Serious cyclists know recovery is where fitness is actually built. Pulse Rate gives you daily HRV and resting HR monitoring using just your iPhone — no hardware required.
Cyclists already trust power meters for output — but power tells you what you did, not what it cost you. Pulse Rate adds the recovery side of the equation: a morning HRV and resting-heart-rate read that explains why some high-power days feel easy and others flatten you. All from your iPhone, no extra head unit.
One 60-second reading. Pulse compares it to your 30-day baseline and tells you: go hard, go easy, or take the day.
Two-way sync writes Pulse readings into Apple Health and pulls your workouts back. No silos.
Power tells you what you produced; HRV tells you what it cost. Reading the two together is what explains why some high-power days feel easy and others flatten you.
Power measures external output; HRV measures internal cost. Reading your morning HRV next to yesterday’s training load shows whether a big power day was absorbed or is digging a fatigue hole.
Yes. Pulse tallies your weekly TRIMP load and charts it against recovery, giving you a fatigue picture that complements your on-bike power numbers.
Not for the resting and recovery readings. Pulse measures HRV and resting heart rate from the iPhone camera, so your daily check needs no strap; a strap is still handy for live in-ride heart rate.
Pulse writes HRV and resting heart rate into Apple Health, so they sit with the workouts and metrics your other cycling apps already share there.
Pulse is free. Forever. No wearable, no card, no catch.