Comparison

HRV vs Everwell

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

Head to head
About

HRV

This app analyzes heart rate variability from Apple Health and Apple Watch to provide actionable insights into your daily stress, energy levels, sleep quality, and recovery. It uses scientific visualizations and dual HRV metrics to help you understand your autonomic nervous system activity.

Highlights
  • Dual HRV metrics (SDNN + RMSSD)
  • All-day stress curve
  • Energy (Body Resources) reserve tracking
  • Nightly Sleep Score
  • Personalized Recovery score
  • Interactive trend charts
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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HRV Tracker — private, on-device insights from your iPhone and Apple Watch. Turn heart-rate variability, heart rate, sleep and activity data from Apple Health into clear views of stress, recovery and energy. Track both SDNN and RMSSD, calculated from available beat-to-beat intervals. iPHONE APP • Home dashboard for HRV, Recovery, Sleep Score, Stress, Energy, Activity, heart rate and weight • Today view comparing your day so far with your usual pattern at the same hour • Detailed HRV, Sleep, Activity, Strain and Weight views • Behaviour logging for habits such as alcohol and caffeine • Daily and weekly coaching • Interactive daily, weekly, monthly and yearly charts PERSONAL INSIGHTS Explore which parts of your routine are associated with changes in HRV, sleep, stress and other measurements. • Influences screened against chance • Stronger findings separated from preliminary and descriptive patterns • Combined effects for pairs of behaviours • “Moving Together” comparisons between health metrics • U-shaped relationships • “Compare Everything” matrix and influence explorer • Personal experiments in Labs Insights describe associations; they do not prove cause and effect. TODAY & COACH Compare today’s readings with similar hours from your history. Coaching can consider sleep, recovery, stress, energy, activity and events such as workouts, late coffee or mindfulness. A separate note summarizes the previous seven days. AI-written coaching requires an Apple Intelligence-compatible iPhone running iOS 26 or later, with Apple Intelligence enabled and available for your device language. Other devices retain their scores, insights and standard app-written coaching summaries. Coaching is generated locally; health information is not sent to an external AI service. KEY SCORES Stress — A continuous 0–100 physiological-load score. When both signals are available, it combines 40% HRV with 60% heart rate. It continues with heart rate alone when no nearby RMSSD exists. The curve shades sleep, excludes workouts and identifies missing watch periods. Stress reflects physiological activation, not emotional stress. Energy — An all-day 0–100 estimate of how much you have “in the tank.” It recharges during sleep, taking Sleep Score and sleep stages into account, and responds to calm, stress and physical effort. Compare it with your usual reserve at the same time. Sleep Score — A nightly 0–100 score blending duration (35%), continuity (25%) and restfulness (40%). Restfulness considers overnight HRV, heart rate and physiological load. Scores personalize as your history grows. Recovery — Compares RMSSD with your history at a similar time of day. iPhone uses up to 30 previous days without including a reading in its own reference. Apple Watch uses a shorter local history, so its quick score may differ. Activity — Combines movement with sustained effort. Workout load uses heart rate when enough readings are available; otherwise it is estimated from workout type and duration, so yoga is not treated like intense cardio. The Activity page shows what contributed to the score. APPLE WATCH • Native Recovery and Stress views • SDNN and RMSSD at a glance • Stress and HRV charts • Complications and widgets • RMSSD from available heartbeat series • Support for dense chest-strap readings • Cached baseline for faster opening DATA & PRIVACY HRV Tracker analyzes Apple Health data on your devices. Your health history is not uploaded to an HRV Tracker server. AFib History on a compatible Apple Watch greatly increases beat-to-beat sampling and is strongly recommended for complete RMSSD, Stress, Energy and Recovery views. With infrequent measurements, some curves and insights may remain incomplete. HRV Tracker is intended for personal information and wellness. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition.

About

Everwell

Features
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Everwell helps you protect your future self with small daily actions that improve health, reduce stress, and build long-term stability. It brings together Apple Health data, habit streaks, private AI reflections, and a simple stress-spend log into one calm daily score. Instead of pushing extremes, Everwell focuses on consistency. You see how sleep, steps, active energy, and habits add up over time, so you can make better decisions without guilt or noise. Use Everwell to: - Track one daily protective score built from health signals and habit consistency. - Sync Apple Health data including steps, sleep, and active energy. - Complete anti-stress habits with a simple swipe flow designed to reduce friction. - Review weekly AI reflections about patterns, momentum, and what to focus on next. - Log reactive spending moments linked to stress, boredom, or tiredness without full budgeting overhead. - Keep your score visible through home screen and lock screen widgets. Free features include: - Daily score ring. - Up to 3 habits. - Apple Health sync. - Stress-spend log. Pro unlocks: - Unlimited habits. - Home screen widgets. - AI weekly reflections. Privacy matters in Everwell. Your app page says AI reflections can run on-device with Apple Intelligence, with your own API key, or with Everwell’s built-in engine, and that your data never leaves your device. Everwell is built for people who want a calmer relationship with health, habits, and everyday decisions - one day at a time, for years. Privacy Policy: https://everwell.jozefowicz.dev/privacy Terms of Use: https://everwell.jozefowicz.dev/terms

Screenshots

HRV4 screens
Everwell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Everwell at every 5 days against HRV's every 6 weeks. Everwell also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HRV sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Everwell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HRV ships an update every 6 weeks, Everwell every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HRV versus Everwell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHRVEverwell
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilippe GerinRadoslaw Jozefowicz

In-app purchases

5 purchases

HRV

One-time5
  • Bronze Supporter$1.99
  • Bronze Supporter Tier$1.99
  • Silver Supporter2 variants$4.99
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  • Gold Supporter2 variants$11.99
  • Platinum Supporter2 variants$44.99
2 purchases

Everwell

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Pro3 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$7.99

Questions

Is HRV free?
HRV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Everwell free?
Everwell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HRV or Everwell have ads?
Neither HRV nor Everwell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HRV or Everwell?
HRV ships an update every 6 weeks, and Everwell every 5 days. Most recently, HRV was updated on October 24, 2026 and Everwell on October 25, 2026.

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