Heart Rate Alert App

[Nebula29]

Does anyone know of an app that will actually alert the wearer if their heartrate gets above a certain point, and is programmable to the rate set by the owner. My cardiologist had told me that I exercise too much (did not know know that was possible) and I have to cut it down (not cut it out.) I do zumba five days a week, but would like to know - be alerted by a vibration on my watch if my heartrate exceeds a pre programmed level. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[xraydoc]

The Apple Watch’s built-in heart rate app will alert you if your heart rate exceeds a preset level if it occurs while you’re idle/resting, but not if you’re actively moving around. But I’m not certain where idle activity ends and active movement starts.
The alert option starts at 100 bpm and goes up every 10 to 150 bpm.
Not sure if there are 3rd party apps that offer other options.

 

[Nebula29]

Yes thank you. That's the problem, I need to be alerted while I am exercising not at rest. I did some extensive research on third party apps for this, but could not really find any and was hoping that someone else had found one that I had not be successful in doing. I'll keep on looking as that seems to me, this would be a welcome feature for anyone who needs to keep an eye on their heart rate while exercising. Stopping in the middle of a dance to check is not really an option.

 

[Wando64]

WorkOutDoors has the ability to set HR limits (high and low) and will issue one single alert when these are exceeded during exercise.
However, I have found that the alert (beep and buzz) is easily missed and no further alerts are issued unless and until your HR returns between "normal" range.
I have asked the developer ( @cfc ) to consider introducing a persistent alert feature, whereby an alert is issued repeatedly for as long as one is outside the set HR limits, but apparently not many people are interested in such a feature so this is unlikely to be implemented.
Would you find this useful?

 

[Nebula29]

EXTREMELY USEFUL!! And those are happy caps, not shouting ones. I shall check the app store toute suite. HIPA aside and since it's my own info here, I was diagnosed with Afib and had a cardioversion that actually worked, but now I have to be very careful to hopefully not revert, so it is very important that I monitor my heart rate while exercising. My doc was telling me, that a very large percentage of patients that he has coming in with Afib are athletes, so who knew too much exercise could be detrimental. I didn't. I thought the more cardio, the stronger the heart. Not so. Thank you ever so much.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I use this app a lot when training. It offers a lot of detailed data. It’s available in the U.S. as well, even though the company is UK based.

Heart Analyzer — Helix Apps

helixapps.co.uk

 

[Nebula29]

Thank you. I started looking at whatever Youtube videos I could find on this app, but there was not too much detail on how the heart section worked, so I will buy it and play around. Won't break the bank if it's not exactly what I need, neither the Federal Reserve or the "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street", 😁so will give it a try.

 

[diba]

I do my workouts, if I want to take care about HR, with Fitiv. Voice feedback with a lot of configuration options.

 

[b0fh666]

never found such a thing... what I do is to keep an eye on the watch itself as the workout app is running.

 

[Nebula29]

never found such a thing... what I do is to keep an eye on the watch itself as the workout app is running.

Kind of different when you are dancing though. And many times I am assisting the instructor on the riser, but I'll give it a shot and see what happens. Seems strange that there are no apps out there, with all the technology that's available and can give you a EKG, and so many other features that can't alert you with some sort of vibratory alarm that your heart rate has exceeded a pre-programmed limit. You get alerts to move, how about one to slow down?

 

[Plett]

My cardiologist had told me that I exercise too much (did not know know that was possible) and I have to cut it down (not cut it out.) I do zumba five days a week, but would like to know - be alerted by a vibration on my watch if my heartrate exceeds a pre programmed level. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Wow that is wild so how many days should people be exercising a week according to our cardiologist? The reason I ask is that my Apple Watch goals seem to be based on 7 days a week x 30minutes.

 

[Nebula29]

Wow that is wild so how many days should people be exercising a week according to our cardiologist? The reason I ask is that my Apple Watch goals seem to be based on 7 days a week x 30minutes.

I mentioned in another reply, that I have Afib. I had been working out twice a day, 20 minutes with weights in the morning, then an hour of very high intensity zumba, then coming home right after once a week and mowing the lawn, then back to the gym in the afternoon for an hour on the treadmill. A tad different to 7 days a week for 30 minutes n'est pas? 😁 And no comment here on "Get a Doc seriously" but it showed up in my email notification. Actually... my cardiologist is the one that other docs go to, and I worked with Peer Review at a local hospital for fifteen years, so I do know how to choose a good one.

 

[annk]

This could be very useful for patients in rehab as well. After my stroke in 2013 I had restrictions for a while on how high my heart rate could get, and I had to watch it like a hawk while exercising.

 

[Nebula29]

Well hopefully someone at Apple monitors this forum and will take it under advisement as an additional feature. Cheers!

 

[Wando64]

Seems strange that there are no apps out there, with all the technology that's available and can give you a EKG, and so many other features that can't alert you with some sort of vibratory alarm that your heart rate has exceeded a pre-programmed limit. You get alerts to move, how about one to slow down?

As I have mentioned previously, WorkOuDoors does exactly that.
The problem is that one single alert is easily missed when you are exercising in a noisy environment.

My old Polar HR monitor would carry on beeping until I slowed down.
The same could be easily implemented if enough people ask for it.

 

[Nebula29]

Yes - I understand about the single alert. If there is no vibration and since we dance to very loud music, I would definitely miss it. So... how do I go about putting in a request to the developer? You never know until you try! I still feel though, that this is a feature that would do well as a built-in feature on the watch.

 

[Duncan68]

Yes - I understand about the single alert. If there is no vibration and since we dance to very loud music, I would definitely miss it. So... how do I go about putting in a request to the developer? You never know until you try! I still feel though, that this is a feature that would do well as a built-in feature on the watch.

This has an email link for the developer at the very bottom of the page:

http://www.workoutdoors.net

 

[Nebula29]

Done and done. Email sent. Now we wait and watch. Thank you.

 

[Wando64]

Yes - I understand about the single alert. If there is no vibration and since we dance to very loud music, I would definitely miss it. So... how do I go about putting in a request to the developer? You never know until you try! I still feel though, that this is a feature that would do well as a built-in feature on the watch.

it doesplay a sound AND vibrates, but only once.
If I am in the middle of exercising I can easily not notice either.
Ideally, IMO, it should behave the same way as when the timer alarm goes off i.e. repeated vibrations and sounds until I bring the HR back into safe zone.

 

[TiggrToo]

EXTREMELY USEFUL!! And those are happy caps, not shouting ones. I shall check the app store toute suite. HIPA aside and since it's my own info here, I was diagnosed with Afib and had a cardioversion that actually worked, but now I have to be very careful to hopefully not revert, so it is very important that I monitor my heart rate while exercising. My doc was telling me, that a very large percentage of patients that he has coming in with Afib are athletes, so who knew too much exercise could be detrimental. I didn't. I thought the more cardio, the stronger the heart. Not so. Thank you ever so much.

If it help, I've been living with Afib for over 20 years now - was diagnosed in the emergency room when I went in after collapsing once.

Initially it freaked me out but these days it's something I just keep at the back of my mind rather than let it bother me. Every now and then my watch will tell me I'm beating at 80bpm then drop to 40bpm, but once you recognize that you tend to stop worrying. I keep my BP nice and even so my doctor's tend not focus on it too much, other than keeping it on record lest it flare up badly again.

Welcome to the irregulars!

 

[matrix07]

@Nebula29 How about HeartWatch?

Notifications

You can set your Notifications to alert you when your heart rate exceeds a certain level. If you buy this app for any reason at all, it should be this. It could save your life, let’s be frank. You can set this as high as you like. There is also a setting to alert you when it plummets to a certain rate. Of course, you can tell Heartwatch to NOT alert you during workouts.

Why I Love: HeartWatch 3 — MyProductiveMac

Like most men who have just turned 40, I’ve become more than acutely aware of my own mortality! As healthy as I try to be, there is always the worry that I’ve more years behind me than ahead, so I’m keen to use the tools I have at my disposal to allow me to make better life-style decisions. I’ve ha

www.myproductivemac.com

I haven’t used it myself but that seems to be exactly what you’re looking for?

 

[Wando64]

@Nebula29 How about HeartWatch?

Why I Love: HeartWatch 3 — MyProductiveMac

Like most men who have just turned 40, I’ve become more than acutely aware of my own mortality! As healthy as I try to be, there is always the worry that I’ve more years behind me than ahead, so I’m keen to use the tools I have at my disposal to allow me to make better life-style decisions. I’ve ha

www.myproductivemac.com

I haven’t used it myself but that seems to be exactly what you’re looking for?

I have tried HeartWatch and I found that the HR alert system is buggy and cannot be relied upon.
Outside of exercise it will rely on Apple schedule for updating of complications and the alert can arrive up to 1 or 2 hours after the event.
More reliable if you use the app to track your exercise, but this app is rather poor for this purpose.
In any case, it will issue a single alert (just like WorkOutDoors) and so if you miss it, you've missed it.
Your mileage might vary.

 

[Tbunny]

I’ve been looking for the same function. That’s how I stumbled upon this post. I messaged apple requesting this feature.

I’m pretty sure the app you are looking for is : Heart graph when I found it, I made an account here just to let you (and anyone else that stumbles upon this post looking for these features) know about this app.

I bought and used it yesterday. It uses Apple Watch or other Bluetooth monitors. I did have to troubleshoot to get it to synch with my watch, a couple of resets later and it works just fine.

The alarms only work while the app is in a workout. But for anyone else who may be looking for similar features with an all day monitor, this does have a resting workout. One of the reviewers stated they start a new 24 hour session every morning and had used it 24/7 for over a year.

It has threshold alarms you can set if your heart rate goes UNDER a certain bpm as well as over. Other alert features include personalizing your bpm zones with alerts as you hit these zones, so you know where you are without constantly checking your heart rate. There are other features I have yet to try and figure out and use. The main one of course is that the app is meant to graph your heart activity and allow you to save them, compare, make notes, and such.

There is a flat fee for these pro features, $2.99, with the option to support the company for more.

I hope that helps and is what you are looking for.

 

[Hansimuller]

Hi…;-).

The Apple iPhone and iPad app ”Heart graph” will let you set ”over” and ”under” heart rate alarms. And it will notify you with sound and haptik. It has many functions and works really, really well!

Finally it integrates super good to the Apple Watch and Apple app ”Health”. if you don’t want to use a bluetooth heart rate monitornlike Wahoo Tickr, you can use the Apple Watch to measure the heartrate and send it to the ”Heart graph” app. Good luck!

 

[matrix07]

This is an old thread. No need for 3rd party app now because you can set heart rate alert on Apple built-in Workout in current watchOS.