Eko: Digital Stethoscope + ECG

I use this app and device with my iPad. Every freaking day I have to delete and redownload the app so that it launches and so I can use it. Why the heck can’t this be fixed? My iPad does not have cell service so this is maybe what the problem is? Who knows. I am so sick and tired of deleting and redownloading this terrible app so I can make this Bluetooth device work. Unbelievably frustrating.

It won't even let me use the basic unless I use the 14 day trial. That is ridiculous I should be able just to use it. Spent more than enough on it.

Recent updates have removed the ability to boost the volume and now can only use your phone’s volume control but even turned up all the way it’s not loud enough. Almost returned it a couple months ago because the recordings couldn’t be heard but now with the latest update they removed the ability to save recordings altogether. I regret not returning it.

I just got this today… but now reading all the reviews. Can’t lie has me nervous or scared that I may have paid for something that isn’t worth it. But I will be trying it today and see how it goes. *crossing fingers* that I’ll have a great experience like others have. 3 stars for now since I have to rate it. Keep it in the middle til my finale review.

Expensive. When I purchased the Eko I was willing to pay a premium for this commodity product given its additional functionality. I’ve highly recommended this to colleagues. Any useful features have been greedily hidden behind a paywall, downgrading my device to an audio amplifier, which I can build for single digit dollars. I now highly discourage anyone from purchasing. You pay multiple times for modest functionality: once in the overpriced HW, then continually in the subscription to unlock basic features. The hardware itself has little value without the subscription. The company has lost its way. Those of us that bought before the business model change have essentially had our devices deactivated. I expected more. Those buying now, expect to pay more or lose functionality in the future.

The stethoscope and app work great. Terrific stethoscope for heart sounds.

I enjoy the stethoscope a lot, but I never find myself wanting to pull my phone out with patients around. I think that a smart watch version of the app would be more practical.

I purchased the Core and the Duo in 2021. The Duo lasted about 2 years and is bricked. Won’t charge. Won’t hold charge. The core is poorly designed. The on button seems built to be turned on just by carrying the stethoscope around, which means it’s perpetually dead. I wouldn’t dream of paying $500 for the new one. The app works ok. A bit clunky.

Was unaware my $400+ Littmann Core requires me to pay an additional $100+ a year in order to access key features like AFIB and murmur detection. Additionally, it can’t seem to detect a correct heart rate on a recording. It also refuses to play back the recording on your phones speaker, you can’t hear it without headphones. Additionally, I have trouble hearing on patients. I can hear on myself okay. But on patients? It’s like it doesn’t even work. I thought I was going crazy because I couldn’t hear anything. Mine is engraved so I can’t return it. Bummer kinda. I was so excited, and initially thought it worked well until I used it in the hospital. Maybe I need to get the hang of it or something, but the extra “subscription fee” is almost enough for me. It’s sad because I really wanted the Eko Core 500 in the future, but with companies putting everything you physically purchase behind a paywall (think, the push-to-start button on your car or heated seats both of which came with the car you paid multiple grand for, all because it’s digital and remote) I have immense reservations. There is no way to guarantee they won’t nuke the functionality of the product I purchase (and based on reviews it seems they already did). I used to want everything to go digital. Now I’m unsure. Sad.

Don’t bother with downloading this app if you just want it for your own health & heart condition. Apparently we common folks are too dumb for it