HeadApp Migraine Diary vs HeadacheWise
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.
HeadacheWise
This AI-powered app helps you track and manage headaches by logging events, symptoms, and triggers. It provides visual summaries and insights to identify patterns, empowering you to reduce headache days and share detailed history with your doctor.
- AI-powered headache tracking
- Log start/end times, intensity, symptoms
- Record medications and potential triggers
- Dynamic visual summaries and weekly insights
- Calendar view for pattern identification
- Share detailed headache history with providers
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HeadacheWise is an intuitive AI-powered tracking app designed to help you understand and manage headaches with clarity. Log events effortlessly—record start and end times, intensity, symptoms, medications taken, and potential triggers in seconds. Dynamic visual summaries, weekly insights, and a vast calendar view uncover patterns and associations that can lead to fewer headache days and improved quality of life. Developed with physician input from a top U.S. hospital, HeadacheWise combines medical expertise with the limitless potential of AI to transform your data into actionable insights. Whether you experience occasional migraines or chronic headaches, HeadacheWise empowers you to recognize trends, eliminate triggers, and share a detailed headache history with your healthcare provider. Created by a student who knows firsthand the challenges of migraine, HeadacheWise is more than an app—it’s a mission to help the headache community gain understanding, relief, and hope for a pain-free future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HeadacheWise at 5.0 against HeadApp Migraine Diary's 4.4. HeadacheWise also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%). HeadApp Migraine Diary's advantage is ratings volume (73 vs 9). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
HeadacheWise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HeadApp Migraine Diary has 73 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of HeadApp Migraine Diary's written reviews are positive against 100% of HeadacheWise's.
HeadApp Migraine Diary ships an update every 3 months, HeadacheWise every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HeadApp Migraine Diary | HeadacheWise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (73 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | DAVIDE PERTEGHELLA | Maclane Zich |
Customer experience
HeadApp Migraine Diary
HeadacheWise
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
HeadacheWise
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HeadApp Migraine Diary
No in-app purchases
HeadacheWise
No in-app purchases






