Comparison

Migraine Insight vs Simple Migraine Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Migraine Insight

This app helps you identify headache and migraine triggers by tracking symptoms, medications, and lifestyle factors. It integrates with other health apps to provide powerful analysis, aiding in better care team collaboration and progress.

Highlights
  • Symptom and trigger tracking
  • Medication logging
  • Automated data integration (weather, workouts, sleep)
  • Customizable tracking options
  • Pattern finder for triggers
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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"The absolute best migraine app!" – Dr. Pulde, Harvard Medical School Proven techniques from advanced headache clinics help you easily track the right information, and finally find your real triggers. Find your real triggers in weeks instead of years and make real progress reducing episodes. Finding triggers with this app has helped tens of thousands of users reduce or eliminate migraines. This full-featured headache journal: Helps you track quickly and see a clear log of your data. No endless tracking of questions that aren't relevant to you. Finds your strongest trigger patterns based on the time between your trigger exposures and the start of your symptoms. Helps you have better appointments with the #1 clinical report, according to the 2025 Survey of Clinical Neurologists. Logging is easy and includes quickly tracking time of suspected triggers. Our patent-pending analysis uses your own unique dataset to pinpoint patterns based on the timing of events. Designed by doctors, this app has helped tens of thousands of people identify triggers and finally solve the puzzle of what’s making them sick. Odds are, your doctor told you to find triggers. We built an app that helps you do it. Health, location and barometric pressure auto-logging makes building your log easy. Some triggers take days to appear. Some only show up in combination. Our pattern finder sorts it all out and surfaces patterns that matter most to you. Doctors love our migraine diary reports. You’ll love finally knowing your real triggers. Get started for free today. --- FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS All these great features to help you work better with your care team and make real progress. Full-Featured Journal: ** Easiest. Tracking. Ever. (Get it just for this!) ** Both doctors and patients love our journal. Track anything you want. Record migraines in seconds. Come back later to fill in the details. Automated tracking: Weather and Barometer Workouts Steps Sleep Location (Do certain locations cause you to have more migraines? Our users LOVE this feature.) Fully custom tracking: We don't force you to track things you don't want to track. Pattern Finder: Finally know your real migraine triggers. Your records are there when you need them: Clear records for your care team or at the ER. Make better medication decisions with a clear log of past trials. Integrates with iPhone Health App so you can pull in data you tracked with Fitbit, Oura, Apple Watch and more. If your iPhone tracks it into health, you can bring it into your log in Migraine Insight. CHRONIC MIGRAINE 'PAIN LEVEL TRACKING' MODE The app works great for all headache types. And, for people living with chronic migraine, there's a pain level mode to record pain levels instead of episodes. This is a headache diary with real insights to help you get better faster. Download and start tracking today for free. Terms and Conditions - https://www.migraineinsight.com/tos/ Privacy Policy - https://www.migraineinsight.com/privacy-statement/

About

Simple Migraine Tracker

Effortlessly log migraine attacks with a single tap. This app automatically gathers crucial data like weather, location, and activity to help you identify patterns and potential triggers without tedious data entry. Sync across devices and integrate with Apple Health for comprehensive insights into your headache patterns.

Highlights
  • One-tap migraine logging
  • Automatic data collection (weather, location, activity)
  • Pattern and trigger identification
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Apple Health integration
  • Privacy-focused data handling
Features
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Track migraines instantly with one simple tap. Used by thousands of migraine sufferers to quickly track attacks and identify triggers. Simple Migraine Tracker is a migraine diary designed for one reason: simplicity. Most migraine trackers require you to answer dozens of questions when you're already in pain. Simple Migraine Tracker automatically records the important details so you don't have to. When a migraine hits, all you need to do is tap once. Your phone already collects valuable data like weather, location, activity, and time of day. Simple Migraine Tracker uses this information to automatically build a powerful migraine log that helps you understand patterns and triggers. With one tap, Simple Migraine Tracker automatically: • Records the exact time of your migraine attack • Tracks patterns by time of day, day of week, and month • Records weather conditions including temperature and barometric pressure • Helps identify possible migraine triggers and patterns • Logs location to help identify environmental factors • Tracks fitness and activity levels to help understand stress • Syncs your migraine diary across all your devices Simple Migraine Tracker integrates with Apple Health (HealthKit) to analyze activity, heart rate, and other biometric signals that may correlate with migraine attacks. Your privacy is our priority. Your migraine records stay private and under your control. We do not sell your data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Migraine Insight4 screens
Simple Migraine Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Migraine Insight and Simple Migraine Tracker both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 69% of Migraine Insight's written reviews are positive against 48% of Simple Migraine Tracker's. Migraine Insight also leads on ratings volume (460 vs 52). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Migraine Insight sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Simple Migraine Tracker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Migraine Insight against 4.4 for Simple Migraine Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Migraine Insight has 460 ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Migraine Insight's written reviews are positive against 48% of Simple Migraine Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Migraine Insight ships an update monthly, Simple Migraine Tracker every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Migraine Insight versus Simple Migraine Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMigraine InsightSimple Migraine Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (460 ratings) — better4.4 (52 ratings)
Positive reviews69.0% of reviews — better48.5% of reviews
Number of ratings460 — better52
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB201 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShiny New AppHuki Labs

Customer experience

Migraine Insight

All ratings460 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive69.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative27.0%

Simple Migraine Tracker

All ratings53 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral21.2%
Negative30.3%

Bugs and requests

Migraine Insight

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Inability to log past headaches
  • Incorrect time/date recording
  • Scrolling issues
  • Inconsistent data syncing
  • Crashing on newer updates
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  • Incompatibility with third-party apps

Requested features

7 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to log short-duration headaches
  • Easier way to log past headaches/symptoms
  • Symptom and trigger logging
  • Weather and meal time logging
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  • Ability to express headache progression
  • Customizable pain map for generic symptoms

Simple Migraine Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

18 purchases

Migraine Insight

Subscriptions18
  • Premium Access$4.991 Month
  • Premium Access$6.991 Month
  • Premium Access$7.991 Month
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  • Premium Access14 Days trial3 variants$9.991 Month
  • Premium Access3 variants$9.991 Month
  • Premium Access14 Days trial$13.991 Month
  • Premium Access$19.991 Month
  • Premium Access14 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Premium Access14 Days trial$44.993 Months
  • Premium Access$47.991 Year
  • Premium Access14 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Premium Access$59.991 Year
  • Premium Access$71.991 Year
  • Premium Access$83.991 Year
  • Premium Access14 Days trial2 variants$95.991 Year
  • Premium Access2 variants$95.991 Year
  • Premium Access14 Days trial2 variants$119.991 Year
  • Premium Access$119.991 Year
10 purchases

Simple Migraine Tracker

Subscriptions7
  • Premium Membership14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Premium Membership 6 Months14 Days trial$24.996 Months
  • Premium Membership 12 Months14 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Premium yearly1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Unlock Additional Features$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • 10 Weather Tokens$2.99

Questions

Is Migraine Insight free?
Migraine Insight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Migraine Tracker free?
Simple Migraine Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Migraine Insight or Simple Migraine Tracker?
Migraine Insight is rated higher. Migraine Insight averages 4.5 out of 5 from 460 ratings, while Simple Migraine Tracker averages 4.4 from 52 ratings.
Do Migraine Insight or Simple Migraine Tracker have ads?
Neither Migraine Insight nor Simple Migraine Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Migraine Insight or Simple Migraine Tracker?
Migraine Insight ships an update monthly, and Simple Migraine Tracker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Migraine Insight was updated on October 29, 2026 and Simple Migraine Tracker on October 29, 2026.

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