Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. All the basics are free: blood pressure and pulse logging with automatic averaging of 2–3 readings taken in a row, reports, graphs, calendar notes for temperature and medication, Apple Health integration and iCloud sync. Scanning the numbers on your blood pressure monitor with the camera is free for your first 50 uses. A one-time Premium purchase (US$7.99) unlocks unlimited camera scanning (OCR), PDF export of your records, Home Screen widgets and Quick Launch, and removes ads. There is no account registration and no subscription.

Yes. As long as you're signed in with the same Apple Account, there's no extra charge. Premium is usually applied automatically when you open the app.

If it isn't, open "Premium" in the Settings tab and tap "Restore Purchases". To bring your records over, see "Can I transfer my data when I switch to a new iPhone?"

Yes. Premium supports Family Sharing. If your family organizer has turned on Purchase Sharing, family members can use Premium without buying it again.

If it doesn't appear, open "Premium" in the Settings tab on their device and tap "Restore Purchases".

The Health app is a general store for many kinds of health data, and it does include a way to log blood pressure — but it's several taps deep (search → Heart → Blood Pressure → Add), and it doesn't automatically average multiple readings taken in one sitting.

Blood Pressure Time is a dedicated app that makes just that entry step easy. Turn on Health integration and your readings are saved to Apple Health automatically too, so you get the best of both: quick daily entry in the app, and long-term storage or sharing with your doctor through Health. See "Apple Health and Blood Pressure Time: How to Divide the Work" on our Useful Tips page for more.

No. Apple Health simply records each reading as entered — it doesn't automatically average multiple readings taken at one sitting.

Blood Pressure Time averages 2–3 entries automatically, matching the method recommended by hypertension guidelines: take a couple of readings and use their average.

No. This app does not have measurement functionality.

This is an app for recording values measured with your home blood pressure monitor, by camera scan or by typing.

If you used to copy your readings into a paper log, just enter them in the app instead — the average of 2–3 readings taken in a row is calculated and saved automatically.

The camera scan reads the numbers shown on your monitor's display — the camera itself does not measure blood pressure.

It supports typical home monitors that show systolic, diastolic and pulse stacked in three rows, from top to bottom. Monitors with a different number layout may not read reliably.

Your first 50 uses are free (2 or 3 readings in one session count as one use), so you can check whether your own monitor reads correctly before purchasing Premium.

Scanned numbers can be reviewed and corrected before saving, and you can always type them in instead.

You can enter up to 3 measurements per session.

When you enter 2 or more measurements, the app automatically calculates and records the average value.

Using average values helps reduce the impact of accidental errors and temporary variations due to external factors (physical condition, tension, etc.).

Yes. On the first entry screen (the first systolic reading), you can change the date and time to when you actually measured.

Set the time within your morning or evening window and the reading is counted correctly in reports and graphs.

The date and time can be set on the first reading only — the second and third readings are grouped into the same session.

Deletion is possible, but data modification is not.

From the all records data screen, select the day you want to delete and swipe left to find the delete button.

Yes. From the calendar screen you can record morning, noon, evening and bedtime medication as taken or not taken. Temperature and mood can be recorded too, and you can look back on each day in the calendar. Medication status is also included in the PDF export (Premium).

Blood Pressure Time only handles blood pressure and pulse, so a reading never gets lost among dozens of other health metrics competing for the same screen.

Your data stays on your device — it's never used for advertising or handed to third parties. See our Privacy Policy for details.

Your blood pressure and pulse are stored on your device. If you enable iCloud Sync, they are also stored in your personal iCloud (CloudKit). If you enable Health app integration, they are also stored in the Apple Health app.

We never send data to our servers.

Yes (it integrates). When you turn on the Apple Health app integration in Settings, the app saves your blood pressure and pulse to the Apple Health app and can import past data.

You can change permissions anytime in the iOS permission settings, and turn integration off whenever you like.

Note: Pulse in this app is stored as Resting Heart Rate in the Apple Health app.

Strictly speaking, they are different, but in healthy individuals, pulse rate and heart rate match. However, when arrhythmias occur, there can be differences between heart rate and pulse rate.

Pulse Rate: The number of times arteries beat per minute due to blood flow pumped from the heart
Heart Rate: The number of times the heart itself beats per minute

This app records the "pulse" measured by blood pressure monitors, and when the Apple Health app integration is enabled, it is saved as "Resting Heart Rate".

Yes. You can export your records as a PDF with seven days per page (up to 365 days per export). Each page includes a blood pressure chart and your readings, plus medication, temperature, mood and notes — handy for doctor's visits or printing out.

PDF export is available with Premium.

How to export

1. In the Settings tab, tap "Export PDF".
2. A preview of the PDF appears. Change the start and end dates to rebuild it for that period.
3. Tap "Share" in the top right to save, share or print (Premium).

When you turn on iCloud Sync, your blood pressure and pulse records are automatically shared across iPhones and iPads signed in to the same Apple Account (Apple ID).

It's useful for people who use multiple devices or want to carry over their records when switching to a new iPhone. You can toggle it on or off from "iCloud Sync" in Settings.

When you turn it off, you'll see a dialog asking whether to "Delete from this device" or "Keep on this device."

Choosing "Keep" leaves all records on the device intact. Data stored in iCloud is not deleted.

iCloud Sync: Automatically syncs app data across multiple devices on the same Apple Account. Records are saved inside the app on all your devices.

Health app integration: Saves blood pressure and pulse to the Apple Health app. You can export data as PDF or share it with other health apps. If you enable Health app integration on multiple devices, you can view data from other devices in the Apple Health app even without iCloud Sync — however, records are not saved inside this app on the other device, and sync is not immediate.

You can use either one on its own, or both at the same time.

Yes. If iCloud Sync is turned on, simply sign in to the same Apple Account on your new iPhone and install the app — your data will restore automatically.

Make sure iCloud Sync is turned on before you switch devices.

If iCloud Sync is on when you sign out of your Apple ID or switch to a different Apple ID, a confirmation alert will appear and then the app data will be deleted.

This behavior is specific to this app and differs from typical iCloud apps. Note that data stored in the Apple Health app will not be deleted.

If you plan to change your Apple ID, we recommend turning off iCloud Sync first, or backing up your data using the "Export as JSON" feature in Settings > iCloud Sync.

When you turn it back on, data saved during the period iCloud Sync was off will also be synced to iCloud, and will appear on your other devices as well.

If there is data you do not want sent to other devices, delete it from the app before turning iCloud Sync back on.

Deletions work differently: records deleted while iCloud Sync was off are restored when you turn it back on, because they still exist in iCloud (deletions made while sync is off are not sent to iCloud). To delete a record permanently, delete it while iCloud Sync is on.

No. "Delete all data (Reset)" in the app only removes the app's own data. Data saved in the Apple Health app is not affected.

To delete Health app data as well, please do so directly from within the Health app.

In the Settings tab, select "1 time" for Measurement Count. This will save all measurements individually without averaging, even if you enter multiple readings at the same time.

The Japanese Society of Hypertension's Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension 2025 (JSH2025, published in Japanese) give these key points for measuring at home:

• Measure in the morning and in the evening (before going to bed). In the morning, measure within an hour of waking, after using the toilet, and before breakfast and your morning medication. Each time, sit and rest for 1–2 minutes first.
• In principle, take 2 readings each morning and evening, and use their average. If you take only 1 reading, use that value.
• Record every reading.
• Use an upper-arm cuff monitor.

Measure in a quiet room at a comfortable temperature, sitting in a chair with a backrest, without crossing your legs, and with the cuff at heart level. Avoid smoking, alcohol and caffeine before measuring, and don't talk while resting beforehand or while measuring.

In Blood Pressure Time, set Measurement Count to "2 times" and the app averages the two readings automatically and saves them as one record. Each reading is kept too.

For details, see the guidelines in print or the web version (Japanese, view only).

Our app aggregates and displays blood pressure and pulse separately for "morning" and "evening".

For this purpose, you can preset what time range constitutes morning/evening for yourself.

For example, if you set morning to 5:00-12:00 and evening to 17:00-2:00, measurement values recorded during those time periods will be categorized as "morning" and "evening" on the report screen.

Yes, it's possible. In this case, use the "date boundary time" setting.

If you set the date boundary time to 3:00, even if you set the evening time range end time to 2:00, it will be correctly aggregated as "evening measurements of the same day".

This allows measurements taken late at night or in the early hours to be treated as "evening data".

The "average," "maximum," and "minimum" values on the report screen are categorized based on your morning and evening time range settings.

For example, measurements recorded at 7:00 are aggregated as "morning," and measurements at 20:00 are aggregated as "evening".

Yes. Say "Record in BP Time" to Siri, and Siri asks for your systolic and diastolic values. Answer, and the reading is saved without opening the app — handy while the cuff is still on your arm. Siri records one reading (systolic and diastolic); pulse isn't included.

To open the input screen instead, say "Open Quick Input in BP Time". To open the scan screen for reading your monitor with the camera, say "Open Quick Scan in BP Time". BP Time is the app's name on the Home Screen. For more phrases, see Useful Tips.

You can also assign these to the Action button or Back Tap in the iPhone Settings app.

Home Screen widgets (Quick Input and Quick Scan) are a Premium feature. You can add them in the free version, but they show "Premium Only" and don't open the input or scan screen when tapped.

How to add a widget (iOS 27)

1. Go to the Home Screen, then find the Home Screen page where you want to add the widget.
2. Touch and hold the background until the apps begin to jiggle, tap the Edit button, then tap "Add Widget".
3. Scroll or search to find "BP Time", tap it, then swipe to "Quick Input" or "Quick Scan".
4. When you see the widget you want, tap "Add Widget".
5. While the apps are still jiggling, move the widget where you want it, then tap the Done button.

On iPad, the steps are the same. The Edit button is at the top of the screen.

The Lock Screen widgets and Control Center controls for Quick Input and Quick Scan are free. Add Lock Screen widgets from "Customize" on the Lock Screen, and controls from "Add a Control" in Control Center.

Currently, only the iOS (iPhone) version is available.

Please try the following:

• Close the app completely and restart it
• Restart your iPhone
• Update the app to the latest version from the App Store

If the problem persists, please contact us through the contact form with detailed information about the symptoms.