HRV Pulse vs HRVSpark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HRV Pulse
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HRV Tracker is an innovative health monitoring app that allows users to measure their pulse using their smartphone camera and smartwatches. It provides users with the ability to track heart rate, blood pressure, and heart rate variability (HRV) through an intuitive interface. The free version offers basic features, including graphs and measurement history, making it easy to monitor changes in health status. The premium version unlocks unlimited measurements, support for cameras and smartwatches, as well as breathing exercises and health data export. This application contains auto-renewable subscriptions and In-App Purchases. Weekly ($4.99), Monthly ($12.99), Yearly ($39.99), Lifetime ($59.99 one-time). Privacy Policy: https://https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_ExnE76HsTFuaKAXQyjlD3PG1G4Q57n5Qpzu_nc_KAE/edit?usp=sharing Terms of Use Link: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
HRVSpark
Visualize your raw heart rate variability data directly on your Apple Watch face with a dynamic sparkline complication. Get immediate insights into your body's trends without opaque scores or labels. A companion iPhone app provides detailed views and guidance.
- Raw HRV sparkline complication
- 8-hour free complication
- 24/7, 7-day, 30-day Pro views
- Circular gauge and corner complications
- iPhone companion app
- No interpretation layer
- Complication-first design
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HRVSpark puts your heart rate variability on your Apple Watch face as a sparkline, a gauge, or a corner complication. It shows the SDNN readings saved in Apple Health and nothing more. WHAT YOU GET • Three free 8-hour complications: a sparkline, a gauge, and a corner • Seven Pro complications across 24-hour, 7-day, and 30-day windows • Gaps left visible when your watch took no readings • An iPhone app with a live gallery of every complication and setup help JUST YOUR HRV HRVSpark shows your SDNN values across useful time windows without turning them into a readiness, stress, or recovery score. What they mean for your day is up to you. BUILT FOR THE WATCH FACE The complications are designed for quick checks on the wrist. Each gauge places a recent value between the low and high of its window. The Apple Watch app works without the iPhone app and keeps a record of your daily averages. The iPhone app adds older days whenever you open it. ONE-TIME PRO UNLOCK Download free and use the three 8-hour complications. Unlock all ten with a single one-time purchase. No subscription, account, ads, or telemetry. PAIR IT WITH RHRSPARK RHRSpark gives the same direct view of resting heart rate, with recent sedentary heart rate and Apple's daily resting heart rate. HealthKit data stays on your devices and moves only between your iPhone and Apple Watch through Apple frameworks. HRVSpark may request a small configuration file from filamentlabs.io to show current product messages. That request contains no health data. If you claim the supporter thank-you, HRVSpark sends Apple's signed record of your HRVSpark purchase to filamentlabs.io so each purchase receives one RHRSpark Pro code. That record contains no health data. HRVSpark is for informational purposes only. It does not provide medical advice or diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition.
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Verdict
HRV Pulse and HRVSpark are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. HRV Pulse sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and HRVSpark sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | HRV Pulse | HRVSpark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EG Advisory SIA | Joel Farthing |
In-app purchases
HRV Pulse
- Weekly$4.997 Days
- Weekly-Trial3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Monthly$12.991 Month
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- Yearly$39.991 Year
- Lifetime$59.99
HRVSpark
- HRVSpark Pro$0.99
- HRVSpark Tip Jar$4.99









