MetricBridge vs Nova Method
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MetricBridge
Analyze your Apple Health data with plain-language questions and export 194 metrics as clean JSON for your AI agent. Get personalized insights on readiness, sleep, and training load, with data processed on-device for privacy.
- Ask plain-language questions about health data
- Export 194 health metrics as JSON/CSV
- On-device data processing for privacy
- Personalized readiness and training load insights
- Weekly recap and bedtime suggestions
- Doctor report PDF summary
- Apple Watch complications
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Your Apple Health data, answered on your iPhone and handed to the AI agent you already use. MetricBridge answers plain-language questions about your Apple Health data on the device, and exports 194 metrics as clean JSON to a destination you choose, so your own AI agent can read your real numbers. ASK YOUR DATA Type "how's my resting heart rate trending this week" and get an answer built from your own history. • Every figure is computed by ordinary code in the app, not guessed by a model • It shows the metric, date range and days of data used, so you can check the work • Runs on your iPhone. The question, the data and the answer stay on the device, unless you turn on Your Mac, which sends one answer's numbers to your own Mac on your Wi-Fi • Weekly Brief: a short recap of your week, written on device IT KNOWS ITS LIMITS Ask something clinical, like "should I stop taking my statin", and it declines, then offers your data instead. TODAY, WITH THE WORKING SHOWN A Today card compares last night with your own usual, not a population average: HRV status, sleep shortfall, changes worth a look, a readiness estimate and a fitness age range. Tap it to see every input, the fixed weights and anything missing. The method is published at healthexport.dev/methods. It describes patterns in your own data, not a diagnosis. TRAIN, SLEEP, EXPERIMENT • Training load: your last 7 days against the 28 before, with heart-rate zones • A strength log for sets, reps and weights • Tonight's suggested bedtime and a 28-day Sleep Regularity Index • Lab: test one change against your own nights. Days are set at random and the result stays hidden until the end Training load shows effort. It is not an injury prediction. ON YOUR WRIST AND IN SIRI • Apple Watch shows your Today card and offers complications. The watch app reads no Health data itself • "Ask MetricBridge" answers by voice with the numbers it used. "Get Readiness Estimate" feeds your shortcuts 194 METRICS AS CLEAN JSON Activity, heart, HRV, mobility, respiratory, body, sleep, hearing and nutrition, plus workouts. Written as JSON or CSV to a destination you pick: your iCloud Drive, a folder on your device, your own network over HTTP or WebSocket, or any webhook URL you trust. Background auto-export keeps the file fresh. Every delivery is token-authenticated, and the in-app history shows each run. AN MCP SERVER FOR YOUR AGENT MetricBridge ships a zero-dependency, open-source MCP server that you install on your own computer. It gives any MCP client 22 tools for trends, comparisons, workouts, sleep and correlations. Twenty only read. Two only add or remove your own events, in a separate file. No tool writes to Apple Health. Your agent reads only after you pair it with a code from the app. DOCTOR REPORT Make a clear PDF summary of your data to bring to a visit. It is a summary of numbers, not medical advice. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • The app reads Apple Health and never writes to it • No account, no sign-in, and no ads inside the app. Your health data is never used for advertising • No third-party AI service is involved, and no health data reaches a server we operate • Reproductive health, sexual activity and alcohol stay excluded unless you turn them on • What each on-device answer mode sends: healthexport.dev/on-device-ai ONE PURCHASE, THREE DEVICES MetricBridge for Mac opens your iPhone export on a bigger screen. Mac and Apple Watch come with the same purchase. PRICING A 7-day free trial, then a single one-time purchase that unlocks everything permanently: export, Ask, the Today card, training, Lab, the Apple Watch and Mac apps, Siri and Shortcuts, and the Weekly Brief. Not a subscription. Nothing renews. MetricBridge is a tool, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat or provide medical advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.healthexport.dev/privacy
Nova Method
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Your health starts with your metabolism. More than weight. More than calories. Most apps make you weigh food and count calories. Nova reads how every plate moves your metabolism: how your body digests it, whether it stores or burns, and how you recover. No weighing. No calorie math. Photograph any plate. Nova reads it in seconds and shows you what helped, what cost you, and what to do at your next meal. DIGESTION See how your body handles what you eat: food order, timing, and the raw, whole foods that keep you burning instead of storing. METABOLISM Every meal tips you toward stored or burned. Nova shows which way this one leans, and why. RECOVERY Know when to eat and how your body resets, so tomorrow starts clean. A COACH THAT TEACHES YOU Nova does not just grade your plate. It explains the why in plain language, plate by plate, until eating this way is second nature. Recovery days, meal reminders, and a full Learn library guide you the whole way. Photograph a plate. Understand your metabolism. Change how you eat for good. Nova is a food and habit tool. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition. SUBSCRIPTION Nova Monthly: $4.99 per month. Nova Yearly: $49.99 per year ($4.16 per month) with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nova-method.web.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Nova Method at none against MetricBridge's shown. Nova Method also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). MetricBridge's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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
Both are free to download. MetricBridge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nova Method sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MetricBridge ships an update every 3 days, Nova Method every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MetricBridge | Nova Method |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Philip D'Souza | John Trabelsi |
In-app purchases
MetricBridge
- MetricBridge Unlock$24.99
Nova Method
- Nova Method Monthly$4.991 Month
- Nova Method Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year









