The Apple Health app on iPhone is a powerful way to track all facets of your health. Whether it’s recording data from your Apple Watch, importing records straight from your doctor, or integration with third-party apps, there’s something for everyone.
Here’s how to get the most out of the Apple Health app, especially if you’re really trying to live healthier in 2026.
Apple Watch
This one is pretty self-explanatory. As you’d except, the Apple Watch and Apple Health go together hand-in-hand. While you can view a lot of your Apple Watch metrics in the Apple Fitness app, the Apple Health app gives you a more wholistic view of things.
The Apple Health app logs data from your Apple Watch like steps, heart rate, resting heart rate, and more. Whereas the Apple Fitness app focuses on giving you workout data, the Apple Health app offers an excellent view at things like historical data, trends, and more.
If you aren’t interested in Apple Watch, third-party fitness trackers can also able to integrate with the Apple Health. WHOOP is a great fitness band platform that ties into Apple Health. Smart rings are also an increasingly popular form factor for fitness trackers, including Oura Ring and Ultrahuman Ring.
Track more metrics
In addition to the data captured by wearables like the Apple Watch, there are other accessories that can record key vitals to the Apple Health app.
One of my most-used accessories is the Withings BPM Connect. I try and take my blood pressure on a daily basis, and the Withings BPM Connect makes that easy. I take my blood pressure and can rely on it to relay the results to the Apple Health app. There, I can monitor trends and draw conclusions based on other data for that day.
The OMRON Evolv is another popular blood pressure monitor with Apple Health integration, and it’s currently cheaper than the Withings BPM Connect.
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