Comparison

Polar Team Pro vs Heart Rate Ninja

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

Head to head
About

Polar Team Pro

This app provides a comprehensive performance training solution for teams, coaches, and players. It uses GPS and accelerometer technology to monitor live team and player performance, offering detailed analytics on metrics like heart rate, speed, and distance. Optimize training, track recovery, and gain insights into player location and effort.

Highlights
  • Live team performance monitoring
  • GPS and accelerometer tracking
  • Heart rate monitoring
  • Real-time player analytics
  • Heat map analysis
  • Training load and recovery tracking
  • Support for multiple teams
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Upgrade your game with Polar Team Pro – the perfect full performance training solution to benefit the team, coaches and players. Monitor live team performance without base stations and optimize your team’s training. The revolutionary Polar Team Pro combines GPS and accelerometer technology with heart rate and makes capturing these metrics easier than ever before. Everything connects straight to your iPad. You can follow training in real time on the field with team and player performance analytics, and have this invaluable training data available anywhere and anytime for all coaches in the club with individual and secure login. Extensive data includes: heart rate, speed, distance, distance in speed zones, number of max sprints, running cadence, player location on field, calories burned, training load and recovery time. Key benefits: - Follow up to 60 players in real time - Get team and player training summaries - Gain deeper insight on training or break it down to phases - Heat map analysis for player location on field - Player comparison - Support for coaching multiple teams Polar Team Pro is your ultimate tool for evaluating, planning and monitoring training as well as recovery status and progress of the team and individual players. With this app you can get invaluable insight on performance analytics. Leave nothing to chance.

About

Heart Rate Ninja

This app transforms group workouts into a fun, competitive game by tracking heart rates in real-time. Earn points, level up with seasonal masks, and compete on leaderboards to achieve fitness goals. Connect Bluetooth monitors and optionally display progress on a TV for an engaging experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time heart rate monitoring
  • Gamified workout scoring and leveling
  • Seasonal leaderboards and challenges
  • Bluetooth heart rate monitor support
  • Optional TV/projector display
  • Personalized workout reports
  • GPS tracking for outdoor activities
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Heart Rate Ninja is a group heart rate tracking app for gyms & individuals that makes workouts more fun & effective. Earn points, level-up, and compete on the leaderboards while reaching your fitness goals. Turn your group workout into a fun game tailored to your biometrics. Connect your Bluetooth heart rate monitors to your phone or tablet. Display your phone or tablet on a TV or projector for everyone to see (optional). Maximize your workout, earn points, compete, and have fun. "... the best part of the work out is the Heart Rate Ninja" - Paul A BURN CALORIES, EARN POINTS: Earn points by working out at home or at the gym. If your gym uses Heart Rate Ninja, you can earn bonus points for joining workouts at your gym, competing in competitions, and winning challenges. "... I always leave class knowing I did my best and I was safe." - P Waldron REACH A NEW LEVEL EACH SEASON: Unlock masks by earning points. Everyone starts at the white mask, do you have what it takes to unlock the black mask? Heart Rate Ninja enters a new season every three months. Masks are reset each season to keep things fresh & give you a chance to improve every season. "... big numbers, big colors, and fun ways to gain personal rewards ..." - Lori G GET MORE OUT OF YOUR WORKOUT: Your workout intensity is measured by your heart rate zone. Heart Rate Ninja lets you know your current heart rate zone in realtime to take the guesswork out of training. Review your workout when you're done and we'll send you a personalized workout report email. "It helps me stay in the right heart rate zones and lets me know when I need to push harder and when I need to take a rest." - Jon T FEATURES: COMPETITIONS & CHALLENGES: Go head-to-head in team competitions or participate in time challenges for bonus points. LEADERBOARDS: See who's doing the best in the current workout or who's doing the best this season (cumulatively) out of everyone in the gym. WORKOUT REVIEW SCREEN: See a summary of your workout when it ends. See how everyone did, who did best, etc. to give players actionable insights. WORKOUT REVIEW EMAILS: Get a workout report email after each workout with detailed statistics about how you did, how many points you earned, and what you can improve. USE YOUR OWN HEART RATE MONITORS: Heart Rate Ninja™ supports most popular Bluetooth LE heart rate monitors. DISPLAY ON TV OR PROJECTOR: Connect your phone or tablet to a TV or projector to display the workout on a big screen for everyone to see. WORKOUT HISTORY: Review all of the workouts that have taken place. Workouts can be filtered by year, month, and day. Tap on a workout to see its review. GPS MODE: Whether you're hiking, biking, walking, jogging, etc. you can track your distance, speed, pace, elevation, and more while earning points and burning calories with Heart Rate Ninja's GPS mode! LOVE HEART RATE NINJA? LEARN MORE: https://facebook.com/heartrateninja https://instagram.com/heartrateninja https://youtube.com/@heartrateninja https://x.com/HeartRateNinja https://pinterest.com/HeartRateNinjaApp LEGAL https://heartrateninja.com/privacy https://heartrateninja.com/terms

Screenshots

Heart Rate Ninja4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Heart Rate Ninja at 4.8 against Polar Team Pro's 4.0. Heart Rate Ninja also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (57 vs 4). Polar Team Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price 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

Both are free to download. Heart Rate Ninja sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Polar Team Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Heart Rate Ninja holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heart Rate Ninja has 57 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polar Team Pro ships an update every 3 months, Heart Rate Ninja every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and August 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Polar Team Pro versus Heart Rate Ninja: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolar Team ProHeart Rate Ninja
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.8 (57 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews
Number of ratings457 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolar Electro OyHeart Rate Ninja, LLC

Customer experience

Polar Team Pro

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Heart Rate Ninja

All ratings57 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral7.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Polar Team Pro

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Heart Rate Ninja

Subscriptions10
  • Heart Rate Ninja Plus Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Heart Rate Ninja Plus Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • 50 Profiles Monthly1 Month trial$29.991 Month
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  • 100 Profiles Monthly1 Month trial$39.991 Month
  • 250 Profiles Monthly1 Month trial$49.991 Month
  • 500 Profiles Monthly1 Month trial$99.991 Month
  • 50 Profiles Yearly1 Month trial$299.991 Year
  • 100 Profiles Yearly1 Month trial$399.991 Year
  • 250 Profiles Yearly1 Month trial$499.991 Year
  • 500 Profiles Yearly1 Month trial$999.991 Year

Questions

Is Polar Team Pro free?
Polar Team Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Heart Rate Ninja free?
Heart Rate Ninja is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Polar Team Pro or Heart Rate Ninja?
Heart Rate Ninja is rated higher. Polar Team Pro averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Heart Rate Ninja averages 4.8 from 57 ratings.
Do Polar Team Pro or Heart Rate Ninja have ads?
Neither Polar Team Pro nor Heart Rate Ninja shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Polar Team Pro or Heart Rate Ninja?
Polar Team Pro ships an update every 3 months, and Heart Rate Ninja every 3 weeks. Most recently, Polar Team Pro was updated on June 6, 2026 and Heart Rate Ninja on August 10, 2026.

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