Comparison

Hexoskin vs CardioCoach

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

Head to head
About

Hexoskin

Monitor your health and fitness with advanced smart clothing sensors. Track ECG, respiration, and activity metrics for comprehensive wellness insights. Optimize sleep, performance, and recovery with detailed reports and fitness tests.

Highlights
  • ECG, Respiration, Accelerometer sensor tracking
  • Heart Rate, Breathing Rate, HRV monitoring
  • VO2 max and Heart Rate Recovery tests
  • Activity tracking (steps, cadence, calories)
  • Advanced sleep quality reports
  • Clinical research participant monitoring
Features
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Hexoskin is a powerful tool for monitoring your overall health and fitness journey. This highly advanced and widely respected smart clothing has been scientifically validated and used in over 200 publications by top universities, institutions, and innovative organizations. With the new Hexoskin Application, you can take control of your wellness by continuously tracking your health condition from the embedded smart clothing ECG, Respiration, and Accelerometer sensors. The Hexoskin App is compatible with all Hexoskin Smart Garments collections for Men, Women, Teenagers, and Children. The smart clothing is machine washable and comfortable for working out, sleeping, or going about your daily activities. Whether you’re training or just want to check on your vitals during the day, the Hexoskin App allows to visualize metrics such as ECG, Heart Rate, Breathing Rate, Acceleration, Heart Rate Variability, Maximum Heart Rate, Resting Heart Rate, Heart Rate Recovery, Tidal Volume, and VO2 max. The Hexoskin App also provides contextual activity tracking, annotation features, and reporting with a range of metrics including movement intensity, steps, cadence, distance, energy, and calories burned. Hexoskin also offers advanced sleep reports to better understand your sleep quality and optimize your rest. The Hexoskin App provides free fitness tests to get reports on important indicators of your general health, such as VO2 max, Resting Heart Rate, and Heart Rate Recovery. The App even reports Heart Rate Variability (HRV), a great indicator of your stress and fatigue to avoid overtraining, and injuries while keeping your mental health in check. The Hexoskin App also provides advanced features to easily monitor participants and cohorts for clinical research and harness the benefits of Hexoskin’s state-of-the-art technology. Ready to take control of your health and fitness journey? Download and try the Hexoskin App today!

About

CardioCoach

This app accurately calculates calories burned during and after workouts, distinguishing between fat and carbohydrate expenditure. It integrates VO2 Max data and allows for pre-designed or custom workout creation. Compatible with popular wearables and the Health app, it offers personalized plans for progress monitoring.

Highlights
  • Accurate calorie burn calculation
  • Distinguish fat vs. carb burn
  • VO2 Max data integration
  • Pre-designed and custom workouts
  • Health app integration
  • Wearable device compatibility
  • Personalized progress monitoring
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CardioCoach is the only app available to accurately calculate calories your burned during a workout, the types of calories you are burning (fats vs carbs), and the future calories you will burn after a workout. Utilizing VO2 Max data to achieve meaningful results has never been easier! Download your results to CardioCoach and you can take advantage of everything this exciting app has to offer: * Utilize pre-designed workouts * Incorporate VO2 Max test results into your workouts * Design custom workouts with the touch of a button * Integration with the Health app to record workout information * Interface with todays most popular apps and wearables * Track calories burned and calories consumed with true accuracy * Determine the TYPES of calories burned: FATS vs CARBS * Help monitor your progress with truly personalized plans Workouts require the use of a Blue Tooth LE compatible Heart Rate monitor to view all data. KORR recommends the Polar H7, Mio Alpha, MyZones, Ot (Orange Theory), or Adidas Heart Rate monitors for best results.

Screenshots

Hexoskin1 screens
CardioCoach4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hexoskin at 60% against CardioCoach's 40%. Hexoskin also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hexoskin versus CardioCoach: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexoskinCardioCoach
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.9 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarre Technologies Inc.KORR Medical Technologies, Inc

Customer experience

Hexoskin

Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

CardioCoach

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hexoskin

No in-app purchases

None

CardioCoach

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hexoskin free?
Hexoskin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CardioCoach free?
CardioCoach is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hexoskin or CardioCoach have ads?
Neither Hexoskin nor CardioCoach shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hexoskin or CardioCoach?
Hexoskin ships an update every 2 months, and CardioCoach every 2 months. Most recently, Hexoskin was updated on June 11, 2026 and CardioCoach on September 10, 2026.

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