# Health apps compared: features and limits
Compare measurements, goals, wearable connections and supported platforms across five apps.
By Well & Able | Published 2026-11-03 | Updated 2026-11-03
Canonical page: https://wellable.net/articles/health-apps-different-jobs
Health apps bring activity, sleep and other measurements together. Some organise records; others add goals, training plans, guidance or shared challenges.
Check your phone and wearable first, then compare the tools you will use and any subscription limits. Select a capability in the table for its detailed assessment.
## Compare capabilities
Compare tracking, planning and motivation. Device, subscription and country limits may apply.
| Capability | Apple Health | Google Health | Yural | Samsung Health | WHOOP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Health metrics](#assessment-metrics) | ✓ Activity · sleep · health — Medications + clinical records (Included) | ✓ Activity · sleep · health — Nutrition + wearable vitals (Included) | ✓ Activity · sleep · readiness — Stress + custom metrics (Included) | ✓ Activity · sleep · health — Nutrition + body composition (Included) | ✓ Sleep · recovery · strain — Workouts + stress (Included) |
| [Supported wearables & data sources](#wearable-guide) | ✓ Multiple brands via HealthKit — Apple Watch + compatible vendor apps (Included) | ✓ Fitbit / Pixel + outside sources — Health Connect or Apple Health (Included) | ✓ Multiple brands via HealthKit — Supported metrics, with permission (Included) | ✓ Galaxy + compatible sources — Selected Health Connect records (Included) | ◐ WHOOP wearable required — Selected imports / exports supported (More limited or different) |
| [Goals & targets](#assessment-targets) | ◐ Sleep duration — Sleep schedules (More limited or different) | ✓ Steps · distance · activity — Weekly cardio target (Included) | ✓ Habits + metric targets — Daily · weekly · monthly (Included) | ✓ Steps · activity · body goals — Daily targets (Included) | ✓ Sleep · strain · habits — Weekly custom goals (Included) |
| [Plans & programmes](#assessment-programs) | ◐ Sleep schedules — Fitness training is separate (More limited or different) | ◐ Custom workouts + plans — Coached plans: Premium (More limited or different) | ◐ Phased running programmes — Plan access applies (More limited or different) | ◐ Running + sleep programmes — Compatible devices required (More limited or different) | ◐ Weekly plans + sleep planning — Membership required (More limited or different) |
| [Articles & personal library](#assessment-library) | ◐ Health explainers (More limited or different) | ◐ Workout content (More limited or different) | ✓ Articles + notes + links (Included) | ◐ Fitness + mindfulness (More limited or different) | ◐ Contextual guidance (More limited or different) |
| [Guidance & health alerts](#assessment-recommendations) | ✓ Trends + health alerts — Sleep / medication reminders (Included) | ✓ Adaptive coaching — Activity / workout / sleep (Included) | ✓ Suggestions + health alerts — Sleep / Stress / Other reminders (Included) | ✓ Health tips + coaching — Sleep / activity / vitals (Included) | ✓ Recovery-led guidance — Sleep / strain / habits (Included) |
| [AI health assistance](#assessment-chat) | — No built-in health agent — No conversational assistant (No built-in feature) | ✓ Google Health Coach — Explain data · adjust plans (Included) | ✓ Yural Companion — Explain data · plan activities (Included) | ✓ Health Assist — Explain data · suggest actions (Included) | ✓ WHOOP Coach — Explain data · support goals (Included) |
| [Shared Challenges](#assessment-sharing) | ◐ Health-data sharing (More limited or different) | ◐ Friend leaderboards (More limited or different) | ✓ Private group goals (Included) | ✓ Together challenges (Included) | ◐ Teams + leaderboards (More limited or different) |
| [Charts & customization](#assessment-personalization) | ✓ Pinned categories (Included) | ✓ Custom dashboards (Included) | ✓ Graphs + personal metrics (Included) | ✓ Health cards + views (Included) | ✓ Dashboard + journal (Included) |
| [Supported platforms](#assessment-platforms) | ✓ iPhone · iPad — Apple only · no native Mac app (Included) | ✓ iPhone · Android — Pixel Watch: Android only (Included) | ✓ iPhone · iPad · Watch · Mac — Apple only · Mac plan applies (Included) | ✓ Android · Galaxy wearables — Advanced tools: Galaxy limits (Included) | ✓ iPhone · Android · web — WHOOP wearable required (Included) |
## Health metrics
Compare the measurements you need, not just the total number. Readiness, recovery and stress scores are interpretations; their meaning and calculation differ by app.
- **Apple Health:** Covers activity, sleep, body measurements, medications, cycles and supported clinical records. Available measurements depend on connected sources and regional support.
- **Google Health:** Brings together activity, sleep, nutrition and health measurements from compatible wearables and outside sources. The available data depends on your setup.
- **Yural:** Focuses on key activity, fitness, sleep, readiness and stress measurements, plus personal tracking. Broader medical records remain in Apple Health.
- **Samsung Health:** Covers activity, sleep, nutrition, mindfulness and vitals. Compatible Galaxy hardware adds measurements such as body-composition estimates and advanced health indicators.
- **WHOOP:** Focuses on sleep, recovery, strain, workouts, stress and longer-term trends. Core measurements and derived scores rely on a WHOOP wearable.
## Which wearable data can each app use?
Read across from your wearable to each app. The cells show the data route, rather than direct device pairing.
| Wearable data | Apple Health | Google Health | Yural | Samsung Health | WHOOP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apple Watch | Direct — Apple ecosystem | HealthKit — Via iPhone | HealthKit — Via iPhone | No built-in route — No standard bridge | Selected imports — HealthKit · iPhone |
| Garmin watches | HealthKit — Via iPhone | HealthKit / Connect — iPhone / Android | HealthKit — Via iPhone | Health Connect — Via Android | Selected imports — HealthKit / Connect |
| Oura Ring | HealthKit — Via iPhone | HealthKit / Connect — iPhone / Android | HealthKit — Via iPhone | Health Connect — Via Android | Selected imports — HealthKit / Connect |
| WHOOP | HealthKit — Via iPhone | HealthKit / Connect — iPhone / Android | HealthKit — Via iPhone | Health Connect — Via Android | Direct — WHOOP ecosystem |
| Fitbit devices | HealthKit — Via iPhone | Direct — Google ecosystem | HealthKit — Via iPhone | Health Connect — Via Android | Selected imports — HealthKit / Connect |
| Google Pixel Watch | No built-in route — Android wearable | Direct — Google ecosystem | No built-in route — Android wearable | Health Connect — Via Android | Selected imports — Connect · Android |
| Samsung Galaxy wearables | No built-in route — Android wearable | Health Connect — Android | No built-in route — Android wearable | Direct — Samsung ecosystem | Selected imports — Connect · Android |
Apple Health and Yural use HealthKit: any wearable that writes to Apple Health can supply the measurement types each app supports, with your permission. A shared connection does not transfer every metric or proprietary score.
## Goals & targets
A target sets an amount, frequency or habit: steps per day, sleep hours or workouts per week. Check whether you can choose the measurement, threshold and time period.
- **Apple Health:** Set sleep-duration goals and bedtime schedules in Health. Move, Exercise and Stand goals belong to the separate Fitness and Activity apps.
- **Google Health:** Set supported activity goals and a weekly cardio target. Custom workout goals can specify distance, time or energy; wearable support varies.
- **Yural:** Set recurring habits or measurable minimum, maximum or exact goals. Use daily, weekly or monthly targets, or fixed-period Challenges with supported or custom metrics.
- **Samsung Health:** Set step and activity targets, plus body-composition goals with compatible Galaxy hardware. Personalised guidance and available measurements depend on your setup.
- **WHOOP:** Choose weekly metric, activity and behaviour goals: sleep consistency, steps, training frequency or hydration. Daily strain targets also adapt to recovery.
## Plans & programmes
A programme arranges activities over time. A weekly checklist, a sleep schedule and a progressive running plan offer different kinds of structure.
- **Apple Health:** Health organises sleep schedules rather than progressive workout programmes. Fitness, Fitness+ and Watch workout tools are separate parts of Apple’s ecosystem.
- **Google Health:** Build custom workouts and follow personalised weekly fitness plans. Coach-created plans and conversational adjustments require eligible Premium access.
- **Yural:** Follow progressive running sessions towards starting, completing a distance or improving performance. Programmes use scheduled phases and checkpoints; access depends on plan.
- **Samsung Health:** Follow ability-based running programmes and multi-week sleep coaching. Required Galaxy devices, software, data history and regional availability differ by feature.
- **WHOOP:** Choose preset or custom weekly plans covering sleep, fitness or habits. Sleep planning and daily strain guidance complement the weekly commitments.
## Articles & personal library
Guided content helps you learn. A personal library adds somewhere to keep your own notes, articles and useful links; these are separate capabilities.
- **Apple Health:** Includes health articles, but does not offer private notes or saved-link collections.
- **Google Health:** Premium content and workout videos; private article and note collections are not confirmed.
- **Yural:** Discovery provides articles and Tips; Collections holds notes and saved links. Article access depends on your plan.
- **Samsung Health:** Guided fitness and mindfulness content; personal reference collections are not confirmed.
- **WHOOP:** Coaching guidance; a private article, notes and links collection is not confirmed.
## Guidance & health alerts
Suggestions propose a next step; alerts flag a measurement or send a reminder. Both depend on the available data and your settings.
- **Apple Health:** Health surfaces highlights, trends and configured reminders. Supported Apple Watch features add health notifications; availability depends on device, settings and region.
- **Google Health:** Eligible Google Health coaching uses health data, goals and recent activity to suggest next steps and adjust plans. Premium and device requirements apply.
- **Yural:** Consider Now suggests activities from current state, goals and plans. Sleep reminders, optional stress notifications and other activity reminders depend on available data and notification settings.
- **Samsung Health:** Samsung provides sleep and activity guidance, Energy Score tips and Health Assist recommendations. Advanced measurements and notifications depend on compatible devices and settings.
- **WHOOP:** Recovery, sleep and strain inform suggested effort and weekly goals. Coaching uses individual records and behaviour context within the membership service.
## AI health assistance
AI health assistance uses your health context to explain results or help with plans. Compare what it can do, where it runs and which plan is required.
- **Apple Health:** Apple Health provides records, charts, explanations and notifications, but no built-in conversational health agent in the reviewed app. Other system assistants are separate.
- **Google Health:** Discuss health and workout data, create a fitness plan and request plan changes. Personalised coaching requires an eligible paired Fitbit or Pixel Watch, Premium access and a supported country.
- **Yural:** Discuss metrics, activities, notes and plans with contextual follow-ups and visual answers. Yural Companion on Mac requires supported devices and the relevant plan access.
- **Samsung Health:** Ask about activity, sleep, nutrition, stress and Energy Score using personal Samsung Health data. Supported smartphones, settings and regional availability apply.
- **WHOOP:** Discuss sleep, recovery, strain and personal goals using WHOOP records. Context and coaching are part of the wearable membership experience.
## Shared Challenges
Sharing measurements with someone is different from working towards a group goal. Check which activities or targets a challenge supports.
- **Apple Health:** Shares health information with people; does not establish a shared group Challenge.
- **Google Health:** Weekly steps and cardio-load leaderboards for friendly competition.
- **Yural:** Fixed-period group Challenges with participant progress and reminders. Plan allowances apply.
- **Samsung Health:** Group step challenges through Together.
- **WHOOP:** Teams and metric leaderboards for shared motivation.
## Charts & customization
Look for charts and shortcuts you can organise around your routine. Choosing dashboard items is different from defining your own measurements.
- **Apple Health:** Choose and reorder pinned categories and view charts.
- **Google Health:** Configurable dashboards and favourite metrics.
- **Yural:** Customize charts, shortcuts, objectives and personal measurements to suit your routine.
- **Samsung Health:** Health overview with configurable items.
- **WHOOP:** Reorder dashboard metrics and choose journal behaviours to track.
## Supported platforms
Check where the app itself runs as well as which devices supply its data. A shared data connection does not make every feature available on every platform.
- **Apple Health:** Native Health apps are on iPhone and iPad; Apple Watch supplies measurements. No native Mac Health app or Android app is included.
- **Google Health:** Mobile apps support iPhone and Android. Pixel Watch requires Android; coaching and connected-device capabilities vary by the selected setup.
- **Yural:** Native apps cover iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. Android is not supported; Mac access and advanced capabilities depend on the selected plan.
- **Samsung Health:** Samsung Health supports Android with compatible Galaxy wearables. Certain health functions require a Galaxy phone; models, software and regional conditions apply.
- **WHOOP:** Phone apps support iPhone and Android, with a companion web view. Core recovery and strain depend on WHOOP hardware and membership.
## Which app suits you?
### Apple Health
- **Who it suits:** You want a central place for health records and everyday trends.
- **Key strengths:** Broad measurements, medication reminders and data from compatible devices.
- **Considerations:** Apple only. Training programmes and activity-ring goals use separate apps.
### Google Health
- **Who it suits:** You use Fitbit or Pixel Watch, or want a health overview on iPhone or Android.
- **Key strengths:** Connected wearable data, custom workouts and eligible personalised coaching.
- **Considerations:** Pixel Watch needs Android. Coaching needs an eligible Fitbit or Pixel setup, Premium and a supported country; imported data does not power every score.
### Yural
- **Who it suits:** You want one assistant to help you build habits, plan workouts and learn a little each day.
- **Key strengths:** Key metrics, practical next steps, structured habits and bite-sized learning in one place.
- **Considerations:** Apple only. It focuses on selected measurements; programmes, Mac access and advanced tools depend on your plan.
### Samsung Health
- **Who it suits:** You use Galaxy wearables and want activity, sleep and nutrition together.
- **Key strengths:** Running and sleep coaching, food tracking and Together step challenges.
- **Considerations:** Advanced functions depend on compatible Galaxy hardware, software and country.
### WHOOP
- **Who it suits:** You want daily guidance around training effort, recovery and sleep.
- **Key strengths:** Recovery and Strain insights, sleep planning and weekly habit goals.
- **Considerations:** Core tracking requires a WHOOP wearable and membership. External data sharing covers selected records.
Topics: Tracking, Goals
## Sources
Compared using product documentation, not hands-on testing.
- [Apple Health: official app listing](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-health/id1242545199) — Health records, sleep schedules, trends, sharing and educational content.
- [Apple: understand your readiness score](https://support.apple.com/en-us/128112) — Readiness belongs to supported Apple Watch models; it is not a universal standalone Health feature.
- [Google Health: the redesigned app](https://support.google.com/googlehealth/answer/17068213?hl=en) — Current Fitbit successor, device-dependent views, fitness plans, nutrition, content and social features.
- [Samsung Health: official feature guide](https://www.samsung.com/us/apps/samsung-health/) — Activity, sleep, Energy Score, coaching, food tracking and Together; check device and region conditions.
- [Samsung Health: official Android listing](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.app.shealth) — Core phone functionality, fitness tracking, nutrition, content and device requirements.
- [WHOOP: official app listing](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whoop/id933944389) — Wearable requirement, sleep, recovery, strain, journal, plans and teams.
- [WHOOP: mobile and web app guide](https://support.whoop.com/s/article/Navigating-the-WHOOP-Mobile-App?language=en_US) — Provider documentation of long-term trends, goals, membership conditions and web access.
- [Yural: official app listing](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yural-fitness-habits/id6757445801) — Public App Store description, supported devices and version history.
- [Samsung: Health Assist](https://www.samsung.com/ie/support/mobile-devices/how-to-use-health-assist/) — Contextual chat and personal recommendations; device/configuration conditions apply.
- [Google Health: dashboards and product scope](https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/google-health/google-health-app/) — First-party explanation of configurable dashboards and the wider health app.
- [Apple: pinned categories and health trends](https://support.apple.com/en-us/104997) — Choosing/reordering categories, highlights and visual trend review.
- [Apple: health data, apps and source priority](https://support.apple.com/en-us/108779) — Permissions and source priority; not a device certification.
- [Garmin: sharing Connect data with Apple Health](https://support.garmin.com/en-NZ/?faq=lK5FPB9iPF5PXFkIpFlFPA&productID=125677) — Selected one-way exports from Garmin Connect; workout detail and synchronization limits apply.
- [Oura: Apple Health integration](https://support.ouraring.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025438734-Apple-Health-Integration) — Supported exported/imported types, iOS and membership conditions.
- [WHOOP: Apple Health integration](https://support.whoop.com/s/article/Apple-Health-Integration?language=en_US) — Selected records shared; HRV is not exported to Apple Health.
- [Google Health: third-party devices and apps](https://support.google.com/googlehealth/answer/14236613?hl=en) — Health Connect and Apple Health routes; brand-specific metric limitations.
- [Google Health: Apple Health connection](https://support.google.com/googlehealth/answer/17037331) — iPhone data sharing and supported record types.
- [Google Health: August 2026 integration update](https://support.google.com/googlehealth/thread/456993110?hl=en) — Official announcement of selected Fitbit data exports to Apple Health.
- [Google: Pixel Watch compatibility](https://support.google.com/googlepixelwatch/answer/12652073?hl=en) — Requires Android; does not pair with iPhone.
- [Samsung: sharing data through Health Connect](https://developer.samsung.com/health/blog/en/accessing-samsung-health-data-through-health-connect) — Supported Android data types, permissions and synchronization conditions.
- [Yural: official Mac listing](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yural-fitness-habits/id6757445801?platform=mac) — Mac review, planning, Library and Chat scope; requirements apply.
- [Apple: sleep goals and schedules](https://support.apple.com/en-ie/108906) — Sleep-duration goals and schedules in Health.
- [Apple: activity goals in Fitness](https://support.apple.com/en-ie/guide/iphone/iph9a08e004e/27/ios/27) — Move, Exercise and Stand goals belong to Fitness and Activity, rather than a Health training programme.
- [Google Health: goals and weekly cardio targets](https://support.google.com/googlehealth/answer/14236914?hl=en) — Device activity goals, weekly cardio targets and Premium planning conditions.
- [Google Health: custom workouts and plan changes](https://support.google.com/googlehealth/answer/15402636?hl=en) — Distance, time and energy targets, custom workouts, and conversational or manual plan adjustments.
- [Samsung: health tracking and goals](https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10006889/) — Activity goals, tracking, personalised guidance and device requirements.
- [Samsung: running and sleep coaching update](https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-health-sleep-coaching-easier-tailors-weekly-guidance/) — Running programmes and tailored four- to eight-week sleep coaching; eligibility applies.
- [WHOOP: Weekly Plan goals and requirements](https://support.whoop.com/s/article/Weekly-Plan?language=en_US) — Preset and custom weekly goals for sleep, strain, activities and habits; available across memberships after sufficient recorded sleep.
- [Google Health Coach: data and personalisation](https://support.google.com/googlehealth/answer/17055092?hl=en-GB) — Personalised explanations based on health data, goals, sleep and workout history.
- [Garmin: sharing data with Health Connect](https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=JToBEy0jfe6pIygark2Ui5) — Android sharing through Garmin Connect; supported record types and permissions apply.
- [Oura: Health Connect integration](https://support.ouraring.com/hc/en-us/articles/10786105824531-Health-Connect-by-Android-Integration) — Android exports and imports; membership requirements apply.
- [WHOOP: Health Connect integration](https://support.whoop.com/s/article/Google-Health-Integration-For-Android?language=en_US) — Selected activity imports and WHOOP exports; another wearable does not replace the WHOOP sensor.
- [Samsung: Health Connect data access](https://developer.samsung.com/health/health-connect-faq.html) — Supported records can be read and written through Health Connect; permissions are separate.
Source review: 2026-11-03. General information; no clinical review claimed. Publisher: Well & Able.