Scintillating scotoma vs Vertigo Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scintillating scotoma
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You can keep a record specifically for the symptoms of the Scintillating scotoma. By keeping a record of the Scintillating scotoma that you do not know when it will occur, you will be able to understand when symptoms are likely to occur and when you have a headache.
Vertigo Tracker
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Log a dizzy spell or a headache right when it happens. Tap "Dizzy now" and a dark screen starts a timer, so how long it lasted is saved for you. Switch between Vertigo mode and Headache mode with one tap at the top of Home. Your records stay either way. ■ Vertigo mode • "Dizzy now": a dark screen with a timer, and at the top, when to call an ambulance right away, with a call button • Daily log: dizziness, distress and activity from 0 to 4; ringing, hearing and ear fullness for each ear. Days in bed, off work or not driving are counted too ■ Headache mode • "Hurts now": the time is saved the moment you tap. Where it hurts, severity and medicine can wait • Today's headache: once a day, one tap (none, mild, half, lying down), on the Japanese Headache Society diary's scale • Medication days (free): days per medicine type, next to the International Classification of Headache Disorders guideline (10 or 15 days a month). Ask your doctor or pharmacist about how you use medicine • Log your usual warning signs before the pain (yawning, a stiff neck, flickering lights…) — even when nothing hurts yet ■ Tip cards and a monthly look-back • One short card a day on Home, restating information from public health bodies and medical societies, with the source. "Read more" opens the original page • Monthly look-back: every 30 days, days counted from your log plus three questions. No scores. Your answers appear next to last month's in the doctor report ■ Pressure, matched against YOUR records • A barometric forecast for your area, as a chart and a sky you can scrub through time: the next 24 hours free, 3 days and a full week with Pro • An alert before big drops — before, not while it is already falling (free for your first 14 days, then Pro) ■ Monthly summary (Pro) • A weekday × time-of-day grid shows where your worst attacks gather • Days that lined up with sleep, stress, skipped meals, caffeine, alcohol or menstruation, counted side by side with days that did not • Headache days per month, before and after starting a preventive, side by side • Medications ranked by how often they worked, with how much you took on the same screen • It reports counted facts. It does not diagnose or predict ■ Ready for the consultation room • Two doctor-ready reports, one for each doctor (Pro). The Vertigo Log lists duration, triggers and ear symptoms. The Headache Log is laid out like a paper headache diary: morning/afternoon/night columns, severity as + marks, medication and its effect, menstruation, symptom marks • Visit prep (Pro): your next appointment and questions for your doctor, on page 1 of the report • Export everything as CSV (Pro) ■ Free, forever Unlimited attack, daily, headache-day and warning-sign records, medication days, the monthly look-back, tip cards, the next 24 hours of pressure and sky, your last 3 days of history, daily logs (sleep, skipped meals, stress, menstruation and more) and record reminders are all free. For your first 14 days, full history and pre-drop alerts are free to try too. ■ Vertigo Tracker Pro Full history, the full monthly summary, before-and-after for preventives, a week of pressure ahead, pre-drop alerts, the doctor-ready PDF, visit prep and CSV export. • Monthly plan (free trial included, auto-renewing, cancel anytime) • Yearly plan (auto-renewing, cheaper than paying monthly) • One-time purchase (pay once) All three unlock the same features. Your records are never taken away if you stay free. ■ Privacy No account. Your records stay on this device only — nothing is sent to the developer or anyone else. Zero ads and zero analytics SDKs (App Privacy: Data Not Collected). Vertigo Tracker is a journaling app, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, predict or treat any condition. Talk to a doctor about your symptoms. Formerly Rin Sky. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nosunosukawa.github.io/dizzylog-site/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scintillating scotoma at none against Vertigo Tracker's 1. Vertigo Tracker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Vertigo Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Scintillating scotoma asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scintillating scotoma ships an update every 8 months, Vertigo Tracker every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scintillating scotoma | Vertigo Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Craftsoft LLC | nobutaka kawasaki |
In-app purchases
Scintillating scotoma
No in-app purchases
Vertigo Tracker
- DizzyLog Pro (one-time)$19.99





