Masimo U vs Food Effect Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Masimo U
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The Masimo U App provides a convenient way to access the latest Masimo educational content. View Assigned Training as part of carefully designed curriculum by Masimo field clinical educators. Access the catalog of Masimo educational tools organized by product category. Download and complete training offline.
Food Effect Watch
This app helps users identify potential food sensitivities by tracking heart rate changes before and after meals. It aims to assist individuals in their pursuit of better health and performance by detecting inflammation triggers.
- Meal tracking for sensitivity detection
- Heart rate monitoring via Apple Watch
- Detects possible food sensitivities
- Monitors pulse for 90 minutes post-meal
- Provides 'Detected' or 'Not Detected' results
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Whether you are a bio-hacker or just concerned about your health, FoodEffect Watch assists you in your quest for peak performance and a healthier life. FoodEffect Watch is a seamless way to test your meals to discover possible food sensitivities that are could be contributing to chronic inflammation and disease. Inflammation is an innate response to injury, stress, or illness, poor gut function or eating toxic foods (high-toxin, high-sugar, high-processed, high-gluten, etc.) and induces an inflammatory response. When this response becomes the norm for your body, it becomes a low-level feature in your physiology and problems arise. It turns out that inflammation may be the common link between cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and many other common diseases, and thus should be reduced by whatever means available. FoodEffect Watch uses the built in heart rate monitor of the Apple Watch to measure your pulse first thing in the morning and then before and after a meal or suspicious food is ingested. Simply wear your Apple Watch to bed or put on before getting out of bed (FoodEffect needs your morning pulse as a reference point) then before a meal simply open the app and select Start Meal, then when you are done eating select End Meal. That’s it! Food Effect Watch will monitor your pulse for 90 minutes after your meal and will return a result of “No Food Sensitivity Detected” or “Possible Food Sensitivity Detected”.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Masimo U at Free against Food Effect Watch's $4.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Masimo U is free to download; Food Effect Watch costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Masimo U | Food Effect Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Masimo Corporation | SweetWater Health |
In-app purchases
Masimo U
No in-app purchases
Food Effect Watch
No in-app purchases





