Comparison

Care Log vs Bearable

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Care Log

Easily track symptoms, actions, medications, and vital signs for family members. Generate health summaries to share with healthcare providers or family. All data is stored locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Track symptoms and events
  • Log actions and meals
  • Manage medication and reminders
  • Record temperature and pain scale
  • Monitor blood pressure
  • Create custom health data fields
  • Generate health summaries
Features
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CareLog makes it easy to track acute illnesses for family members. It is designed for parents, care givers, or anyone needing to track one or more persons. For example, tracking flu symptoms for multiple children. You can enter and track: 1. Symptoms or events like fever, pain, rash, etc 2. Action such as breast feeding side, naps, meals, BM, etc 3. Medication taken or reminders to take medication 4. Temperature readings 5. Pain scale 6. Blood pressure 7. User defined health data You can send a summary of the health logs for each tracked person to a health providers, parents, or to other family members. The information entered into CareLog is stored only on your device. CareLog does not display ads or collect user data. CareLog is available for iPhone 5 or later and running iOS 10.

About

Bearable

This app helps you understand and manage your health by tracking symptoms, triggers, and treatments. It allows you to identify patterns and correlations to gain better control over chronic illnesses, pain, mood, and more. Securely store and analyze your health data to share with your doctor.

Highlights
  • Symptom tracking
  • Trigger identification
  • Medication and treatment logging
  • Habit and activity tracking
  • Health data correlation analysis
  • Medical appointment preparation
  • Data export and sync
Features
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Feeling overwhelmed by your health? Bearable is the symptom tracker that helps you work out what makes your symptoms, pain, migraine and mental health better or worse, so you can feel more in control. Join over 2M patients & doctors using Bearable to manage symptoms, pain, migraine, mood, medication and mental health. FIND YOUR TRIGGERS Most people arrive with one question: what is making my symptoms worse? Log how you feel in a few taps a day, and Bearable shows the correlations between your symptoms and your sleep, food, weather, stress, medication and habits, so you know which triggers to avoid. NOT SURE WHERE TO START? No diagnosis or plan needed. Rate how you feel, add a symptom or two, and Bearable suggests what to log next as your symptom diary grows. PAIN, MIGRAINE AND HEADACHE TRACKER Record pain levels, where the pain is and how long it lasts. Log migraine frequency and severity, spot the warning signs before a migraine attack, see which migraine treatments help, and learn which triggers reliably set off your headaches. The pain tracker is used every day by people managing chronic pain, migraine, arthritis, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, joint pain and back pain. MENTAL HEALTH AND MOOD TRACKER See whether your mental health is changing over time, not just how today feels. Log mood, energy, stress, sleep and anxiety alongside what is going on in your life, and see how work, exercise, social plans and the weather shape your mental health. The mental health tracker is used by people living with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD and OCD, and by anyone wanting a clearer picture of their mental health. CHRONIC ILLNESS, FATIGUE AND FLARE-UPS Log flare-ups, pain, crashes and good days to see what leads to each. Work out which activities drain you or give you energy, and give your doctor a clear record of how your chronic illness has changed. Built with people living with PoTS, EDS, fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and long covid. GUT, HORMONES AND CYCLE Log digestive symptoms, food and bathroom habits to find out which foods are behind your IBS or GERD flare-ups. See how your symptoms, pain, migraine and mood change across each phase of your cycle, useful for PCOS, PMDD, endometriosis and menstrual migraine. MEDICATION AND TREATMENTS Log medication, supplements and treatments, then see whether they are working for your pain, migraine or mental health and whether they cause side effects. The medication tracker also sets reminders so you never miss a dose or a diary entry. EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE Symptoms, pain, migraine, mood, medication, exercise and diet in one health tracker, so you can find useful patterns instead of switching between apps. - Fully customisable: record exactly what matters to you - Insights that show what correlates with your symptoms - Reports that turn months of symptom, pain and mental health logs into actionable insights - Sync steps, sleep and heart rate from Apple Health and Fitbit - Reminders, secure export, restore across devices, dark mode PRIVATE AND SECURE Your health data is encrypted. Export or delete it from within the app at any time. We will never sell your data. MADE BY PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND Created by people who live with health issues themselves, shaped by thousands of members of the chronic illness community. Our aim is to make symptom tracking simple, even on days when fatigue, pain, migraine or brain fog make everything harder. WAYS PEOPLE USE BEARABLE Symptom tracker & health diary Migraine & headache tracker Chronic Pain tracker Mental health & mood tracker Chronic illness & flare diary IBS & IBD symptom tracker PCOS, PMDD & cycle tracker PoTS & EDS tracker Medication tracker & reminders GET IN TOUCH Questions or feedback support@bearable.app Website https://bearable.app Terms https://bearable.app/terms-and-conditions Privacy https://bearable.app/privacy-policy Insights from Bearable are not medical advice. Always consult your doctor before making medical decisions.

Screenshots

Care Log4 screens
Bearable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bearable at 4.8 against Care Log's 3.4. Bearable also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 50%) and ratings volume (6.3K vs 5). Care Log's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and iOS requirement (10.1 vs 15.1). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bearable sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. Care Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bearable holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bearable has 6.3K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Care Log's written reviews are positive against 81% of Bearable's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Care Log ships an update every 2 weeks, Bearable weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Care Log versus Bearable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCare LogBearable
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings)4.8 (6.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews81.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings56.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS10.1 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB103 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTung Tree LLCBearable Ltd

Customer experience

Care Log

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bearable

All ratings6,313 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews689 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative12.3%

Bugs and requests

Care Log

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bearable

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Logging out and switching devices causes data loss
  • Customization options can be buggy

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved sleep tracking
  • Integration with more health data sources
  • Menstrual cycle tracking
  • iPad app version
  • Easier food/nutrition tracking

In-app purchases

None

Care Log

No in-app purchases

13 purchases

Bearable

Subscriptions13
  • Bearable premium$4.491 Month
  • Bearable premium$6.991 Month
  • Premium subscription7 Days trial$15.991 Year
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  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$18.991 Year
  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$22.991 Year
  • Bearable Premium7 Days trial$23.991 Year
  • Bearable premium3 Days trial$27.991 Year
  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$27.991 Year
  • Bearable premium14 Days trial$27.991 Year
  • Bearable premium1 Month trial$27.991 Year
  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Bearable premium7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Care Log free?
Care Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bearable free?
Bearable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Care Log or Bearable?
Bearable is rated higher. Care Log averages 3.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Bearable averages 4.8 from 6.3K ratings.
Do Care Log or Bearable have ads?
Neither Care Log nor Bearable shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Care Log or Bearable?
Care Log ships an update every 2 weeks, and Bearable weekly. Most recently, Care Log was updated on June 1, 2026 and Bearable on September 27, 2026.

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