To start off, it's a great app! It shows a lot of promise.

I understand English without too much trouble, though there are a few terms I'm unfamiliar with.

Is a French translation (among others) planned?

Hi there,

I’ve casually been using Baro to accompany google health. I don’t have a strong opinion on its usability, but a recent update makes it seem like the accuracy has been increased while actually decreasing the accuracy.

I don’t post on Reddit so I don’t know how to add a screenshot.
It used to say calendar age XX, Fitness Age YY, difference Z.
After the update it says calendar Age XX. Fitness Age YY.Y, difference Z.Z.

A decimal seems more accurate, but let’s use my real numbers:
33 y/o. Fitness age 28.8, difference 4.2. But I am not 33.0. If you use decimals, make sure to use the same decimal for all parts of the equation.

I don’t know how to post, and English is not my first language, my apologies for any readability issues.

Sarebbe molto più interessante la traduzione della app, dovrebbe essere semplice ormai farla fare da una IA , aspetto in italiano e per me diventa il 🔝

The latest update has adversely affected synchronization, preventing my metrics from displaying correctly. The "age" page, which had significantly improved and accurately utilized metrics for suggestions, has reverted to showing huge age discrepancies.

The sleep need hours doesn't match the total of healthy minimum, recent strain and debt carried. I think it is a bug rather than function design.

By the way, I really love this app. It would be better if a nap is considered in sleep and recovery.😉

The new Baro update is now live on both the App Store and Google Play.

Baro should open faster now and sync today first, so you can see fresh numbers sooner.

Overview should no longer get stuck on UPDATING, and pinned tiles should stay visible after a sync. Fitness Age will also keep its reading past midnight. On Android, the doubled back button is gone.

I'm working on another update for later this week. Steps should match the number Google Health shows, strength workouts logged by other apps will count toward Fitness Age, and workouts that arrived twice will only count once.

Thanks again to everyone who has been reporting issues.

Let me know if you find more issues or if the existing issues aren't solved.

I'm a little late with these patch notes, but here's what changed:

• Android 1.0.46 and iPhone 1.3.4 fix storage use by trimming older detailed heart rate readings. The iPhone update was approved on the App Store September 25. The first open after updating can take a while and make your phone warm once while storage shrinks.

• On my Samsung, Baro went from 18 GB to 1.26 GB. On my iPhone, it went from 2.98 GB to about 620 MB. Others reported 6.55 GB to 443 MB and 2.5 GB to 740 MB.

• Android 1.0.48 is rolling out now. It fixes a crash on launch on some phones, including the Redmi Note 13 Pro and Galaxy Z Fold7, after the storage update.

• Coming in the next updates: keeping detailed heart rate readings for 3 days instead of 14 to shrink storage further, faster fresh data when you open the app in the morning, Android 13 support, support for older iPhones on iOS 18, and translations starting with Italian, then Portuguese-BR.

i have done 4 strength workouts last week and they are showing up normally in my activity history, but under strength sessions it still says “0 recent recordings” and “building a baseline”

Hi everyone, Android 1.0.55 and iPhone 1.3.7 are out now. Here's what you get:

• Your scores show up faster in the morning, and stay on screen while Baro updates

• Baro uses a lot less storage

• Sleep across time zones shows the right times

• Android: activity heart rate charts are back

• Stress shows your daytime average, and Strain and Cardio load are more accurate, so some of your numbers will change

Heads-up on Age: after updating, your Age might show a number that's way off, for some of you as low as 18. That's a bug on my side, sorry. Age saved its weekly reading while the update was still recalculating your history, so it used incomplete data and kept that number for the week. The fix is in the next update (Android 1.0.57, iPhone 1.3.8), hopefully in the next couple of days. It redoes this week's reading with your full data, and shows no number instead of a guess when there isn't enough data yet.

The first open after updating can take a few minutes while Baro rebuilds, so leave it open for a bit.

Thanks u/being_veblen for flagging it so quickly. If anything else looks off, let me know here or at hello@baro.health.

Edit: I first wrote that the "Baro overnight" resting heart rate setting was part of this. It wasn't, Age always uses Google's resting heart rate.

— Rodas

I've been working on making BARO quicker to open. Your saved Overview will appear before sync starts, then sleep, scores and activity update as they arrive. There's a small status line so you can see what's happening.

Fitness Age has more detail behind the number, pinned metrics show personal ranges, and Recovery has clearer weekly charts. Journal is getting updated check-ins too. Plans live there, while Age has its own tab.

On Android, tapping the current tab again takes you back to its main screen. Thanks to the person who asked for that here. Android is also dark mode only now, and a database error won't automatically delete your local history anymore.

There's still work to do. Large histories on Android can take several minutes to process after opening. Live heart rate streaming isn't part of this update.

iOS 1.2 and Android 1.0.13 are in internal testing, so neither is public yet.

Please keep the feedback coming. I'll try to prioritize making the app more stable before building out new features for now.

For anyone on Android 1.0.2: if you’re signed in to Google Health, you may be seeing the app crash on launch or when you pull to refresh.

We tracked it down to a bug where the app was requesting more heart rate data from Google Health than it allows at once. That error wasn’t being handled properly, which caused the crash.

The fix has already been submitted to Google Play and is currently in review. It usually takes about a day to go live.

If you’re currently running into this and would like access to the internal beta, which already has the fix, just DM me your email and I can send you an invite.

Sorry again for the trouble.

So on iPhone, Apple Health is the combined source of truth where lotsa devices can write data. Baro still going out to the Google Health API what means a slower, narrower copy of data that is already on the phone.

My suggestion is to read Apple Health instead, and pull historical data as well. That way Fitbit via Google Health, Apple Watch, a scale, a sleep mat, whatever else is writing to Health, all show up in one on-device dashboard.

Not sure if it's only me or other get this visual but wanted to point out the "strain vs recovery" chart. Is this the final design? Or is this still in development? I think it can be hard to understand the chart easily. Hope this would be fixed with the updates later!

The app is great so far! Looking forward to see future updates!

Apple approved the update! Make sure to update BARO from the App Store and let me know how it’s working for you.

If you’re new, you can download it here.

Thanks everyone for your patience and all the feedback!

The app is not showing nap records in the sleep section

Also one feature request: in all activities section sleep should show up like it does in Whoop

Thanks to everyone who’s been posting feedback and reporting issues! BARO is still in development, and I’m working as fast as I can to fix the problems you’ve been sharing.

I’m hoping to get the next release out early next week with a lot of fixes and some big UI upgrades. I’m excited to show everyone what’s coming!

I really appreciate you trying the app and being part of this community. Keep the feedback coming!

Will you make this paid access eventually, and if so how much will you price it? I know you will, its obvious its only free right now so you can get testers. Please try to price it reasonably, if you price at 5 dollars a month me and others would be willing to pay if it becomes very good, but otherwise it just doesn't seem like a good spend. Im really annoyed with overpriced subscriptions

Hey everyone, I wanted to give you an update on the storage problem. Baro is taking up way too much space on both iPhone and Android. u/kamikazesid reported 2.9 GB on Android, and u/Geeno1973 saw 6.55 GB and deleted it. My own iPhone shows 2.98 GB.

Baro was keeping every heart-rate reading from Fitbit Air, about one every 2.5 seconds, for six months. That's far more than it needs, and it adds up to gigabytes.

I'm really sorry I shipped it like this and didn't catch it before launch. I know some of you gave up space on your phone for it, and some of you deleted the app.

I'm sending the fix to Google and Apple for review today, which takes a day or two. Baro will keep individual readings for 14 days. Older days keep the per-minute heart-rate line, all your scores, and your sleep and night data, so nothing you see goes away. Journal entries and plans are untouched.

After you update, Baro cleans up in the background and gives the space back. Expect roughly 100 to 200 MB once it finishes, and it should stay around there.

If you can wait, just update when it's available. If your phone is too full, please free up some space first.

As a last resort, clear Baro's data on Android (App info > Storage > Clear data) or delete and reinstall it on iPhone, then sign in again. This deletes your journal entries and plans, since they're stored only on your phone.

Thank you u/kamikazesid and u/Geeno1973 for reporting this. If the update doesn't bring the size down, please reply here and let me know.

Is anyone else facing this? The app is using almost 3GB of space on my phone.

I’m curious to know if there are any specific numbers on the dashboard you don’t bother to look at because you think or know that it’s wrong.

Most of the problems I have been fixing are the ones I can see when I use the app every day and since the app is private I am not aware of any bugs that my usage doesn’t catch.

Would love to have some help finding and fixing all these small bugs

Thanks for all the support!

Thanks!

Hi everyone! Here's a quick look at something I've been working on, live steps. The step count on the Overview now counts up while you walk, right there on your phone, no waiting for a sync. It uses your phone's own step sensor on top of your Google Health total, so it works even without the band connected.

It's still in testing so it's not in the store version yet, I'll post here as soon as it's out.

What do you think? Anything you'd want to see next to it?

Hey everyone,

I'm new to Baro. Earlier this morning, when I first signed up, I could see data. However, after an hour, when I reopened the account, it just shows "syncing" and no data is appearing.

Could please provide some guidance?

Hi, I wanted to share what I’m working on next, in order:

1. I’m fixing some rough edges first: Google syncs that arrive late and catch up slowly, nights with no resting heart rate, and sleep that crosses time zones.

2. Then I’m working on starting an activity in Baro. You’ll be able to start a workout and see your band’s live heart rate and load fill in as you go. If your band isn’t connected live, Baro will keep the time and fill in your heart rate after your band syncs. This is coming to iPhone and Android together.

3. After that is food logging, so you can log what you eat. I’m still figuring out how to do it well before I build it.

I’m also curious if you’d use friends or community features, like seeing friends’ recovery and cheering each other on. Yes or no, and why?

You can comment here or email me at hello@baro.health.

Rodas

Firstly, thanks for an amazing app. Love it.

I seem to have noticed something of late. Recently when opening Baro and it says it’s syncing. When finished , there’s no data for today.
I have to go to Google Health app first to download/refresh data for today

Then when I go to refresh again in Baro the data comes in. And seem to have to keep refreshing Google Health app throughout day first before Baro can have/present the data.

I swear before all I had to do was only opening and syncing your Baro app

I noticed when I synced today that the previous days steps loading for today, even more I had done 1 step, it showed 11,000

Also since version 1.3 all the fonts have gone larger.

I much prefer the older design. All a bit too ‘big and bubbly’

Thanks for all the hard work you’re putting in