Three kinds of work stress app
| Kind | What it does | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Relaxation | Guided breathing, meditation | Calm, Headspace, Apple Mindfulness |
| Journaling | You log how stressed you feel | Mood trackers |
| Measurement | Reads body signals and shows when they rose | 70 BPM, HRV apps |
They work best together: measure to find the cause, relax to recover.
Measuring work stress on iPhone
If you wear an Apple Watch, your iPhone already holds a full day of heart-rate readings in Apple Health. 70 BPM reads those readings and your calendar, and draws them together. You see the 9 am stand-up, the client call and the late review, each with its own slice of heart rate.
A heart rate productivity app, not just a stress app
The same data is useful for planning good work, not only avoiding bad stress. As a heart rate productivity app, 70 BPM helps you find:
- Your calm hours: times when heart rate is steady and low, good for deep work.
- Your expensive meetings: worth moving, shortening or preparing for.
- Recovery gaps: whether a 10-minute gap actually brings you back down.
A one-week experiment
- Week one: work as normal and just collect data.
- Pick the most expensive recurring meeting and one calm block.
- Week two: move the meeting or add a gap after it, and protect the calm block for focus work.
- Compare the two weeks.
Not medical advice. 70 BPM shows heart-rate data your watch has already written to Apple Health. It is not a medical device and cannot diagnose anything. If your heart rate is often high at rest, or you have chest pain, dizziness or breathlessness, talk to a doctor.