diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5326ef1f29..fa6cc50365 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 - [#711](https://github.com/helmholtz-analytics/heat/pull/711) `isfinite()`, `isinf()`, `isnan()`
 - [#743](https://github.com/helmholtz-analytics/heat/pull/743) `isneginf()`, `isposinf()`
 
+### Types
+- [#738](https://github.com/helmholtz-analytics/heat/pull/738) `iscomplex()`, `isreal()`
+
 
 ## Bug fixes
 - [#709](https://github.com/helmholtz-analytics/heat/pull/709) Set the encoding for README.md in setup.py explicitly.
diff --git a/heat/core/tests/test_types.py b/heat/core/tests/test_types.py
index 5b98defb6c..7108650ad0 100644
--- a/heat/core/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/heat/core/tests/test_types.py
@@ -113,6 +113,72 @@ def test_complex128(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(ht.complex128.char(), "c16")
 
+    def test_iscomplex(self):
+        a = ht.array([1, 1.2, 1 + 1j, 1 + 0j])
+        s = ht.array([False, False, True, False])
+        r = ht.iscomplex(a)
+        self.assertEqual(r.shape, s.shape)
+        self.assertEqual(r.dtype, s.dtype)
+        self.assertEqual(r.device, s.device)
+        self.assertTrue(ht.equal(r, s))
+
+        a = ht.array([1, 1.2, True], split=0)
+        s = ht.array([False, False, False], split=0)
+        r = ht.iscomplex(a)
+        self.assertEqual(r.shape, s.shape)
+        self.assertEqual(r.dtype, s.dtype)
+        self.assertEqual(r.device, s.device)
+        self.assertTrue(ht.equal(r, s))
+
+        a = ht.ones((6, 6), dtype=ht.bool, split=0)
+        s = ht.zeros((6, 6), dtype=ht.bool, split=0)
+        r = ht.iscomplex(a)
+        self.assertEqual(r.shape, s.shape)
+        self.assertEqual(r.dtype, s.dtype)
+        self.assertEqual(r.device, s.device)
+        self.assertTrue(ht.equal(r, s))
+
+        a = ht.full((5, 5), 1 + 1j, dtype=ht.int, split=1)
+        s = ht.ones((5, 5), dtype=ht.bool, split=1)
+        r = ht.iscomplex(a)
+        self.assertEqual(r.shape, s.shape)
+        self.assertEqual(r.dtype, s.dtype)
+        self.assertEqual(r.device, s.device)
+        self.assertTrue(ht.equal(r, s))
+
+    def test_isreal(self):
+        a = ht.array([1, 1.2, 1 + 1j, 1 + 0j])
+        s = ht.array([True, True, False, True])
+        r = ht.isreal(a)
+        self.assertEqual(r.shape, s.shape)
+        self.assertEqual(r.dtype, s.dtype)
+        self.assertEqual(r.device, s.device)
+        self.assertTrue(ht.equal(r, s))
+
+        a = ht.array([1, 1.2, True], split=0)
+        s = ht.array([True, True, True], split=0)
+        r = ht.isreal(a)
+        self.assertEqual(r.shape, s.shape)
+        self.assertEqual(r.dtype, s.dtype)
+        self.assertEqual(r.device, s.device)
+        self.assertTrue(ht.equal(r, s))
+
+        a = ht.ones((6, 6), dtype=ht.bool, split=0)
+        s = ht.ones((6, 6), dtype=ht.bool, split=0)
+        r = ht.isreal(a)
+        self.assertEqual(r.shape, s.shape)
+        self.assertEqual(r.dtype, s.dtype)
+        self.assertEqual(r.device, s.device)
+        self.assertTrue(ht.equal(r, s))
+
+        a = ht.full((5, 5), 1 + 1j, dtype=ht.int, split=1)
+        s = ht.zeros((5, 5), dtype=ht.bool, split=1)
+        r = ht.isreal(a)
+        self.assertEqual(r.shape, s.shape)
+        self.assertEqual(r.dtype, s.dtype)
+        self.assertEqual(r.device, s.device)
+        self.assertTrue(ht.equal(r, s))
+
 
 class TestTypeConversion(TestCase):
     def test_can_cast(self):
diff --git a/heat/core/types.py b/heat/core/types.py
index 1d3b5d305a..a97d755999 100644
--- a/heat/core/types.py
+++ b/heat/core/types.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 from . import communication
 from . import devices
 from . import factories
+from . import _operations
+from . import sanitation
 
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@
     "double",
     "flexible",
     "can_cast",
+    "iscomplex",
+    "isreal",
     "issubdtype",
     "promote_types",
     "complex64",
@@ -607,6 +611,42 @@ def can_cast(from_, to, casting="intuitive"):
                 break
 
 
+def iscomplex(x):
+    """
+    Test element-wise if input is complex.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x : DNDarray
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> ht.iscomplex(ht.array([1+1j, 1]))
+    DNDarray([ True, False], dtype=ht.bool, device=cpu:0, split=None)
+    """
+    sanitation.sanitize_in(x)
+
+    if issubclass(x.dtype, _complexfloating):
+        return x.imag != 0
+    else:
+        return factories.zeros(x.shape, bool, split=x.split, device=x.device, comm=x.comm)
+
+
+def isreal(x):
+    """
+    Test element-wise if input is real-valued.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    x : DNDarray
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    ht.iscomplex(ht.array([1+1j, 1]))
+    """
+    return _operations.__local_op(torch.isreal, x, None, no_cast=True)
+
+
 def issubdtype(arg1, arg2):
     """
     Returns True if first argument is a typecode lower/equal in type hierarchy.