Comparison

myMerlinPulse™ vs Steady

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

Head to head
About

myMerlinPulse™

This app enables remote monitoring of your Abbott Bluetooth-enabled heart device for your healthcare provider. It securely transfers heart rhythm information and provides device status updates. Receive notifications for significant changes in your implanted device's performance.

Highlights
  • Remote monitoring of ICD/CRT-D devices
  • Bluetooth® wireless data transfer
  • Check device connection status
  • View transmission history
  • Cardiac device battery status
  • Manual transmission capability
  • Performance change notifications
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The myMerlinPulse™ app is designed to provide remote monitoring capability of your Abbott Bluetooth®-enabled implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) to your healthcare provider. The app uses Bluetooth® wireless technology to transfer your heart rhythm information between the device, the app, and your clinic. The app’s user-friendly interface allows you to: - Check if your heart device is connected and ready for remote monitoring. - View the history of transmissions. - Get information about your cardiac device, including its battery status. - Send manual transmissions to your healthcare provider. - Receive notifications if there has been a significant change in the performance of your implanted device. The app uses an internet connection through a Wi-Fi or cellular network to send information about your implanted heart device to your healthcare provider. Your information is encrypted to ensure the privacy and security of the transmission. The app is intended for use by people who have an Abbott implanted heart device and access to a mobile device. The app will only function once paired with your implanted device. Do not rely on the app during a medical emergency. If you experience a medical emergency, seek medical attention immediately. This app is not currently supported on tablet devices. Please note that this product is intended for use by or under the direction of a physician. Prior to using these devices/app, please review the Instructions for Use for a complete listing of indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, potential adverse events, and directions for use.

About

Steady

Track Ménière's disease symptoms like vertigo and tinnitus, alongside potential triggers such as sodium intake, sleep, and stress. Identify personal patterns to understand your condition better and generate physician reports for medical appointments.

Highlights
  • Symptom tracking (vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss)
  • Sodium intake logging
  • Automatic barometric pressure tracking
  • Medication adherence tracking
  • Trigger correlation analysis
  • Physician report generation
Features
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Steady helps you track and understand your Ménière's disease, one day at a time. Log vertigo attacks, tinnitus, hearing changes, and ear fullness alongside the factors that may be driving them: sodium intake, barometric pressure shifts, sleep, stress, and medication timing. Steady looks for patterns across your own data so you can identify your personal triggers, not generic ones. When it's time to see your doctor, generate a clean physician report summarizing your symptoms, triggers, and medication adherence over any date range. FEATURES Symptom tracking - Log vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and aural fullness with a simple daily check-in Sodium tracking - Search the USDA food database to log sodium accurately, or enter it manually, and track daily intake against your target Barometric pressure - Automatic local pressure tracking, a known Ménière's trigger Medication tracking - Log your medications and track adherence over time Trigger correlation - See which factors line up with your worst symptom days Physician reports - Generate a PDF summary to bring to your next appointment Your data stays private and under your control. Steady is built by someone living with Ménière's disease, for the Ménière's community.

Screenshots

myMerlinPulse™4 screens
Steady4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Steady at 5.0 against myMerlinPulse™'s 3.7. myMerlinPulse™'s advantage is ratings volume (66 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steady holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myMerlinPulse™ has 66 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
myMerlinPulse™ versus Steady: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyMerlinPulse™Steady
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (66 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings66 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 20 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSt. Jude Medical, Inc.Anchored Digital LLC

In-app purchases

None

myMerlinPulse™

No in-app purchases

None

Steady

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is myMerlinPulse™ free?
myMerlinPulse™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steady free?
Steady is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, myMerlinPulse™ or Steady?
Steady is rated higher. myMerlinPulse™ averages 3.7 out of 5 from 66 ratings, while Steady averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do myMerlinPulse™ or Steady have ads?
Neither myMerlinPulse™ nor Steady shows ads.

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