Comparison

Camera Heart Rate Variability vs Making Your Mind Matter

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

Head to head
About

Camera Heart Rate Variability

Measure heart rate variability using your phone's camera without external devices. Analyze time and frequency domain features to understand cardiac autonomic regulation, stress levels, and training impact.

Highlights
  • Record and plot HRV data
  • Extract time and frequency domain features
  • No heart rate monitor required
  • Configurable time window for analysis
  • Automatic RR-interval correction
  • Event annotation and comparison
  • Data export to iTunes and Dropbox
Features
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Camera Heart Rate Variability is the first app that lets you record, plot and export time and frequency domain Heart Rate Variability Features - without requiring any heart rate monitor. Camera HRV uses a technique called photoplethysmography (PPG for short), which consists in detecting changes in blood volume during a cardiac cycle, by illuminating the skin and measuring changes in light absorption. PPG has become quite a popular non-invasive method for extracting physiological measurements such as heart rate and oxygen saturation. However, most applications today focus simply on heart rate or respiration rate. Supported devices for the camera measurement: iPhones 5, 5S, 6, 6S, 6+, 6S+, SE, 7, 7+, 8, 8+, X, XS, XS Max, XR, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, 12 mini, 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, 13 mini, 13, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max Camera HRV can assess cardiac autonomic regulation through quantification of sinus rhythm variability. Since HRV aims at quantifying autonomic regulations, it can be used as marker of sympathetic or parasympathetic predominance, and therefore become relevant in many applications. In athletes for example heavy training is responsible for shifting the cardiac autonomic balance toward a predominance of the sympathetic over the parasympathetic drive, and HRV analysis attempts to quantify this shift. Other applications span from stress monitoring, assessment of pathological conditions and even emotional regulation during financial decision-making. 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) - configurable time window for feature extraction (30 seconds to 5 minutes) - automatic RR-interval correction - event annotation - comparison between up to 3 recordings lets you get a better understanding of autonomic regulation and sympathetic/parasympathetic activity under different contexts in a glance - data export/storage on iTunes and Dropbox (csv format, exports heart rates, rr intervals, events and computed features). Data export needs to be performed from the history -> recording view, by clicking on the export button (bottom left). - integration with the Health app (writes Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability) Find out more at this link: http://www.marcoaltini.com/2/post/2014/01/heart-rate-variability-using-the-phones-camera.html

About

Making Your Mind Matter

Access and stream event resources from Dr. Joe Dispenza. Download materials for offline viewing after receiving a unique password through event communications.

Highlights
  • Stream event resources
  • Download materials
  • Event-specific access
  • Offline viewing
Features
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This is the official app for Dr Joe Dispenza to allow for streaming and downloading of resources at Dr Joe Dispenza events. You will receive a unique password to access materials through separate event communications.

Screenshots

Camera Heart Rate Variability4 screens
Making Your Mind Matter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Making Your Mind Matter at Free against Camera Heart Rate Variability's $6.99. Making Your Mind Matter also leads on rating (3.4 vs 2.8) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Camera Heart Rate Variability's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Making Your Mind Matter is free to download; Camera Heart Rate Variability costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Making Your Mind Matter holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Making Your Mind Matter has 46 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of Camera Heart Rate Variability's written reviews are positive against 27% of Making Your Mind Matter's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Camera Heart Rate Variability ships an update every 4 months, Making Your Mind Matter monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Camera Heart Rate Variability versus Making Your Mind Matter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCamera Heart Rate VariabilityMaking Your Mind Matter
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating2.8 (8 ratings)3.4 (46 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.8% of reviews — better26.7% of reviews
Number of ratings846 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA.S.M.A. B.V.Dr. Joe Dispenza

Customer experience

Camera Heart Rate Variability

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive27.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative61.1%

Making Your Mind Matter

All ratings44 ratings
Positive56.8%
Neutral4.5%
Negative38.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive26.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Camera Heart Rate Variability

No in-app purchases

None

Making Your Mind Matter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Camera Heart Rate Variability free?
Camera Heart Rate Variability costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Making Your Mind Matter free?
Making Your Mind Matter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Camera Heart Rate Variability or Making Your Mind Matter?
Making Your Mind Matter is rated higher. Camera Heart Rate Variability averages 2.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Making Your Mind Matter averages 3.4 from 46 ratings.
Do Camera Heart Rate Variability or Making Your Mind Matter have ads?
Neither Camera Heart Rate Variability nor Making Your Mind Matter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Camera Heart Rate Variability or Making Your Mind Matter?
Camera Heart Rate Variability ships an update every 4 months, and Making Your Mind Matter monthly. Most recently, Camera Heart Rate Variability was updated on October 26, 2026 and Making Your Mind Matter on October 24, 2026.

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