Apple Health is good at collecting: your Apple Watch, your iPhone, a smart scale, a blood pressure monitor, Oura or Garmin can all write into it. What it does not do is put those numbers next to the rest of your health — the cough that started on Tuesday, the new medication, last month's blood test — or turn them into something a doctor reads in a minute.
Heart
Heart rate, resting heart rate and heart rate variability, summarised so you see the trend, not thousands of dots.
Sleep
Hours and stages from your watch, next to the energy and mood you note yourself.
Activity
Steps, distance, energy and workouts, day by day.
Measurements
Blood pressure, blood oxygen, temperature, glucose and weight, when a device writes them to Apple Health.
What Anpheros Daily reads from Apple Health
Only what you allow, type by type, on the iPhone's own permission screen:
- Heart: heart rate (kept as 4-hour summaries), resting and walking heart rate, heart rate variability, high, low and irregular rhythm notifications.
- Breathing: blood oxygen and respiratory rate.
- Measurements: blood pressure, glucose, body temperature, weight, height and body composition.
- Sleep: time asleep and in bed, with deep, core and REM stages.
- Activity: steps, distance, active and resting energy, exercise and stand minutes, flights climbed, workouts.
- Nutrition and other: water, calories and nutrients logged in other apps, mindful minutes, cycle tracking.
At the first connection the app imports the last 30 days, then keeps up each time you open it. Data from the watch belongs to the account holder's own record; family profiles keep their own.
Why one record matters
Separately, a heart rate chart says little. In one record it says more:
- resting heart rate rose in the week the cold started, and came back down;
- the nights with little deep sleep are the mornings with higher blood pressure;
- steps dropped after the knee pain began.
Everything is stored in your medical record in HL7 FHIR, the format hospitals use, each value marked as coming from a device. Your doctor can see it with your consent, and you can export it whenever you want.
Apple Watch app
There is also an Anpheros Daily app for Apple Watch: the day's state and a quick "how do you feel" from your wrist.
How to connect
- Install Anpheros Daily on your iPhone and create an account.
- In Devices, choose Apple Health and pick the data you want to share.
- Your last 30 days appear on the timeline. Nothing else to set up.
You can stop at any time from Devices, or from the Health app's own settings, and choose whether the data already copied stays in your record.
Connecting Apple Health is part of the Plus and Max plans. Plus has a 7-day trial, no card required. You can also enter measurements by hand on the free Basic plan.
Frequently asked questions
Does it work without an Apple Watch?
Yes. Your iPhone counts steps on its own, and any app or device that writes to Apple Health — a scale, a blood pressure monitor, Oura, Garmin Connect, Withings — is read the same way.
Does Anpheros Daily write to Apple Health?
No. It only reads, and only the types you allowed.
Can my doctor see my Apple Watch data?
Only if you give them access, for a period you choose. The PDF report also puts your watch data next to your symptoms and medications.
What about my privacy?
Your record is stored in the European Union. Apple Health data is not used for advertising and is not sold. You can delete it with your account.
