Comparison

My Pollen Forecast vs Bearable

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

Head to head
About

My Pollen Forecast

Track pollen counts and your allergy symptoms with daily forecasts and a symptom diary. Get push notifications for high pollen days and discover your specific triggers. This app helps you prepare for allergy and asthma difficulties.

Highlights
  • Pollen count map
  • Multi-day pollen forecast
  • Symptom diary
  • Allergen identification
  • High pollen push notifications
Features
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My Pollen Forecast is the best app for tracking the pollen count and your allergens. With a sleek modern design, you can view hayfever forecasts for the upcoming days and keep a diary of your symptoms. By using the app you will become more prepared for any allergy or asthma difficulties you could experience. - Shows a map where you can see which areas have the highest pollen count! - Several day pollen forecast including temperature, wind and humidity! - Use the app as a tracker for how you feel to monitor your symptoms over time. - Discover which pollens you are most allergic to by adding diary entries frequently. - Receive push notifications when the pollen count is expected to be high! - Full support for the latest iPhone and iPad models. If you want the most efficient way of keeping up with pollen forecasts and counts, then My Pollen Forecast is the right app for you. This version is ad-supported and is similar to apps such as WebMD Allergy and Pollen.com. * The app currently only supports the contiguous US and the UK. States such as Alaska and Hawaii are unfortunately not supported.*

About

Bearable

Track your symptoms, pain, and mental health to identify triggers and patterns. This app helps you manage chronic conditions, medication, and daily habits for better health control. Gain insights into what improves or worsens your well-being.

Highlights
  • Symptom and pain logging
  • Mental health and mood tracking
  • Medication and treatment monitoring
  • Trigger identification
  • Customizable health diary
  • Integration with Apple Health and Fitbit
  • Actionable health reports
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

My Pollen Forecast3 screens
Bearable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Pollen Forecast at none against Bearable's 10. My Pollen Forecast also leads on ratings volume (27K vs 6.7K). Bearable's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (81% vs 59%). On price, rating, update cadence 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. My Pollen Forecast asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for My Pollen Forecast against 4.8 for Bearable. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27K and 6.7K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of My Pollen Forecast's written reviews are positive against 81% of Bearable's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
My Pollen Forecast versus Bearable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Pollen ForecastBearable
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (27K ratings)4.8 (6.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.1% of reviews81.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27K — better6.7K
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#170 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJRustonApps B.V.Bearable Ltd

Customer experience

My Pollen Forecast

All ratings26,839 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral10.1%
Negative30.8%

Bearable

All ratings6,675 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews727 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.4%

User reviews

My Pollen Forecast

From 27K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Helpful pollen forecasts
  • 📋 Useful allergy diary
  • 💡 Identifies specific allergens
  • 🔍 Detailed pollen data

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate pollen data
  • 🔍 Limited allergen tracking
  • 📋 Restrictive diary features
  • 💸 Ads in paid version
  • 🔋 High battery consumption

Bearable

From 6.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Highly customizable
  • 🚀 Comprehensive health tracking
  • 💡 Helpful for chronic illness management
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 👍 Integrates with Apple Health

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Privacy concerns around data sharing
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Requires account creation
  • 💰 Premium features behind paywall

Bugs and requests

My Pollen Forecast

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing/crashing issues
  • Incorrect pollen data
  • Diary entries not saving properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Customizable allergen tracking
  • Ability to log symptoms over time
  • Longer pollen forecasts
  • Location-based alerts
  • Pollen history and trends

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

My Pollen Forecast

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Bearable

Subscriptions10
  • 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$23.991 Year
  • Bearable premium3 Days trial$27.991 Year
  • Bearable premium7 Days 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 My Pollen Forecast free?
My Pollen Forecast 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, My Pollen Forecast or Bearable?
Bearable is rated higher. My Pollen Forecast averages 4.7 out of 5 from 27K ratings, while Bearable averages 4.8 from 6.7K ratings.
Do My Pollen Forecast or Bearable have ads?
My Pollen Forecast shows ads; Bearable does not.
Which is updated more often, My Pollen Forecast or Bearable?
My Pollen Forecast ships an update weekly, and Bearable weekly. Most recently, My Pollen Forecast was updated on November 11, 2026 and Bearable on November 11, 2026.

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