My Head Hurts vs Simple Headache Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Head Hurts
Track migraine symptoms, identify triggers, and generate reports for your doctor. Visualize headache severity and duration over time to monitor treatment effectiveness. Receive reminders to update symptoms for comprehensive tracking.
- Migraine symptom tracking
- HIT-6 and MIDAS score calculation
- Trigger identification (days/times)
- Severity and duration charting
- Symptom update reminders
- Doctor-shareable history data
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Track migraine symptoms and share important history data with your doctor. By tracking your headache symptoms, My Head Hurts can provide accurate HIT-6 and MIDAS scores, which are commonly used to assess the impact of migraine headaches on everyday life. My Head Hurts can also help you determine common days of the week or times of day when headaches are most likely to occur, helping you determine factors that may increase the likelihood of headaches. Charts allow you to see changes in the severity or duration of your headaches as you pursue new treatments with your doctor. Once you've started tracking a headache, My Head Hurts can also remind you to update your symptoms so you can record changes in your headache's severity and its duration. My Head Hurts does not provide medical diagnosis or advice. You should always consult with a doctor regarding the best treatment for your headaches. My Head Hurts offers 45 days of free headache tracking. After 45 days, you may purchase an Annual Subscription or a Monthly Subscription to continue recording heading and treatment information for 1 year or 1-month, respectively. You will always have access to previously recorded data regardless of your subscription status. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://myheadhurts.app/terms-of-use
Simple Headache Log
Easily log daily headaches by selecting pain level, weather, and potential causes. Analyze trends and identify triggers through simple charts and rankings. Record past data and manage custom pain factors.
- Easy pain logging with options
- Analyze pain trends by weather and cause
- Calendar view of daily pain levels
- Add past headache data
- Customizable pain causes and medicines
- No login required
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An app that allows you to record your daily headaches. Recommended for migraine sufferers and those who want to record their daily headaches and analyze the causes. Registration is very easy! Just select the pain level, weather, cause of pain, medicines you have taken from the options and press the save button. The simple operation allows for stress-free use. In case you forget to record the data, you can add past data from the "History" screen. In the "Analysis" screen, you can check the trend of pain by weather and the causes of pain in a ranking format, which is useful for analyzing the causes of headaches. ● Features ・Easy to use, just select from the options and register ("Cause of pain” and “Medicine” need to be added or deleted as needed). ・No need to log in. ・The calendar allows you to check the your daily pain level at a glance. ●Disclaimer This App is not medical or treatment advice. It is neither professional diagnosis, opinion or service – and may not be treated as such by the user. We strongly recommend that you consult your own physician or another available health professional regarding any diagnosis, findings or interpretation. ● Privacy Policy https://apps.seeds-digital.com/privacy-policy/ ● Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Simple Headache Log at 1.5 against My Head Hurts's 1.0. Simple Headache Log also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 months). My Head Hurts's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. My Head Hurts sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Simple Headache Log sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple Headache Log holds the better App Store score, 1.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
My Head Hurts ships an update every 9 months, Simple Headache Log every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Head Hurts | Simple Headache Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 1.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Neal Stublen | NAOYA ONO |
Customer experience
My Head Hurts
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In-app purchases
My Head Hurts
- Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$5.991 Year
Simple Headache Log
- Premium Plan$1.491 Month
- Support Developer$0.99
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