Cardalis vs Cough Tracker & Reporting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cardalis
Monitor your dog's resting respiratory rate to help manage heart failure. This app helps you record and graph the data, which can then be emailed to your veterinarian.
- Measure resting respiratory rate
- Record rate as a graph
- Email results to veterinarian
- Track heart failure progression
- Informational and educational tool
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Why monitor resting respiratory rate? An increase in resting respiratory rate can be an early sign that your dog’s condition needs attention. Regular monitoring helps: ∙ Detect changes early ∙ Support treatment follow-up ∙ Provide valuable information to your veterinarian A simple way to support heart health If your dog has been diagnosed with a heart condition, or requires ongoing monitoring, tracking their resting respiratory rate at home is an important part of care. Using the Respiratory Rate App helps you: ∙ Easily measure respiratory rate at rest ∙ Record and track results over time ∙ Monitor activity levels during your dog walks ∙ Program helpful reminders for medications or monitoring ∙ Share useful information with your veterinary team ∙ Stay actively involved in your dog’s care between visits How to Use the application ∙ Measure your dog’s breathing while they are calm and resting ∙ Record the number of breaths per minute ∙ Track results over time ∙ Contact your veterinarian if values increase or if you have concerns
Cough Tracker & Reporting
Document your cough's frequency and triggers to help your doctor understand its severity. Track patterns like coughing once an hour or twenty times a day to provide precise data for better treatment. This tool helps visualize your cough's impact.
- Document cough frequency
- Identify cough triggers
- Track cough patterns
- Generate reports for doctors
- Visualize cough severity
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Take charge of your cough. Document the frequency and triggers for your cough so you can get better treatment. Sometimes it is hard for doctors to really appreciate the magnitude of a problem cough. Use this app for a short time so you can show your doctor the exact pattern of your cough - whether you cough once an hour or twenty times an hour, only in the morning or 100 times a day. A picture tells a thousand words.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cardalis at 245 against Cough Tracker & Reporting's 1. Cardalis also leads on rating (2.3 vs 2.0). Cough Tracker & Reporting's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cardalis holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cardalis has 245 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Cardalis | Cough Tracker & Reporting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (245 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 21.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 245 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ceva Sante Animale S.A. | Dr Deb The Travel Doctor |
Customer experience
Cardalis
Cough Tracker & Reporting
Bugs and requests
Cardalis
Reported bugs
18 issues- Critical data loss during app updates
- App freezes and crashes on launch or navigation
- Email functionality not working or removed
- Print functionality broken or removed
- Notes not saved or retrievable
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- Persistent high-reading alerts cannot be dismissed
- Graph display corrupted on iPhone 15 Pro Max (notch coverage)
- Involuntary screen rotation between portrait/landscape
- Keyboard popup blocks comment input field
- Settings changes not saving (target frequency modification)
- Incorrect timezone display with no adjustment option
- Daylight saving time not handled correctly
- Notification badge (red circle with '1') cannot be removed
- Graph data outside screen boundaries
- Reminders triggering at wrong frequency or times
- Menu buttons hidden by keyboard
- Incompatibility with older iOS versions
- iPad compatibility issues
Requested features
18 requests- Support for multiple pets/dogs in single app
- Cat-friendly version or pet-neutral branding
- Ability to add notes to all readings (not just high ones)
- Customizable timer intervals (15, 60 seconds)
- Ability to enter past/historical readings
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- Multi-user sharing for same pet
- Better graph navigation and date range filtering
- Acoustic signal when timer ends
- List view option for data display
- Awake vs sleeping breathing rate distinction
- Comments visible on chart with tap-to-view icons
- Remove splash screen on app launch
- Improved graph with hover-over time details
- Export as JPEG format
- Line-of-best-fit for multiple daily readings
- Ability to modify/delete individual readings
- Disable reminders without data loss
- Timezone settings adjustment
Cough Tracker & Reporting
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cardalis
No in-app purchases
Cough Tracker & Reporting
No in-app purchases








