Range Mode: Get fewer alerts while monitoring the range between your High and Low thresholds. Beat Watcher alerts once above High, then once below Low, and stays quiet between those crossings. Background Mode: Improved scheduled Start Reminders, including Time Sensitive delivery when allowed by your notification settings. Reliability: Improved Alert Live Activity and purchase access recovery.
Background Mode Schedule: Set a daily start reminder and automatically stop Background Mode at your chosen time. Apple Watch: Added quicker access to settings, guides, and Low Alerts.
Widgets: Add Beat Watcher to your Apple Watch face or Smart Stack to see whether Background Mode is on. Live Activity: See active high and low heart rate alerts on your iPhone Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.
Alert Sharing: Share high and low heart rate alerts with trusted contacts. Trusted contacts can receive notifications and review shared alert history.
Alert History: Add notes and context tags to saved alerts, and export saved alert history as a CSV file. Language: Beat Watcher is now fully available in Korean.
Alert History: Review saved high and low heart rate alert events on iPhone.
Language: Beat Watcher is now fully available in Italian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.
Reliability: Behind-the-scenes improvements to reduce crashes.
Language: Beat Watcher is now fully available in Dutch.
Reliability: Added better crash diagnostics and improved Apple Watch localization.
Language: Beat Watcher is now fully available in French and Brazilian Portuguese.
Reliability: Fixed a rare issue where the Apple Watch app could show the paywall even with an active subscription. Guide: Added Low Power Mode guidance for Apple Watch users.
Language: Beat Watcher is now fully available in Spanish.
Language: Beat Watcher is now fully available in German.
Reliability improvements for background heart rate monitoring. Faster app launch.
Critical Alerts: Fixed an issue where some users couldn’t enable critical alerts.
Fixed an issue where phone alerts could stop working.
Fixed an issue where heart rate readings could stop updating while Background Mode was active. Improved reliability of heart rate monitoring across workout start/stop cycles.
Improved syncing of purchase status between iPhone and Apple Watch. If you previously purchased the app and your Apple Watch is asking you to subscribe, this update should fix it.
Fixed an issue where some users who purchased the app on March 24 were incorrectly asked to subscribe.
Performance and reliability improvements.
Beat Watcher is now free to download. All features require an annual subscription with a 1-month free trial. If you previously purchased the app, you have full access with no subscription needed. Existing users: just update and everything works as before.
Performance and reliability improvements.
Phone Alerts: Get notified on your iPhone when your heart rate crosses a threshold. Install the Beat Watcher companion app on your iPhone and enable Phone Alerts in settings. Optionally turn on Critical Alerts to bypass Do Not Disturb and silent mode and have audible alerts on iPhone: ideal for nighttime heart rate monitoring. Stability improvement for background heart rate monitoring.
Low Alerts: Get notified when your heart rate drops below a threshold you set. Great for monitoring bradycardia or conditions like POTS where both high and low heart rate matter. Enable in Settings > Low Alerts. Bug fix: Fixed a crash that could occur during background heart rate monitoring.
Threshold Lock: When Background Mode is on, your selected threshold is now automatically locked to prevent accidental input from the Digital Crown.
Minor updates and improvements.
User Guide: Made some improvements to the in-app user guide.
• Guide: Expanded the guide in the iPhone companion app.