Frequently Asked Questions

No, it does not measure anything. BPal is a logging tool for readings you take with your own blood pressure monitor. It records them, organises them by context, charts the trend and turns them into a report. Your phone cannot measure blood pressure, and no app on it can replace a cuff.

Tap the centre button in the tab bar and enter your systolic, diastolic and pulse values with the large keypad. You can change the date and time to log a reading you took earlier, and open the context sheet to add a note, a context such as morning or after medication, and tags such as which arm you used.

Context marks when a reading was taken: morning, evening, before medication, after medication, after exercise or other. Tags record the conditions: seated, standing or lying, left or right arm, and whether you were stressed, had caffeine or had taken medication. These turn a list of numbers into a pattern you and your doctor can actually interpret.

You choose between two published standards in Settings: AHA/ACC 2025, with Normal, Elevated, Stage 1 and Stage 2; and European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2024, with Non-elevated, Elevated and Hypertension. They use different thresholds, so a reading can land in different bands under each. The app picks a default from your device region and you can change it at any time.

They show which band that reading falls into under the standard you selected. They are a visual summary of published thresholds, not a medical alert and not a diagnosis. Blood pressure varies through the day, and a single reading cannot diagnose hypertension — the pattern over weeks is what matters, and your doctor decides what your own targets are.

BPal flags readings where systolic is over 180 or diastolic is over 120, because published guidance treats that range as needing prompt attention. The app cannot tell you what to do about it. If you record a reading in that range, or you have symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, weakness, vision changes or trouble speaking, contact emergency services rather than waiting.

The Charts tab plots systolic and diastolic over time with the category boundaries drawn in, and adds a distribution card, separate morning and evening averages, and pulse and MAP sparklines. The 7-day view is free. The 30-day, 90-day, 6-month, 1-year and all-time views require Premium.

Mean Arterial Pressure is a single number derived from a reading you already took: diastolic plus one third of the gap between systolic and diastolic. BPal calculates it and can include it in charts and reports. It is a derived figure, not a separate measurement, and the app does not suggest a target for it.

Yes. BPal supports monitors that use the standard Bluetooth Blood Pressure Profile, plus several Omron models that use their own protocol. Pair the cuff in Settings and readings stored on the device can be imported in one step, including choosing which user slot to import when the cuff stores more than one. Readings that duplicate ones you already have are filtered out. The free plan includes one import; continued importing requires Premium.

With your permission BPal reads blood pressure, heart rate and weight from Apple Health, and writes blood pressure and heart rate back to it. Weight is read only — the app never writes weight to Health. The free plan includes one import; ongoing sync requires Premium. You can change or revoke Health permissions at any time in iOS Settings.

Open the Reports tab, pick a date range and choose what to include: the readings table, a trend chart, MAP, your notes, weight and an optional name on the header. The PDF has a statistics summary, a category distribution bar, morning and evening averages, the full readings table and a page explaining what each figure means. You can also export CSV. The free plan includes one export; Premium removes the limit.

On your device. BPal does not require an account, and your readings are not uploaded to a BPal server. If you enable Apple Health sync, those records are managed by Apple and may sync through iCloud according to your own Health settings. Settings also includes a JSON backup you can export and restore yourself — keep that file private, it contains health data.

Open History and tap a reading to see its details, change it or delete it. BPal can update or remove the Apple Health samples it created itself. A reading that came from another app can be removed from BPal without deleting that app’s original Health sample.

In Settings you can schedule reminders to take a reading, and keep a list of your medications so you can tag readings as before or after taking them. On the free plan up to two reminders can be active at once. BPal does not tell you which medication to take or when — it only records what you tell it.

Premium unlocks the longer chart ranges, unlimited PDF and CSV exports, ongoing Apple Health sync and continued Bluetooth imports, and removes ads. Current plans, prices and any trial are shown in the app. To restore a purchase, use Restore Purchases while signed in with the Apple Account you bought it with. To cancel, open iOS Settings, tap your name, choose Subscriptions, select BPal and tap Cancel Subscription.

Logging, history, charts and reports all work without an internet connection. Purchases, restoring a purchase and advertising need one. For help, email [email protected] with your app version, iOS version and the steps that led to the problem. Please do not email your health data.