Comparison

RingConn vs Heart Works

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

Head to head
About

RingConn

This smart ring offers comprehensive sleep monitoring, tracking sleep stages, efficiency, and heart rate to provide a sleep score. It also monitors daily activity like steps and calories, and provides wellness insights for a healthier lifestyle.

Highlights
  • Sleep monitoring
  • Sleep stage analysis
  • Activity tracking
  • Calorie and step count
  • Wellness balance insights
  • 24/7 health monitoring
Features
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【FEATURES】 - Sleep Monitoring: Whether it's your nightly sleep or a nap, the RingConn smart ring conducts seamless monitoring, displaying your sleep data in the app. Understand the efficiency of each sleep segment, sleep stages (awake, REM, light, and deep), and heart rate, with a comprehensive sleep score derived from these metrics. - Activity Tracking: For the fitness enthusiast or outdoor lover, RingConn accurately tracks your steps, calories burned, activity intensity, and standing duration. With 24/7 health monitoring, RingConn helps you gauge your daily vitality, with historical data trends providing insights into your activity patterns over time. - Wellness Balance: The internationally acclaimed RingConn smart ring can seamlessly and automatically monitor your health, providing a more comfortable experience and longer battery life than other smart wearables. Based on your health data, it provides comprehensive insights for wellness balance and personalized health advice to foster a healthy lifestyle. 【DISCLAIMER】 This product is not a medical device. All data and suggestions provided by "RingConn" are intended to help you understand your physical condition and are for reference only. They should not be taken as clinical diagnoses. Please consult a professional doctor before making any medical decisions.

About

Heart Works

This app helps medical researchers evaluate cardiovascular health in patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. It offers real-time health tracking, quality-of-life surveys, and 6-minute walk tests for patients to monitor their progress. The app also provides access to educational content and a podcast.

Highlights
  • Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT)
  • Real-time health data tracking
  • Quality-of-life surveys
  • Available on phone and watch
  • Access to 'phaware® podcast'
  • Tailored education
Features
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Heart Works – phaware® a powerful new mobile research and resources app designed to connect, educate, and empower people living with pulmonary hypertension (PH) around the world. Your Next Step in PH Care Heart Works integrates seamlessly with iPhone®, Apple Watch®, and Android® devices, enabling real-time health tracking and research participation from anywhere. Patients can contribute meaningful real-world data to accelerate research without leaving home. Standout functionality: • At-home 6-minute walk tests • Remote participation in clinical trials and studies • Augmented actigraphy data collection from select iOS and Android powered wearables • Advanced quality-of-life surveys • Activity challenges typically done in hospitals • Complete data security solution for research partners Innovation at the Heart of Health • Patient Lived Experience Portal: Tap into a curated knowledge base of nearly 600 “I’m Aware That I’m Rare: phaware® podcast” episodes, webinars, and expert interviews to enhance your understanding of pulmonary hypertension. • Global Collaboration: Our partnerships with world-class organizations - Stanford, University of Alberta, PHAEurope, Team PHenomenal Hope, PHA Canada, Pulmonary Hypertension News, AfPH, PPHNet, TBX4Life and more - make Heart Works one of the most advanced resources for pulmonary hypertension patients and health care professionals globally. • Effortless Participation: Heart Works makes it easy for patients to discover and participate in clinical research, contributing valuable insights to accelerate the path to a cure. • On-Demand Awareness: Whether you’re newly diagnosed, a long-term patient, a health care professional or community supporter, our system delivers tailored education directly to you - wherever you are across the globe. • Universal Access: Now available in 40+ countries worldwide, our platform is a lifeline for patients with limited health care access, giving everyone a chance to receive critical information and improve health outcomes. Empowering Patients, Advancing Research Heart Works is more than a digital health tool…
it’s a movement, a global call to action for patients to take control of their journey and share their rare. Through this platform, we’re uniting patients, researchers, and clinicians in a shared mission to accelerate progress and improve outcomes for the pulmonary hypertension community. A Global Community Hub Heart Works unites patients, caregivers, researchers, advocacy organizations, and health care professionals in one dynamic platform. Essential support tools: • Real-world patient experience data & PROMs • Out-of-clinic research studies or in/out clinical hybrid • Clinical trial matching tool • Global news feeds • Podcast player • Expert PH care center locater • Connect to worldwide PH patient organizations Get Answers Based on Real-World Patient Experiences At the core of Heart Works is our Patient Lived Experience Portal, a curated AI-powered knowledge hub designed to help patients learn directly from others living with PH, which takes questions and gives answers in 20+ supported languages. CME for HCPs Heart Works supports health care professionals with FREE resources and educational activities available directly within the platform. HCP Focused Features: • Access accredited continuing medical education (CME) content • Stay current on PH diagnostics and treatment advances • Enhance patient-centered care strategies • Learn from global experts in pulmonary hypertension

Screenshots

RingConn4 screens
Heart Works4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Heart Works at none against RingConn's 2. Heart Works also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 39%) and device support (4 vs 2). RingConn's advantage is ratings volume (905 vs 3). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. RingConn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Heart Works asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for RingConn against 3.7 for Heart Works. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RingConn has 905 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 39% of RingConn's written reviews are positive against 50% of Heart Works's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
RingConn versus Heart Works: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRingConnHeart Works
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (905 ratings)3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.8% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings905 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size275 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnovo Technology (Hong Kong) Limitedphaware global association

Customer experience

RingConn

All ratings865 ratings
Positive58.7%
Neutral14.2%
Negative27.1%
Written reviews616 reviews
Positive38.8%
Neutral23.1%
Negative38.1%

Heart Works

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

RingConn

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Inconsistent step and activity tracking
  • Inaccurate sleep data
  • Syncing issues between ring and app

Requested features

5 requests
  • More exercise tracking options (e.g. strength training, swimming)
  • Integration with other fitness apps (e.g. Apple Health, Strava)
  • Customizable notifications and alerts
  • Improved data visualization and insights
  • Blood pressure and glucose monitoring

Heart Works

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

RingConn

Subscriptions2
  • RingConn Partner+(Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • RingConn Partner+(Annual)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Heart Works

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RingConn free?
RingConn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Heart Works free?
Heart Works is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RingConn or Heart Works?
Heart Works is rated higher. RingConn averages 3.5 out of 5 from 905 ratings, while Heart Works averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do RingConn or Heart Works have ads?
Neither RingConn nor Heart Works shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RingConn or Heart Works?
RingConn ships an update every 3 weeks, and Heart Works every 3 weeks. Most recently, RingConn was updated on October 24, 2026 and Heart Works on October 24, 2026.

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