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I just gave this app a try it doesn't seem like an out-right scam to me. It has 20,000 reviews and plenty of them look like they're written by real humans that
by varenc 5y ago
I just gave this app a try it doesn't seem like an out-right scam to me.
It has 20,000 reviews and plenty of them look like they're written by real humans that actually appreciate the app. The app also works with other bluetooth SpO2 sensors, and I believe that Apple's official "Blood Oxygen" app is only available if you have an Apple Watch! (Though in either case presumably the app is just leveraging iOS's built in functionality?). Also the app seems to focus on data sharing which Apple's Blood Oxygen and Health apps don't provide. There are some 1 star reviews, but they seems mainly from people that are upset this app can't track SpO2 by itself without a watch or other hardware.
Also the app works fine without a subscription. It does aggressively prompt you to subscribe when you first open the app so it might not have been clear it was optional. Making this non-obvious is sketchy. Subscribing enables Apple Health syncing, sharing, and stats. There's plenty of out right scams on the App Store but this doesn't seem like one.
- derefr 5y agoIt sounds like you're looking at the iOS app, which may well have a sensible reason to exist. I presume the GP, on the other hand, is talking about an Apple Watch app, which would only be doing something the Apple Watch already does.
- varenc 5y agoThey're the same thing. There's no separate Apple Watch app. This iOS app just has an Apple Watch app component that can be installed on the watch if you have one. So the reviews include both. (I think this is true in general and every Watch app is also an iOS app. You can't even setup an Apple Watch without having an iphone to pair it with.)
- mikeryan 5y agoThere aren’t really Apple Watch apps. Just iOS apps with Watch interfaces