Comparison

PainTrek vs PainTrakr

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

Head to head
About

PainTrek

This app allows users to precisely track, visualize, and analyze body pain and related symptoms in a 3D environment. It supports detailed mapping of pain areas, customizable symptom tracking, and generation of shareable reports for healthcare professionals and researchers.

Highlights
  • 3D pain and symptom tracking with zoom
  • Analysis by region or full body
  • Interchangeable 3D bodies for diverse users
  • Longitudinal record of pain and symptoms
  • Customizable symptom and trigger selection
  • Shareable 3D video reports
  • Light and dark screen modes
Features
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PainTrek is an awarded 3D mobile application initially developed by the Headache & Orofacial Pain Effort (H.O.P.E.) laboratory at the University of Michigan. It allows patients, clinicians, and researchers to track, display and analyze body pain, signs and symptoms (e.g., pain area/intensity, sleep disorders, sensitivity to light, fatigue) from multiple regions, including head, face, and intraoral, in multivector-rotational 3D body with zoom capabilities. This unique PainTrek geographic capability facilitates the precise mapping and analysis of pain across the body with neuroanatomical coordinates, like a map of your health for you and your kids. PainTrek’s most advanced 3D tools to track, identify, analyze, share and take control of your pain and related symptoms: - 3D tracking of your migraine/pain and related symptoms across your body, with zoom capabilities - Analyze your pain and symptoms by region or full body, especially helpful for patients with multiple pain disorders - Interchangeable 3D bodies that represent diverse age and gender groups, for you and your family - Longitudinal precise record and analysis of pain, symptoms, and treatment across time - Customizable choice of migraine and pain-related symptoms, signs, and triggers that you can pick or eliminate as you need - Pain measures that are validated by multiple clinical pain trials and brain science - Shareable printable and 3D video reports for clinicians, family members, and researchers - Light and dark screen modes for patients with light sensitivity (e.g., migraine photophobia) - Weather data tracking enabled. PainTrek team working to advance pain research, education, and treatment: - Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled technology to help provide in the future feedback to patients and the research community using high privacy regulations - Used in multiple pain clinical trials and brain studies, including migraine, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, cancer pain, visceral pain, sickle cell disease, and TMD. - Based on cutting-edge migraine/pain research supported by the University of Michigan, National Institute of Health, foundations, and leading world pharma - Frequent communication and collaboration with multiple pain foundations - Technology already tested by more than 15,000 pain patients in the US and beyond before the current release.

About

PainTrakr

Easily monitor and manage your pain levels with this application. Record pain intensity, add diary notes about treatments, and visualize your progress over time with interactive graphs. Export your data to share with healthcare providers.

Highlights
  • Track pain intensity (0-10)
  • Add diary notes on treatments
  • Visualize pain data with graphs
  • Identify pain triggers and effective treatments
  • Set pain tracking reminders
  • Export pain data in CSV format
Features
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PainTrakr is a simple way to track and help take control of your pain. Track any type of pain from headaches to back pain to arthritis pain. Pain data is displayed in an easy to understand graph that helps you visualize how your pain levels are improving or worsening over time. Enter your pain level from zero to ten, zero being no pain and ten being the worst pain you can imagine. Add optional diary notes to keep track of what you did to try and reduce your pain and if it was successful or not. Help identify pain triggers and the most effective treatment options you have used. Set up reminders to help you track your pain throughout the day. Export your pain data to share with your health care provider. Features: • Quickly and easily enter your pain level from zero to ten • Add optional diary notes describing your pain and any treatment options you have made • View raw pain data and all the diary notes you have made • View the resulting pain levels in graphical form • Moving average overlay to get a better feel for whether your pain is receding over time • Interactively zoom the graph to hone in on any pain incidents • Click on graph points to see a summary of the pain data and diary notes • Set up periodic reminders to help you monitor your pain • Export your pain data in csv format to share with your health care provider

Screenshots

PainTrek4 screens
PainTrakr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PainTrakr at 100% against PainTrek's 43%. PainTrakr also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6). PainTrek's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PainTrakr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of PainTrek's written reviews are positive against 100% of PainTrakr's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PainTrek ships an update every 61 months, PainTrakr every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PainTrek versus PainTrakr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPainTrekPainTrakr
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (7 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 61 monthsEvery 32 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size463 MB1 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperThe University of MichiganBlack Slate Software Inc.

Customer experience

PainTrek

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

PainTrakr

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PainTrek

No in-app purchases

None

PainTrakr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PainTrek free?
PainTrek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PainTrakr free?
PainTrakr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PainTrek or PainTrakr?
PainTrakr is rated higher. PainTrek averages 3.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while PainTrakr averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do PainTrek or PainTrakr have ads?
Neither PainTrek nor PainTrakr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PainTrek or PainTrakr?
PainTrek ships an update every 61 months, and PainTrakr every 32 months. Most recently, PainTrek was updated on October 31, 2026 and PainTrakr on September 23, 2026.

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