Comparison

Health Diary App vs Bearable

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

Head to head
About

Health Diary App

This application allows users to maintain a structured health diary, logging specific health actions. It's designed to capture events as they unfold, providing a way to trace health-related occurrences over continuous time.

Highlights
  • Structured health diary
  • Log health actions
  • Capture events in real-time
  • Trace events over time
  • Digital health log
Features
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There is a fairly large body of applied social research in the health field which have used structured diaries, in which informants are invited to ‘log’ items from a list of health action they have undertaken, rather than open diaries. In particular, health diaries have been argued to present the optimum way of investigating helpseeking for episodes of illness for reasons which resonate with the discussion of the autobiographical literature above - namely the ability to capture events close to when they unfold and the potential to trace events over continuous time. The literature on both qualitative and quantitative methods has highlighted the value of diaries in recording routine or everyday processes. Therefore there is a need for prospective data to track events as closely as possible to when they occur. Health Diary App helps you in maintaining your diary at your fingertips.

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

Health Diary App4 screens
Bearable4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bearable at 81% against Health Diary App's 0%. Bearable also leads on chart position (#192 vs unranked). Health Diary App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (8.0 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. Health Diary App asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Health Diary App versus Bearable: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHealth Diary AppBearable
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (6.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews81.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—6.7K — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank—#192 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMyVishwa CorporationBearable Ltd

Customer experience

Health Diary App

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bearable

All ratings6,675 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews716 reviews
Positive81.1%
Neutral6.4%
Negative12.4%

Bugs and requests

Health Diary App

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

Health Diary App

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 Health Diary App free?
Health Diary App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bearable free?
Bearable is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Health Diary App or Bearable have ads?
Neither Health Diary App nor Bearable shows ads.

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