Comparison

Measure Heart Rate vs Refresh

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

Head to head
About

Measure Heart Rate

Easily test and record your heart rate using your phone's camera. Track your daily readings, sync with Apple Health, and gain insights into your heart health. Features include reminders, data export, and personalized notes.

Highlights
  • Accurate heart rate measurement
  • Sync with Apple Health
  • Heart rate measurement reminders
  • Export heart rate data
  • Add notes to measurements
  • Calculate heart rate zones
Features
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Measure Heart Rate is an easy-to-use app for testing and recording heart rate. It is suitable for you to test your heart rate in your daily life and work. Features: 1. It can accurately measure your heart rate; 2. The measurement results are permanently saved and can be synchronized to your Apple Health; 3. Support heart rate measurement reminder; 4. Support the export of heart rate data; 5. Support viewing measurement records, adding notes to the measurement results, and modifying the notes and status; 6. Support setting dynamic background; 7. Support saving PPG curve; 8. Support calculating the maximum heart rate and heart rate zone based on age; Instructions: 1. Click the "START" button to enter the measurement page; 2. Hold the index finger close to the camera and flash, about ten seconds later, the measurement result will be displayed; 3. Select your measurement status and add measurement notes on the "Measurement Result" page; 4. Click save; 5. You can modify your notes and status on the "Records" page; 6. On the "Setting" page, you can set the functions of syncing your heart rate to "Apple Health", modifying the dynamic background, exporting data, setting reminders, etc. Principle: The beating of the human heart will drive the expansion and contraction of blood vessels in the same rhythm. Based on the PPG method, the periodic changes of the light intensity of the finger are sensed through the camera, and the pulse beat can be further estimated. IMPORTANT: This product is NOT for medical use. If you have a heart-related disease, you must follow your doctor's advice. Use of Apple Health: In order for you to have a clearer understanding of how the software uses Apple Health data, the instructions are as follows: 1. When you enable the "Connect to Apple Health" switch in "Settings", the app will ask you for heart rate write permission through HealthKit. 1.1. After you agree to the authorization, every time you save your heart rate, the app will save your heart rate data to Apple Health at the same time. 1.2. If you refuse to authorize, the app will only save the heart rate data locally, 1.3. When the application is deleted, the data stored by the application in Apple Health will be deleted; 1.4. The app will not read your health data; 2. You can open Apple Health, select "Data Source", and close the application to synchronize data with Apple Health.

About

Refresh

Features
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Refresh 手环控制APP,检测身体状况

Screenshots

Measure Heart Rate4 screens
Refresh3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Refresh at none against Measure Heart Rate's 1. Refresh also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price 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

Both are free to download. Measure Heart Rate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Refresh asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Measure Heart Rate ships an update every 2 months, Refresh every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Measure Heart Rate versus Refresh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeasure Heart RateRefresh
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB49 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperShenzhen Chenxi Information Technology Co., LtdRefresh Technology Co., Ltd.

Bugs and requests

Measure Heart Rate

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Camera not working on certain devices
  • Difficulty getting accurate readings

Requested features

3 requests
  • Integration with other health apps
  • More detailed heart rate history and trends
  • Blood pressure monitoring

Refresh

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Measure Heart Rate

One-time1
  • Realtime Heartrate Premium$1.99
None

Refresh

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Measure Heart Rate free?
Measure Heart Rate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Refresh free?
Refresh is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Measure Heart Rate or Refresh have ads?
Measure Heart Rate shows ads; Refresh does not.
Which is updated more often, Measure Heart Rate or Refresh?
Measure Heart Rate ships an update every 2 months, and Refresh every 10 days. Most recently, Measure Heart Rate was updated on November 11, 2026 and Refresh on November 7, 2026.

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