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TachyMon app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 3648 ratings )
Medical Health & Fitness
Developer: Whip Development Inc.
Free
Current version: 1.2.2, last update: 9 months ago
First release : 08 Jul 2022
App size: 2.71 Mb

Get rapid alerts for significant heart rate changes due to POTS, tachycardia, exercise or other activities.

Features:
- Haptic alerts based on custom threshold levels.
- Customizable upper and lower threshold levels for current heart rate and difference from recent average.
- The main display shows: current heart rate, moving average of recent heart rate, and delta of current heart rate to average.
- Display colors change to show severity of alert.
- The app tracks alert events with start time of event, event duration, starting average heart rate, and maximum or minimum heart rate during event.
- Detailed heart rate chart for each event.
- Triple tap to temporarily silence alerts.
- Share event info by text or email directly from you watch.
- Review detailed monitoring data on the companion iPhone app.

TachyMon was created by the developer for his niece Alex, who was diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) in the fall of 2021. POTS seems to be an increasingly common diagnosis, especially for young women. People with POTS often experience fatigue, brain fog, rapid heart rate increases and other symptoms. Alex was experiencing frequent fainting (syncope) and we noticed the fainting occurred when her heart rate increased rapidly, or when her heart rate reached a certain absolute threshold (150 BPM in her case). Alex finds that the TachyMon alerts help her to sit or crouch down when her heart rate is elevated, and this helps her to avoid fainting, and to feel a bit more in control of her POTS.

It is a simple, but specialized app, and we hope it may help others with POTS, or people in other situations when it may be useful to monitor heart rate changes.

APPLE HEALTH
TachyMon integrates with the Apple Health app. TachyMon stores workout information (including heart rate) with the Apple Health app.

WARNING: It is important to consult with medical professionals if you are concerned about your health. The TachyMon app is intended for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for specialized medical care.