Pulse logs every reading from your cuff, classifies it against the AHA 2017 stages, and shows you the trend Apple Health hides. No red alerts. No guesswork. Just the picture your doctor will ask for.
You still need a cuff. iPhone alone cannot measure BP — we won't pretend otherwise.
Omron, Withings, QardioArm, iHealth. Anything else, type it in four seconds.
Export every reading, stage-annotated, in a single doctor-ready PDF.
The American Heart Association's 2017 redefinition is the staging most modern cardiology follows. Pulse uses the higher of your two numbers to classify — so a 132 systolic with an 84 diastolic is Stage 1, no ambiguity.
Keep doing what you're doing. Re-check yearly.
Lifestyle changes are the first move. Re-check in 3–6 months.
Discuss with your doctor. May warrant medication depending on risk.
See a clinician. Combination therapy is typically indicated.
Seek emergency care immediately. Pulse will tell you to.
Apple, Omron, Withings — none of them include a cuff in your iPhone. So Pulse meets the reading where it actually happens — on your arm — and does the part the cuff doesn't: context, staging, trend, and a doctor-ready report.
Seated, feet flat, arm at heart-level. AHA recommends three readings, 1 min apart, in the morning before coffee.
Bluetooth cuffs sync via Apple Health automatically. Non-smart cuffs use the in-app keypad — four taps, four seconds.
AHA-stage classification, 30-day trend, morning-vs-evening split, and a one-tap PDF for your next appointment.
Pulse never flashes red at a single reading. Single readings are noisy — caffeine, white-coat anxiety, your dog at the door. But when the pattern crosses a sourced clinical threshold, you'll see an unambiguous, calm prompt.
No prompt. Pulse logs it and watches the trend.
"Worth bringing up at your next physical." Calm card, no badge.
Pulse prompts you to book an appointment. Once. Not every reading.
Re-check in 5 minutes. Persists → Pulse opens the emergency-services dialer with your location ready.
If your cuff syncs to Apple Health, it syncs to Pulse. If it doesn't, the in-app keypad takes four seconds. Don't have a cuff? We'd rather you go buy a $40 Omron than recommend a fingertip gimmick.
Free to use. Apple Health sync built in. Bring the next 30 days to your doctor on a single page.