Polar Beat: Running & Fitness App Reviews

After updating it no longer syncs with MyFitnessPal or Apple health??!! It doesnt have "other indoor" as a choice on the main screen and I generally dislike the new screen and usability, the previous one was easy to use. Classic, if its not broken dont fix it.

Upgraded today and all my upgrades are gone. It keeps saying that I have upgraded but cannot access any of them. Very rushed new version.

I just got this app and it seems to be working good. The only problem is that if a session is paused and restarted after a while, all the parameters keep on going to where they were before pause except the distance that reset to 0 when you continue the session. It should cumulate but it does not. Was it an issue before the latest update?

I just got this app and it seems to be working good. The only problem is that if a session is paused and restarted after a while, all the parameters keep on going to where they were before pause except the distance that reset to 0 when you continue the session. It should cumulate but it does not. Was it an issue before the update?

Not syncing my H7 HR workout record with Apple Health as well as to the Polar Flow webservice.

new screen sucks and just what i never wanted, a heart rate app that requires me to touch the screen every 4 minutes to keep it on. bring back the old version already. and now it cant "find "my heartrate monitor. i used to like this app. now its useless finally got it to sync today with hr monitor, still useless until you can lock the screen somehow screen lock issue fixed with latest update, thank you! everything works as it should now.

Lost the ability to see your pace in relation to the map. Huge loss in functionality from my perspective.

Polar beat no longer syncs with polar flow. This is a good example of dont fix what isnt broken.

Not syncing with my Polar HR monitor.

I can hardly see my heart rate with the new color scheme when running and its sunny outside. I cant click on the map to see my pace throughout the course. Today I wasnt picking up my speed properly! I could go on, this app needs a lot of work! I miss the old one and wish I could go back and had never upgraded. It was so much better. Also could use more sport activities. Like stair climber or other indoor activity. I only see other outdoor. Hopefully theyll upgrade it again soon to something better. They should also add interval running timer so I dont have to use an extra watch on my runs!

My polar heart rate monitor pairs with my phone and all my other fitness/health apps except the polar app. Super frustrating.

If you are pairing your heart rate monitor to the app for the first time, make sure you are signed in. Once you have signed in in the app you will be able to pair it. This will also open up a lot more activities to choose from. My complaint is there is no climbing option!

Only a few of my workouts on PolarBeat have synced with Polar Flow. Cant find a way to make it happen consistently. The old version of PolarBeat gave workout totals when the phone was turned to landscape mode. How can totals be displayed in the new PB version?

I stupidly had my phone set for auto-updates so awoke one day to this new version. It may have better sharing/community capability, but seems a step back in terms of UX. It doesnt remember the last type of workout you did like the older version. I walk most often but have to set it every time (default is "running"). Not a major issue I realize but counter-intuitive when it was in the older version. More damning (to me anyway) is that you can no longer get your workouts from date A to date B in a CSV file. You can get a CSV in this new version but near as I can tell you have to download one for each workout - ugh. I use the app far less now because I cant pull a whole dataset in one go. If youre using the older version DO NOT download this one. Also, I reached out to Polars customer service to ask if there was a way to download a CSV covering multiple dates and received radio silence. Too bad. Mike

Can you modify so that the screen rotates if the phone is turned in landscape orientation?

It doesnt track calories in the health app. Other basic things tracked by the competition are not available. Syncing with polarpersonaltrainer is broken. I bought all the upgrades and it wasnt worth it.

Wish it would sync to myfitnesspal. Reached out to support team twice. They dont even respond. Overall works ok.

Great app. Nice display and data. Tons of activities to choose from....it is cumbersome to find my common activities from the list though. It would be great if I could make a favorites list.

The Polar is a great app. It works well and is normally suppose to synchronize the sessions with Polar flow web application that let u see all your sessions. But since June 2016 this functionality does work anymore.

After half an hour of work out, the heart rate sensor stopped working, I didnt want to waste my time at the gym so I had to just take it right off, didnt get to track my work out