Comparison

APDA Symptom Tracker vs IBS Logs

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

Head to head
About

APDA Symptom Tracker

Track Parkinson's disease symptoms and create reports for your care team. Features include medication tracking, personalized reminders, and a comprehensive user profile to share challenges.

Highlights
  • Symptom tracking (motor and non-motor)
  • Medication tracker with dosage and timing
  • Customizable user profile
  • Personalized reminders and notifications
  • Report generation for healthcare teams
  • Spanish language support
Features
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Each person’s Parkinson’s disease symptoms are different. The more you and your care team know, the more personalized your care. The APDA Symptom Tracker app helps you keep track of your symptoms – including tremors, rigidity, balance and non-motor symptoms, and create a report to share with your care team or save to your library. With this information you can then consult with your doctor for more personalized resources and support. In addition, the latest update to the APDA Symptom Tracker App boasts the following new features. An interactive medication tracker where you can enter the specific medications/doses and the time of day you take them which helps identify opportunities for better symptom management such as medication dosage/timing, which is an incredibly specific and often tricky aspect of life with PD. You can now view this app completely in Spanish. The Spanish version has been fully created for and by Spanish-speaking people (not simply translated from the English version). A more comprehensive user profile which includes the opportunity to share your top PD challenges so APDA can develop programs and services to better meet the needs of the PD community. Helpful notifications and reminders including, reminders to enter your medications and symptoms into the app regularly, push notifications about helpful education programs and updates on treatments reminders to prepare information to share with your clinician prior to your appointments. Over time, your reports generated in the app can assist your healthcare team to better understand prevalence of your PD symptoms.

About

IBS Logs

Quickly log your food intake and IBS symptoms to understand triggers. All your data is stored locally and can be exported anytime.

Highlights
  • Fast symptom tracking
  • Food logging
  • Local data storage
  • Data export
  • IBS-D and IBS-C support
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The fastest food and symptom tracking app. My app is faster than a gut with IBS-D and won't block you from your life like IBS-C. All data is stored on your device and can be exported in full at any time.

Screenshots

APDA Symptom Tracker4 screens
IBS Logs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: IBS Logs at 88% against APDA Symptom Tracker's 13%. IBS Logs also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IBS Logs holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of APDA Symptom Tracker's written reviews are positive against 88% of IBS Logs's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

APDA Symptom Tracker ships an update every 6 months, IBS Logs monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
APDA Symptom Tracker versus IBS Logs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAPDA Symptom TrackerIBS Logs
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)4.4 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmerican Parkinson Disease Association, IncBenjamin Lewis

Customer experience

APDA Symptom Tracker

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

IBS Logs

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

APDA Symptom Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

IBS Logs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is APDA Symptom Tracker free?
APDA Symptom Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IBS Logs free?
IBS Logs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, APDA Symptom Tracker or IBS Logs?
IBS Logs is rated higher. APDA Symptom Tracker averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while IBS Logs averages 4.4 from 9 ratings.
Do APDA Symptom Tracker or IBS Logs have ads?
Neither APDA Symptom Tracker nor IBS Logs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, APDA Symptom Tracker or IBS Logs?
APDA Symptom Tracker ships an update every 6 months, and IBS Logs monthly. Most recently, APDA Symptom Tracker was updated on October 17, 2026 and IBS Logs on October 7, 2026.

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