How to Export Your Apple Health Data (2025 Guide)
The Apple Health app is the central command for your personal health data, from daily activity to critical biometrics captured by your iPhone and Apple Watch. But while this data is immensely valuable, it's also locked inside Apple's ecosystem. Whether you're a developer, a researcher, or simply a curious individual who wants to own a copy of your own data, you need a reliable way to export it. This definitive guide covers all the methods to export your Apple Health data in 2025.
Why Export Your Apple Health Data?
Before we dive into the "how," let's cover the "why." Having a portable copy of your health data empowers you to:
- Perform Custom Analysis: Go beyond the Health app's built-in charts. Use spreadsheets or advanced tools to find trends and correlations unique to you.
- Create a Secure Backup: An independent Apple Health data backup protects you from data corruption, accidental deletion, or issues when switching devices.
- Share Data with Professionals: Provide your doctor, trainer, or physical therapist with a detailed dataset they can easily review.
- Fuel Development Projects: Developers can use real-world HealthKit data to build and test new applications and services.
Method 1: The Official Apple Health Export (The Hard Way)
Apple provides a built-in function to export your data. It's comprehensive, but the output is not user-friendly.
- Open the Health App on your iPhone.
- Tap your profile icon in the top-right corner.
- Scroll to the bottom and tap Export All Health Data.
- Confirm by tapping Export and wait for the process to complete.
- When the Share Sheet appears, save the
health-records.zipfile.
What you get: Inside the ZIP file is export.xml, a massive and complex file. This file is difficult to use without technical expertise and usually requires a secondary process to convert the Apple Health XML to a usable format like CSV.
Method 2: "Health Data Export" App (The Easy Way)
A far simpler approach is to use our dedicated iOS app, which is designed to solve the problems of the official method. It provides a direct, one-tap export into clean, analysis-ready formats.
| Feature | Official Method | "Health Data Export" App |
|---|---|---|
| Output Format | Complex XML | Clean CSV, JSON, XML |
| Ease of Use | Multi-step, confusing | Simple, one-tap export |
| Time to Usable Data | Over 15 minutes | Under 60 seconds |
| Requires Conversion | Yes, almost always | No, format is ready-to-use |
By using the app, you get a direct Apple Health to CSV export without ever having to see or handle the complicated XML file.
Your End-to-End Data Workflow
- Export: Use the "Health Data Export" iOS app to get a clean CSV or JSON file.
- Transfer: AirDrop the file to your Mac.
- Analyze: Use the "AI Analyzer" for Mac to analyze your Apple Health data with AI, creating charts, finding trends, and gaining personalized insights.
This workflow puts you in complete control, from raw data collection to sophisticated analysis.
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