Comparison

Simple Migraine Tracker vs MigraineCast

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

Head to head
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 data stays private and is never shared. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MigraineCast

This app forecasts migraine risk based on local weather conditions like barometric pressure, temperature, and humidity. It allows users to log symptoms and triggers, identify patterns, and receive personalized suggestions to prepare for potential migraine attacks.

Highlights
  • Migraine risk forecast
  • Barometric pressure tracking
  • Symptom and trigger logging
  • Pattern identification
  • Home screen widget
  • Trigger Guide library
  • Weather Lab historical data
Features
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Understand your migraines. Anticipate higher-risk periods. Feel more prepared. MigraineCast combines weather forecasts, migraine tracking, optional Apple Health signals, and personal insights. Log symptoms, triggers, medications, severity, notes, stress, hydration, outcomes, migraine-free days, and local weather context; log hands-free with Siri. UNDERSTAND YOUR MIGRAINES Find recurring patterns and explore whether pressure, sleep, humidity, cycle context, stress, or other signals appear around migraine days. Compare suspected causes with your history. YOUR RISK, WITH MORE CONTEXT See pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind changes; optional Apple Health sleep, heart-rate variability (HRV), resting heart rate, and menstrual-flow context; plus your logged stress, hydration, and cycle context. Personal associations become clearer as you log migraine and migraine-free days. With enough Apple Health data, Body Strain compares recent sleep, HRV, and resting heart rate with your recent baseline to inform current risk context and selected near-term forecasts. Risk estimates help you notice patterns and prepare; they cannot predict a migraine. PLAN YOUR DAY WITH CONFIDENCE Migraine Safe Day Planner identifies lower-risk times for important activities, with low-, moderate-, and high-risk blocks, support for meetings, travel, workouts, and daily commitments, and recommendations based on your risk context and history. PREVENTION ALERTS Enable notifications for elevated-risk periods, personalized risk context, weather monitoring, early warnings, suggested protective actions, and alerts from available weather, health, and personal-history signals. TRACK WHAT SEEMS TO HELP Review medications that appear most helpful, recorded changes in duration and severity, timing patterns, and confidence that grows as you log outcomes. GET SUPPORT DURING AN ATTACK Emergency Mode provides context-based relief suggestions, medication and hydration reminders, previously successful actions, an active-migraine timer, and a history-based duration estimate when enough attacks are complete. YOUR RISK AT A GLANCE Current risk context, weather forecasts, Home Screen widgets, Apple Watch companion app, trigger and risk monitoring, and insights that develop over time. PREMIUM FEATURES Personal trigger analysis; Migraine Safe Day Planner; prevention alerts; medication-effectiveness insights; duration estimates; monthly PDF reports; Weather Lab; Trigger Radar; 24-hour and 7-day forecasts; menstrual-cycle tracking; protective recommendations; Trigger Library; Siri forecasting and migraine logging. BUILT WITH PRIVACY IN MIND No email sign-up is required. You control optional Location and Apple Health permissions, and health information is never sold or used for advertising. Records stay on your device and may be backed up to Firebase under an anonymous app identifier for restoration. MigraineCast does not upload your complete Apple Health record. MigraineCast is a wellness tool, not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Consult a qualified healthcare professional about medical concerns or treatment decisions. Terms of Use (EULA): [https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

Screenshots

Simple Migraine Tracker4 screens
MigraineCast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MigraineCast at 100% against Simple Migraine Tracker's 48%. MigraineCast also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Simple Migraine Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 15) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). 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. Simple Migraine Tracker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and MigraineCast sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MigraineCast holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Simple Migraine Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of MigraineCast's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Migraine Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, MigraineCast weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Simple Migraine Tracker versus MigraineCast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Migraine TrackerMigraineCast
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (47 ratings)4.7 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings47 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuki LabsTHIERRY VICTOR E DE BELDER

Customer experience

Simple Migraine Tracker

All ratings47 ratings
Positive80.9%
Neutral8.5%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral21.2%
Negative30.3%

MigraineCast

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

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
Show 4 more
  • 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
11 purchases

MigraineCast

Subscriptions11
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium$12.991 Month
Show 8 more
  • Yearly Premium$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Sale$39.991 Year
  • Yearly Mid$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Mid 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Mid 3-Day Trial3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Yearly No Trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Simple Migraine Tracker free?
Simple Migraine Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MigraineCast free?
MigraineCast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Migraine Tracker or MigraineCast?
MigraineCast is rated higher. Simple Migraine Tracker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while MigraineCast averages 4.7 from 15 ratings.
Do Simple Migraine Tracker or MigraineCast have ads?
Neither Simple Migraine Tracker nor MigraineCast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Migraine Tracker or MigraineCast?
Simple Migraine Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and MigraineCast weekly. Most recently, Simple Migraine Tracker was updated on September 21, 2026 and MigraineCast on September 28, 2026.

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