# Heart Buddy — Heart monitoring and alarms

> Real-time heart rate monitoring with customizable alarms and historical data analysis. (iPhone/iPad app by Sean Pedley.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heart-buddy/id1375271746 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sean Pedley](https://appshunter.io/developer/861945776)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Medical
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.10/5 from 57 App Store ratings · 36 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 27 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2018-07-24
- Data updated: 2026-08-16
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heart-buddy/id1375271746/reviews.md

## What is Heart Buddy?

Heart Buddy continuously monitors the heart rate and raises an alarm when it detects a low or high heart rate. This could be indicative of a seizure, a problem with a pacemaker, or other heart problems.

Heart Buddy is totally free: no subscriptions, no adverts, complete access to all advanced features. Heart Buddy is already helping people and it can help you too.

• Continuous, realtime monitoring of the heart rate throughout the whole night, the day and wherever you go.

• Customise Heart Buddy's alarms: including those for high/low heart rates; low battery; signal loss; and more.

• Heart rates displayed on charts and updated as each heart rate is collected from the sensor.

• Heart Buddy be remotely controlled by a second Apple device over the Wi-Fi network to overcome the 10 metre limitation imposed by Bluetooth.

• Heart rates saved on the device and optionally in the cloud.

• Review heart rate charts from those saved in your history to spot patterns and gain valuable insight to heart rate behaviour.

• Share heart charts to your other devices, family, or email them to healthcare professionals.

• The Heart Zones feature keeps you informed of heart rate changes without even needing to look at the app.

• Optionally connect your phone/iPad to a bluetooth speaker to allow alarms to be heard remotely, elsewhere in the home.

COMPATIBLE HEART RATE SENSOR:
• Heart Buddy requires an external sensor to operate, such as: the Wahoo TickR Fit; Polar Heart Sensor; or any low-energy bluetooth (BTLE) heart rate sensor.

• The battery life for the Wahoo Tickr Fit sensor is up to 30 hours which means Heart Buddy can monitor the heart rate overnight without interruption.

• FitBit devices do not provide a continuous heart rate and are not suitable for monitoring the heart rate in real time.

## Key features

- Continuous real-time heart rate monitoring
- Customizable high/low heart rate alarms
- Heart rate charting and history
- Remote control via Wi-Fi
- Optional cloud data saving
- Share heart rate charts

## Recent user reviews (10 of 36)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heart-buddy/id1375271746/reviews.md

### 4/5 — The BEST real time heart app around

*2026-06-07, version 1.2.9*

For some time I’ve been looking for an App that does 2 things, provides real time alerts and allows customisation. And not just standard customisation of high and low thresholds, but full ability to adapt to your needs. It’s an absolute great app and in my opinion should receive some sort of funding to help its running

### 5/5 — Great App

*2026-02-09, version 1.2.9*

Easy to use, and very accurate, with excellent record keeping.

### 5/5 — The best heart monitoring app on iOS!

*2025-11-11, version 1.2.9*

It’s a great app for heart rate tracking. I love the alarm feature and alerts even work when your phone is turned off unlike so many other heart monitor apps on the App Store. Many other apps won’t even allow for alerts. This is definitely a superior app!

### 4/5 — I like it so far!

*2025-11-10, version 1.2.9*

It seems like a simple and great app that’s also practical for everyday use, I’ve downloaded a bunch of apps already and none seem to work for me so I’m hoping that this one does! It seems to be working really well but it’s having trouble connecting to my Apple Watch.

### 5/5 — Superb for HIIT training 😍

*2025-07-16, version 1.2.9*

What a find! Perfect live heart tracking, intuitive app and really easy to use with my Garmin HRM-Pro heart tracker, which does not support live tracking (go figure). Highly recommend Heart Buddy 🥰

### 3/5 — Henry

*2025-04-13, version 1.2.9*

Would be a good app if did not interrupt music stream. Incompatible with multitasking. A buddy for a heart, not a person.

### 5/5 — Very good free app

*2025-04-06, version 1.2.9*

I have a Nautilus exercise bike that came with a chest strap. When this broke I couldn’t find a replacement so got a Garmin one but it wouldn’t connect to the bike but is fine with this app. Large numerical display was exactly what I wanted and more accurate than the bike’s stuff.

### 1/5 — update pls

*2025-02-23, version 1.2.9*

can you make an update so it can connect to any watch

### 5/5 — Good

*2025-01-12, version 1.2.9*

Good app, I wish it would stop alerting me that the notifications have been turned off , I don’t want them on.

### 5/5 — Great App

*2024-12-11, version 1.2.9*

Simple to use. Set custom heart zone alarms.  Exactly what I needed.

## Frequently asked questions about Heart Buddy

### What does Heart Buddy do?

Heart Buddy continuously monitors your heart rate in real-time and triggers alarms if it detects a low or high heart rate. This can be indicative of various heart conditions or issues, providing an early warning system.

### What are the key features of Heart Buddy?

Key features include continuous real-time heart rate monitoring, customizable alarms for high/low rates, low battery, and signal loss. It also offers heart rate charting, historical data review, and remote control capabilities.

### Is Heart Buddy free to use?

Yes, Heart Buddy is completely free to use. There are no subscriptions or advertisements, and you get full access to all advanced features without any cost.

### What devices is Heart Buddy compatible with?

Heart Buddy requires an external Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) heart rate sensor, such as the Wahoo TickR Fit or Polar Heart Sensor. It is compatible with Apple devices.

### How can Heart Buddy help with heart health?

By providing continuous monitoring and immediate alerts for abnormal heart rates, Heart Buddy can help users and healthcare professionals identify potential heart problems early. Reviewing historical charts can also reveal patterns and provide valuable insights into heart rate behavior.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.9 — 2022-05-26

• Fixed an issue whereby the settings screen did not show selected options.
• Increased max heart rate to 200 bpm.

### 1.2.8 — 2020-10-16

Fixed an issue which prevented the Remote Control feature connecting on iOS 14.0 devices.

### 1.2.7 — 2020-10-10

Changes:
  • Fixed an issue which caused a crash when dimming the screen in the remote monitor.
  • Removed support for HealthKit integration.

### 1.2.6 — 2020-02-29

Changes:  
• Increased the size of the text in the large BPM screen.
• Fixed an issue with dark mode.

### 1.2.5 — 2020-01-02

• You can now choose how often Heart Buddy announces that it is paused when an alarm is silenced.
• Added support for Dark Mode.

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