HRVSpark vs Longevity Arc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Longevity Arc
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Longevity Arc turns your Apple Health data into five clear longevity signals. Instead of digging through scattered charts, you can see HRV, fitness, sleep, gait, and cardiac load together in one simple dashboard designed to help you understand how your body is trending over time. Built for people who care about healthspan, recovery, and long-term performance, Longevity Arc helps you spot changes faster and focus on the metrics that matter most. The app is designed to feel simple at a glance while still giving you useful depth when you want to explore trends and patterns. What you can do in Longevity Arc: - Track five science-inspired longevity signals from Apple Health in one place. - Review your HRV, sleep, fitness, gait, and cardiac-load trends without jumping between different screens. - Get a clearer picture of how daily habits may affect your long-term trajectory. - Use a private, HealthKit-powered experience built around your own data. Why people use Longevity Arc: - Apple Health already contains valuable signals, but they are often fragmented and hard to interpret quickly. - Longevity Arc brings those signals together into a more readable view so you can check your status in seconds. - The focus is not noise or endless scores - it is a cleaner way to monitor meaningful change over time. Privacy and data: - Longevity Arc works with your Apple Health data. - You stay focused on your own signals, trends, and progress. Ideal for: - Biohackers tracking recovery and resilience. - Health-conscious users who want a simpler Apple Health dashboard. - Founders, athletes, and everyday users trying to balance stress, fitness, and sleep over time. Privacy Policy: https://longevityarc.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://longevityarc.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Longevity Arc at every 3 days against HRVSpark's weekly. Longevity Arc also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. HRVSpark sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Longevity Arc sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HRVSpark ships an update weekly, Longevity Arc every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HRVSpark | Longevity Arc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joel Farthing | Radoslaw Jozefowicz |
In-app purchases
HRVSpark
- HRVSpark Pro$0.99
- HRVSpark Tip Jar$4.99
Longevity Arc
- Monthly Pro3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Lifetime Pro$9.99









