Hobrik Wärnegård
Heart rate sonification - using sound to monitor heart beat when running
This report ranks the most popular Android apps for runners and ex- amines if sonification of heart rate is a good tool for serious runners to use the information from a heart rate monitor. This has been done by implementing an Android app that uses heart rate sonification to warn the runner when the heart rate goes outside a defined heart rate interval. The app was tested by letting three runners run with the implemented app and the highest ranked of the existing apps.
The results show that the heart rate sonification can be useful for a serious runner. The interval chosen for the tests was 140-150 bpm. The average heart rate of the runners was 153, 147 and 150 bpm. The corresponding results when the highest ranked existing app - which was Record Beater - was 163 and 162 bpm.