Comparison

Zone Minutes vs Longevity Arc

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

Head to head
About

Zone Minutes

This app tracks your weekly exercise minutes to meet WHO fitness recommendations. It analyzes Apple Watch heart rate data to credit moderate and vigorous intensity workouts, with vigorous minutes counting double. View your progress easily with a home screen widget.

Highlights
  • Tracks weekly exercise minutes
  • Meets WHO fitness recommendations
  • Uses Apple Watch heart rate data
  • Credits vigorous minutes at 2x
  • Home screen widget for progress
Features
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Track your weekly exercise minutes toward WHO-recommended fitness goals. ZoneMinutes reads your Apple Watch workout heart rate data, identifies minutes spent at moderate and vigorous intensity, and credits vigorous minutes at 2x — just like Fitbit's Active Zone Minutes, built for Apple Watch. See your weekly progress at a glance with a home screen widget.

About

Longevity Arc

Consolidates your Apple Health data into five key longevity signals, offering a clear dashboard for tracking HRV, fitness, sleep, gait, and cardiac load trends. Understand your body's long-term trajectory and make informed decisions about your health.

Highlights
  • Five longevity signals from Apple Health
  • HRV, fitness, sleep, gait, cardiac load tracking
  • Simple dashboard for trend analysis
  • Understand long-term health trajectory
  • Private, HealthKit-powered experience
Features
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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

Screenshots

Zone Minutes2 screens
Longevity Arc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Zone Minutes at 4.0 against Longevity Arc's 3.0. Longevity Arc's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Zone Minutes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zone Minutes holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zone Minutes ships an update every 6 weeks, Longevity Arc every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Zone Minutes versus Longevity Arc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZone MinutesLongevity Arc
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid BennettRadoslaw Jozefowicz

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Zone Minutes

One-time1
  • Unlimited Use$4.99
2 purchases

Longevity Arc

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Pro3 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$8.99

Questions

Is Zone Minutes free?
Zone Minutes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Longevity Arc free?
Longevity Arc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zone Minutes or Longevity Arc?
Zone Minutes is rated higher. Zone Minutes averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Longevity Arc averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Zone Minutes or Longevity Arc have ads?
Neither Zone Minutes nor Longevity Arc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zone Minutes or Longevity Arc?
Zone Minutes ships an update every 6 weeks, and Longevity Arc every 3 days. Most recently, Zone Minutes was updated on October 31, 2026 and Longevity Arc on October 31, 2026.

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