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Your result: read Apple HealthKit on the iPhone

Your answers point to Apple HealthKit: an iPhone app reading the user's health store on the device. It is a starting point from the eight-question quiz, not a verdict on any product.

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When this fits (our judgment)

  • Your users' data already lands in the phone's health store, and the app is the one reading it.
  • You would rather not run servers that hold health data.
  • You want no per-user fee for the data itself.

What to check first (our judgment)

  • Anything that has to reach your backend is yours to upload from the app; there is no server-side pull.
  • Android users, if you ever add them, need Health Connect as a second integration.

The options, and what this site’s sources say

What this site's sourced cost model says about it:

  • Apple HealthKit

    • Free and platform-bound: iOS-family only, on-device, no server-to-server pull. HealthKit itself is included with the Apple Developer Program, whose paid membership you need to ship any app — verify current pricing with Apple.
    • Before you ship: App Store review checks that your health usage-description strings match what you actually do.
    • Cost model: Free.

    From Apple HealthKit vs Google Health Connect (2026), where each statement is sourced and dated.

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If one answer were different

  • HealthKit and Health Connect — Your answers point to the two platform health stores, one per app: HealthKit on iPhone and Health Connect on Android.
  • A health-data aggregator — Your answers point to a health-data aggregator: one integration that connects many wearable brands for you.
  • The device makers' own APIs — Your answers point to integrating each device maker's own cloud API, one OAuth integration per brand.

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