Headache Diary vs Cranium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Headache Diary
This app helps you manage migraines by tracking your symptoms. Record details about your headaches to gain insights and improve your management strategy. Find a method that works best for you to consistently log your experiences.
- Symptom tracking
- Migraine management
- Daily logging
- Insight gathering
- Personalized tracking
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No matter what you call it—headache journal, migraine diary, headache tracker—keeping track of your symptoms can be a versatile tool to help better manage migraine. This information can be gathered in multiple ways, from physical journals to smartphone apps to digital spreadsheets. There is no wrong way to record your migraine symptoms—simply find a way that works best for you and stick with it.
Cranium
Easily log headache attacks, symptoms, and medication use. Generate clear reports to identify triggers and discuss with your doctor. Integrates with Health app for menstrual cycle correlation.
- Quick attack logging
- Symptom and trigger tracking
- Medication tracking
- Doctor-shareable reports
- Menstrual cycle correlation
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Tracking attacks is quick and easy. Record ongoing attack in just 2 taps. Get clean and comprehensible reports about most frequent headache triggers and symptoms to share with your doctor. Track how much medication you take. Use data about your menstruation cycle from Health app to see how it correlates with you headache.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cranium at 73% against Headache Diary's 10%. Cranium also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Headache Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Headache Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Cranium asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cranium holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cranium has 165 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Headache Diary's written reviews are positive against 73% of Cranium's.
Headache Diary ships an update every 7 months, Cranium every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Headache Diary | Cranium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (165 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 165 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fitric | Elena Zhalina |
Customer experience
Headache Diary
Cranium
In-app purchases
Headache Diary
- Monthly Subscription$3.491 Month
- Quarterly Subscription$8.993 Months
- Yearly Subscription$23.491 Year
Cranium
No in-app purchases
