HeadApp Migraine Diary vs Cranium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HeadApp Migraine Diary
This app helps you track and understand your headaches. Record pain details, identify triggers, and view statistics to better manage your condition. It integrates with Apple Health for a comprehensive overview of your well-being.
- Record pain duration, intensity, and location
- Identify headache triggers and symptoms
- Track medications and hormonal factors
- View easy-to-read statistics and graphs
- Share reports with doctors and caregivers
- Integrates with Apple Health for sleep data
- Offline and online storage options
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Start recording your headache, track your pain intensity and pain location changes during the single attack. *no need to fill in your personal data*. HeadApp is more than a headache diary. It gives you the chance to live better by letting you fully understand your headache through a guided input of fundamental data that will be processed to return you easy to read statistics and graphs. It replaces the paper headache diary that headache doctors suggest patient to fill in order to have a correct diagnosis and appropriated therapy. HeadApp! helps you also to discover your triggers and prevent an attack. This App has been developed by neurologists and patients suffering different headache types. Highlights: -record pain duration -intensity -classification -position -triggers -symptoms -medications -hormonal factors -impairment Charts/report everything: simple to read yet built on professional guidelines. Easy to share with your family/friend/care givers and doctor through mail,messaging, and other chats. Apple Health integration: automatically export your headaches and sleep log to Health or read sleep data (import) collected by Health compatible apps in order to compare it against your headache patterns More: - Sleep diary with automatic detection of sleep and wake-up alarm - Graphical correlation of sleep/headache patterns - Monthly calendar view with color highlighting of different headaches - Personal headache profile to assist you in filling your headache records - Offline mode (no network required) or online (cloud based) storage mode with user registration *(only e-mail, no marketing use of your e-mail)* This App is not an alternative to proper specialistic medical treatment, is not a medical device and you are always invited to consult a physician for any health related issue.
Cranium
Easily log headache attacks, symptoms, and medication use. Generate clear reports to identify triggers and discuss with your doctor. Integrates with Health app for menstrual cycle correlation.
- Quick attack logging
- Symptom and trigger tracking
- Medication tracking
- Doctor-shareable reports
- Menstrual cycle correlation
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Tracking attacks is quick and easy. Record ongoing attack in just 2 taps. Get clean and comprehensible reports about most frequent headache triggers and symptoms to share with your doctor. Track how much medication you take. Use data about your menstruation cycle from Health app to see how it correlates with you headache.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cranium at 4.6 against HeadApp Migraine Diary's 4.4. HeadApp Migraine Diary's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 73%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cranium holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 165 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of HeadApp Migraine Diary's written reviews are positive against 73% of Cranium's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HeadApp Migraine Diary ships an update every 3 months, Cranium every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HeadApp Migraine Diary | Cranium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (73 ratings) | 4.6 (165 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better | 73.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 73 | 165 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAVIDE PERTEGHELLA | Elena Zhalina |
Customer experience
HeadApp Migraine Diary
Cranium
Bugs and requests
HeadApp Migraine Diary
Reported bugs
3 issues- Dates/times not visible in dark mode
- Calendar not working correctly after updates
- Inability to login or sync data
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to track medication dosage
- Integration with other health apps/devices
- More customization options
- Ability to track non-headache symptoms
Cranium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HeadApp Migraine Diary
No in-app purchases
Cranium
No in-app purchases
