Comparison

Health Aide vs Pebbles

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

Head to head
About

Health Aide

This app helps you monitor your health status by collecting and visualizing blood oxygen and pulse rate data. It connects via Bluetooth to compatible devices to display historical trends through histograms and detailed lists.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth SpO2 meter connection
  • Historical data acquisition
  • Visual data trends (histograms, polygons)
  • Detailed data lists
  • Blood oxygen monitoring
  • Pulse rate tracking
  • Sleep data display
Features
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Health Aide, escort your health, keep abreast of your health status [Data acquisition] Bluetooth (BLE) is used to connect the SpO2 meter and receive the historical data of SpO2. [Data display] Visual descriptions of histograms and polygons allow you to clearly grasp data trends; Detailed display of the data list, so that you can accurately grasp the specific situation of blood oxygen, pulse rate, sleep;

About

Pebbles

Features
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Every day you show up, you place a stone. Miss a day and the stone waits beside the stack — nothing topples. Pebbles is a tiny habit tracker for up to three daily practices. Tap once and the day is held. Miss a day and it stays open until tomorrow — tap it back in and your streak never knows. Away for a week? Mark it, and the chain holds. No streak freezes to earn. Nothing to buy back. BUILT FOR BAD WEEKS • A missed day waits for you — one tap makes it up, until it quietly locks • Away for a trip, an illness or a hard week? Mark those days away — the chain keeps, nothing is added • The two-minute rule, built in: one paragraph, one push-up — a day held • A calm bell at 2:00 tells you the day is banked, even from your pocket • Mark a day as missed on purpose — Pebbles respects the difference SMALL ON PURPOSE • Up to three practices, ever — the cap that keeps hard days possible • One tap to hold the day, one tap to undo; no forms, no numbers to log • No confetti, no XP, no guilt. The reward is the act of showing up. EVERYWHERE YOUR DAY IS • Check in from your Home Screen widget without opening the app • Time a session from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • A quiet daily reminder, and a nudge only when a streak is at stake • Full dark mode A QUIET RECORD • Your streak, longest run, total practice, average sit, and the time of day you usually show up • Practices can rest — every held day stays yours, bring them back anytime • Backed up to iCloud automatically. No account. No ads. No tracking. The science, honestly: habits don't form in 21 days. In UCL's habit-formation study they took about 66 on average — gains early, and a missed day didn't set people back. Pebbles is built for exactly that. Start with one practice.

Screenshots

Health Aide4 screens
Pebbles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pebbles at every 2 weeks against Health Aide's every 2 months. Health Aide's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Health Aide ships an update every 2 months, Pebbles every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Health Aide versus Pebbles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHealth AidePebbles
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperContec Medical Systems Co., Ltd.Aleksandr Timofeev

In-app purchases

None

Health Aide

No in-app purchases

None

Pebbles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Health Aide free?
Health Aide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pebbles free?
Pebbles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Health Aide or Pebbles have ads?
Neither Health Aide nor Pebbles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Health Aide or Pebbles?
Health Aide ships an update every 2 months, and Pebbles every 2 weeks. Most recently, Health Aide was updated on November 2, 2026 and Pebbles on November 6, 2026.

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