Comparison

Heart Rate Variability Logger vs Health Export

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

Health Export

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Health Export saves your Apple Health data as files you own. Pick a folder in the Files app, choose JSON Lines or CSV, and export. You get one file per data type, ready for a spreadsheet, a script or your own archive. WHAT'S INCLUDED • Every quantity and category type Apple Health offers — steps, heart rate, HRV, sleep, weight, nutrition, blood pressure, glucose, cycle tracking, symptoms and more • Workouts with events, activity segments, statistics and GPS routes • Heartbeat series, ECG recordings and audiograms • State of Mind entries and GAD-7 / PHQ-9 assessments • Activity ring summaries and your characteristics (date of birth, sex, blood type) • Source app, device and metadata for every record OPTIONS • JSON Lines — one record per line with every detail • CSV — common fields as columns, nested details as JSON • Range — all time, or the last year, 90, 30 or 7 days • Changes only — adds what was added or deleted since your last all-time export to the same files, so the folder always holds one complete export FREE AND PRO Exports of the last 7 or 30 days are free. Health Export Pro is a one-time purchase — no subscription — that unlocks the last 90 days, the last year, all time and Changes only. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no analytics, no network connections. The app only reads the data you allow and writes it to the folder you choose. It never writes to Apple Health. A manifest lists every file and how many records it holds, so you can check the export at a glance.

Screenshots

Heart Rate Variability Logger4 screens
Health Export4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Health Export at Free against Heart Rate Variability Logger's $9.99. Heart Rate Variability Logger's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#180 vs unranked). On update cadence and ads 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

Health Export is free to download; Heart Rate Variability Logger costs $9.99 up front. Health Export sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Heart Rate Variability Logger asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Heart Rate Variability Logger ships an update fortnightly, Health Export every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Heart Rate Variability Logger versus Health Export: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeart Rate Variability LoggerHealth Export
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#180 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA.S.M.A. B.V.Seunghyun Kim

In-app purchases

None

Heart Rate Variability Logger

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Health Export

One-time1
  • Health Export Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Heart Rate Variability Logger free?
Heart Rate Variability Logger costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Health Export free?
Health Export is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Heart Rate Variability Logger or Health Export have ads?
Neither Heart Rate Variability Logger nor Health Export shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Heart Rate Variability Logger or Health Export?
Heart Rate Variability Logger ships an update fortnightly, and Health Export every 10 days. Most recently, Heart Rate Variability Logger was updated on November 6, 2026 and Health Export on November 6, 2026.

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