Comparison

HeartRate++ vs BodyState

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

Head to head
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.

About

BodyState

This app provides a daily energy score based on your fitness metrics, helping you manage stress, plan workouts, and understand your body's condition. It tracks sleep, recovery, stress levels, and training load, offering personalized insights to optimize your well-being.

Highlights
  • Personalized Energy Score
  • Sleep & Recovery Tracking
  • Stress Insights via HRV
  • Acute Training Load (ATL)
  • Personalized Baseline Learning
  • All-in-One Dashboard
  • Apple Health Sync
Features
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Monitor Your Energy, Every Day with BodyState! BodyState gives you a daily energy score from 1 to 100, combining your most important fitness metrics into a single, clear signal. Whether your goal is to manage stress, plan workouts, or simply feel better, BodyState helps you make smarter choices in tune with your body. Key features: - Personalized Energy Score: Track your body’s condition with a single score, powered by sleep quality, HRV, resting heart rate, and recent physical exertion. No guesswork, just real insights. - Sleep & Recovery Tracking: Discover how restful your sleep truly was and how well your body recovered overnight. - Stress Insights via HRV & Resting Heart Rate: Monitor your stress level over time and stay ahead of burnout. - Acute Training Load (ATL): See the impact of recent physical activity on your body. Know when to push harder and when to pull back. - Know What’s Normal for You: BodyState doesn’t rely on generic health data. Instead, it learns your personal baseline over time to give context-specific insights. Understand how today's numbers compare to your standard. - All-in-One Dashboard: Get your energy, stress, sleep, and training signals all in one intuitive view. - Effortless Syncing: Works seamlessly with Apple Health to gather the metrics you already track, no extra setup needed. How It Works: 1. Sync with Apple Health to pull in key health metrics. 2. Get your daily score and see how each input affects your energy. 3. Check f you’re balanced, depleted, or primed for performance. 4. Track trends over time and adjust your habits. This App is intended for general wellness and information purposes only. BodyState does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult healthcare professionals for medical guidance. Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: - Length: weekly, yearly. - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BodyState4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BodyState at Free against HeartRate++'s $2.99. BodyState also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.4) and review sentiment (77% vs 42%). HeartRate++'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

BodyState is free to download; HeartRate++ costs $2.99 up front. BodyState sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. HeartRate++ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BodyState holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BodyState has 1.7K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of HeartRate++'s written reviews are positive against 77% of BodyState's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HeartRate++ ships an update every 3 weeks, BodyState every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
HeartRate++ versus BodyState: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeartRate++BodyState
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.4 (17 ratings)4.6 (1.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.1% of reviews77.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings171.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB170 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAhmed HusseinFitness & Sports apps SRL

Customer experience

HeartRate++

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

BodyState

All ratings1,684 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews683 reviews
Positive77.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative18.7%

Bugs and requests

HeartRate++

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

BodyState

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inability to access app due to Health permissions
  • App not working after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer data history
  • Automatic Apple Watch complication updates
  • Customization options
  • Ability to manually log feelings/recovery

In-app purchases

None

HeartRate++

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

BodyState

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Weekly premium$2.997 Days
  • Weekly premium$4.997 Days
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  • Weekly premium7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Yearly premium$39.991 Year
  • Yearly premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • Supporter$4.99
  • Patron$9.99
  • Champion$14.99

Questions

Is HeartRate++ free?
HeartRate++ costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BodyState free?
BodyState is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HeartRate++ or BodyState?
BodyState is rated higher. HeartRate++ averages 2.4 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while BodyState averages 4.6 from 1.7K ratings.
Do HeartRate++ or BodyState have ads?
BodyState shows ads; HeartRate++ does not.
Which is updated more often, HeartRate++ or BodyState?
HeartRate++ ships an update every 3 weeks, and BodyState every 6 weeks. Most recently, HeartRate++ was updated on November 7, 2026 and BodyState on November 8, 2026.

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