Comparison

Heart Rate Variability Logger vs Runboard

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

Head to head
About

Heart Rate Variability Logger

This app records, plots, and exports heart rate variability data, including time, frequency, and non-linear features. It supports experience sampling, RR-interval correction, and activity/location tracking. Requires a compatible Bluetooth heart rate sensor.

Highlights
  • Record and plot HRV data
  • Extract time and frequency domain features
  • Experience sampling for event annotation
  • Compare multiple recordings
  • Activity and location tracking
  • RR-interval correction
  • Export data for Kubios
Features
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Heart Rate Variability Logger lets you record, plot and export time, frequency and non-linear HRV Features (includes experience sampling, RR-interval correction, DFA alpha 1 for aerobic threshold estimation in real-time, comparison between recordings, activity monitoring & step counting, location tracking). Heart Rate Variability Logger requires a Bluetooth Low Energy (also called Bluetooth Smart or BLE or 4.0) heart rate sensor (we recommend Polar H7 or H10) Main features: - Extracts, plots, stores and exports heart rate, rr-intervals, time and frequency domain heart rate variability features (AVNN, SDNN, rMSSD, pNN50, LF, HF, LF/HF, alpha 1 from DFA) - Configurable experience sampling for events annotation - Comparison between up to 3 recordings lets you get a better understanding of differences in HRV under different contexts in a glance. The comparison modality includes also Outlier removal - Activity tracking: step counter or accelerometer derived motion intensity for user context (step counter only for iPhones 5S) - Location tracking, either using GSM/WiFi networks (low battery consumption) or GPS (high accuracy) - Configurable time window for features computation (choose between 30 seconds, 1, 2 or 5 minutes) - RR-intervals correction can be enabled to prevent ectopic beats or artifacts from affecting HRV features - export for Kubios - Filters data based on the selected threshold - Shows HR in the app icon - Data export using iTunes or Dropbox - Tested for recordings longer than 24 hours Please note that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Runboard

Features
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Stop running alone. Start running to win! Runboard turns every weekly run into a head-to-head competition with the people you actually care about beating. Create a board, share a code, and watch the leaderboard come alive powered by the runs you're already tracking in Apple Health. No manual logging. No social media noise. Just you, your friends, and the kilometers. Track weekly distance to see who's putting in the work right now, or compare VO2 Max to find out who's actually the fittest. Dive into multi-week trend graphs to watch rivalries unfold over time. And with home screen widgets, the standings are always one glance away — a constant reminder of who's ahead. Runboard is built for runners who thrive on friendly competition. Your move.

Screenshots

Heart Rate Variability Logger4 screens
Runboard3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Runboard at Free against Heart Rate Variability Logger's $9.99. Heart Rate Variability Logger's advantage is chart position (#147 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, 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

Runboard is free to download; Heart Rate Variability Logger costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heart Rate Variability Logger ships an update fortnightly, Runboard weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Heart Rate Variability Logger versus Runboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeart Rate Variability LoggerRunboard
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#147 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA.S.M.A. B.V.Paul Goldschmidt

In-app purchases

None

Heart Rate Variability Logger

No in-app purchases

None

Runboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Heart Rate Variability Logger free?
Heart Rate Variability Logger costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Runboard free?
Runboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Heart Rate Variability Logger or Runboard have ads?
Neither Heart Rate Variability Logger nor Runboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heart Rate Variability Logger or Runboard?
Heart Rate Variability Logger ships an update fortnightly, and Runboard weekly. Most recently, Heart Rate Variability Logger was updated on October 22, 2026 and Runboard on October 4, 2026.

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