Measure Heart Rate vs Refresh
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Accurate heart rate measurement
- Sync with Apple Health
- Heart rate measurement reminders
- Export heart rate data
- Add notes to measurements
- Calculate heart rate zones
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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.
Refresh
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Refresh 手环控制APP,检测身体状况
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Measure Heart Rate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Refresh asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Measure Heart Rate | Refresh |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 91.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Chenxi Information Technology Co., Ltd | Refresh 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
Measure Heart Rate
- Realtime Heartrate Premium$1.99
Refresh
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Measure Heart Rate free?
Is Refresh free?
Do Measure Heart Rate or Refresh have ads?
Which is updated more often, Measure Heart Rate or Refresh?
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