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Pulse Oximeter app review: easily assess stats about your health

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Introduction

Here's an app that allows you to assess your blood oxygen saturation and your heart rate in a simple and quick way. The Pulse Oximeter app can be used on your iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone for health reasons, fitness purposes, and just for general knowledge on your personal health. The app is able to keep a history of your past measurements as well so you can see your progress and changes over time. There is even the option to send the information by email (txt/csv), which could be helpful if you want to send it to your doctor or fitness trainer.

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Pulse Oximeter - Heart Rate and Oxygen Monitor App

$4.99

Sheds Plenty of Light

This app is able to shed light on your health when it comes to your heart rate and blood oxygen saturation. As mentioned, this can be for your own purposes but you can also email the information to a health care professional, your personal trainer, or anyone else interested. Because this app keeps track of your past measurements you can gain a lot of information regarding your overall health when it comes to your pulse.

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Pulse Oximeter has recently been updated with a number of changes and enhancements. You'll have access to a data chart, the ability to add labels, the heart icon will flash while you're taking a measurement, and you'll have access to so many other enhancements. This app requires iOS 7.0 or later to use. Right now it has a customer rating of three out of five stars.

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High Tech Features

This app offers up some rather high-tech features that are relatively user-friendly. The way it works is that you need to start the app, let it then calibrate, and then you can use your fingertip to cover the flash on your mobile device. You will easily be able to tell when the measurement has finished thanks to the data curve and progress bar. As well there is now a flashing heart that appears during measurement. After you finish taking the measurement you can tilt your phone to use it in landscape mode which will bring up your data chart. For best results it is suggested you use it with your iPhone 5S and iPhone 5.

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I find the app pretty easy to use and results appear quickly. It’s hard to tell how accurate they are obviously because this isn’t an actual medical device. This app is really meant to give you an idea of what your measurements are.

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Pulse Oximeter - Heart Rate and Oxygen Monitor App

$4.99

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Simple and quick readings
  • Results are given to you on a data chart
  • Data is easy to read
  • Data can be shared by email as a txt or csv file

Cons

  • It’s hard to tell how accurate the results are; this isn’t an actual medical device
  • Some users have experienced issues with the app crashing

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Final Words

The Pulse Oximeter app can be used on your iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone and is meant to give you a rough idea of what your readings might be shedding light on your personal health.

Pulse Oximeter - Heart Rate and Oxygen Monitor App

$4.99
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