# StressScan - check your stress

> Medical

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id673503525](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id673503525)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id673503525`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Stress Scan Inc.
- **Category:** Medical
- **Rating:** 3.70 / 5 (214 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.14.4
- **Last updated:** 2025-03-18
- **First published:** 2013-08-01
- **Size:** 47 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stressscan-check-your-stress/id673503525)
- **Website:** [https://stress-scan.com/en/](https://stress-scan.com/en/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://dumsco.com/privacy/](https://dumsco.com/privacy/)

## Description

StressScan is an HRV-based stress assessment tool that quantifies your stress on a 1-100 scale. By placing your finger over the mobile camera and flash for about two minutes, it analyzes heartbeat waveforms to gauge autonomic nervous system balance.

Built on heart-rate variability science, StressScan supports daily stress tracking and helps you understand how meals, travel, and relaxation affect stress. It requires a camera-enabled device and internet access.

## Rankings

- #110,893 — Overall

## Review summary

StressScan shows potential as a stress-tracking tool using HRV-based scores and time-based trend tracking, but is hampered by unreliable measurements, scanning issues, device compatibility problems, sign-in errors, and intrusive ads. A minority of users report accuracy and usefulness, but overall reviews emphasize reliability and usability concerns.

### Pros

- Some users report very accurate readings when the measurements work, indicating potential usefulness.
- The app uses heart rate variability (HRV) to derive a 0-100 stress score, which some reviewers find credible and reflective of changes in stress.
- A subset of users finds value in tracking stress over time through repetitive measurements, suggesting potential for trend monitoring.

### Cons

- Readings are often inaccurate or highly inconsistent, with rapid and implausible fluctuations in heart rate and stress scores.
- Biometric scanning is unreliable (finger scan) and can fail if the finger placement or contact is not perfect, leading to poor or no measurements.
- Compatibility issues with newer iPhone models and lenses; some devices/OS versions do not support the app or behave unpredictably.
- Sign-in and account creation frequently fail, with errors that prevent use or require repeated attempts.
- Intrusive ads and promotional prompts disrupt the user experience and interject before or during results.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id673503525)