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InPulse - Heart Rate Monitor
AIBY · 174,681 ratings · ★ 4.6
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Top complaints - extracted from 47 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"blood"
10 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Blood pressure. This app doesn’t have access to check the blood pressure as they advertise. Don’t subscribe it" - 5delilah
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"pressure"
9 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Blood pressure. This app doesn’t have access to check the blood pressure as they advertise. Don’t subscribe it" - 5delilah
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"blood pressure"
9 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Blood pressure. This app doesn’t have access to check the blood pressure as they advertise. Don’t subscribe it" - 5delilah
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"free"
9 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Upgraded version is not free 🤣🤣🤣. wants me to buy the upgraded version as the upgraded version it should be free" - ♥️Seattle
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"doesn"
8 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Blood pressure. This app doesn’t have access to check the blood pressure as they advertise. Don’t subscribe it" - 5delilah
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"money"
8 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Thieves. I signed up for the free trial and was instantly charged for the year subscription. I cancelled the free trial immediately but the charge was never refunded. Don’t download this app. It doesn’t do anything special and they’re just trying to…" - Game-O-Nator
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"does"
7 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Blood pressure. This app doesn’t have access to check the blood pressure as they advertise. Don’t subscribe it" - 5delilah
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"subscription"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Paid for annual subscription. App is not allowing me to access premium content!! I have emailed them numerous times with NO RESPONSE, would prefer a phone number to call to speak to an actual person!!" - Deb704
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"pulse"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Misleading. This app appears at first to measure blood pressure and blood sugar, when all it does is measure pulse. Once you buy it you’ll realize that it expects you to log blood sugar and pressure! I don’t need to pay 39.99/yr to record these items …" - dsand3
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"rate"
5 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Accurate?. Does not seem Accurate at all. Days im stressed says im normal and days i feel fine it showing high" - K.O.LA42
📋 All 47 negative reviews
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Paid for annual subscription
App is not allowing me to access premium content!! I have emailed them numerous times with NO RESPONSE, would prefer a phone number to call to speak to an actual person!!
Blood pressure
This app doesn’t have access to check the blood pressure as they advertise. Don’t subscribe it
Accurate?
Does not seem Accurate at all. Days im stressed says im normal and days i feel fine it showing high
Just another app trying to trick you into a yearly subscription.
No one wants to pay a yearly subscription for an app like this.
Review
Does not work. Needs lots of updates, may not even be a feasible concept. I don’t think it’s accurate
remove
remove from my purchase history
Misleading
This app appears at first to measure blood pressure and blood sugar, when all it does is measure pulse.
Once you buy it you’ll realize that it expects you to log blood sugar and pressure! I don’t need to pay 39.99/yr to record these items on an app. Rip off
Once you buy it you’ll realize that it expects you to log blood sugar and pressure! I don’t need to pay 39.99/yr to record these items on an app. Rip off
Won’t Quit Billing
Be careful! You can end your plan with them and you will still be billed non-stop.
App Frozen/Locked my Phone right after Download.
After downloading this app my phone was locked for about an hour. I feel like my phone information was compromised. It makes me feel like this app is not safe. I don’t usually say this but this made me feel sketchy about downloading any other apps.
Rate monitor
El stonko
Bad app
Will not work. Very frustrating
Doesn’t take BP
No good
Broken inaccurate accuracy
It’s been around by 90-100 before last update and now it’s seems it’s broken since it says 69 this isn’t correct this app broken measure
Only 3 measurements a day
In this economy? Get real. I got a $15 pulse ox device from Walmart. This is a joke.
Fake
There is no app out there that can measure BLOOD SUGAR so don’t download. It’s a SCAM
Do not use
It throws an ad at you every 4 seconds. There’s other apps out there.
Thieves
I signed up for the free trial and was instantly charged for the year subscription. I cancelled the free trial immediately but the charge was never refunded. Don’t download this app. It doesn’t do anything special and they’re just trying to to steal money from you.
Not worth $
6.99/WK is an outrageous amount of money to put your finger over the camera to get your pulse. I can’t believe I paid it. I hope this review helps you save your money.
Very misleading
These apps don't measure BP themselves but are "validated" because they are designed by clinicians to ensure you use your physical cuff correctly:
Disappointed
Advertised it would monitor your blood pressure using your iPhone. Absolutely false, does nothing to take your blood pressure. I was dumb enough to take the yearly subscription. I won’t make that mistake again.
Fake app
No app can check your heart rate with your camera or flash light, yall are being scammed cancel your subscriptions and ask for full refunds. Report this app
Serious problems
The app fails to open. I have been using it for a whole year and suddenly it stopped opening up. This is the second time. I was gonna purchase but if this is the result of your IT department not getting things corrected forget it. I give it a one star!😡
Doesn’t work
Doesn’t work as advertised
Should of listen to the ONE STAR reviews
I should of listen to the one star reviews. I literally was charged $7.99 three times in one month… I don’t even know until I started doing my budget… if this comment gets deleted I will be posting it again….and if I can add screenshots I would..
Horrible human factors engineering
Does not instruct the user sufficiently or the hardware/software is incapable of meeting the capabilities via the lack of instruction provided to the user. There’s nothing intuitive about capturing a VERY “vital” measurement, not a vital sign.
Fake
Be aware that they have feature to scare you on how long you will live, I tried to answer directly same answer and every time it gave different age. Who you think you are? GOD!
Ripoff
Absolutely bait and switch deplorable. Took money and never worked or responded to issues. They SUCK!!
Not even working!?!
Everytime I tried using it and put my index finger on one of my cameras, it kept resetting trying to find my pulse over and over and it never even worked, I tried my best to hold still or different cameras or positions! This doesn’t even work even without money, uninstalled not getting unless fixed!
Blood pressure not free
Badddd !!! blood pressures not free !!!
Previously Awesome! Now a Disappointment!
I used to use this app every night. It gave me quite a bit of information that I really appreciated. Then the app automatically resubscribed, and the app had changed and no one told me it was going to. Now just about every feature that I really appreciated it. I have to pay an extra fee for, after you’re already paying $49. I don’t mind if you want to change your prices, but to have my app automatically resubscribe, and then you tell me that I’m not getting the same thing unless I pay more, is BS! And of course it doesn’t make any difference once they have your money it’s gone. In one years time gone from a fine app, to a front for thieves. Thank you so much!
Disappointed
I though it would provide blood pressure - it doesn’t so paying for this doesn’t get you much
Bad choice
What a waste of $40/ yr.
I cancelled within 24 hours to not renew.
First off, I did not get the discounted price as advertised.
Second, my bad, I should have done more research about the vague promise of keeping track of blood sugar. I assumed wrongly that it somehow could actually read blood glucose levels when all it does is provide for record keeping.
Third, I already have free apps that provide similar blood pressure readings.
I cancelled within 24 hours to not renew.
First off, I did not get the discounted price as advertised.
Second, my bad, I should have done more research about the vague promise of keeping track of blood sugar. I assumed wrongly that it somehow could actually read blood glucose levels when all it does is provide for record keeping.
Third, I already have free apps that provide similar blood pressure readings.
This app is a scam
It doesn’t do anything it says it’s supposed to do, and it’s not free. Skip this app!!!!!
Money money money
30 seconds on the app and they want some money. Plenty of free apps. I’ll pass on this one.
No free features
Just a free TRIAL. No thanks
Often gets stuck on “calculating” screen.
Asked several times for a refund but since I cancelled so it wouldn’t automatically charge me I can’t get a refund. Useless since it rarely works
Monthly subscription+ App doesnt fully function correctly.
Just to read heart rate and stress levels im not paying $10+ for an app. For something that can be done free by a doctor or walk in. 3 day trial but has u subscribe to charge u after the 3 day period. I instantly deleted the app once i saw the paywall. Not worth it. Just go see ur regular doctor.
Want to see BP
I expected to see my total BP
Not satisfied
I paid $39.99 for this app after a three day trial period for my access to feature to be eliminated! That’s not ethical and I want my money back!
Not worth it
This is not accurate at all. Save your time and money.
Upgraded version is not free 🤣🤣🤣
wants me to buy the upgraded version as the upgraded version it should be free
No blood pressure report
I don’t understand the report., my heart rate says 20/100 on the report. My blood pressure is140/102 it’s high. My pulse is 106 (normal pulse is 60-100 BPM)
I will unsubscribe to this ridiculous app.
I will unsubscribe to this ridiculous app.
Misleading and not free as advertised.
This app is not free as advertised. It is very interesting that all the bad reviews still show 5 stars
Nothing but ads
I had to spend a lot of time just clicking through ads which were very misleading. The whole thing is designed to get you to buy and install other apps. Somewhere at the bottom of all these apps was hidden one button to check your blood pressure. Good luck finding it!
Incorrect Information
This App does NOT give the correct heart readings there is absolutely no way my heart rate was 122!! I used my own machine and it was 101 that's a huge difference! If using this app double check before you get all nervous about your reading
Crash when opening
The app has been working great for years up until today. Every time I try to open the app, it shuts itself down.
Review Ruth
The only thing that I don’t satisfy with this InPulse app is that when I saw the description said that I could monitoring my Blood pressure, and that never happened😞
Sentiment summary
91%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
5%
Negative (1-2★)