Huge potential here. ME/CFS, Dysautonomia, certain heart conditions… could be so beneficial to so many in slightly altered ways. The beauty is in the simplicity. While I have suggestions, umm this is currently free! And if updates & extras are in the future I think we’d be in for a worthwhile paid app. Anything to save those spoons :-)
First off, thank you for creating and sharing this. Logs & monitors for ME/CFS are pretty non existent on the App Store & we rely on them to function. Hopefully all the long Covid will create a slew of symptom & activity tracking logs, as well as alarms for us. Meanwhile a few notes…
Highlights:
Simple to use on phone or watch. If you don’t understand it, you may not be very familiar with ME/CFS. And developer clearly states it’s for use under medical supervision. Anyone who has had the 2day CPET done, similar testing, or follows recommendations regarding aerobic threshold with CFS should find it self explanatory. Can change thresholds on either device, bonus!
I’ve been using HeartWatch app as alarm, but it has long delay & doesn’t seem to always work. But so far app has been really fast reporting status changes quickly after Apple Watch records a heart rate above my threshold.
Needs work:
Ok, this is picky but the colors seem to change & are hard to tell apart. Sometimes yellow is orange. And the warning & critical reds seem almost identical. Critical flashes on watch, but would be nice to tell them apart. Also, next to each section where the “!” is placed would be easier if it was color coded. So you know if critical max heart rate, but caution for distance for example.
Also, would like a way to clear alerts. Ideally, option to clear each section independently. So when warned about heart rate, then take action to get it down. Clear alert so it will go back off heart rate is elevated again. That would help individual track how often & how much time is spent above a threshold.
Last, complications. Huge kudos again for having a watch app & any complications. And that work well. Would love additional ones for all the individual sections, like exist for active energy. It’s the heart I really need to monitor - a max heart rate would be very welcome. But the one with ME at least let’s me know at glance my overall zone which is pretty cool.