

Once you've given permission to a health or fitness app, the respective app uses sensors and motion coprocessors in your iPhone or connected wearables and smart devices to collect your health data - such as calorie intake, steps taken, blood pressure, body weight, sleep levels, glucose levels, etc.Ĭonnected wearables and smart devices include everything from smartwatches and fitness bands to Bluetooth heart-rate monitors and blood glucose readers. When iOS 15 arrives, it will allow you to share your Health data - you can read more about that in our separate feature. The Health app will also display more complex metrics such as your blood pressure, body weight, sleep levels, and glucose levels but it needs to be connected or paired with smart devices that can measure these statistics.


You might see how many calories you burned during a workout, for instance, or how far you ran in the morning. It displays any useful data through an easy-to-understand interface. In its current form (it's getting some new features when iOS 15 launches later this year), the Health app is a visual dashboard that pulls together your health and fitness data from compatible apps and devices. Health targets people who are interested in learning more about their health and fitness, but it's an app for convenience, allowing you to see an overview of all your health statistics in one app, rather than having to open several. Apple Health is a health and fitness app - it's the all white icon with a red/pink heart in the top right corner - and it is a stock app which means it is automatically downloaded onto your iPhone like Photos, Clock, Contacts, Messages, etc.
