Living with Long COVID
Many people with Long COVID budget their energy through pacing - some also track resting heart rate and heart rate variability alongside it. Sam shows you both every day, compared to your personal baseline, with zero manual tracking. Because energy for analyzing data is exactly what's in short supply.
Your data
Your wearable already captures them. Sam reads them from Apple Health and shows you how they shift against your personal baseline.
Sam reads the data your wearable already writes to Apple Health and compares it to your personal baseline - understandable, not a wall of numbers.
After an infection, "normal" looks different for everyone. Sam learns what's typical for you from your own data over recent weeks, and highlights when resting heart rate, HRV, or sleep shift away from it.
Some people factor resting heart rate and HRV into how they plan their day - this kind of self-guided pacing hasn't been scientifically validated yet. Sam lays out your numbers clearly, so you're not comparing figures yourself every day. Whether and how to use pacing is best discussed with your doctor.
Sam runs entirely in the background: no daily logging, no symptom diaries. One short question a week - that's all Sam asks. On bad days, everything keeps running on its own.
Sam is a wellness companion, not a medical device. The app does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any illness and does not replace medical advice. Consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical decisions.
Sam translates your numbers into clear answers and a report you can take with you.
Instead of interpreting charts, you ask questions - Sam answers from your own numbers. For example:
The monthly PDF report sums up your weeks objectively - for appointments, applications, or simply your own record.
Monthly Report - June
Your Health Overview
Schlaf
Gesundheitsstatus
Beispielwerte. Dein Bericht basiert auf deinen eigenen Daten - automatisch, ohne Tagebuch.
Further reading: what wearable data can show about everyday life with Long COVID - and where its limits are.
Long COVID and Post-COVID are often used interchangeably, but they refer to different timeframes. Learn the official definitions from Germany's public health institute, current prevalence estimates, and where wearable data fits in.
Which metrics matter for Long COVID - from resting heart rate and HRV to blood oxygen - and how to track them with minimal effort, plus how to prepare a report for your post-COVID clinic, GP, or insurance provider.
Pacing is currently the recommended approach for managing post-exertional malaise (PEM) in Long COVID. What PEM is, why 'just exercise more' backfires, and how some people use resting heart rate and HRV as one of several signals for their daily energy planning.
Why resting heart rate and HRV often shift in long COVID, what recent research shows about autonomic nervous system regulation, and where wearable data reaches its limits.
Pacing means budgeting your energy to help minimize overexertion and the setback that can follow it, known as post-exertional malaise (PEM). Some people with Long COVID also watch resting heart rate and HRV as one of several reference points - this kind of self-guided pacing has not been scientifically validated so far.
No. No wearable and no app can reliably predict PEM, and Sam does not try to. Sam shows your values against your personal baseline as a plain trend view, without medical assessment or recommendation.
No. Sam reads from Apple Health and works with Apple Watch, Oura, Whoop, Garmin, and other devices that sync there. All you need is an iPhone.
Not directly - an Apple Watch does not measure cognition or concentration and cannot detect brain fog. What it can show are signals like sleep quality, resting heart rate, and HRV, which some people track alongside their brain fog as context, not as an explanation or proof.
There is no universal number - the course of the condition varies widely from person to person. Sam can log your sick days over time, so you have a clear record instead of vague memories for conversations with your doctor, insurer, or employer.
A single unusual reading is usually not a cause for concern - resting heart rate and HRV naturally fluctuate. If a change persists over several days or comes with distressing symptoms like heart racing, dizziness, or shortness of breath, talk to your doctor rather than interpreting the values yourself.
Download Sam for free, connect Apple Health, and see what your data says about everyday life with Long COVID - compared to your own baseline.
Sam is a wellness companion, not a medical device. Sam does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any illness and does not replace medical advice. For health questions or concerns, always consult a qualified medical professional.