Comparison

Fitness Utility vs Heartool

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

Head to head
About

Fitness Utility

This app works with Scosche accessories featuring PerformTek to record and sync fitness data. Users can set up personal parameters, manage workout recordings, and view real-time metrics like heart rate, calories burned, and distance. It allows for customization of heart rate zones and data averaging.

Highlights
  • Parametric data setup (birthdate, gender, height, weight, activity type)
  • Workout recording and syncing to iDevice
  • Viewable workout data via iTunes File Sharing (CSV)
  • Heart rate zone customization and testing
  • Instant viewable data (battery, HR, calories, distance, signal strength)
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Scosche Fitness Utility works with Scosche accessories with PerformTek. Setup your Parametric Data: *Birthdate, Gender, Weight, Height & Activity Type Record Status: *"Off" record on iDevice *"On" record on armband Armband Sync: *Sync recorded activity to iDevice. Viewable via iTunes File Sharing in a csv file. *Delete Workout from armband *Set Heart Rate Zones with a +- 10, 20 or 40 *Test zones on armband with the Zone Override User Filter: *0 – instantaneous HR *1, 2 or 3 second average. Instant Viewable Data: *Device battery level, HR, kCals Burned, Min HR, Step Rate, Distance, Burn Rate, Button functions & Signal Strength (color box, Blue for best, Red for worst)

About

Heartool

Transform your phone into a fitness tracker to monitor workouts with live heart rate data. Analyze training progress with professional charts and gain insights into your health and cardio condition. Integrates with wearable devices and Apple Health.

Highlights
  • Live heart rate tracking
  • HRV biofeedback
  • Cardio health analysis
  • Workout progress charts
  • Calorie burned tracking
  • Health data synchronization
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Turn your phone into a fitness tracker with Heartool, to record your workouts with heart rate data. It is a concise and most accurate way to measure your training progress, to reach your fitness goals. Working with wearable devices to train in real time. For heart rate sensor recommend: www.fitcare.com Heartool gives you: 1.Tracking your live heart rate at right intensity for maximum results. With professional chart records, users could see their exercise effects when and after their training. 2.HRV biofeedback. Based on the heart rate sensor R-R interval data, together with professional algorithm, Heartool could help you to know your health and training status. 3.Cardio health condition. Based on the waveform (ECG) data and through the professional algorithm, Heartool could help you to discover hidden heart health hazards in time. HealthKit 1. Heartool Will share the record (heart rate) to the Apple's health applications after each exercise 2. Because the privacy of your health data is very important, the user must agree to authorize Apple Health in "Set up -> Authorization" in the Heartool APP before sharing the heart rate data to your Apple Health app. 3. Heartool Connect to a healthy feature supports iPhone 6 and above devices, and the system version is iOS9.0 and above. Main features: 1.Personalized heart rate zone setting, sync to the training sensor. 2.Calories burned checking based on the workouts. 3.Storing data import. If sensors not connected to the App, data could sync to the App after training. 4.Daily health management with cardio status and stress reflect. 5.Health data record, review a summary of the result from your entire workout history.

Screenshots

Fitness Utility1 screens
Heartool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Heartool at 3.2 against Fitness Utility's 1.0. Heartool also leads on review sentiment (24% vs 10%). Fitness Utility's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Heartool holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Fitness Utility's written reviews are positive against 24% of Heartool's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fitness Utility ships an update every 5 months, Heartool every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fitness Utility versus Heartool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFitness UtilityHeartool
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (9 ratings)3.2 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.0% of reviews23.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings918 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB24 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperScoscheShenzhen Onecoder Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Fitness Utility

All ratings9 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.0%

Heartool

All ratings14 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive23.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative67.3%

In-app purchases

None

Fitness Utility

No in-app purchases

None

Heartool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fitness Utility free?
Fitness Utility is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heartool free?
Heartool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fitness Utility or Heartool?
Heartool is rated higher. Fitness Utility averages 1.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Heartool averages 3.2 from 18 ratings.
Do Fitness Utility or Heartool have ads?
Neither Fitness Utility nor Heartool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fitness Utility or Heartool?
Fitness Utility ships an update every 5 months, and Heartool every 4 months. Most recently, Fitness Utility was updated on October 18, 2026 and Heartool on October 24, 2026.

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