Comparison

HRV Tracker for Watch vs HeartRate++

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

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About

HRV Tracker for Watch

Monitor your body's stress levels and recovery by tracking heart rate variability (HRV) using your Apple Watch. Analyze trends, compare HRV to other health metrics, and receive personalized notifications to understand how daily activities impact your well-being.

Highlights
  • Track short-term and long-term HRV trends
  • Compare HRV to activity, sleep, and resting heart rate
  • Receive HRV change notifications on Apple Watch
  • View HRV Trend Summary (experimental)
  • Integrates with Apple Health app
  • Capture HRV data via Mindfulness app
Features
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Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measurements recorded by your Apple Watch can provide insight into the stress your body is experiencing. By using HRV Tracker to track short-term readings and long-term trends, you can see how factors such as daily workload, workouts, and sleep affect your body's readiness, recovery, and stress. Simply put, the higher your HRV, the better. ***Requires Apple Watch with watchOS 10 or later*** HRV Tracker for Watch integrates with the Health app and uses data stored in the Health app. To ensure your Apple Watch can record HRV measurements, open the Health app on your iPhone to check for existing data: Health app > Browse > Heart > Heart Rate Variability. In addition to automatic recordings, you can also use the Mindfulness app on your Apple Watch to capture new HRV data. Start a Breathe session, and once it ends, a new HRV measurement will appear in HRV Tracker. ***Compare HRV to Other Key Metrics*** Identify potential causes for changes in your HRV with Comparison Charts. -Compare your HRV to relevant health metrics such as activity, sleep, and resting heart rate. ***Follow Long-Term HRV Trends*** Track long-term HRV trends on your iPhone and compare short-term readings to your long-term averages. -Experience smarter insights with the new HRV Trend Summary feature (experimental). Available on Apple Intelligence powered devices running iOS 26. ***Get Notified on Your Apple Watch*** HRV Tracker helps you spot changes in your HRV by monitoring your data in the background and notifying you when your HRV falls below or rises above your preferred levels. -Tracks individual readings as well as 24-hour and 7-day averages. -You can customize the default notification thresholds in the Apple Watch app. -For notifications to work properly, add HRV Tracker to your Watch Face. -Note that notifications may be delayed due to factors like low battery. ***And More*** Track your HRV in multiple ways on your Apple Watch and iPhone. -Choose from various Home Screen widgets or Watch Face complications -Customize charts and views in settings -Scroll and tap on charts for additional insights ***Privacy*** Your privacy is really important to us — we do not collect any data from this app. ***How Is It Measured?*** HRV Tracker uses heart rate variability measurements calculated by detecting the variation between individual heartbeats. Your Apple Watch automatically measures HRV in the background and stores it in HealthKit. HealthKit uses SDNN (Standard Deviation of NN intervals), which reflects the standard deviation of time between normal heartbeats (measured in milliseconds). Please note that many of the features mentioned above are available only to subscribers. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula If you have any questions, we’re happy to help: contact@sydvesti.com

About

HeartRate++

Display your current heart rate directly on your watch face with real-time updates. This app provides a detailed overview of your heart rate, including resting heart rate, and historical data for the past four hours. Optimize your watch face space with a functional and informative complication.

Highlights
  • Real-time heart rate complication
  • Up-to-date resting heart rate
  • 4-hour heart rate histogram
  • Average, highest, lowest heart rate data
  • Complications for various watch styles
Features
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A simple heart rate complication which gives you an up-to-date overview of your current heart rate on your watch face. The app integrates with the Health app on your iOS device and provides useful information about your heart rate along with a heart rate complication that you can use instead of using the built-in heart rate complication that just displays a Heart Icon without the current heart rate reading, you can use this one to make good use of your watch face space. The app provides a complication for almost every watch, Inforgraph, Infograph Modular, Modular Compact, Modular, and much more. Features: - Heart Rate Complication with an up-to-date heart rate reading. - The app screen gives you real-time reading for your heart rate. - Up-to-date measurement for your current resting heart rate. - 4 hours histogram of your heart rate. - Average, Highest, Lowest Heart Rate for the past 4 hours.

Screenshots

HRV Tracker for Watch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HRV Tracker for Watch at Free against HeartRate++'s $2.99. HRV Tracker for Watch also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (952 vs 17). HeartRate++'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and device support 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

HRV Tracker for Watch is free to download; HeartRate++ costs $2.99 up front. HRV Tracker for Watch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. HeartRate++ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HRV Tracker for Watch holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HRV Tracker for Watch has 952 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 41% and 42% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HRV Tracker for Watch ships an update monthly, HeartRate++ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
HRV Tracker for Watch versus HeartRate++: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHRV Tracker for WatchHeartRate++
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.5 (952 ratings) — better2.4 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews42.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings952 — better17
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS1813.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSydvesti OyAhmed Hussein

Customer experience

HRV Tracker for Watch

All ratings948 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive41.4%
Neutral6.9%
Negative51.7%

HeartRate++

All ratings17 ratings
Positive35.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative58.8%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative52.6%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HRV Tracker for Watch

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$19.991 Year
None

HeartRate++

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HRV Tracker for Watch free?
HRV Tracker for Watch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HeartRate++ free?
HeartRate++ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HRV Tracker for Watch or HeartRate++?
HRV Tracker for Watch is rated higher. HRV Tracker for Watch averages 4.5 out of 5 from 952 ratings, while HeartRate++ averages 2.4 from 17 ratings.
Do HRV Tracker for Watch or HeartRate++ have ads?
Neither HRV Tracker for Watch nor HeartRate++ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HRV Tracker for Watch or HeartRate++?
HRV Tracker for Watch ships an update monthly, and HeartRate++ every 3 weeks. Most recently, HRV Tracker for Watch was updated on November 6, 2026 and HeartRate++ on November 7, 2026.

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