Comparison

Chronic Insights vs Pain Tracker゜

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

Head to head
About

Chronic Insights

This app allows users with chronic health conditions to meticulously track symptoms, vital signs, medications, and potential triggers. Visualize your health data with customizable charts and export it for your healthcare providers. Premium features offer advanced pain visualization and environmental data integration.

Highlights
  • Track unlimited symptoms and vitals
  • Integrate Apple Health data
  • Visualize data with custom charts
  • Track medications and triggers
  • Export data to PDF and spreadsheets
  • 3D pain visualization (premium)
  • Weather and air quality tracking (premium)
Features
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The privacy-first, ad-free, premium symptom diary that people with chronic health conditions deserve, made by a disabled entrepreneur who lives with a painful autoimmune condition called axial spondyloarthritis. Free features include: - track unlimited symptoms and customise them to your needs - bring in heart rate, activity and sleep data from Apple Health - track unlimited vital measurements (eg blood pressure, blood glucose, menstrual flow and many more) - track unlimited medications - track unlimited factors (things which might trigger or help your symptoms) - view everything as beautiful, informative and customisable charts - track mood - track body measurements - track your condition with health impact questionnaires such as the BASDAI and BASFI for axial spondyloarthritis - record blood test results and urine test results - configure items as line charts or bar charts to fit your needs - tag, sort, filter and archive items - create your own custom analysis charts to compare items and spot trends - export to PDF - mindfulness breathing exercises - backup to your own private Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive account - no ads, no personally identifiable data collected or sold Support my work by subscribing to these optional premium features: - make your pain visible by "painting" the location of your chronic pain onto interactive 3D models which you can rotate and zoom - paint onto joints and bone to record rheumatic pain - view your pain as a 3D "heatmap" and animated timeline - quick-record symptoms using your Apple Watch (Apple Watch app does not function standalone and requires a linked iPhone running the Chronic Insights mobile app) - view up to 1 year of weather data including temperature, pressure, humidity and precipitation to see if they affect your symptoms - get a 3 day weather and air quality forecast - export all data to a spreadsheet

About

Pain Tracker゜

Easily track your pain levels, treatments, and add notes to gain an overview of your health. Generate printable reports to share with your doctor and personalize your tracking experience with custom pain points and treatments. Stay motivated with achievements and daily reminders.

Highlights
  • Pain tracking
  • Treatment logging
  • Note-taking
  • Report generation (PDF/CSV)
  • Customizable pain points and treatments
  • Daily reminders
  • Biometric lock (Face ID/Touch ID)
Features
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Track and visualize your pain with ease! Do you want to share it with your doctor? No problem, just generate a printable report! HOW PAIN TRACKER° WORKS - Track your pain - Track your treatments - Add notes - Have an easy overview on how you are doing - Analyze your statistics over time - Create PDF and CSV reports and share them with your doctor - Personalize your tracker by editing or adding pain points and treatments - Collect new achievements by using the app - Stay on track with daily reminders - Lock your journal with Face Id or Touch Id We value your privacy. Your entries are just yours, only accessible on your device. Consult with your doctor if you are experiencing any symptoms of an illness. This software is not a replacement of a medical treatment. It is intended for informational purposes only and comes with no warranty. You can read the terms of use and privacy policy here: http://adamcziko.com/pain-tracker-privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use/ The app includes a premium subscription possibility. The subscription is automatically renewed after each subscription period. Want to get to know more about your current subscription, or you want to cancel it? You can get all the information by visiting the following page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039

Screenshots

Chronic Insights4 screens
Pain Tracker゜4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chronic Insights at every 8 days against Pain Tracker゜'s every 4 months. Chronic Insights also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 75%) and ratings volume (64 vs 21). Pain Tracker゜'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chronic Insights sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Pain Tracker゜ sells 3 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

Pain Tracker゜ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Chronic Insights's written reviews are positive against 75% of Pain Tracker゜'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chronic Insights ships an update every 8 days, Pain Tracker゜ every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Chronic Insights versus Pain Tracker゜: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChronic InsightsPain Tracker゜
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (64 ratings)4.7 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.8% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings64 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size210 MB40 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperChronic Insights LtdAdam Cziko

Customer experience

Chronic Insights

All ratings51 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral7.8%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive83.8%
Neutral10.8%
Negative5.4%

Pain Tracker゜

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

Chronic Insights

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Heat map crashes the app
  • Charts show dots instead of bars after update
  • 3D modeling not functional during trial
  • App crashes randomly
  • Export feature not loading data
Show 3 more
  • Export feature crashes app
  • Music pauses when using 3D model
  • App randomly pauses music outside of 3D model

Requested features

14 requests
  • iCloud backup option
  • Apple Cloud backup integration
  • Track menstrual cycle and peri/menopause symptoms
  • Guidance notes on feature usage
  • Apple Watch integration (for Fitbit users)
Show 9 more
  • Ability to track time of medicine intake
  • More options for disorders
  • Device sharing functionality
  • Overall heatmap/timeline with all symptoms
  • Option to erase color in 3D model
  • Option to move text boxes in 3D model
  • Start and stop time entry for durations
  • Menstruation/ovulation under factors
  • Export feature refinement

Pain Tracker゜

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Chronic Insights

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Annual subscription14 Days trial$30.991 Year
3 purchases

Pain Tracker゜

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Special Annual Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Annual Plan7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Chronic Insights free?
Chronic Insights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pain Tracker゜ free?
Pain Tracker゜ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chronic Insights or Pain Tracker゜?
Pain Tracker゜ is rated higher. Chronic Insights averages 4.5 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while Pain Tracker゜ averages 4.7 from 21 ratings.
Do Chronic Insights or Pain Tracker゜ have ads?
Neither Chronic Insights nor Pain Tracker゜ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chronic Insights or Pain Tracker゜?
Chronic Insights ships an update every 8 days, and Pain Tracker゜ every 4 months. Most recently, Chronic Insights was updated on November 7, 2026 and Pain Tracker゜ on October 30, 2026.

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