Comparison

VitalLens vs Open Vitals

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

Head to head
About

VitalLens

This app translates your Apple Health data into a daily recovery and energy score. It provides plain-language explanations of your health metrics and personalized insights to help you understand your body better. Features include a live energy reserve, recovery status, and AI-powered habit discovery.

Highlights
  • Daily Health Today score (0-100)
  • Personalized baseline scoring
  • Live Energy Reserve gauge
  • Plain-language recovery status
  • Habit Discovery engine
  • AI Coach for metric chat
  • Weekly Health Story summary
Features
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Most health apps show you data. VitalLens tells you what it means. Every morning, VitalLens reads your Apple Health data — HRV, resting heart rate, sleep, wrist temperature and activity — and turns it into a single Health Today score from 0 to 100. No athletic jargon. No confusing charts. Just a calm, honest sentence that tells you how you're likely to feel today, and why. YOUR SCORE, YOUR BASELINE VitalLens grades you against yourself, not against averages built for elite athletes. It learns your personal normal over time, so a score means something specific to you. A tappable Why breakdown explains exactly what moved your number — in words that make sense before your first coffee. YOUR ENERGY, ALL DAY LONG The Energy Reserve is a live charge that mirrors your body throughout the day. It tops up while you rest and draws down as activity and stress accumulate. Check it any time on the app, your Home Screen widget or your Apple Watch to know whether to push on or take a breath. RECOVERY AT A GLANCE Each morning you get a simple status: Well Recovered, Recovering or Strained. It's drawn from your overnight HRV, resting heart rate, wrist temperature and sleep — the same signals sports scientists use, translated into plain language anyone can act on. FOUR GAUGES, ONE CLEAR PICTURE Energy, Stress, Heart Health and Sleep each get a plain-English gauge updated daily. Tap any one for a straight-talking explanation of what's driving it. Trend arrows and a 30-day outlook show you where things are heading, so you can spot patterns before they become problems. HABITS AND COACHING BUILT AROUND YOU The Habit Discovery engine quietly looks for personal correlations on your device — things like "your stress gauge is lower on days you walk more than 6,000 steps." Discoveries are worked out entirely on your phone. Turn on the optional VitalLens AI Coach to go further: chat about any metric in plain English, or follow a guided Goal with a personalised AI roadmap built around your real numbers. EVERY WEEK, A HEALTH STORY Your Weekly Health Story wraps up the past seven days in a short, readable summary — what went well, what to watch and one simple thing worth trying next week. PRIVACY FIRST VitalLens reads your data from Apple Health. Scores, trends, Body Age and discoveries are calculated on your device, and backups stay in your private iCloud account. VitalLens never sells your data, shares it with advertisers or stores your health information on its own servers. AI insights are optional and off until you allow them: when on, a summary of your metrics is sent to our AI provider only to write your insights, and you can turn them off anytime in Settings. VitalLens is a wellness tool, not a medical device, and nothing in the app constitutes medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for any medical concerns. Start with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan, or go week by week with no commitment. Download it today and wake up tomorrow knowing exactly how you're doing. Terms of Use: https://nusli.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://nusli.app/privacy

About

Open Vitals

Features
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Open Vitals syncs your Apple Health data to any platform — your AI agent, home server, automation tool, or cloud service. Not locked to one ecosystem. How it works: 1. Scan a QR code from your agent or server 2. Choose your sync mode (Local Server or Cloud Relay) 3. Your health data flows automatically What syncs: • Activity — steps, distance, calories, exercise, flights climbed • Heart — resting HR, HRV, VO2 Max, SpO2, respiratory rate • Sleep — total, core, deep, REM, efficiency • Body — weight, BMI, body fat, lean mass • Workouts — type, duration, calories, heart rate zones • 70+ HealthKit metrics — you choose which to share Privacy first: • End-to-end encrypted (X25519 + ChaCha20-Poly1305) • Cloud relay holds data max 15 minutes, then deletes • No accounts, no tracking, no analytics • Your data never touches our servers in readable form Works with OpenClaw, Claude, Any AI agent, assistant, or LLM you run; n8n, Make, Zapier, Home Assistant; or any HTTP endpoint. https://openvitals.exaptalabs.com/terms

Screenshots

VitalLens4 screens
Open Vitals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Open Vitals at none against VitalLens's shown. VitalLens's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. VitalLens sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Open Vitals sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VitalLens ships an update every 6 days, Open Vitals every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
VitalLens versus Open Vitals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVitalLensOpen Vitals
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNIKOLAOS SYNANIDISRobson da Silva Tedim

In-app purchases

2 purchases

VitalLens

Subscriptions2
  • VitalLens Premium3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • VitalLens Premium3 Days trial$44.991 Year
2 purchases

Open Vitals

Subscriptions2
  • Sync Local (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Local Sync (Yearly)$10.991 Year

Questions

Is VitalLens free?
VitalLens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Open Vitals free?
Open Vitals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VitalLens or Open Vitals have ads?
VitalLens shows ads; Open Vitals does not.
Which is updated more often, VitalLens or Open Vitals?
VitalLens ships an update every 6 days, and Open Vitals every 6 weeks. Most recently, VitalLens was updated on October 23, 2026 and Open Vitals on October 25, 2026.

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