Comparison

Fever vs Newbie log

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

Head to head
About

Fever

Track body temperature, medications, and other symptoms during an illness. This app helps you maintain a clear overview of your health, especially for children, and provides data to share with your doctor for faster diagnosis. It visualizes temperature trends and allows for easy data export.

Highlights
  • Temperature and fever measuring zones
  • Medication and dose tracking
  • Event and condition logging
  • Multi-person illness support
  • Temperature curve graph
  • PDF & CSV export
  • Celsius and Fahrenheit support
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Keep the overview of body temperature, medications and other events during an illness. Note: Neither the iPhone/iPad nor this App is able to MEASURE the body temperature! Particularly in winter you often come down with a cold. Sometimes the cold is attended with raised temperature – worst case with fever. Not only a bad cold, also a number of other diseases come along with fever and need a quick treatment. Particularly children incline to fight against illnesses with fever. If you go to the doctor, it is good to know the exact course of the fever, because according to fever pattern and other symptoms the doctor can diagnose faster. Above all, if several members of the family are ill at the same time, you can keep the optimum overview with your fever diary. With FEVER you grasp simply and intuitively: ∙ Temperature and fever measuring zones (mouth, ear, arm, forehead or rectal) ∙ Medication and dose (e.g. Paracetamol, 1 tablet) ∙ Events and condition (e.g. headaches, vomiting) ∙ Notes Other features: ∙ Fever and illness adjustable for several people ∙ Easy representation of the temperature curve by means of graph ∙ Direct comparison to previous measurements (arrow and value) ∙ Directly representation of fever classification ∙ PDF & CSV Export ∙ Support for Celsius and Fahrenheit Notes: ∙ This program is not a substitute for a doctor's visit! With fever a doctor needs always to be consulted! ∙ Neither the iPhone/iPad nor this App is able to MEASURE the body temperature! (e.g. Breathing 2 minutes into the microphone is neither usable nor precise)

About

Newbie log

Features
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Newbie log helps you to keep track of your baby activities. No account needed, start tracking instantly! Extremely easy to use, made by parents for parents. No ads! Track - Bottle food - Breast feeding - Food - Diaper - Sleep Features - Apple Watch support - Dark mode support - Offline support - Show / hide activity types Supported languages - English - Finnis - French - German - Italian - Russian - Spanish - Swedish

Screenshots

Fever4 screens
Newbie log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Newbie log at Free against Fever's $0.99. Newbie log also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Newbie log is free to download; Fever costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fever ships an update every 3 months, Newbie log every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fever versus Newbie log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFeverNewbie log
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperzapfwareSalenius Code AB

In-app purchases

None

Fever

No in-app purchases

None

Newbie log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fever free?
Fever costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Newbie log free?
Newbie log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fever or Newbie log have ads?
Neither Fever nor Newbie log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fever or Newbie log?
Fever ships an update every 3 months, and Newbie log every 4 days. Most recently, Fever was updated on November 1, 2026 and Newbie log on October 26, 2026.

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