# VitalTiles — Steps, sleep and heart rate > Steps, sleep and heart rate (iPhone/iPad app by Thijs de Hoop.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vitaltiles/id6792573179 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Thijs de Hoop](https://appshunter.io/developer/6788051195) - Category: Lifestyle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 5 MB - Languages: American English, Dutch - Released: 2026-07-21 - Data updated: 2026-08-15 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vitaltiles/id6792573179/reviews.md ## What is VitalTiles? VitalTiles puts health data from Apple Health on your Apple Watch as a complication — including the metrics Apple provides no complication for: walking speed, walking steadiness, heart rate recovery, respiratory rate, VO₂ max, wrist temperature, environmental sound and thirty others. On your phone you open a dashboard: your step goal at the top, what matters today below it, and four topics to drill into. Walking — steps, distance, pace, step length, walking steadiness Sleep — duration, deep and REM sleep, respiratory rate, blood oxygen, wrist temperature Heart — resting heart rate, HRV, VO₂ max, heart rate recovery, blood pressure Environment — daylight, environmental sound, UV index, falls Six complications, in every shape your watch face supports: • Health metric — choose which value you want to see • Goals — three daily goals as rings • Streak — how many days in a row you met your step goal • Your energy — how you are doing compared with your own average • Coach — what matters today • Needs attention — automatically shows the metric that stands out On your home screen there are widgets too, up to a tile where movement, sleep and heart run through your week together. In Messages you share your steps in a single tap. A step goal that fits you The 10,000 steps you see everywhere came from a product, not from research: a 1965 Japanese pedometer called the "manpo-kei", literally 10,000-step meter. Recent research shows most of the health benefit is already reached around 7,000 steps. VitalTiles works out a goal based on your age and your current average, and explains where it comes from — citing the research it is based on. Associations from your own measurements After two weeks of wear, the app compares your active days with your quiet days and reports what that does to your sleep and heart rate. Only when the difference is large enough to mean something. Better to report nothing than to present a coincidence as an insight. A report for your doctor A PDF with your name, date of birth, the measurement period, how many data points there are per value, and where the numbers come from — including what a consumer watch can and cannot do. Without interpretation: that is a doctor's work. Thirty-five metrics, explained Every number comes with what it means, what is typical for your age, and what that is based on. No figures without context. What the app does not do • No ads, not even in the free version • At most one notification a day, and never to nudge you • Your health data stays on your device; no account, no analytics service • No account, no sign-in Free and Plus Free forever: all complications, your daily numbers, the step goal, the health signals, and one month of trend history. With Plus: associations from your own data, trends over a year, the doctor's report, the build-up program, working out what moving more would gain you, and notifications. You get two weeks of full access without payment details. Then you decide. Not a medical device. VitalTiles makes no diagnosis and replaces no examination. If you have symptoms, contact your doctor. Terms of Use (EULA): https://ictth.nl/vitaltiles-eula.html Privacy Policy: https://ictth.nl/vitaltiles-privacy.html ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Yearly | $3.99 | per month | | Yearly | $17.99 | per year | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.6 — 2026-08-10 • Movement, sleep and heart together in one widget, with a chart showing how they run through your week. • Page back through days: see your steps, sleep and heart figures from an earlier day. • The white panel that slid up when switching tabs is gone. • The widget sometimes stayed empty or lagged behind. It now fetches faster and refreshes as soon as new data arrives. • Measurements your device cannot provide now explain why — for example that an Apple Watch is required. • The circular complication shows which measurement you are seeing, and all widget sizes are available. • If your phone differs from your watch, the app explains why. • New "On your watch" tab: what you can add and how to set it up. • Share with friends, and one subscription covers your whole family through Family Sharing. ### 1.5 — 2026-07-28 • The circular complication now shows which measurement you're looking at, without shrinking the number. • All widget sizes are now available. Some sizes used to be greyed out. • The small (2x2) widget now shows your total, your goal, the week's chart and two key figures, instead of just a ring. ### 1.4 — 2026-07-26 • The white panel that slid up when switching tabs is gone. It turned out to be the Health permission sheet, which the app was invoking far too often. • Page back through days: see your steps, sleep and heart figures from an earlier day. • Measurements your device can't provide now explain why — for example that an Apple Watch is required. • The circular complication is easier to read: just the ring and your value, with no icon taking up space. • New "On your watch" tab: what you can add, what it means and how to set it up. • Your energy score is recalibrated: 75 means an ordinary day. Tap any component for an explanation. • Insights now sit with the measurement itself, alongside the trend over recent weeks. • The app now tells you when a new version is available. • Share with friends, and one subscription covers your whole family through Family Sharing. ### 1.3 — 2026-07-25 This update is about clarity. • Switching tabs is smooth again. The white panel that slid up on every switch is gone. • Returning to a tab now puts you back on the tab itself, not on a screen you had navigated into. • Your energy score is recalibrated: 75 now means an ordinary day, so the number matches how you feel. Tap any component to see what it is, why it counts and what to do about it. • The circular complication is easier to read on a standard watch: the ring shows your progress and the goal sits at the end of the arc. • Tapping a complication now opens the matching screen. The energy complication didn't do this before. • Insights now live where you look for them: with the measurement itself, alongside the trend over recent weeks. • New "On your watch" tab: what you can add, what it means and how to set it up. • One subscription now covers your whole family through Family Sharing. ### 1.2 — 2026-07-24 New in this version: • Your personal battery. A single number from 0 to 100 showing how you are doing, where 50 is your own average. It always says why — which component weighs heaviest — and what you can do about it today. On your phone, your watch, and as a complication. • Three more metrics: exercise minutes and active energy (which capture the cycling, swimming and strength training that steps miss), and your sleeping heart rate. • Home screen widgets now follow your chosen focus: movement shows steps, sleep shows your night, heart shows your resting heart rate. With a weekly chart and key figures. • An iMessage app to share your steps in Messages. • Three new insights, including recovery and your day, REM sleep and recovery, and walking pace and your heart. Now 21 associations. • Settings reorganised: a page per topic, with an explanation above the controls. Improved: • Your step goal now follows the most recent meta-analysis (Lancet Public Health, 2025), which puts the inflection point at 7,000 steps. And it no longer stretches endlessly: it targets the next evidence-based milestone above what you currently walk, and once you are in the band, holding steady is the advice. • Much more explanation around HRV: why the absolute value says little, what pushes it down and what brings it up. • The circular complication shows your full step count with your goal below. ## More apps by Thijs de Hoop - [CardHub – Cards in Wallet](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cardhub-cards-in-wallet/id6788051193) All apps by Thijs de Hoop: https://appshunter.io/developer/6788051195 --- *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 2026-08-15.*