Setup guide

Setup

1. Download RunBeat on your iPhone. The RunBeat Watch app installs on your Apple Watch automatically
2. Open RunBeat on your iPhone → tap HR Monitor → select Apple Watch

Your Apple Watch reads your heart rate and sends it directly to the iPhone app. All training, coaching, and music stays on your iPhone.

Troubleshooting

No heart rate data during training?

• Make sure RunBeat is open on your Apple Watch and the watch is snug on your wrist
• Check that RunBeat has Health access on your iPhone:
  1. Open the Health app
  2. Tap your profile photo (top right)
  3. Tap Apps
  4. Tap RunBeat
  5. Make sure Heart Rate and Workouts are both turned on under "Allow RunBeat to Read Data"
• If both are on and you're still not getting data, force quit RunBeat on your Apple Watch and reopen it

Models

• Apple Watch Series 4 and later
• Apple Watch SE (all generations)
• Apple Watch Ultra (all models)

Setup

1. Open the Google Health app on your phone
2. Tap Connections, then tap Share Heart Rate
3. Open RunBeat → tap HR Monitor → select your Google Fitbit Air

Troubleshooting

The Fitbit Air does not broadcast by default. If RunBeat can't find it, open Google Health, tap Connections, and make sure Share Heart Rate is on.

Models

• Google Fitbit Air

Setup

1. Open the Whoop app
2. Go to Device Settings
3. Toggle HR Broadcast to ON
4. Open RunBeat → tap HR Monitor → select your Whoop

Troubleshooting

HR Broadcast may turn itself OFF after a firmware update. If RunBeat can't find your Whoop, check the toggle.

Models

• Whoop 5.0
• Whoop 4.0
• Whoop 3.0

Setup

1. Put on the strap or arm band. Chest straps activate when they detect a heartbeat, and the Verity Sense and OH1 have a power button
2. Open RunBeat → tap HR Monitor → select your Polar

Models

• Polar H10 (chest strap)
• Polar H9 (chest strap)
• Polar Verity Sense (arm band)
• Polar OH1 (arm band)

Setup

1. Put on the strap. It activates when it detects a heartbeat and broadcasts over Bluetooth automatically
2. Open RunBeat → tap HR Monitor → select your Garmin strap

HRM 200 or HRM 600 won't pair?

These two have a connection type setting. Secure is encrypted and may not pair with third-party apps. Set it to Open, which is what Garmin recommends for connecting to apps. You'll find it in Garmin Connect under the strap's settings.

Models

• HRM 600 (rechargeable, newest)
• HRM-Pro Plus
• HRM-Pro
• HRM-Dual
• HRM 200

Turn on Broadcast Heart Rate on the watch itself, then open RunBeat and tap HR Monitor. The setting is on the watch, not in the Garmin Connect app.

Which menu path does my watch use?

It varies by model. Most watches use one of seven paths, and the Garmin page lists which models each one covers.

What if my watch is older?

Models from about 2020 on broadcast over Bluetooth and work with RunBeat. Older ones broadcast over ANT+ only, and an iPhone has no ANT+ radio, so no iPhone app can read them. That includes the fenix 5 Plus and earlier, Forerunner 45, 230, 235, 645, and 935, vívoactive 3, 3 Music, and HR, the first Venu, and the first Instinct.

Setup

1. Put on the strap or arm band. Chest straps wake when a heartbeat is detected, and the blue LED blinks slowly when searching
2. Open RunBeat → tap HR Monitor → select your Wahoo

Models

• TICKR (chest strap)
• TICKR X (chest strap)
• TICKR FIT (arm band)
• TRACKR Heart Rate (chest strap, newest)

Setup

1. Put it on your arm. The built-in sensor detects your skin and starts broadcasting automatically
2. Open RunBeat → tap HR Monitor → select your COROS

Models

• COROS Heart Rate Monitor (arm band)
• COROS watches (HR Broadcast over Bluetooth)

Setup

1. Press and hold the button for 2 seconds to power on
2. LED flashes while searching for a connection
3. Open RunBeat → tap HR Monitor → select your Scosche

Wear on the upper forearm, biceps, or triceps: snug enough to stay in place but not so tight it restricts circulation.

Models

• Rhythm+ 2.0
• Rhythm24

Setup

1. Put on the strap or arm band. Chest straps activate when a heartbeat is detected, and arm bands have a power button
2. Open RunBeat → tap HR Monitor → select your COOSPO

Models

• H808S (chest strap)
• H9Z (chest strap, LED zone indicator)
• H6 (chest strap)
• HW807 (arm band, LED zone indicator)
• HW706 (arm band)
• H8 (chest strap, Bluetooth only)

Any heart rate monitor that supports the standard Bluetooth Low Energy Heart Rate Profile will work with RunBeat.