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Setonomy and Apple Health
Setonomy writes workouts and body weight to Apple Health and reads your weight and your heart rate during workouts. Each switch is separate and off by default; Setonomy only changes what it wrote itself.
Where to find it
- Settings
- Data
- Apple Health
Or in the introduction with “Connect to Apple Health,” which turns on all switches at once before iOS asks for permission. You can open the introduction again under Settings → About Setonomy → “View introduction.”
The switches
Below the main switch, “Sync with Apple Health,” are two groups: To Apple Health with “Workouts” and “Body weight,” and From Apple Health with “Body weight” and “Heart rate during training.” All are off by default. While the main switch is off, nothing is transferred, and each switch keeps its position.
The switches apply to this iPhone only and aren't in the backup.
What Setonomy writes to Health
Workouts with start and end, split by type: a workout with running and strength becomes a run and a strength workout, and stretching at the start becomes flexibility training. Plus every body weight you log in Setonomy. If you delete something in Setonomy while the switch is on, it's removed in Health too.
When you turn on “Workouts,” Setonomy asks “Add earlier workouts?”: “Add” or “Only new ones.”
What Setonomy reads from Health
Body weight: all weigh-ins with their time; for the chart and statistics, the earliest of each day counts. In Setonomy you can only delete them; they stay in Health. When you turn reading off, Setonomy asks “Keep weigh-ins from Health?”: “Keep” or “Remove from Setonomy” (Body weight).
Heart rate during training: Setonomy measures live, in a workout session on your iPhone with a connected sensor such as AirPods Pro 3 or a chest strap. This needs permission to write workouts; the workout only goes to Health, though, if “Workouts” is on.
Heart rate zones
Under “Heart rate zones,” enter your year of birth or your maximum heart rate; Setonomy doesn't read either from Health. Without a maximum heart rate, Setonomy estimates it as 208 − 0.7 × age. The five zones start at 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90% of your maximum heart rate. Zones work without syncing with Health, too.
Your data in Health
Setonomy only changes or deletes what it wrote to Apple Health itself, and checks again before every delete. If you turn off a switch under “To Apple Health” or delete the app, whatever is already in Health stays there.
Premium
Partly Premium. Syncing, heart rate during training and a workout's heart rate chart in History are free. With Premium, three cards under Progress show their values: Fitness at the same load, Time in heart rate zones and Cardiovascular load; without Premium, you see a blurred preview there (Progress and records).
Frequently asked questions
Do I need Premium for Apple Health?
No. Only the three heart rate cards under Progress need Premium to show their values.
Why don't I see my heart rate?
It takes the main switch, “Heart rate during training,” iOS permission to write workouts, and a sensor such as AirPods Pro 3 or a chest strap.
Does Setonomy delete other apps' data in Health?
No. Setonomy only changes or deletes what it wrote itself.
Why don't I see heart rate zones?
Enter your year of birth or maximum heart rate under “Heart rate zones.”
Do the switches carry over to my other iPhone?
No, they apply per device and aren't in the backup. Set them up again on the other iPhone.
Is there an Apple Watch app?
No. Setonomy measures your heart rate on your iPhone with a connected sensor.