“Was really hoping for biostrap to work but biostrap was not connecting to my phone. Also, I was really hoping biostrap gave me workout strain after the workout”
“I bought the full Biostrap package with the armband, wristband, and ankle tracker. I wanted to use it to get a better reading of the quality of my night's sleep and see the intensity of my workouts. It did that with some caveats.
Pros:
1. The wristband is nice, it does a good job tracking activity and sleep. It seems pretty accurate.
2. The armband does a great job tracking your heart rate in real time. If you use it when running with the app, you can get real time feedback to increase or decrease your intensity.
Cons:
1. The wristband regularly disconnects with the app and requires you to cycle Bluetooth on and off to reconnect it.
2. The app drains your battery a lot unless you limit background usage in your phone's settings like 20%+ a day. However if you limit background usage so you don't have to charge your phone during the day, you have to manually open the app and wait for it to sync your sleep/activity data. Then you have to wait even more for it to process your sleep data. It can be cumbersome.
3. The biometrics function is essentially useless. It only collects "good data" about 1/3 of the time even when I'm wearing the wristband and arm band properly and sitting still.
4. The foot tracker pod is pretty much useless too. If you want to use it to track your steps, you have to remember to turn off step tracking with the ankle pod anytime you're not wearing it. Why, the app won't use your wristband if you're not wearing the ankle pod. Also, it looks kinda like a prison tracker when you wear it and I got some interesting comments about it when just wearing it around.
5. Additional functionality like "improved sleep tracking" and "meditation tracking" are only available if you want to pay an additional monthly charge. Wasn't the tracker enough as is?
6. The fitness tracker takes a daytime reading every 10 minutes however when I look at the data points it seems to only collect 5-15 valid points a day even though I wear the tracker pretty snug. Not really a big concern for me.
7. Overall the app is pretty slow, battery intensive, and kinda buggy. It feels like what you would get if you only wanted to pay for the $30 tracker. It's in dire need of an update to reduce battery consumption and improve connectivity.
8. None of the data is stored locally (as far as I can tell) which means every time you change screens, the app needs to pull data from their servers. Usually that's not an issue, but it does make for a pretty slow experience with this app.
Overall, functional, but my no means glamorous. It feels like a startup that had really good marketing but failed to follow through on the back end. A few simple improvements to the software, and this would be a 5× better option than FitBit. As it stands right now, it's breakeven and maybe even a bit worse.”
“Never arrived after purchasing two day shipping. A week later I cancelled as I got no sense that I was valued as a customer. It’s unfortunate as I’ve been using my biostrap for nearly 3 years and have been happy with it by and large. Definitely exploring other options given the customer service. Committed followup would have been nice beyond simply granting my request for a refund.”
“I bought the biostrap for the purposes of monitoring my sleep. So far it has done an exemplary job of accurately recording my sleep. However, I have had a couple of nights where it has not recorded despite it being charged and on my write securely. I have raised this issue with bootstrap support and they have been great about responding and escalating it to their engineers. Overall, it seems to be a great device, reasonably priced, has a great accompanying app., and does not require a subscription. I also like that the strap is not a watch, as I am attached to my automatic wrist watch & don't want to replace it.”
“Biostrap is an honest company that provides the information I need. I started with them as a fitness enthusiast and continue with them as a physician. Working a shift schedule, sleep and recovery matters to me and I’m able to work through my day accordingly because of Biostrap. Their customer service isn’t too shabby either.”
“It's great seeing what goes on at night while I'm asleep. And I love the ability to see changes over time. I will be bringing some of this info to my next doctors appointment. Thanks so much!”
“Sensor seems amazing. App seems great.
The website, marketing, help files, instructions, information, delivery etc are not. They are actually so bad that I gave up. One example: Website says I will receive one set of items, cover of box notes a second list of items and what I actually received matched neither. Needs a marketing makeover with a theme of simple coordinated information to tell users what to buy and how to use it.”
