Comparison

INSIGHT HEART Lite vs Stethophone PRO

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

Head to head
About

INSIGHT HEART Lite

Explore the human heart in augmented reality with detailed 4k visuals and spatial sound. This app offers interactive medical education for students, physicians, and patients, allowing exploration of various heart conditions and simulations.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality heart exploration
  • Detailed 4k heart model
  • Spatial sound and haptic feedback
  • Interactive visualizations of heart conditions
  • Multi-user WIFI connectivity
  • Virtual assistant guidance
Features
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INSIGHT HEART Lite - The human heart expedition - Platinum at the 2021 MUSE Creative Awards - German Design Award Winner 2019 – Excellent Communications Design - Apple Keynote 2017 (Demo Area) – USA / Cupertino, Sept 12 - Apple, BEST OF 2017 – Tech & Innovation, Australia - Apple, BEST OF 2017 – Tech & Innovation, New Zealand - Apple, BEST OF 2017 – Tech & Innovation, USA LITE version of INSIGHT HEART: This is the first augmented reality App to be rolled out in a series of Apps created and designed for medical education purposes. Our goal is to make medical education fascinating, explorable, and fun for students, physicians as well as accessible to patients - anywhere and anytime, in or out of the classroom, lecture hall or living room. We have committed ourselves to take medical education one step further and have developed visually stunning and highly interactive content based on real life medical and scientific specifications. **************************** If you like the lite version of INSIGHT HEART then you´ll love the full version! The full version includes: - Explore 'Myocardial Infarction' including the mode of disease of 'Coranary Artery Disease' - Explore Arterial Hypertension - Explore Atrial Fibrillation including the mode of disease of 'Atrial Fibrillation' and 'Stroke' - Connect the app to your Apple Watch - Access all filter functions - Enable the annotations and more... Have you ever wondered what your heart looks like during a workout? No problem, you can either use our live heart rate function with Apple Watch (Companion App) or the integrated Health app support to let your last workout data drive the heartbeat in realtime! Using ARKit, INSIGHT HEART let's users easily scan their physical surroundings and place the three-dimensional heart without the need of predefined markers. Our virtual assistant ANI will guide you through various states of the heart. Explore the human heart like never before with up to 8 users at the same time, connected via WIFI. Rotate and scale the high-resolution heart floating in front of you and feast your eyes on highly detailed 4k textures. Trigger impressive visualizations of various conditions, such as normal heart rate, myocardial infarction, arterial hypertension, atrial fibrillation and dive into the detailed mode of disease of coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation. Some of these conditions could never be experienced live! Explore this spatial application. As you walk towards the heart, the heartbeat becomes louder, due to the integrated spacial sound and to make this experience even more engaging you can also feel the heartbeat on the palm of your hand using haptic feedback on iPhone. Dive into the amazingly detailed model of the heart and explore the new blood flow simulation. Tap on the spatial annotations to get more dedicated information for each region of the heart from every angle. And there is a lot more to come - so stay tuned! This and the other following apps in the INSIGHT-series will take medical education to a whole new level - no one has ever seen the human heart in this way before.

About

Stethophone PRO

This medical application transforms a smartphone into an FDA-cleared cardiac assessment tool. It uses AI-powered sound analysis to detect heart murmurs and other indicators of heart health, enabling early detection and improved patient routing.

Highlights
  • FDA-cleared cardiac assessment tool
  • AI-powered heart sound analysis
  • Detects murmurs and heart issues
  • No additional hardware required
  • Securely share findings
  • Integrates into telehealth workflows
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INSTANT ADVANCED CARDIAC SCREENING IS NOW DOWLOADABLE TO YOUR PHONE Stethophone® Pro turns a smartphone into a powerful, FDA-cleared, and clinically proven cardiac assessment tool – no extra hardware required. It delivers fast, accurate detection of structural and rhythmic heart issues, enabling upstream detection and strengthening detection infrastructure across care settings. Ideal for in-clinic, hospital, remote or population screening applications, while supporting more effective patient routing from first signal to follow-up care. HEAR MORE. KNOW MORE Stethophone Pro is the first FDA-cleared, class II medical application of its kind that captures chest sounds, augments listening and uses a new class of AI-powered sound analysis to detect murmurs, and other key indicators of heart health – quickly and with unparalleled accuracy. It helps structure acoustic data into clinically meaningful signals, supporting earlier insight and more consistent decision-making. NO HARDWARE. NO HASSLE 100% software: Just download and use Scalable: Easy to deploy in minutes, to practitioners and patients alike, forming a flexible layer of modern detection infrastructure Immediate value: No additional hardware, no maintenance or special training required ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS. REAL-TIME RESULTS Use a smartphone to detect murmurs, visualize cardiac timing, create timely records as symptoms occur, or during history and physical exams. Designed to support upstream detection and guide patient routing toward appropriate diagnostic pathways and follow-up care. AI-POWERED PRECISION Trusted by thousands of providers, Stethophone Pro amplifies, filters, and analyzes heart and lung sounds with precision – helping doctors and nurses work more efficiently, structure clinical data at scale, and improve downstream decision quality. COLLABORATE, SHARE, SCALE Record and securely share findings Enable early detection of valvular disease and arrythmias in every practice area Integrate into telehealth, population-health, and pre- and post-op workflows Support at-home and remote use under clinician supervision Contribute to a scalable detection infrastructure that improves patient routing and optimizes patient mix across healthcare systems THE FUTURE OF CARDIAC SCREENING IS HERE Valvular heart disease and related conditions are an epidemic, with millions of people remaining undiagnosed. Stethophone Pro is a cost-effective, scalable cardiac screening and early decision support solution designed to strengthen upstream detection, structure clinical data, and improve patient routing – ultimately contributing to a more appropriate patient mix and better utilization of advanced diagnostic resources. Stethophone Pro is a Class II FDA-cleared software medical device that has passed rigorous validation to both US and international standards to ensure world-class accuracy and medical informativeness. It is intended for use by healthcare practitioners or under the supervision/prescription of a licensed medical professional. AVAILABLE OPTIONS Sound recording, playback, storing and sharing functionality is free and available for everyone. Automated results processing and PDF reporting is available only for healthcare practitioners requiring verification of a professional medical license or for patients under prescription. Stethophone is offered to clinics, hospitals, and healthcare networks under commercial license. Disclaimer: https://bit.ly/4n1vBR7 Privacy Policy: https://bit.ly/4tIkEWX Terms & Conditions: https://bit.ly/4wjCpxR Regulatory Information: https://bit.ly/42GNBGZ

Screenshots

INSIGHT HEART Lite4 screens
Stethophone PRO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: INSIGHT HEART Lite at 4.6 against Stethophone PRO's 4.0. INSIGHT HEART Lite also leads on ratings volume (41 vs 4) and device support (4 vs 1). Stethophone PRO's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). 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

INSIGHT HEART Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: INSIGHT HEART Lite has 41 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

INSIGHT HEART Lite ships an update every 9 months, Stethophone PRO every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
INSIGHT HEART Lite versus Stethophone PRO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterINSIGHT HEART LiteStethophone PRO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (41 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings41 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size654 MB80 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperANIMA RESSparrow Acoustics

Customer experience

INSIGHT HEART Lite

All ratings41 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Stethophone PRO

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

INSIGHT HEART Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Stethophone PRO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is INSIGHT HEART Lite free?
INSIGHT HEART Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stethophone PRO free?
Stethophone PRO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, INSIGHT HEART Lite or Stethophone PRO?
INSIGHT HEART Lite is rated higher. INSIGHT HEART Lite averages 4.6 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Stethophone PRO averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do INSIGHT HEART Lite or Stethophone PRO have ads?
Neither INSIGHT HEART Lite nor Stethophone PRO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, INSIGHT HEART Lite or Stethophone PRO?
INSIGHT HEART Lite ships an update every 9 months, and Stethophone PRO every 4 months. Most recently, INSIGHT HEART Lite was updated on November 3, 2026 and Stethophone PRO on October 30, 2026.

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