TIME FOR SLOW BREATHING
DÜRFEN WIR VORSTELLEN: HEARTBREATH
More than just your resting heart rate! With 6-8 breaths you can determine your heart rate AND the variability of your heartbeats (measure of stress, fitness, biological age etc.) - no magic - hard facts right from your iPhone.
Did you know that your heart beats faster during inhalation and slower during exhalation AND did you know that this is good for you?
The technical term is RSA (respiratory sinus arrhythmia) - a good arrhythmia controlled by your autonomic nervous system. High variability of the heart rate stands for a good autonomic balance and activity of the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and relaxation nerve). HeartBreath is a biofeedback tool, that addresses exactly this relationship between breathing and heart rate.
The app guides you through a simple slow-breathing exercise (with pictures and sounds), while detecting and displaying the intervals between your heartbeats. You can measure, train and evaluate your personal status. No additional hardware devices are needed. HeartBreath is able to detect heartbeats by positioning your finger on the lens of the phone’s camera.
NOW WITH ECG SUPPORT:
In our newest version 2.1.1 we have added (true) ECG support for compatible devices (Polar H10):
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Live ECG from the heart rate monitor (display and recording).
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Realtime detection of heartbeats from the ECG.
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Storage and review of ECG-Data.
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ECG Export for external analysis.
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Live comparison: Heartbeats from the ECG vs. heartbeats from the finger on the camera.
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Recording and display of breathing curve from the heart rate monitor (experimental).
RECORD HEARTBEATS
While recording, the app provides you with a continuous feedback for your heart rate and the variability of heartbeats.
In just a few breaths, HeartBreath is able to compute your resting heart rate. No additional hardware is needed. The calculation works with a finger on the lens of the iPhone’s (or iPod’s) camera (for iPad only device models with flash). Optionally, an external heart rate monitor can be used. As a special extra, the app allows the comparison of data between the finger on the camera and the heart rate monitor.
INDIVIDUAL ADAPTIONS
HeartBreath offers high quality and customizable control of the bio-feedback exercise with pictures (you can work with pictures from your photo library) and sounds.
The app integrates tools to determine your optimal breathing speed. Various studies show that each person has an individual optimal breathing rate in the range between 4 and 7 breaths per minute.
EXACT ANALYSIS
Unlike many other HRV apps, HeartBreath offers a precise visualization for every single heartbeat and, if necessary, tools for interactive correction of the beats. This is very important for the high reliability of HRV parameters, since single ectopic heartbeats or data artifacts can result in strange adulteration of HRV values.
Beyond that trend evaluations provide you with insights over longer periods of time.
YOUR DATA IS SAVE
Privacy is important to us! The app does not require registration and you have full control over the data of your sessions, which is only stored on your phone.
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DOWNLOAD!
Try HEARTBREATH.
Download the app in the App Store
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MORE WELL-BEING!
HEARTBREATH supports you on the
way to serenity, relaxation and better quality of life.
How does it work:
