UPRIGHT vs HeartMath
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UPRIGHT
This app connects to a wearable device to provide real-time feedback on your posture. It helps you build awareness, strengthen core muscles, and establish good posture habits for improved health and confidence.
- Real-time posture feedback
- Personalized daily goals
- Posture training tutorial
- Progress tracking and stats
- Core muscle strengthening
- Posture awareness development
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**This app works with the UPRIGHT posture trainer. Stand tall, strengthen your core, and breathe better with UPRIGHT. Wish someone would give you a heads up when you’re slouching and remind you to stand up straight? Enter UPRIGHT. The UPRIGHT GO is a small personal posture trainer that is worn discreetly on your upper back and provides you with immediate posture feedback. When you slouch, your UPRIGHT GO vibrates gently to remind you to return to your upright position. Coupled with the app that provides daily training and personalized goals, the UPRIGHT GO helps you build posture awareness, strengthen your core muscles, and create good long-term posture habits for better health and confidence. Here’s what you’ll find in the app: - A step-by-step tutorial to help you get started with posture training - Your own avatar, which shows your posture in real-time and helps you develop your posture awareness - Personalized performance-based daily goals - A profile and stats screen to help you track your progress and keep improving
HeartMath
This app helps you manage stress, improve focus, and achieve optimal performance by aligning your heart, mind, and emotions. It offers guided sessions, immersive journeys, and coherence practices based on over 30 years of research.
- Real-time HRV Coherence Measurement
- Coherence Training
- Scientifically Validated Techniques
- Guided Learning Sessions
- Progress Tracking
- Heart-Brain Coherence Benefits
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Align your heart, mind, and emotions to help you manage stress, improve focus, and perform at your best. Enjoy HeartMath’s free intro experience to access your heart’s natural intelligence and see your heart-brain coherence as real-time feedback. Then start your 7-day free trial to explore a comprehensive collection of guided sessions, immersive journeys, and coherence practices designed to help you experience greater calm, focus, clearer thinking, and a more balanced you. **Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor owners: Use your sensor to unlock a lifetime subscription.** Built on 30+ years of research on the heart-brain connection and supported by over 500 research studies, HeartMath is used in wellness and resilience programs at organizations including Stanford Healthcare and Kaiser Permanente, as well as in professional sports, the military, law enforcement, leading universities, non-profit organizations, and major corporations. It is used by coaches, trainers, and health professionals for stress education and resilience training. The HeartMath system is more than stress management: it’s a journey to more heart-centered living. This app puts HeartMath’s practical, research-supported tools right at your fingertips. Make mental and emotional well-being an achievable part of your daily life. The HeartMath technology is for stress education and resilience training. It is not a medical device. We encourage you to consult a health professional before making any medical decisions. KEY FEATURES • Real-time HRV coherence feedback: Use your phone’s camera or upgrade to the Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor for a more precise signal and a free app subscription. • Coherence training: Whether you choose the game or the guided mode, watch your heart-rhythm pattern and coherence change in real time. • Research-Supported: Techniques developed from 30+ years of scientific research to help boost focus, positive feelings, and your ability to manage stress. • Guided learning: Explore guided meditations, courses, and videos led by HeartMath trainers. • Progress tracking: View your progress over time with a variety of chart options. WHAT REGULAR COHERENCE PRACTICE CAN SUPPORT Heart-brain coherence is a balanced, focused state you create yourself through calm breathing and positive focus. Coherence supports the body’s natural ability to shift from tension to calm, helping you manage everyday stress and build inner balance. • SUPPORTS STRESS MANAGEMENT & EMOTIONAL BALANCE • SUPPORTS FOCUS AND MENTAL CLARITY — coherent states are associated with more focus, clarity, and creativity. • SUPPORTS RESILIENCE — regular practice can help you adapt to and recover from challenging situations more quickly. • ENHANCES EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING AND SELF-AWARENESS — practice can support a greater sense of inner calm and a more mindful relationship with your emotions. Subscription terms: • Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each year. • You can cancel your subscription at any time in your account settings. • You will not be refunded for any unused portion of a subscription. • Price is subject to change. • Subscriptions are not available in all countries. • Full subscription terms: https://my.heartmath.com/terms If you’d like to purchase an Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor to unlock complimentary lifetime access to the HeartMath app, please visit the HeartMath website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HeartMath at 73% against UPRIGHT's 26%. HeartMath also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6). UPRIGHT's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. HeartMath sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $39.00 per year. UPRIGHT asks for nothing beyond the download.
HeartMath holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.9K and 4.6K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of UPRIGHT's written reviews are positive against 73% of HeartMath's.
UPRIGHT ships an update every 5 weeks, HeartMath every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UPRIGHT | HeartMath |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9K ratings) | 4.9 (4.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.6% of reviews | 73.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K | 4.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 185 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Upright Technologies Ltd | HeartMath Inc. |
Customer experience
UPRIGHT
HeartMath
User reviews
UPRIGHT
From 3.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Effective in improving posture
- 🚀 Helpful real-time feedback
- 🚀 Intuitive app and device setup
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues with the app
- 🔋 High battery drain
- 🐛 Syncing and data tracking issues
- 🐛 Buggy app and software updates
HeartMath
From 4.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Huge improvement over previous app
- 👍 Easy to use and highly recommended
- 💡 Loaded with HeartMath techniques and courses
- 👍 Powerful tool for nervous system balance and anxiety reduction
- 👍 Helps achieve a better mental state
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues with sensor
- 🐛 Sensor not compatible with older devices
- 🐛 App crashes and freezes on newer devices
- 🐛 Inaccurate heart rate and coherence readings
- 🐛 Disruptive screen sleep behavior during sessions
Bugs and requests
UPRIGHT
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezing and crashing
- Forced firmware updates causing device issues
- Inconsistent device performance and vibration detection
Requested features
3 requests- Apple Watch app integration
- Customizable goals and settings
- Improved data visualization and tracking
HeartMath
Reported bugs
4 issues- Sensor connection issues on newer devices
- App crashes and freezes on iPhone 16 Pro
- Inaccurate heart rate and coherence readings
- Screen sleep behavior disrupting sessions
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Allow playing music/sounds during sessions
- Provide audio feedback on coherence levels
- Add session history customization and details
- Improve sensor compatibility with older devices
In-app purchases
UPRIGHT
No in-app purchases
HeartMath
- HeartMath Premium7 Days trial$39.001 Year
- HeartMath Premium7 Days trial$59.001 Year
- HeartMath Premium7 Days trial2 variants$79.001 Year
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- HeartMath Premium7 Days trial$99.991 Year









