ME/CFS Pacing vs FUNCAP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ME/CFS Pacing
This app assists individuals with mild to moderate ME/CFS in managing their daily energy expenditure. By tracking activities, users can gain better control over their energy use, aiming to improve their overall quality of life.
- Energy management for ME/CFS
- Activity tracking
- Improve quality of life
- Daily energy use monitoring
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Emerge Pacing App for people with ME/CFS This app is designed to help people with mild to moderate ME/CFS better manage their daily energy use to improve the quality of their lives.
FUNCAP
This app helps individuals diagnosed with ME/CFS self-evaluate and record their functional capacity. It uses questionnaires to assess various domains and can generate PDF reports, optionally including heart and movement metrics. Data is integrated with HealthKit and is not transferred elsewhere.
- ME/CFS functional capacity assessment
- FUNCAP55 and FUNCAP27 questionnaires
- PDF report generation
- Optional heart and movement metrics
- HealthKit integration
- Data privacy focused
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- For patients diagnosed with ME/CFS - Self-evaluate and record your FUNctional CAPacity - Assess your capacity using FUNCAP55 or FUNCAP27 by scoring questions across 8 domains, eg "being upright", "reactions to light and sound" - Create a PDF report that you can save or share - Optionally include recorded heart and movement metrics, averaged over the last month - The app does not transfer your data in any other way Integrated with HealthKit USE ONLY WITH THE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE OF YOUR PHYSICIAN OR RESEARCH TEAM. THE APP RECORDS THE USER'S OWN ASSESSMENT AND DOES NOT PROVIDE HEALTH GUIDANCE.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FUNCAP at 100% against ME/CFS Pacing's 33%. FUNCAP also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5). ME/CFS Pacing's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FUNCAP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of ME/CFS Pacing's written reviews are positive against 100% of FUNCAP's.
ME/CFS Pacing ships an update every 9 months, FUNCAP every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and July 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ME/CFS Pacing | FUNCAP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Emerge Australia Inc | David Davies-Payne |
Customer experience
ME/CFS Pacing
FUNCAP
In-app purchases
ME/CFS Pacing
No in-app purchases
FUNCAP
No in-app purchases
