Polar Beat: Running & Fitness

48 of 100 · reviews
4.5of 5 · store
40,493ratings on the App Store
490reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

A companion app for Polar heart rate monitors that works when a stable connection is established. Bluetooth connectivity is unreliable, there is no Live Activities support on the lock screen, and the sports list was unexpectedly cut in recent updates.

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What people use it for

Owners of Polar chest heart rate monitors willing to tolerate unreliable Bluetooth

What reviews praise

With a stable connection it delivers accurate real-time heart rate zone data better than Apple Watch.

What reviews complain about

No Live Activities — to see your heart rate during a workout you have to unlock the phone every time.

What users experience

1 excerpt from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

I've used this app for over 12 years and rated it 5 stars for all those years. The data integrated with all previous versions of my iPhones. I just upgraded to the iPhone 17 Pro. It no longer pushes calorie data over to the Apple health app.