Looks neat and it's only $5, but also seems kind of pointless. As macaddct1984 pointed out it doesn't do anything that two fingers and a watch won't do for you. Most people I know who are into fitness and want to track their heart rate wear some kind of instant read heart monitor. They're a lot more accurate, give you heart rate instantly, and range starts around $15-$20.

baltwade

I know atleast 2 people who should never... ever... ever have access to this app. I can hear them now, "Oh my God... I think I saw something weird in my heartbeat today... blah... blah... blah... I feel weak... does my arm look like it's tingling to you?"

DustyButt

@frigg: You could rig it to melt your Pr0n collection on your hard drive so your legacy won't be tainted by titles like "Tranny Granny"

DustyButt

or use your two fingers and a watch and take it yourself...

macaddct1984

Isn't this like the device used by that bad guy character on Lost who wired up a heart monitor to his arm, and if his heart stopped, it would blow up his ship (which it did, so it did)? When I saw that episode, I thought I bet a lot of mariners could use a device like that, but it would be expensive to build. With this app, as long as there's decent reception wherever you're murdered, and wherever the ship is that would subsequently explode, it would easy peasy! Another win for iPhone!

frigg

So the iPhone won't track your pulse if you're dead. Will the iPhone track your pulse if the it's dead?

I ask from the perspective of being the proud owner of a fritzy iPhone 3G.

OMG! Ponies!

Or surreptitiously attach it to your date to see if your kiss makes her heart race. (If your date is male, other indication devices are more readily available and reliable.)

Curves Wants a Classic View Default

I want to try beat-boxing into the microphone with this application and see what heart rate I get.

beyondthetech

@Curves Wants a Classic View Default: Does 'surreptitously' include fondling the adipose tissue around the mammary glands under the pretense of finding the best location to install a heartrate monitor? Would be an interesting practice in the gym. Right off the bat I could think of a few candidates I would like to try that on in mine:-P

And 'other devices' could also include an iPhone, albeit in a more hypothetical manner as in 'is that an iPhone in your gym pants or are you just happy to be kissed by me?'...

Ay, the ubiquity of technology is so life-enhancing...

yogibimbi

Ah! Forget about two fingers and a watch. I can listen to my pulse at any time thanks to a mechanical valve. Take that, Heart Monitor for iPhone!

Grodesh

1:14 on the video.

Zargon

@baltwade: It does keep track of your heart beat in a database. YOu can do it with a watch and a notepad, but this is cheap and useful.

Jesus Diaz

Almost got exited for a moment but this is worthless. What I would like to know is if Polar is bluetooth compatible and if so could the iPhone be mad into a Polar monitor like most cardio machines?

Julien321

My senior design project at Northeastern University was similar to this. I've created a hardware accessory that beat matches heart rate with song tempo...so you dont have to choose songs during your workout. [ipulse.shred444.com]

shred444

Dr. Crusher could have used this. Anyone?

Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->

I'll wait a week for the 3 free versions that will inevitably follow.

BadBoyNDSU

@Ken_Darrow: If you're actually thinking about a iPhone and sex at the same time, I'm thinking it may be awhile before you get to try it out.

dukemang

@OMG! Ponies!: If the iPhone isn't dead but you are, will it call 911 for you?

dukemang

Awesome. I can't wait to try this while having sex.

Ken_Darrow

I want an app that will wirelessly pull the data right from my pacemaker. I mean, I already have a gadget that counts my beats. I just can't access that info. I've always wished I had that data during runs or bike rides.

CampSteve

@macaddct1984: Uhh. Use two fingers... Oh right! To take the pulse, got it!

ripfire

@dukemang: But if the iPhone is dead, then chances are it wouldn't.

ripfire

@Jesus Diaz: I'm not sure why you would want a database since you can only measure your heart rate either before or after an exercise and not during. If it could read the wireless info my chest strap sends to the watch part of my heart monitor and keep a database with time points of my heart rate during exercise. That would be killer.

baltwade

Let's cut the crap and admit the truth, Jesus. Bloggers don't go to the gym.

legr8est1234

PQRST, PQRST, PQRST, P T, PQRST....

What happened to the QRS, well that was the beat that my heart missed.

+ Watch video

DeadWriter

Sounds like some great work you are doing. Check out the Zephyr BT HRM and HxM products. I think they even come with an SDK. If you can figure out how to get access to the iPhone BT serial port, you can use HR via the HRM chest strap on the iPhone.

AndromedaPaterculus

Hi. There is a BT HRM available (Zephyr Technology), as well as what we call an HxM (give heart rate, as well as speed & distance via an accelerometer, all worn at the chest). The trouble is, Apple won't give us access to the BT serial port on the iPhone to allow us to port the heart rate into the phone.

AndromedaPaterculus

My senior design project at Northeastern University was similar to this. I've created a hardware accessory that beat matches heart rate with song tempo...so you dont have to choose songs during your workout. http://ipulse.shred444.com

BethNubbah

Zephyr does have SDKs and actively encourages anyone that wants to get heart rate, EKG, breathing rate and other vital signs into a phone or any other BT device. There eHealth and other cool apps to be done.

LaneCorvinus