Useful Tips

Log your readings in Blood Pressure Time — turn on Health integration and every tip below becomes available to you.

Apple Health and Blood Pressure Time: How to Divide the Work

The Apple Health app also has a place to log blood pressure. But the entry form sits several taps deep (Search → Heart → Blood Pressure → Add), and it doesn't automatically average multiple readings taken in one sitting.

Our recommendation: use Blood Pressure Time for daily entry, and Apple Health for storage.

How the Roles Split

  • Blood Pressure Time: daily entry, automatic averaging of 2–3 readings taken in a row, clear reports, PDF export (Premium)
  • Apple Health: long-term storage, sharing with family or your doctor

Turn on Health Integration and every averaged reading you record in the app is saved to Apple Health automatically. It can also import past data already in Health, so your records stay in one place — and the PDF export and sharing tips on this page all work as-is.

How to Set Up

  1. Open the Settings tab in the app.
  2. Turn on "Health Integration".
  3. On the iOS permission screen, allow read/write access for blood pressure and heart rate.

Note: You can review or change permissions anytime in iPhone Settings → Privacy & Security → Health.

Export Blood Pressure Data as PDF

With Premium, you can export your blood pressure and pulse records from the app as a PDF to save, share or print. The PDF has 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.

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).

Export from the Apple Health App (iOS 26 Compatible)

If Health Integration is turned on, you can also use the Apple Health app's functionality to export the blood pressure data saved in Health as a PDF.

  1. Turn on "Health Integration" in Blood Pressure Time app settings
  2. Open the "Health" app on your iPhone
  3. Tap the "🔍" in the bottom right, then select "Heart"
  4. Tap "Blood Pressure"
  5. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap "Export as PDF"
  6. In the PDF preview screen, tap the export icon in the upper right and select a sharing method

Use Cases: Show blood pressure trends to your doctor during visits, or print as a physical blood pressure log.

Share Health Data with Others

Prerequisites

To share health data, the person you want to share with must be registered in your contacts.

Setup Method (iOS 26 Compatible)

  1. Open the Apple Health app on your iPhone
  2. Tap "Sharing", then do one of the following:
    • For first-time sharing: Tap "Share with Someone"
    • To share with additional contacts: Tap "Add Someone", then tap "Next"
  3. Use the search field to find someone in your contact list, then tap their contact information to select them
  4. Tap "Show Suggested Topics" or "Set Up Manually", then select the topics you want to share
  5. Scroll down to view all topics on the screen, tap options, then tap "Next" to display the next screen
  6. Tap "Share", then tap "Done"

You'll receive a notification when the invitation is accepted.

Share Health Data with Your Doctor

You can share health data (heart rate, exercise time, sleep time, lab results, heart health notifications, etc.) with your doctor. Your doctor can view the data on their health records system dashboard (US only, available with systems that support health app data sharing with medical institutions).

Setup Method (iOS 26 Compatible)

  1. Open the Apple Health app on your iPhone
  2. Tap "Sharing" at the bottom of the screen
  3. Do one of the following:
    • For first-time sharing: Tap "Share with Your Doctor"
    • To share with additional medical institutions: Tap "Share with Another Doctor"
  4. Tap "Next", then select a medical institution candidate or use "Search" to find a medical institution
  5. If "Connect to Account" appears, enter the username and password you use for your account's patient web portal, then follow the instructions displayed on the screen. When you share health data or connect to an account, the health records from that account are downloaded to "Health".
  6. Select the topics you want to share with your doctor
  7. Scroll down to view all topics on the screen, then tap "Next" to display the next screen
  8. Tap "Share", then tap "Done"
Request Health Data Sharing from Others

Setup Method (iOS 26 Compatible)

  1. Open the Apple Health app on your iPhone
  2. Tap "Sharing", then tap "Ask Someone to Share"
  3. Select sharing options

The person you selected will receive a request and can then choose which health information to share. Let them know that you need to be in their contacts.

Use Case: Convenient when you want to know the health information of parents living far away.

Stop Sharing Data with Contacts or Medical Institutions

Setup Method (iOS 26 Compatible)

  1. Open the Apple Health app on your iPhone
  2. Tap "Sharing" at the bottom of the screen
  3. Tap the name of the person or medical institution
  4. Tap "Stop Sharing" or "Remove Account"

Note: Once you start sharing data with someone, simply removing them from "Contacts" will not stop the information sharing.

Use iCloud Sync Across Multiple Devices

Turn on iCloud Sync to automatically share your blood pressure and pulse records across iPhones and iPads signed in to the same Apple Account (Apple ID).

How to Set Up

  1. Open the Settings tab in the app.
  2. Tap "iCloud Sync".
  3. Turn on "Enable Sync".
  4. Open the app on another device signed in to the same Apple Account — data will sync automatically.

Use Case: Record in the morning on your iPhone and in the evening on your iPad — all records appear together on either device.

Note: iCloud Sync uses your iCloud storage. If you have reached the 5 GB free tier limit, sync may not work correctly. In that case, consider upgrading to iCloud+ or another paid plan.
Important Note When Using iCloud Sync and Health Integration Together on Multiple Devices

If both iCloud Sync and Health Integration are turned on and you use multiple iPhones, there is an important behavior to be aware of.

When a record is saved on Device A → synced to Device B via iCloud → also saved to Health on Device B, HealthKit's internal merge process may run. During this process, Health app data on Device A may temporarily appear to be missing.

It will recover on its own after a short time, but if you want to avoid this entirely, you can turn off Health Integration on the secondary device (the non-primary iPhone).

How to Turn Off Health Integration on the Secondary Device

  1. On the secondary device, open Settings in Blood Pressure Time.
  2. Turn off "Health Integration".

Keep iCloud Sync turned on to maintain data sync. Health app data will only be written from the primary device.

Note: This only occurs when both iCloud Sync and Health Integration are on across multiple devices. It does not occur when only one of them is enabled.

Transfer Your Data When Switching to a New iPhone

Turning on iCloud Sync before switching devices makes migrating to a new iPhone easy.

Steps

  1. Before switching, confirm that "iCloud Sync" is turned on in Blood Pressure Time Settings on your old device.
  2. Sign in to the same Apple Account on your new iPhone.
  3. Install "Blood Pressure Time" from the App Store.
  4. Open the app — your past records will restore automatically.

Important: If iCloud Sync was not turned on before switching devices, your data will not transfer this way. Check your settings in advance.

Export Your Records as JSON

From Settings > iCloud Sync, you can export your blood pressure and pulse records stored in iCloud as a JSON file. This feature is available regardless of whether iCloud Sync is currently turned on.

How to Export

  1. Open the Settings tab in the app.
  2. Tap "iCloud Sync".
  3. Tap "Export as JSON".
  4. Your data will be fetched from iCloud.
  5. Tap the share button to save or share the file via email, the Files app, or any other method.

Note: This export reads data from iCloud. If iCloud Sync has never been turned on, there is no data to export.

Open the Input or Scan Screen Right Away (Quick Input and Quick Scan)

Quick Input opens the input screen, and Quick Scan opens the scan screen for reading your monitor with the camera. You can open them in these ways, free of charge:

  • App icon: Touch and hold the BP Time icon on the Home Screen, then tap "Quick Input" or "Quick Scan".
  • Lock Screen widgets: Touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap "Customize", then add the "Quick Input" or "Quick Scan" widget.
  • Control Center: Tap the Add button in Control Center, tap "Add a Control", then add "Quick Input" or "Quick Scan".
  • Siri: Say "Open Quick Input in BP Time" or "Open Quick Scan in BP Time".

Scans with Quick Scan count toward the 50 free uses.

With Premium

  • Home Screen widgets: Open Quick Input or Quick Scan from your Home Screen. To add one, see "How do I add a widget to the Home Screen?" in the FAQ.
  • Quick Launch: The input or scan screen opens directly when you open the app.

How to Turn On Quick Launch

  1. Open the Settings tab in the app.
  2. Tap "Quick Launch", just below "Measurement Count".
  3. Under "Launch Method", choose "Quick Input" or "Quick Scan".

To turn it off, choose "Normal Launch".

Record Blood Pressure Quickly with Siri Shortcuts

You can use Siri or the Shortcuts app to quickly log a blood pressure reading. Say "Record in BP Time", and Siri asks for your systolic and diastolic values and saves them without opening the app.

Important: Recording with Siri supports one blood pressure reading (systolic and diastolic) only. Multiple readings and pulse input are not supported. Averaging 2–3 readings taken in a row isn't available when recording with Siri.

Siri Phrases

You can trigger blood pressure recording by saying any of the following phrases:

  • "Record in BP Time."
  • "Log blood pressure in BP Time."
  • "Record today's blood pressure in BP Time."
  • "Start blood pressure recording in BP Time."
  • "Enter blood pressure in BP Time."
  • "Record a new blood pressure reading in BP Time."

Phrases to Open the Input or Scan Screen

These phrases open the input screen (Quick Input) or the scan screen for reading your monitor with the camera (Quick Scan). On the input screen, you can enter 2 or 3 readings as usual and save their average, if Measurement Count is set to 2 or more.

  • "Open Quick Input in BP Time."
  • "Open blood pressure input in BP Time."
  • "Open the input screen in BP Time."
  • "Open Quick Scan in BP Time."
  • "Open blood pressure camera in BP Time."
  • "Open the scan screen in BP Time."

BP Time is the app's name on the Home Screen. In any phrase, you can also say "Blood Pressure App" or "Blood Pressure Log" instead of "BP Time".

Tip: Right after measuring with your blood pressure monitor, just say "Hey Siri, record in BP Time" to start logging immediately.