Hero Band III vs ReflexActive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hero Band III
Track your health data day and night, monitor sleep quality, and wake up gently with a vibrating alarm. Gain insights from personal health trends and receive phone call notifications on your band. Integrates with Apple Health.
- Health data tracking
- Sleep quality monitoring
- Gentle vibrating alarm
- Health data trends
- Incoming call alerts
- Apple Health integration
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- Use HeroBand Ⅲ Band to set, track, and follow your health data day and night. - Monitor and track your sleep quality. - Start every day feeling rested with gentle alarm. - Gain insights from easy to view trends based your personal health data. - Set your band to vibrate when you have incoming calls on your phone. Soon we will be integrated with Run Keeper and other fitness trackers. Stay tuned. Apple Health App Sharing -Integrates with Health App
ReflexActive
This app pairs with smartwatches to track daily activity, including steps, distance, and calories. It monitors sleep quality and offers various sports modes for activities like running and biking. Receive notifications for calls and messages directly on your device.
- Step, distance, and calorie tracking
- Sleep quality monitoring
- Multiple sports modes
- Incoming call and message notifications
- Phone and smartwatch finder
- iOS Health App integration
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Developed to work with our smartwatches to help you monitor your activity throughout the day & achieve your goals. Reflex Active offers a selection of fantastic features: The stepometer tracks your steps, distance and calories burned. Sleep monitor tracks your quality of sleep. Multiple sports functions, our smartwatch offers a choice of activity types such as running, biking, walking & climbing. In addition to training functions, our smartwatch will also notify you when receive incoming calls or messages. Phone finder feature helps locate your phone or smartwatch should you misplace them. Integrates with iOS Health App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ReflexActive at 83% against Hero Band III's 35%. ReflexActive also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Hero Band III's advantage is ratings volume (5.3K vs 35) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ReflexActive holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hero Band III has 5.3K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Hero Band III's written reviews are positive against 83% of ReflexActive's.
Hero Band III ships an update every 2 months, ReflexActive monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hero Band III | ReflexActive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (5.3K ratings) | 4.8 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.6% of reviews | 82.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.3K — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 195 MB | 229 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 金 冯 | Reflex Active |
Customer experience
Hero Band III
ReflexActive
User reviews
Hero Band III
From 5.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Good buy
- 👍 Customizable watch faces
- 👍 Affordable price
- 👍 Tracks health metrics
- 👍 Long battery life
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate health/fitness tracking
- 🐛 Sleep tracking issues
- 🐛 Connectivity problems
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications
- 🔋 Charging issues
ReflexActive
From 35 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Useful features
- 💰 Good value for money
- 📊 Helpful for tracking fitness and health
- 📱 Connects well with phone
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🔋 Battery life concerns
- 🔍 Missing some features
- 🤔 Accuracy issues with tracking
Bugs and requests
Hero Band III
Reported bugs
5 issues- Watch resets settings frequently
- Time/date display issues
- Sync problems between watch and app
- Weather feature not working consistently
- Exercise tracking not reliable
Requested features
5 requests- More watch face customization options
- Improved sleep tracking
- Ability to set multiple alarms
- Integration with other fitness apps
- Stronger vibration for notifications
ReflexActive
Reported bugs
3 issues- Disconnects from Bluetooth
- Steps/data not accurately tracked
- App crashes or freezes
Requested features
4 requests- More customization options
- Improved sleep tracking
- Integration with other fitness apps
- Additional watch faces
In-app purchases
Hero Band III
No in-app purchases
ReflexActive
No in-app purchases
