was reliable when I first got the device and since a recent update its been a struggle to get a reading. The app reports wildly inaccurate BPM and takes 20-30min of multiple readings to get any result. Seek an alternative device. I would return mine if I could.
Kardia






App Information
| Version | 5.57.0-50799840f3 |
| Content Rating | Everyone |
| Android Required | 8.0 |
| Updated | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Developer | AliveCor Inc. |
| Price | Free |
| Category | Medical |
Description
Kardia is intended to reduce setup time and leave more room for medical details or health-related organization. It should feel most relevant to users who need a focused health utility while remembering that an app cannot replace professional care, although a newcomer can look around the first screen before committing to particular controls. Its description in the provided store data gives a clearer picture of the intended interaction, so the points below stay close to that record. The listing mentions a way to share details with another app or person. The app itself is easiest to understand when the user completes one small task and checks the result before exploring further. Kardia will make the strongest impression when medical details or health-related organization can be completed without unnecessary detours. The app itselfeal is practical: launch it with a purpose, finish a worthwhile action, and come back only when it is needed again.
Key Features
- Short sessions are possible, while returning someone using the software can continue exploring when more time is provided.
- Recorded activity may help users notice patterns or measure improvement across repeated use.
- Direct access to the part of the interaction devoted to medical details or health-related organization.
- Version-specific configuration choices may allow the interaction to be adjusted to the hardware and the user’s habits.
- Controls arranged so the core activity can be understood before optional configuration choices are changed.
Pros & Cons
- Pros: Mobile access makes medical details or health-related organization provided in places where a computer would be inconvenient.
- Pros: Compatibility and update notes give users worthwhile evidence before they commit to a download.
- Pros: You can understand what the software is meant to do without sorting through an unrelated collection of tools.
- Pros: The learning process can be gradual, with optional configuration choices left untouched until they are needed.
- Cons: It is sensible to check whether important functions require connectivity, payment, registration, or extra content.
- Cons: Older or low-storage devices may not deliver the same interaction as newer hardware.
- Cons: An update may move familiar controls or remove a tool that existed in an earlier release.
Functions
- Start from the core screen and select the section that most closely matches the current goal.
- Review progress periodically and correct any configuration choices that would make the recorded details misleading.
- Test a simple action first, then continue only after confirming that the result matches your intention.
- Pick the content first, launch Share, and make sure the receiving app or contact before sending anything.
- Compare the visible options before choosing how to proceed with medical details or health-related organization.
How to Use
- Step 1: Enter the recorded Google Play listing for Kardia on the Android hardware where it will be installed.
- Step 2: Double-check that the software name and icon match Kardia. Because the developer is not recorded in the current data, do not guess it; use the listing itself to verify who publishes the software. Also read the operating-system requirement and make sure the hardware is supported.
- Step 3: Look over the current description and the store’s update, price, and privacy sections. An omitted point should not be treated as included.
- Step 4: Tap the store’s Install or Get control and wait until the verified store finishes downloading and installing Kardia.
- Step 5: Enter Kardia from the hardware’s app list or home screen. Pause on the first screen and identify the next action before signing in or entering private details.
- Step 6: Give a permission only when the tool currently being used explains why it is needed.
- Step 7: Start with one tool described in the store listing and follow the labels presented inside the software. Complete a small test before using important files, payments, or private data.
- Step 8: Return to the same verified store for updates. Review any new permission request before accepting it, especially after a major update.
Downloads
User Reviews
Support for multiple profiles is needed.
Trying all the time, you foster me to pay for the Soviet stupid. This is not good
love it
RELIABLE, accurate
tries to make you pay for what should be basic health info, but still useful. upselling for health products should be banned
I'm SHORT Of SPACE ON My PHONE & IDK- If I CAN CANCEL THIS APP And STILL HAVE IT AVAILABLE AS I NEED IT?!? My SON PAID For The DEVICE & I'm PRAYING I CAN REAPPLY IT AS NEEDED?!?
My app got updated this morning (as well as 26 others, and some of them again this evening???) and now it doesn't work. I've restarted my phone twice, logged out & back into the app. It shows full battery and good connection, but nothing else happens. The EKG does not show/not recording. 6L device, was working fine last night. If I switch to the single lead EKG, that works. The 6-LEAD is non-functioning.
1. keeps coming up "interrupted" and I wasn't moving. 2. I go and try to record a possible issue and now all of a sudden I have to register, sign in and answer some questions. All of which took time that whatever issue I was having had passed.
app works well for ecg. always asking for blood pressure readings via omron device. I only have withings blood pressure monitor and kardia can't read from shared health data on Android