Comparison

Pulse Tags vs Talking Heart Rate

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pulse Tags

Track your daily heart rate changes on your Apple Watch. Tag events like stress or illness to monitor their impact. View historical data, averages, and get notified of significant deviations.

Highlights
  • Hourly heart rate averages vs. 7-day averages
  • Digital Crown scrolling for detailed values
  • Add tags for heart rate event causes
  • Watch face complications for quick data access
  • Notifications for significant heart rate changes
  • Browse full history of tagged values
  • Add notes to tagged heart rate data
Features
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Pulse Tags is a simple yet powerful Apple Watch app to track changes in your daily heart rate. In many cases changes in heart rate can be caused by things like stress, caffeine or flu/other diseases. In such cases you can choose to tag the specific heart rate event and use Pulse Tags to keep track of how often for example stress has caused your heart rate to elevate. Pulse Tags requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 9 or later. Pulse Tags integrates with the Health app and uses data stored in the Health app. Key features: -See how your hourly heart rate (bpm) averages compare to your seven day hourly averages. -Use the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch to scroll between different values. -See detailed heart rate values recorded within the selected hour. -Add Pulse Tags as complications on your Apple Watch faces to see updated heart rate data directly on your watch faces. -Get notified if your hourly heart rate average is significantly higher or lower than usual. Please note that notifications and complication updates can get delayed or even blocked. Keep Pulse Tags as a complication on your active watch face to ensure better notification performance. -Tag heart rate changes with a possible cause or symptom. You can also tag heart rate changes directly from the notification. -Browse full history of tagged heart rate values. -Add and edit notes to tagged heart rate values. -Privacy: Information read by Pulse Tags is only used locally on your Apple Watch and iPhone while relevant data is synced to your personal iCloud. This data can not be accessed by anyone else but you. -Tutorial and in-app purchases on iPhone. If you have any questions we will happily help you: contact@sydvesti.com

About

Talking Heart Rate

This app uses your Apple Watch to read your heart rate aloud. Customize reading intervals, arm-raising triggers, and alerts for heart rate changes. It also records maximum heart rate data and offers customizable icons and voice tones.

Highlights
  • Reads heart rate aloud via Apple Watch
  • Customizable reading intervals
  • Arm-raising motion trigger
  • Heart rate change alerts
  • Records maximum heart rate data
  • Customizable icons and voice tones
Features
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It is an application of Apple Watch that reads heart rate by voice. ・Aerobic exercise while maintaining heart rate ・As a simple lie detector as it reads out the heart rate of the person wearing it by voice ・It works with Apple Watch alone. The following customization is possible. · Reading interval  none〜30〜60〜90〜120〜180 [s] · Arm raising motion  This application reads out the voice when opening the application. In other words, you can know the current heart rate without watching the clock. · Change in heart rate  We will inform you of the rise / fall width relative to the average value over the past 30 seconds.  none〜±5〜±10〜±20〜±30 [bpm] · Position information and time when heart rate became maximum in that session are recorded.  You can check this information with Apple watch. · Change icon  You can change to the following type of icon.  heart,fire,lightning,paint,nikukyu,tokugawa  The blink rate simulates the measured bpm. · Tone of sound  You can change the pitch of speech and speech speed. ※ This application will drain the battery to acquire location information while using the application. For this reason it is not suitable for long time use.

Screenshots

Pulse Tags4 screens
Talking Heart Rate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pulse Tags at 4.6 against Talking Heart Rate's 4.0. Pulse Tags also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 33%) and ratings volume (24 vs 4). Talking Heart Rate's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pulse Tags sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Talking Heart Rate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pulse Tags holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pulse Tags has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Pulse Tags's written reviews are positive against 33% of Talking Heart Rate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pulse Tags versus Talking Heart Rate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulse TagsTalking Heart Rate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (24 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.011.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSydvesti OyKAZUYA SHIMA

Customer experience

Pulse Tags

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Talking Heart Rate

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pulse Tags

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$2.99
None

Talking Heart Rate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulse Tags free?
Pulse Tags is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Talking Heart Rate free?
Talking Heart Rate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pulse Tags or Talking Heart Rate?
Pulse Tags is rated higher. Pulse Tags averages 4.6 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Talking Heart Rate averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Pulse Tags or Talking Heart Rate have ads?
Neither Pulse Tags nor Talking Heart Rate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulse Tags or Talking Heart Rate?
Pulse Tags ships an update every 2 months, and Talking Heart Rate every 2 months. Most recently, Pulse Tags was updated on November 2, 2026 and Talking Heart Rate on November 2, 2026.

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