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Apple Health: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Apple Health is the health app on iPhone and iPad, designed to bring health information such as activity, sleep, medication and heart rate into one place. With an Apple Watch, AirPods and iPhone it can record heart rhythm, sleep, hearing, cycle data and mood, among other things. Users can share reports as PDFs with their care team and optionally contribute to studies through the Apple Research app. The app is part of iOS; data is kept on the device and can be synchronised through iCloud.

Apple Health is provided by Apple Inc. in the United States, with no separate parent company. According to Apple, health data on the device is encrypted, and data in iCloud is encrypted in transit and at rest; with two-factor authentication Apple says it cannot read the synchronised data. For users in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Apple Distribution International Limited in Ireland is the data controller. Apple generally stores data collected worldwide in the United States, using standard contractual clauses for transfers.

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Sovereignty score
17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-210
    Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
  • Data residency SOV-30
    No hosting in Europe (US)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
    Key management with a non-European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026
Headquarters
US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
USVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Personal Health & DNA
Type
Product
Website
apple.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Apple Health

The European alternatives to Apple Health come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Apple Health

Apple Health is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Apple Health hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

Apple Health is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Apple Health together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Apple Health?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Apple Health include 24Genetics, 7Mind and Aware. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Apple Health?

Our list of EU alternatives to Apple Health is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Apple Health GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Apple Health is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 11, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Personal Health & DNA

Personal Health & DNA: Blood testing, preventive health checks, telehealth and consumer DNA tests. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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