# Instant Heart Rate+ HR Monitor — user reviews > 328 indexed App Store user reviews of Instant Heart Rate+ HR Monitor by Bodymatter, Inc., rated 4.90/5 from 31,886 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/instant-heart-rate-plus-hr-monitor/id395042892/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/instant-heart-rate-plus-hr-monitor/id395042892.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 29,537 · 4★ 1,895 · 3★ 179 · 2★ 57 · 1★ 215 ## What do users think of Instant Heart Rate+ HR Monitor? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and useful - 🚀 Accurate and easy to use - 💡 Helpful for monitoring heart conditions - ⭐ Consistently reliable over many years **Cons** - 🐛 Doesn't work on new iPhone 16 - 🔒 Forced to create an account - 💰 Intrusive and annoying marketing for Premium - 🤖 Unreliable heart rate readings **Commonly reported bugs** - 1 minute reading not working for some users - Flashlight not turning on for some users **Most requested features** - Export heart rate data to computer - Add ability to set resting and max heart rates ## Newest reviews (10 of 328) ### 3/5 — Can’t add tags *2025-01-27, version 7.1.1* Since your last update, I lost all the tags I had. And I can’t seem to add new tags to replace the ones I had. Is this going to be fixed? Liked app before, not much now. ### 3/5 — Doesn’t work on new iPhone 16 *2025-01-17, version 7.1.0* I liked it until I bought a new iPhone 16 and it doesn’t work on the new phone. It won’t recognize my finger. ### 3/5 — Doesn’t Work with iPhone 16 *2025-01-04, version 6.0.18* I have been using this for years with my iPhone 12, but with the 16 (not Pro) the camera and light layout don’t allow me to cover both with any finger - and I have large hands! Unfortunately I can’t use it any more. ### 2/5 — Really sad *2024-11-16, version 6.0.18* This was like one of my favourite apps because it was super accurate for like a good number of years. Unfortunately, it only works the first time and then after that it just half loads and just stays loading forever. I tried the other free version too, and it does the same thing. ### 3/5 — Summary graph seems to lose data. Great pulse acquisition. *2024-10-27, version 6.0.17* The static summary graph seems to digitally filter out, or sanitized my true irregular pulses in the static summary‘. This summary includes only a partial graph time representation is presented after the measurement scroll process on the second page ‘summary‘. This loss of info from the origional ‘warts’s all’ measurement dispalyed was disappointing. I wish to retrieve all irregularities of the origional acquisition sampling scroll which clearly and with seemingly with high fidelity captured transiently displayed ‘pulse pauses’. Since ‘the capture and reviewing of all my pulse info on a retrievable data graph which actually includes irregularities’ is the function I am most interested in, I will be opting out on day 3 of my trial. Thanks for letting me try your pulse app. ### 3/5 — It work once *2024-07-07, version 6.0.6* It worked for one measurement, then wanted registering or logging in. No use without login. I don’t want to log in, just check my heart rate. It would be ok to register or login, but enforcing it is not. ### 4/5 — Keep going *2024-02-11, version 6.0.2* So that I’m sure of what I’m doing right/wrong this the way I can keep going. ### 1/5 — App not working *2023-12-09, version 6.0.2* This app and any other heart rate monitor app I have tried cannot detect my finger! Does this app work on iPhone 15 Pro Max or not?! ### 1/5 — Premium *2023-10-26, version 6.0.2* Don’t download this! I have deleted this app after using it for many years due to the intrusive and annoying marketing for Premium making it impossible to use without upgrading. If I were considering doing so, I certainly would not now. Sad ### 5/5 — Great app *2023-10-10, version 6.0.2* Really a great tool to figure out when I am in AFIB as well as keeping a historical data to review with doctor ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — My history is gone. *2025-02-14, version 7.2.2* All my previous data is gone. I wanted to access my data from before I had a heart attack & after. I had double bypass surgery & wanted to compare past results with the future. If you want to use it as a game, okay. But who knows when they will change it again. Deeply disappointed. ### 1/5 — The app is broken now!!! *2025-01-28, version 7.1.1* I’ve used this app for years but now it’s broken and won’t open. Please fix ASAP!! ### 1/5 — Bad update *2025-01-22, version 7.1.1* The app used to allow continuous HR monitoring so I could practice breathing exercises. Now it forces you to reset after 12-15 seconds. ### 1/5 — Heart Rate *2025-01-16, version 7.1.0* I wish I could leave zero stars. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP UNLESS YOU WANT TO PAY $60 PER YEAR TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT. After the latest update it won’t even allow me to save my heart rate. That’s all I want to do. After the last update, almost every time I use the app (over 80% of the time) it throws up a page trying to sucker me into a $60 subscription for other services. I bough this app to measure my pulse. Over the years the paid version of this app has evolved into a marketing platform for other health-related services. ### 1/5 — Update Broke App *2025-01-11, version 7.1.0* This past update made it so the app only opens to error messages. Useless now. Please fix. I loved this app. ### 1/5 — Update broke app *2025-01-09, version 7.0.0* App doesn’t open after update ### 1/5 — 4.6 rating is sus *2024-09-18, version 6.0.9* i've owned this app since 2017 no way that many people like this lousy app ### 1/5 — Total waste of money *2024-04-19, version 6.0.4* The app did not at all what it is advertised to do… the numbers always scrambled and the app only gave pulse (?)… the stress test is a joke.. something definitely wrong with the dynamics of usage of the app ### 1/5 — Not free at all *2024-01-17, version 6.0.2* I got this because my heart is playing up, and I can't be bothered with a Fitbit, etc. it came up as Free in a search, then immediately asks for a fee. Deleting it. ### 1/5 — Why do I need to register to use an app I have paid for!! *2023-12-10, version 6.0.2* I have used this app for years and even paid for the paid version of it. Now after an update I am being forced to create an account for NO reason other than to force me to pay for a subscription and hand personal biometrics over to them. I suggest avoiding this corrupt practice!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Blood Pressure *2025-02-08, version 7.2.1* The app needs blood pressure, too. Thanks. ### 5/5 — When opening force closes immediately *2025-01-21, version 7.1.1* As title, app force closes as soon as it’s opened. ### 5/5 — Simple and usefull *2025-01-09, version 7.0.0* After little inconvenience everything works smoothly as before- thanks to fast application support ### 5/5 — Simple and useful *2024-10-29* Great as now for long period of time I don’t have any issues with application, everything working properly- camera lens have no problems because this application is very useful and helpful ### 5/5 — Great - please keep it free. *2024-06-27, version 6.0.4* I live this app, and monitor my heart rate daily. It gives me peace of mind. ### 5/5 — Sam *2024-06-18, version 6.0.4* Excellent app ### 5/5 — This was great *2024-01-03, version 6.0.2* This was great loved it xxx ### 5/5 — Useful App *2023-12-31, version 6.0.2* Very good for checking heart rate ### 5/5 — Heart Rate *2023-11-14, version 6.0.2* I seem to be ticking over okay. The stress test is very good. The app is working well. ### 5/5 — Replace yellow background to dark one. *2023-10-17, version 6.0.2* What kind of idiot made a white line on yellow background. You are wiping out valuable data. --- *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 2026-06-10.*