Better Health Tracker - Universal Health Monitoring for All Android Wearables

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Better Health Tracker - Universal Health Monitoring for All Android Wearables

I’d like to share Better Health Tracker, an open-source health tracking app designed to work with virtually any Android smartwatch or wearable device.

Universal Device Compatibility

The app features automatic device detection that adapts to your specific hardware. It supports:

  • Standard Android health sensors
  • Chinese smartwatches (HSC system, CD sensors, and various proprietary sensor types)
  • Step counting via native sensors or accelerometer emulation
  • Multiple heart rate sensor implementations (types 21, 31, 43, 65599, 65598, 65596)

No manual configuration needed - just install and the app figures out your device automatically.

Continuous Background Logging

Track your health metrics 24/7 with customizable logging:

  • Set your preferred measurement intervals
  • Choose which metrics to log (steps, heart rate, blood oxygen, blood pressure)
  • Auto-start on device boot
  • Smart charging pause
  • Abnormal heart rate warnings with configurable thresholds

Health Connect Integration

Full sync support with Android’s Health Connect API (replacement for deprecated google fit), allowing you to:

  • Share data with other health apps in your ecosystem
  • Centralize all your health metrics in one place
  • Maintain data continuity across different apps

The app also provides a developer API for third-party integrations, with JSON log files accessible to external applications.

Available on GitLab: AI LIFE / better health tracker · GitLab

direct download link (most likely by the time you download it is not the latest version, after download you should update in the app)

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please DO NOT report problems with better health tracker bugs to the universal launcher thread, thank you

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if you found any device not working:

  1. you have knoledge in android development and want to help
    please provide
  • hardware scanner log
  • sensor lists
  • stock systems health tracker apps (step,heart rate,blood oxygen)(need to be deodexed)
  • promise to help with testing updated app anytime i need you
  1. i am a iphone user and i dont know what i am doing
    you can provide a test hardware to me
    i will try my best to reverse engineer it my self
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Thanks for your work. Is “Better Health Tracker” available in Google Play Store or any alternative apk markets? I tried to search for “com.ailife.betterhealth“ ID but didn’t have any luck for example on APKPure.
My ultimate goal is to rely on the app to be able to access heart rate reading in my FOSS app.

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Enjoy

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Thanks so much, I was about to compile it. Can we upload it to APKPure?

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you can try, but if it get banned dont get surprised, it is already banned by uptodown so i am not gonna waste my time, although on the old browser of the watch download from gitlab release is a problem, there is nothing i can do about it

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it is not allowed to upload to google play, i really dislike google

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i am also not able to update the UL to 4.1 on apkpure while on uptodown i can, on gitlab release is still most convinient

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but you can just use the direct download link which works on very old browser too and then go to settings to update in the app

but if you want to compile your self it is also ok

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I understand! Thanks so much again for your work.

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