Accessibility in Body Vitals
This page lists what Body Vitals supports on iPhone and Apple Watch, how it behaves with your accessibility settings, and the parts that aren't fully accessible yet. It matches the Accessibility labels on the App Store.
At a glance - iPhone
| Feature | Status |
|---|---|
| Dark Interface | Supported - the app is dark by default on every screen; a light theme (Arctic White) is optional in Settings |
| Reduced Motion | Supported - Vitals Core, Recovery Planet, the heartbeat strip and other looping effects hold still |
| VoiceOver | Not yet - main buttons are labelled, but many charts and cards are not described yet |
| Voice Control | Not yet |
| Larger Text | Not yet - most dashboard text uses fixed sizes |
| Differentiate Without Color Alone | Not yet - scores show words such as Excellent or Low, but some charts use colour only |
| Sufficient Contrast | Not yet - some small secondary text is low contrast |
| Captions / Audio Descriptions | Not applicable - Body Vitals has no videos or spoken audio |
At a glance - Apple Watch
| Feature | Status |
|---|---|
| VoiceOver | Supported - each home tile reads as one item with its value; Settings and the metric order buttons are labelled |
| Larger Text | Supported - home tiles and status screens follow your text size, and Large Text mode shows fewer, bigger metrics |
| Dark Interface | Supported |
Motion
Reduce Motion
With Reduce Motion on (Settings > Accessibility > Motion), the animated visuals become still: Vitals Core stops beating and breathing, Recovery Planet stops spinning, the heartbeat strip and the background scan line stop. The numbers and text are the same.
Languages
The app, widgets and the Apple Watch app are available in 21 languages: English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese. Some feature names (Recovery Battery, Morning Reveal, Echo, Vitals Core) stay in English by design.
What isn't fully accessible yet
- VoiceOver on iPhone: charts, the Readiness Radar, Vitals Core and Recovery Planet are visual and are not described in full yet.
- Larger Text on iPhone: most dashboard cards use fixed text sizes, so they don't grow with your text size setting.
- Colour: some trend charts and the weekly heatmap rely on green, amber and red.
- Contrast: some small secondary labels are dim against the dark background.
If one of these gets in your way, please tell us. We are working through them.
Email [email protected]. Mention the screen, the accessibility feature you use and your iPhone or Apple Watch model. More help is on the support page.
Last updated 23 October 2026 · Body Vitals 4.1.5