - Inaccurate heart rate readings - App crashes on older devices - Unable to save user data **Most requested features** - Blood pressure monitoring - Blood oxygen tracking - More advanced analytics - Free access to all features ## Newest reviews (10 of 248) ### 3/5 — Free???? *2025-07-27, version 1.5* Not as advertised. Advertised as a free app, but after downloading it states it’s only free for 3 days!! ### 2/5 — Misleading *2025-04-26, version 1.5* They state the app will “measure “ your blood glucose. It only allows you to record it from another source. ### 1/5 — Railroaded *2025-04-11, version 1.5* I couldn't even start using the app without committing to a three day trial that costs money. I resent being forced to spend money that I don't want to spend, so I deleted the app. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your money *2025-04-08, version 1.5* This is a fraud. Once you download it, it doesn’t do anything other than prompt you to download the “pro” version. This is a glorified record keeper for 4.99 per week. It doesn’t NOT measure your blood sugar, blood pressure, oxygen levels. You must obtain them by other means then manually enter the results into the app. ### 1/5 — Big lies *2024-11-24, version 1.5* It’s a lie, it doesn’t do any of the things they say it does ### 1/5 — Fake ad and I suspect reviews *2024-11-23, version 1.5* Ad showed and talked about measuring glucose with camera, so I had to try it! App is not only NOT measuring glucose with camera but it is pretty bad overall, which makes me think that most of the review are fake? ### 5/5 — 年頃です笑 *2024-11-16* 自分の健康が気になり始めた時にこのアプリをしりました。手軽に自分を知るきっかけができて、嬉しいです。 ### 1/5 — Spam/ fraud app *2024-11-14, version 1.5* This is the worst app I have seen. It was downloaded in my phone when I am got advertisement in phone, I didn’t noticed. Almost 4 times 4.99 = 19.96$ was deducted from bank account. How can app guys take money with out opening app, creating account, give payment details from customer side. I feel this app was like a spam. I was fed up and request apple team to look after this type of apps. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Review *2024-11-10, version 1.5* Works great ### 5/5 — Name says it all *2024-10-27* It’s definitely an essential to me to know how my system is running. We check our cars…. This is even more important to monitor. I have cardiac issues in my family. My mom had a heart attack in 2021 but had heart issues for years. If this ap had been available then, maybe we could have prevented the actual heart attack and it would have save all the trauma she went thru and the trauma we went thru seeing her suffer. I’m just using the free version but it still monitors the heart rate. I’m not sure I can afford the full version but I will be checking my budget to see if It’s do-able. I haven’t done that with any other apps. I don’t mess around with many apps that charge but this app sorta called to me and for some reason drew me in to check it out. So I’m gonna call to you. If you’re reading this review just give it a try. I think you’ll easily see that it’s, well,…essential. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Fake *2025-08-10* Diz que é gratuito e não é coisa nenhuma, propaganda enganosa ### 1/5 — Farsa. *2025-07-27* Péssima. Pouquíssimos dias grátis. Depois, ao contrário da propaganda, passa a cobrar. Uma vergonha essas artimanhas. Nada contra pagar, mas mentir nunca cabe. ### 1/5 — Not a free app *2025-07-20, version 1.5* The ad says it is a free app, but in order to use it you have to agree with a weekly subscription of $4.99 the first 3 days are free but you better make sure you cancel it the second day or you will be charged another week. ### 1/5 — COCOLUCIOUS *2025-07-07, version 1.5* THIS IS SO VERY NICE. IT DOES EVERYTHING, I LOVE IT. AND I HOPE OTHER PEOPLES, GET TO USE IT, AND ENJOY IT LIKE I DID. ### 1/5 — Mentiroso *2025-07-07* Diz ser gratuito e já pede seu cartão de crédito balela ### 1/5 — False advertising *2025-06-12, version 1.5* This app is only for heart rate and that is not accurate ### 1/5 — A *2025-06-07, version 1.5* LIES ### 1/5 — Lead-in *2025-05-16, version 1.5* Opening graphic says to put your finger on the app to determine blood glucose level, but that's not a feature of this app. ### 1/5 — Fake *2025-04-28, version 1.5* I downloaded Essential Health Measure on 3-21-25. Today is April,27,2025. I have taken readings every day at different times of the day. Every single reading has been exactly the same for every health test. It is impossible for every single reading to be exactly the same for 36 days. I am going to delete the app as soon as I finish my review I never wanna hear Essential about anything that this company has produced and I’m Give Apple my review exactly like this one. ### 1/5 — Help need to cancel subscription it is set up twice *2025-04-18, version 1.5* Help ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Helpful *2026-07-27, version 1.5* Great app, very helpful when I need a quick check ### 5/5 — essential *2025-12-04, version 1.5* seems like a great app to have especially if you are anywhere and have complications and by the time you get anywhere to get your readings you’re bag to normal. everyone carries there phone so this app is perfect for us! ### 5/5 — Healthy lifestyle *2025-06-30, version 1.5* Just trying to see if it is true about testing the sugar in your blood so I can get it for my son. ### 5/5 — Great *2025-05-27, version 1.5* Love this app looking forward using it love it that tells me about the condition of my heart ### 5/5 — Médica *2025-04-23, version 1.5* Excelente aplicación ### 5/5 — NOT FAKE🤨 *2025-03-31, version 1.5* So I tested by eating different foods at the doctor and using one of those arm thingy things and used this to determine if it was the same IT WAS so I tried eating a banana, a orange, and half a muffin and it had the same bpm IT WORKS get this app now!!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Super app *2025-03-21, version 1.5* How do you get your weight under control tells you your heart rate, your sugar, and a bunch of other stuff there’s a workout program and they even have stuff for you to be able to meditate and fall asleep to stuff ### 5/5 — Real Health *2025-01-27, version 1.5* It’s really wonderful to be able at anytime get a quick report about your personal health. Especially when your sick, witch helped me the next day to seen my Doctor. This is one of my favourite Apps to use and have to use whenever I want to seen what’s going on with my health. ### 5/5 — Excited about the *2025-01-14, version 1.5* So far it seems to me like it could be a rather helpful app. I am interested in testing blood sugar. If it unlocks it and it’s reliable I will then show my husband so he can quit testing poking his fingers. He would sincerely appreciate that. As would I. ### 5/5 — Pretty darn good *2024-12-30, version 1.5* I’m not gonna complain at all but I’m just trying to get my point across so that others don’t feel like they got taken advantage of in any way as well like I already have --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-10.*