Health Connect and Ayuvo: use both.

Health Connect is Android's shared store for health and fitness data, kept on your device. Ayuvo is an app that sits on top of it: with your permission it reads Health Connect, mirrors the data locally with charts, and adds records, medications, nutrition, workouts and a coach.

Facts about Health Connect checked 2026-09-25 · See the sources

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01 At a glance

Ayuvo and Health Connect, side by side.

What each one does on the points people ask about most. Every statement about Health Connect links to its own page.

Ayuvo compared with Health Connect
Compared on	Ayuvo	Health Connect
What it is	An app that reads Health Connect and adds its own charts, diary, records and coach.	A health and fitness data platform on Android that lets apps share data with the user's permission¹
Where data is stored	A local mirror of the types you grant. Never in a cloud backup.	Stores and structures data on the user's Android device¹
Permissions	Asks only for the types it needs. You can revoke access in Health Connect settings.	Requires user permission before an app reads data, with controls to manage it¹
Browsing and charts	Day, week, month, six-month and year charts, sources and units for every metric.	A screen for browsing data and managing permissions¹
Medical records	Camera, scan, file, paste or the share sheet. Read on your phone, with values and highlights.	Supports medical records in FHIR format with its own permissions screen. The APIs are marked experimental and still changing²
Meals, workouts and coach	Meals (photo, barcode, voice), workouts, water, fasting and medications. Optional. Your own key (15 providers) or a model that runs on the phone.	It is a platform: apps read and write the data¹
Android versions	Android 8.0 and later.	Android SDK 28 (Android 9) and higher¹
iPhone	Yes, using Apple Health.	No. It is part of Android¹

Where Health Connect is stronger

Start here if these matter most to you.

It is the shared layer several apps can write to, so data from different apps can meet in one place under your permissions¹.
It has its own permissions screen, so you decide which app can read or write what¹.
It supports medical records in the open FHIR format, with a separate permissions screen, though the APIs are still marked experimental².

Where Ayuvo is different

Ayuvo turns the stored data into charts by day, week, month, six months and year, with sources and units.
It adds photo, barcode and voice meal logging, a workout diary, record scanning, medication reminders and a coach.
It also runs on iPhone with Apple Health, and Export All Data moves your history between platforms.
AI is optional and yours: your own key, or a model on the phone.

See every data flow

Where Ayuvo is limited

What Ayuvo does not do, so you can decide with the full picture.

Ayuvo depends on Health Connect for your Health data. Without it the Health data hub has nothing to show.
It mirrors only the types you grant, and without the history permission Android limits how far back it can read.
Your data lives on your phone. Records and Health data are not in cloud backups, so keep an Export All Data file if you would miss them.
AI on your own key is billed by the provider you chose, and on-device models need a one-time download and a phone with enough memory.
Ayuvo is a young project with no independent reviews yet. Its code is open, so you can check what it does.
Ayuvo is not on the App Store or Google Play yet, so it is listed as coming soon. You can build it from source today.

02 Which fits

Choosing between them.

Choose Health Connect if

You want the system store that several apps can share
You build or use other apps that read and write Health Connect

Choose Ayuvo if

You want charts, meals, workouts, records and medications in one app
You may switch between Android and iPhone

Use both if

Keep Health Connect as the store and let Ayuvo read it
Ayuvo writes back only nutrition, weight, height, body fat and calculated active calories that you log

Sources

Facts about Health Connect were taken from these pages.

Health Connect overview, Android Developers checked 2026-09-25
Health Connect medical records, Android Developers checked 2026-09-25

About this comparison. It is written by the Ayuvo team, so it is not neutral. Facts about Health Connect come from its own public pages, listed above and checked on 2026-09-25. Products change, so check Health Connect for current details, and email us if something is wrong. Health Connect is a trademark of its owner. Ayuvo is not affiliated with or endorsed by Health Connect.