My Heart Blood Pressure Log review

My Heart is an Android diary for readings taken with a separate blood-pressure monitor. It does not use your phone to measure blood pressure, and the developer explicitly says it is not a medical device. You can manually record systolic and diastolic pressure, pulse, weight, blood oxygen, timestamps, and contextual tags such as morning or after exercise. The listing also describes interactive charts, 7-, 28-, and 90-day trends, comparison cards, multiple profiles, reminders, spreadsheet imports, and synchronization with Google Health Connect. PDF reports and spreadsheet exports can help you organize a history for a medical appointment. This is potentially more useful than interpreting an isolated reading, but the resulting graphs are only as reliable as their inputs. The app cannot identify an unsuitable cuff, poor technique, or an inaccurate monitor. Because no measuring hardware is included, FDA clearance and ValidateBP clinical validation do not apply to the app itself. You should check the specific monitor you use separately. The American Heart Association recommends an automatic, validated upper-arm cuff monitor with the correct cuff size.

Google Play lists My Heart as a free download containing advertisements and in-app purchases. The developer’s FAQ says premium may be offered through a monthly subscription, a one-time purchase, or a free trial, but neither the public US listing nor the official website publishes reliable current dollar amounts. Check the checkout screen on your device before paying. The listing assigns deeper time-of-day analysis, variability tracking, a systolic-versus-diastolic scatter plot, 30-day export for outside AI tools, and ad removal to premium. The FAQ also mentions custom report periods and added customization. Free users reportedly receive AI-tool exports covering their latest seven days, although availability may vary by version. The strongest practical features are ordinary ones: quick entry, useful context, a readable history, and reports your clinician can actually review. Test those functions with sample entries before building a long-term record. Correct an entry, create a report, restore a backup, and confirm that your preferred date range is available without payment. Ads, premium gates, manual entry, and dependence on optional integrations may make a simpler paper, spreadsheet, or monitor-linked log more appropriate for some users.

The developer says no account is required and that blood-pressure information stays on your device unless you choose an integration, backup, or export. Its privacy policy says the internal health database is not encrypted. It also says Health Connect access to blood-pressure and heart-rate data requires your permission, Google Drive backup is optional, and exported CSV, XML, or PDF files are initiated by you. The policy describes Google Analytics collecting anonymous engagement information, including screen navigation and online status, while Firebase Crashlytics may collect crash and performance data. Google Play’s separate developer-supplied data-safety label is less reassuring: it says the app may collect personal information, health and fitness data, and two additional categories; may share device or other identifiers; encrypts data in transit; and reports that data cannot be deleted. That last statement conflicts with the privacy policy, which says local data can be erased in settings or by uninstalling the app. The disclosures may cover different categories, but the developer does not reconcile them clearly. Also remember that once you send a report to a clinician, cloud drive, messaging service, or AI tool, that exported copy is governed by the receiving service’s practices.

My Heart is a reasonable fit if you use Android, already have a suitable cuff monitor, and want richer trend views or exportable reports without creating an account. It may also suit caregivers or households wanting separate profiles, although you should verify whether additional profiles require premium on the current version. Look elsewhere if you need automatic Bluetooth import from a particular monitor, end-to-end encrypted storage, transparent public pricing, iPhone support, or a service that is part of your clinician’s established remote-monitoring workflow. Most importantly, treat My Heart as an organizational tool rather than an interpreter of your health. Color categories, comparison cards, and AI exports are not diagnoses. The American Heart Association recommends checking technique with a health professional, resting quietly before measuring, supporting the arm at heart level, using a properly fitting cuff, and recording multiple readings consistently. Home monitoring does not replace regular medical care. Do not stop or change blood-pressure medication because of an app, chart, or individual home reading. Ask your clinician what schedule to follow and what readings or symptoms need prompt attention. This review is educational only and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.