heartbeatz Connect vs Repit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
heartbeatz Connect
This app enables your Apple Watch to broadcast heart rate data to various BLE/ANT+/Polar receivers like Peloton bikes and Garmin devices. It allows seamless integration of your watch's heart rate into your workouts on compatible fitness equipment.
- Broadcasts Apple Watch heart rate
- Connects to BLE/ANT+/Polar receivers
- Works with Peloton, Garmin, and treadmills
- Real-time heart rate display
- Integrates with Apple Health for workouts
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Heartbeatz connect app must be used with the heartbeatz device purchased at https://store.npe-inc.com. Heartbeatz broadcasts heart rate data measured by the Apple Watch® to any BLE/ANT+/Polar receiver such as Peloton® bikes, Garmin head units and treadmills. Heartbeatz setup is simple; mount WYÛR to your bike or treadmill, start the heartbeatz connect app and pair to WYÛR. Bikes and treadmills using proximity awareness will automatically associate with heartbeatz. Once associated, exercisers can start their workout and the bike or treadmill will display the heart rate data measured by the Apple Watch® in real-time. Your Apple Watch becomes a BLE/ANT+/Polar Heart Rate Monitor when you use a WYÛR connected to your watch allowing you to used your Apple Watch heart rate with virtually anything that will connect to a heart rate monitor. By using Apple Health to record your workouts you can close your rings and have your heart rate data show up on your Peloton, Garmin, Heart Zones or in front of you on any treadmill or rowing machine supporting BLE/ANT+/Polar heart rate monitors.
Repit
This app offers a private and streamlined way to track your weightlifting progress. It allows you to create custom routines, log workouts with automatic data loading, and utilize helpful tools like a rest timer and plate calculator. All data is stored locally, ensuring complete privacy without requiring an account or subscription.
- Local data storage (no account/cloud)
- Custom workout routine creation
- Automatic last session data loading
- Built-in rest timer with notifications
- Plate calculator for barbells/machines
- Support for lbs and kg units
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Track your lifts without the bloat - no account, no subscription, no cloud. Repit is a free, fully private workout tracker designed for lifters who want clean tools and accurate data. Works offline and is fully private • All data stored locally - no account required Create and save custom workout routines • Train directly from saved routines • Track workouts with automatic last session data loaded per exercise • 800+ exercises included - add your own or edit any existing one Rest timer • Configurable default rest timer with push notification alert • Separate rest timer for barbell exercises Weight units • Train in lbs or kg - switch anytime in settings. Warmup Sets • Add auto-calculated warmup sets with one tap Plate Counter • Plate calculator for barbells and machines • Declare your available weights so plate math is always accurate
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Repit at none against heartbeatz Connect's 3. heartbeatz Connect's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.1). On price, 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. heartbeatz Connect sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Repit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | heartbeatz Connect | Repit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NPE Inc | BRADLEY KARL SHOWEN |
Customer experience
heartbeatz Connect
Repit
Bugs and requests
heartbeatz Connect
Reported bugs
78 issues- App crashes in the middle of workout
- App asks for Apple Health permissions repeatedly
- Duplicate workouts created in Apple Fitness
- App on watch is laggy and buttons don't work
- Watch app asks for Apple Health permissions twice on start
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- Permissions to read/write heart rate data toggle off
- App doesn't work after last update
- Cannot find Runn sensor
- Duration shown on Apple Watch does not reset
- App writes data to Apple Health 10 times per second
- Cannot disable writing to Apple Health
- Kills watch battery even when not running
- Records double the miles/distance
- Initial connection can be flaky
- Need to shutdown app on watch after each use to reconnect
- Immediately jumped to three minutes from zero
- Doubled running distance
- Timer already at over 10 minutes on start
- App transmits HR from Apple Watch to Zwift via Runn sensor
- Recording workouts with npe Runn does not work
- Cannot swipe for different metrics on watch
- Timer is not elapsed time since start of run
- Distance written to Apple Health is double
- Save button does not work reliably
- App records 'minus' XX-km
- Device connected, started new run, timer already over 10 minutes
- Cannot get Heartbeatz device to connect to phone or watch
- Watch's functionality to 'Start workout' disappeared
- App needs to stay in foreground to broadcast HR
- Cannot start other apps while broadcasting HR
- No longer connects with ant/Bluetooth device after watch OS update
- Cannot have two pods listed on the app
- Missing speed, cadence, incline metrics
- Only ability to record 'cardio' or 'hitt' workout
- Recent update removed ability to record walk or run
- Cardio workout has no distance or pace metric from Runn device
- Legacy Heartbeatz might still work
- Takes longer to pair with version 2
- Only get Cardio or HITT, no choice of activity
- Apple Watch complication removed in version 2
- HR sensor on Apple Watch Ultra not very accurate
- Need to close all other apps using heart rate on watch
- Cannot get elapsed time, distance, pace on one watch screen
- Hasn't worked since iOS 9
- Doesn't work with iOS 16 and Watch OS 9
- App is unstable and unusable
- Latest update for iWatch OS8 broke the app
- Latest version no longer shows total climbed or reports to Apple Fitness
- Worked with Wahoo Elmnt Bolt for first ride, hasn't worked since
- Discarding a workout from Apple Watch no longer works
- App crashes on watch and cannot be closed
- Connection to heartbeatz device appears sluggish
- Device doesn't show proper battery load
- Software could be stronger
- Too complicated to switch between tags/bikes
- App seems to run battery down
- App disappeared from Apple Watch after update
- Newest update dropped functionality for older watches
- App requires watchOS 7, cannot use with older versions
- App disappears from Apple Watch after last update
- Latest 'update' makes app 100% dead
- HR not displayed in app or on bike computer
- HR reading gets stuck and does not update
- App constantly runs on watch and cannot be closed
- App opens right back up again even after killing it
- Cannot kill the app on Apple Watch, restarts on its own
- Drops every 50-100 strokes for a couple of minutes
- Doesn't pair with watch
- App cannot be closed on the watch
- Keeps running after workouts, activates itself
- Stopped working three days in, blank black screen
- Suddenly stopped working, shows - - bpa
- Doubling issue in Apple Health
- Heartbeatz app on Apple Watch stopped picking up heartbeat
- Double-logging problems in Health app
- App needs a setting to NOT write data to Health app
- First watch screen no longer shows needed information for runners
- Low priority: Make two buttons pressed simultaneously function as pause
Requested features
6 requests- Add workout type options (rowing, biking, running)
- Add Apple Watch complication
- Allow disabling writing to Health app
- Make screens configurable
- Simultaneous button press for pause
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- Improve HR sensor accuracy on Apple Watch Ultra
Repit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
heartbeatz Connect
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- heartbeatz Pro Unlimited$19.99
Repit
No in-app purchases
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