Add a reading: date, time and values

This page describes the whole input screen on the Data tab, from top to bottom. If you are new to the app, start with Record your first blood pressure reading. Everything here is free.

The page describes the input screen with the title Manual blood pressure measurement. It is the one most people see. If your Data tab looks smaller, with round icons and number wheels, see The smaller input screen at the end.

Date and time

The fields Date and Time show the current date and time and keep running until you change them. When you measure and record at once, leave them as they are.

To record a reading you took earlier:

1. Tap Date. Choose the day in the calendar and tap OK.

2. Tap Time. Choose the time and tap OK. The clock follows your phone's 12- or 24-hour setting.

The app does not stop you from choosing a day in the future, so check the date before you save. After you save, both fields go back to the current date and time.

The row of buttons

Under Manual blood pressure measurement there is a row of buttons. Which ones you see depends on your phone:

• Enable Weather: only shown while the app may not use your location. See Weather with your readings.
• Calm down: a short breathing exercise. See Do a short breathing exercise before measuring.
• Dictate: say the numbers instead of setting them. See Say your reading instead of setting it.
• Scan: let the camera read your monitor's display. See Fill in a reading from your monitor's display.

The question-mark icon next to the title shows a short text about the app. Tapping OK there opens a video on YouTube; tap Cancel to close it.

Systolic, diastolic and pulse

The three sliders are Sys. (systolic, in mmHg), Dia. (diastolic, in mmHg) and Pul. (pulse, in beats per minute).

• Swipe a slider left or right until the right value is in the middle.
• Or tap the number and type the value. The keyboard's next key takes you to the next slider.

Each slider goes from 1 to 300. The sliders start at your last reading, so you usually only move them a little. Before your first reading they start at 110, 80 and 50.

Under the sliders the app shows the category of the values you set, with its colour. See What the colours and categories mean.

The app does not check the values. Make sure the systolic value is the first, larger number on your monitor and the diastolic value the second.

Tags, description, weight and oxygen

Scroll down for the optional parts. All of them are saved together with the reading.

• Tags: tap one or more, for example the arm you used. See Add tags and notes to a reading.
• Description: a free note, for example how you feel.
• Weight and Oxygen saturation: tap the plus next to them to add a value. See Record weight and oxygen saturation.

Save

Tap Add at the bottom of the screen. The app shows Data has been saved..

The reading is saved to the profile that is selected. If several people use the app, check the profile at the top before you save; see Profiles for family members.

After saving, the date and time go back to now, and the tags, description and oxygen saturation are cleared for the next reading.

The icons at the top

On the Data tab there are two icons at the top right:

• Share opens the screen to export and send your readings, see Create a PDF report for your doctor.
• The house icon switches between this input screen and the smaller one.

The smaller input screen

Some people see a smaller input screen. It has the same date and time fields, then five round icons: values, note, tags, weight and oxygen. Swipe left or tap an icon to move between them. The values are set on three wheels, SYSTOLIC, DIASTOLIC and PULSE. Tap Add to save; the app shows Saved!.

The smaller screen has no Calm down, Dictate or Scan button. To switch to the larger screen described on this page, tap the house icon at the top right. Tap it again to switch back.

What to check if it does not work

• The app shows Opps, something went wrong. after Add. The reading was not saved. Try again; if it keeps happening, restart the app.
• A typed value is wrong. A slider only shows values from 1 to 300. Type a value in this range and check it before you save.
• The reading appears on the wrong day in History. Open it, correct the date and time and save; see Edit or delete a reading.
• The reading is missing in History. It may have been saved to another profile, or a filter may be hiding it; see Find readings in your history.