Pain Buddy vs Eclose
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pain Buddy
This app helps children and teens manage cancer-related pain and symptoms by documenting their experiences. It provides interactive avatars, games, and virtual rewards to encourage engagement, aiding healthcare providers in tailoring treatments.
- Pain and symptom documentation
- Interactive avatars (Croco, Pug, Koala)
- Virtual coin rewards
- In-app games and avatar customization
- Symptom reporting for healthcare guidance
- Cognitive behavioral skills training (in select groups)
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Pain Buddy is a smartphone app designed by researchers at the University of California, Irvine to assist children and teens with cancer related pain and symptoms. Users will interact their Pain Buddy to document pain, symptoms, and things they do to manage their symptoms. Findings will help doctors, nurses, and parents get the information they need to give children treatments for pain and symptom management that work. Users can switch between 3 Pain Buddy avatars: Croco, Pug, and Koala. In addition to documenting pain and symptoms, users can earn virtual coins for each diary completion. Coins can be used within the app to unlock and play games and purchase clothes and accessories from the in-app store. Participants will be randomly placed into the Control Group or the Pain Buddy group. Both groups will have access to the Pain Buddy app, which includes daily diaries, games, and avatar care, such as grooming and accessorizing. The Pain Buddy group includes 2 additional features that are not included in the control group: Remote monitoring by a healthcare provider, and cognitive behavioral skills (CBT) training. Pain Buddy was specially designed with a system created by oncology nurses and doctors to let us know if the symptoms reported in the diaries would be something the healthcare team thinks might benefit from clinical guidance. Pain Buddy is not meant to give medical advice or designed to replace a nurse or doctor. For medical emergencies, please dial 911.
Eclose
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Eclose is a GLP-1 injection log and weight tracker for your own injection, weight and reminder records. Keep a tirzepatide or semaglutide log using the medication details you enter. No app account is required, and there are no ads or analytics SDKs. Records are stored on your device by default. FREE EVERYDAY RECORDS Enter your actual injection date, medication, dose, interval, site and notes. Log weight and optional waist measurements, then look back through your history and calendar. Reminders follow the plan you enter, with medication names and doses hidden by default. All raw history, CSV export, 7- and 30-day daily trends for any period, and the plan-date and latest-weight widgets are free. KEEP RECORDING DURING MAINTENANCE You can choose maintenance tracking for continued observation after stopping injections or during long-term medication maintenance. Enter your own stage dates, observation ranges and end date. Settings, all range history and basic 7- and 30-day views are free. Maintenance starts only when you choose it. WHAT PRO ADDS Eclose Pro adds four ways to organize maintenance records: a stage overview, calendar-week and calendar-month comparisons, range segments and a stage archive. Review the facts you have already recorded together. Pro also adds six-month, year and all-history trends, weekly and monthly aggregation, premium widgets, the Apple Watch companion experience and complications, and full period record PDFs including maintenance facts within the selected dates. Basic logging, raw history and data recovery remain free. Choose an auto-renewing yearly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Eligible new subscribers can try yearly Pro free for one month. The app shows your local App Store price, trial eligibility and renewal terms before purchase. Manage or cancel a yearly subscription in your Apple Account settings, or restore purchases with the original purchasing account. MANAGE DATA YOUR WAY Optionally connect Apple Health to read weight and height and write weights you enter manually. You can revoke access and keep using manual records. Optionally turn on iCloud sync, or create an encrypted backup file and review which contents to merge when restoring. Find records helps locate and switch to a retained complete set of records. You initiate exports and sharing. System backups follow your Apple device settings. FOR RECORD KEEPING Eclose does not diagnose, treat, prescribe, recommend doses or injection sites, or replace a clinician. Follow your prescription and your clinician for medical decisions. Privacy Policy: https://eclose.axonlume.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pain Buddy at none against Eclose's 2. Pain Buddy also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.4). Eclose's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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. Eclose sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Pain Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pain Buddy ships an update every 6 weeks, Eclose every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Pain Buddy | Eclose |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 337 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | University of California, Irvine | 有为 汪 |
In-app purchases
Pain Buddy
No in-app purchases
Eclose
- Eclose Pro · Yearly1 Month trial$14.991 Year
- Eclose Pro$39.99









