Windows Phone App Review: easyHeartRate

easyHeartRate for Windows Phone

We all know that our Windows Phones have tremendous capabilities but did yous know that at that place's an app out in that location that turns your Windows Phone into a center rate monitor? easyHeartRate is a Windows Phone app that uses your camera to measure your heart rate. easyHeartRate not merely gives you a decent middle rate reading just you as well take the ability to record and monitor your heart rate history, and calculate the various middle rate zones.

The app is laid out in a unproblematic and straightforward manner. From the Heart Charge per unit Meter page of easyHeartRate, you press the play symbol, cover your camera lens with your finger and let the app do its thing. After about ten to 20 seconds your boilerplate heart rate will be displayed.

Then here is how information technology works. According to the programmer, the app measures the change in the colour of your fingertip. Each time the center beats, it will button the blood to the fingertip making the colour alter. The app takes that data and converts it to a center rate reading.

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At the bottom of the Middle Rate Meter page yous accept button controls to save the reading to your History Page, jump to your History Page, share your reading on Facebook and admission the app's settings.

Settings cover the three modes in which your heart rate is calculated and include speedy, balanced and accurate. The best I can tell is that the more accurate the mode the longer it takes to go a reading. Yous as well accept a promotional code entry field (no clue) and a link to rate the app in the Market.

Swiping to the correct from the Heart Rate Meter page you'll detect the Heart Rate Zone folio where you enter your age, gender, and resting center charge per unit. Once yous do this, a heart rate zone guide will be generated to evidence you what the various middle rate levels reverberate.

In tinkering with easyHeartRate I found it to be fairly accurate. By no means does the app turn your Windows Phone into a medical musical instrument just information technology gets you in the brawl park. My middle charge per unit at a rest is in the neighborhood of 65-70. easyHeartRate read it in the nieghborhood of 70-75.

Oh...1 word of caution is that when y'all place your finger on the camera lens, lay information technology gently on the lens. I found if you press on the lens, the reading is somewhat elevated. My showtime endeavour with easyHeartRate indicated my heart charge per unit was 237.

For the most part, easyHeartRate ran smoothly. There were a few instances where a lag was experienced between tapping a button and seeing the results. For example, I would tap the Settings button and about two seconds later, the settings page would appear. This lag fourth dimension didn't occur with regularity but enough to be noticed.

There is a free trial version available for easyHeartRate to allow you effort things out. The full version volition run yous $.99 and you can grab it here at the Windows Phone Marketplace. Information technology is a mango app so you'll demand to update your phone to Windows Phone 7.5.

One more than footnote...according to the Market place clarification easyHeartRate is not compatible with the HTC Mozart.

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