# Heart Rate Monitor: HR App — user reviews > 17 indexed App Store user reviews of Heart Rate Monitor by Netviking AB, rated 4.20/5 from 385 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heart-rate-monitor-hr-app/id1363710131/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/heart-rate-monitor-hr-app/id1363710131.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 268 · 4★ 35 · 3★ 28 · 2★ 17 · 1★ 37 ## What do users think of Heart Rate Monitor? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use (mentioned once) **Cons** - ❌ Dangerously misleading accuracy - ❌ Inaccurate heart rate readings - ❌ Consistently low readings - ❌ Continues reading after finger removed - ❌ Not worth the time - ❌ No value - ❌ Unusable due to ads - ❌ Erratic readings - ❌ Ads pop up mid-check - ❌ Cannot get past adverts - ❌ Scam - ❌ Measures heart rate of inanimate objects - ❌ Does not work - ❌ Ads prevent usage - ❌ Makes money through ads - ❌ Difficult to close ads - ❌ App crashes after ads - ❌ Spam - ❌ Ripped off by unexpected purchase - ❌ Just advertising **Commonly reported bugs** - App continues reading after finger removed - Ads pop up mid-heart rate check - App measures heart rate of inanimate objects - App crashes after ads - Unexpected purchase prompt ## Newest reviews (5 of 17) ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2019-03-28* Only works to make them money Hit start button and it plays advert The X in corner very hard to see So yo may load web page to maker this ratbag more money After all of this you get to hit start again and it just goes back to your main iPad screen ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2018-10-30* Terrible doesn’t work ads are ridiculous just spam ### 1/5 — This app is spam. *2018-10-09* Downloaded this because it said it could take heart rate from iPad. Opened it up and got blasted with an ad for a crappy iPhone game. Couldn't close the ad; anywhere I pressed on the screen took me to the game in he App Store. When the ad finally closed, the app crashed. Worthless. ### 1/5 — Ripped off *2018-10-02* I was trying to check out this app bc it’s free and am looking for a heart monitor app for my condition and after I downloaded it, I tried to use the app and it prompted me to use my Touch ID button to begin measuring my heart rate and I also use that Touch ID feature to purchase with and I touched it and instead of taking my heart rate it purchased $90 of upgrade?!? And I am unable to contact anyone who can help me get a refund. This is ridiculous and sad. Feeling duped into buying a product I didn’t know if it would work for my tracking... ### 1/5 — Just advertising *2018-04-22, version 1.0* Rubbish just another advertisement ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Dangerously misleading *2024-02-26, version 1.2* I ran a series of tests on this app’ comparing its results with a another, heart rate app’ that I have used for over 10 years - and has proven accuracy. I also compared with ECG readings at the same time. This app’ consistently showed rates typically 20% below the figure from the other 2 sources taken within minutes of each other. Further, I removed my finger from the lens 5 seconds into the reading and this app’ carried on for the full session and produced a “result”! So, ditch this one, it’s a dangerous excuse to subject you to unwanted advertising. ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2021-03-06* I got this to just see, I laid it down flat & hit start, did not move phone etc, basically it said my heart was going fast, don’t get this, so not worth it.... ### 1/5 — no value *2020-10-02* doesn’t work (60 bpm post sprint 3x); makes you sit through ads, waste of time ### 1/5 — What’s with the ads? *2020-06-24* Unusable. Immediately throws you into ridiculous cartoon ads. Stay away. ### 1/5 — Don’t buy: erratic & inaccurate *2020-05-24* Very ### 1/5 — Adds pop up mid heart rate check!! *2019-12-19* I haven’t been able to use it yet at all. Mid check an add pops up and I close the App!! ### 1/5 — Can’t get past adverts *2019-07-22, version 1.0* Seems to have a bug in, probably a scam ### 1/5 — Crap in the name of an app *2019-05-28* I waved my hand 4 inches away from the camera and it started measuring “heart rate” while there was nothing between the wall and the camera and i was shocked to know that even my wall has a heart rate of 52 bpm. Uninstalled it just now. ### 1/5 — Do not work *2019-05-26, version 1.0* So I put the phone on a table and it still give me a bpm also you can’t use it as every time you try you get ads the only way to get it to work is to have WiFi off but as I said it do not work even then ### 1/5 — DO NOT GET THIS! *2019-05-03* DO NOT GET THIS! I wasn’t able to even use the monitor because as soon as I open the app an ad starts and there’s no way out of it. ## Most praised reviews (2 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Free & easy *2019-11-01* Very good and easy too use ### 3/5 — Don’t know what to say *2019-04-22* This tracks your heart rate but is not helpful I don’t really like it if I said something for it it is bad --- *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.*