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iCardiac: Heart Rate & Health
BEGAMOB GLOBAL LIMITED · 26,830 ratings · ★ 4.8
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Top complaints - extracted from 77 negative reviews
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"free"
25 negative reviews mention this · 32% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Be Careful. I thought this was supposed to be free. Next thing I knew I was immediately charged $9.99. I’d like my money refunded. It happened so quickly it said to click here and next thing I knew my credit card was charged." - 808iwatchyou
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"blood"
21 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "THIS APP CANT DO WHAT IT CLAIMS. THEY ARE LYING TO YOU IN HOPES THAT YOU’LL LIKE THEIR APP AND USE. There have been a couple apps like this that mislead you into thinking they can read blood glucose. At best they can read from other devices or store the info you put into their app. I will never buy an app from developers who mislead me …" - Luv2ride927
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"pressure"
17 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "WARNING: misleading app claims. as someone researching health monitoring tools I am deeply concerned the apps claiming to measure blood sugar and blood pressure using only a smart phone, or even allowed to exist. A phone camera can reasonably estimate heart rate because …" - Ponygirl1908
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"blood pressure"
16 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "WARNING: misleading app claims. as someone researching health monitoring tools I am deeply concerned the apps claiming to measure blood sugar and blood pressure using only a smart phone, or even allowed to exist. A phone camera can reasonably estimate heart rate because …" - Ponygirl1908
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"measure"
11 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "WARNING: misleading app claims. as someone researching health monitoring tools I am deeply concerned the apps claiming to measure blood sugar and blood pressure using only a smart phone, or even allowed to exist. A phone camera can reasonably estimate heart rate because …" - Ponygirl1908
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"heart"
10 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "WARNING: misleading app claims. as someone researching health monitoring tools I am deeply concerned the apps claiming to measure blood sugar and blood pressure using only a smart phone, or even allowed to exist. A phone camera can reasonably estimate heart rate because …" - Ponygirl1908
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"week"
9 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Seriously !?. I paid $9.99 for them to check my pulse. Are you kidding me and everything else is what you enter into it so this is basically a journal app that you’re being charged $9.99 A WEEK!!! Total scam" - TheTikiTrooper
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"download"
9 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "False Advertising. I downloaded it because they advertised it as “completely free.” I deleted it when I found out it was $9.99 A WEEK!" - Farsome
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"false"
8 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "False Advertisement. Not completely free as advertised it cost $9.99/week" - Sashabug25
10
"rate"
8 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "WARNING: misleading app claims. as someone researching health monitoring tools I am deeply concerned the apps claiming to measure blood sugar and blood pressure using only a smart phone, or even allowed to exist. A phone camera can reasonably estimate heart rate because …" - Ponygirl1908
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"does"
8 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "WARNING: misleading app claims. as someone researching health monitoring tools I am deeply concerned the apps claiming to measure blood sugar and blood pressure using only a smart phone, or even allowed to exist. A phone camera can reasonably estimate heart rate because …" - Ponygirl1908
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"heart rate"
8 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "WARNING: misleading app claims. as someone researching health monitoring tools I am deeply concerned the apps claiming to measure blood sugar and blood pressure using only a smart phone, or even allowed to exist. A phone camera can reasonably estimate heart rate because …" - Ponygirl1908
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Please cancel this app
I don’t want this any longer remove it
do not get
cannot cancel
Be Careful
I thought this was supposed to be free. Next thing I knew I was immediately charged $9.99. I’d like my money refunded. It happened so quickly it said to click here and next thing I knew my credit card was charged.
THIS APP CANT DO WHAT IT CLAIMS. THEY ARE LYING TO YOU IN HOPES THAT YOU’LL LIKE THEIR APP AND USE
There have been a couple apps like this that mislead you into thinking they can read blood glucose. At best they can read from other devices or store the info you put into their app. I will never buy an app from developers who mislead me like this because they have no integrity and will do it again and again.
Apple should put a stop to these shady developers who write apps and lie about what they can do and weed them out of the App Store. Seriously who thinks it’s smart to buy from a developer who lies to you?
Apple should put a stop to these shady developers who write apps and lie about what they can do and weed them out of the App Store. Seriously who thinks it’s smart to buy from a developer who lies to you?
Don’t do it
It is a trap and I haven’t found a way to cancel it either!!!!
Lies lies lies .
I’m just so tired of these apps that say they They are going to check my blood sugar and they lie. Nothing on here. Says it will check my blood sugar. So I deleted it right away. This is like the 10th one you should be very cautious. And delete delete it and leave a negative review.
False Advertisement
Not completely free as advertised it cost $9.99/week
“Free”? I think not.
The only “free” part of this app is entering your personal information. Then it says, ”Want to get started? $9.99/mo.”
App is not free
App is not free. It’s $40 a month.
WARNING: misleading app claims
as someone researching health monitoring tools I am deeply concerned the apps claiming to measure blood sugar and blood pressure using only a smart phone, or even allowed to exist.
A phone camera can reasonably estimate heart rate because it detect changes in blood flow using the light called photoplethysmography. that is not the same as checking blood sugar or blood pressure..
blood sugar actual chemical concentration of glucose in the blood.
blood pressure requires measuring the against the artery walls typically with a cuff or valid medical device. A smart phone does not have a valid hardware to accurately take these measurements.
marketing these apps in ways that imply, medical accuracy it's very dangerous especially for those with diabetes, hypertension, or other medical concerns who may trust the results and make real medical decisions based on false readings.
disclaimers and fine print seen for wellness only do not change fact that presentation can be misleading.
HEALTH apps should be held to a higher standard when they appear to provide medical information. please be cautious before trusting an app with your life that make extraordinary claims without FDA cleared medical hardware.
A phone camera can reasonably estimate heart rate because it detect changes in blood flow using the light called photoplethysmography. that is not the same as checking blood sugar or blood pressure..
blood sugar actual chemical concentration of glucose in the blood.
blood pressure requires measuring the against the artery walls typically with a cuff or valid medical device. A smart phone does not have a valid hardware to accurately take these measurements.
marketing these apps in ways that imply, medical accuracy it's very dangerous especially for those with diabetes, hypertension, or other medical concerns who may trust the results and make real medical decisions based on false readings.
disclaimers and fine print seen for wellness only do not change fact that presentation can be misleading.
HEALTH apps should be held to a higher standard when they appear to provide medical information. please be cautious before trusting an app with your life that make extraordinary claims without FDA cleared medical hardware.
False Advertising
I downloaded it because they advertised it as “completely free.” I deleted it when I found out it was $9.99 A WEEK!
Use
It’s totally not free to use like it says in the description. It says free to download and to use. It makes you pay a weekly price just to use.
Cost too much
Looks like a great app, but I will never pay 9.99 a week for something I can do myself
Said free but charged me
Said free but charged me
Useless App
I downloaded the app after hearing about it on TikTok. I gave it a try and what a joke. The app gave me a very unrealistic response. Also the app freezes up and just didn't work. Will be removing the app from my phone.
Fake news!
Does not measure Blood Pressure at all. False advertisement. So disappointing! I need a refund.
Description Misleading
Blood pressure is one of the I’m app purchases the rest is just repetitive stuff you can find already installed on iPhone
Fake
Says my shoes have a heart beat 😂
Bait and switch
Have to pay a subscription to get more than a heart rate, which is also inaccurate according to my Apple Watch.
ADs prevent real time monitoring
Terrible app if you have POTS, anemia, etc and are in need real-time monitoring. When you open the app, first you have to wait for TWO AD cycles while trying not to pass out. By time the ADs can be closed, your heart rate had already shifted. Absolutely awful to prevent monitoring until after ADs cycle. Carry your oximeter, this is not a suitable replacement.
Clickbait
Impossible to use without a paid plan. Also, I compared it to my gauges and it was way off.
False advertisement
This app does not measure blood sugar as advertised!
you have to pay for everything
This app is good for checking heart but you can’t check anything else without having to buy something. I just would like to check my blood pressure without having to pay for anything. I don’t recommend getting this app unless you want to pay for this bs or just want to check your heart rate. 👎
Misleading
Does NOT measure blood pressure.
cannot measure bo
I cannot find anywhere within the app where you can actually take the measurement of blood pressure on the phone when I go to Blood Pressure it just says logged blood pressure presumably from an external device
More annoying than helpful
Starts with 7 ads before you can do anything. The controls are unintuitive, it is so inaccurate it is useless, and takes so long to get to a position to check your pulse it is more dangerous to your health than helpful. Plus since getting to the place to take your pulse is so frustrating it raises your pulse… As a former medical professional I’d guess this app kills ten times more people than it saves at the least.
6.99 a week
Why don’t they just give you the price up front before you download….
Eewwww no
The inaccuracy of this app is laughable and the way they try to force u to buy the full version is an insult they hide the x button on buy screen and if your not paying attention it’s as if thats your only option there are other apps that work way better and actually work with the health app apple provides
Ads is misleading
Saw an ad in instagram of guy demonstrating saying hey siri tell me my blood sugar and put his finger to phone camera lens and it reads it blood sugar. So I downloaded the app and try it and it only reads your blood pressure
Blood pressure
This app is not accurate, please do not use
It doesn’t do what they say it does for blood sugar.
I downloaded this program. It wants you to take a picture of your glucose meter. That’s how it uses your camera.
Not Free
says free, asks for info then wants to charge you 9.99 a week to use!
Lies!!!!!
Nothing is free!!!! ALL LIES!
$40 P/m
Expensive absolutly not Perth it
Its not free
It’s not free like their ads claim.
Fraude
Fala que é gratuito mas cobra para usar.
free
it’s not free
Misleading
It led me to believe that this came with APPLE.
Do you research before you buy
The only thing is app can accurately read is your heartbeat. It’s impossible to measure your blood sugar and it’s impossible to measure your blood pressure with a camera lens.
Refund
I canceled my subscription and I am still being charged!
Lied
Is not free‼️‼️‼️
Scam
Saw an ad for this and it made claims that are untrue like that it can measure blood pressure using the phone camera. Spent money on it just to realize it’s a scam. Apple refused to refund my money.
False advertising
I was excited to get this because it says it checks blood pressure. No free trial. Just paid 9.99 to find out there is no bp option- you have to take us separately and log the info. Total waste of money.
Too many ads!!
Just downloaded the app to test and see if it works for me. But my god way too many ads. Makes it very annoying and hard to like. I know it’s free to download but make it enjoyable so that we can enjoy it and maybe subscribe. I might just delete it!
It’s not free
They say Is feee. But its a lie shame on that advertisement
Bad
This is the worst app before taking your consent it does charge you like a thief.
this app
unfortunately, there’s not such a thing as a free app anymore hardly. They’ll let you use it once or twice and then they’ll charge you.
Does not work
As soon as I open the app, it closes. The first screen that comes up is an offer to get the blood pressure app. If I select that, it closes. I cannot get the app to work; every time I open it, it closes.
Why charge people to use
1 star
Not Free
Downloaded to try but wanted to charge me upfront. Ad shouldn’t tell you to try now if it’s not free to try!!!
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Sentiment summary
95%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)