The invention relates to a handheld type shower head capable of metering and prompting filter element grip update. The handheld type shower head consists of a shower head body, a shower head back cover, a battery box cover, a transparent protective cover, a flow detecting base, an axial-flow type wheel blade post, an induced magnet, an axial-flow type bracket and a signal circuit device; the flow detecting base and the axial-flow type wheel blade post are a lower grip connecting part arranged on the shower head body, and the battery box base is an upper grip connecting part arranged on the shower head back cover, and therefore, flow detecting base, the axial-flow type wheel blade post, and the battery box base are relatively close to a grip filter, the whole combined gravity center does not generate top-heavy effect, and the defect that the inner signal circuit device is damaged due to the fact that the handheld type shower head with a grip filter update warning device firstly hits the ground as a result of relatively great weight can be completely overcome.