Allergy Tracker° vs Pollen Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Allergy Tracker°
Monitor your allergy journey by tracking symptoms, triggers, and treatments. Visualize your progress, identify patterns, and generate shareable reports for your doctor. Personalize your experience by defining custom symptoms and treatments.
- Track symptoms
- Add triggers
- Track treatments
- Write notes
- Visualize progress
- Generate reports
- Define custom symptoms/treatments
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Your allergy progress at a glance. Track your symptoms, triggers and treatments, take notes and visualize it! Want to share it with your doctor? No problem, just generate a printable report! Want a personalized experience? Define your own symptoms and treatments! HOW ALLERGY TRACKER° WORKS - Track your symptoms - Add any triggers - Track your treatments - Write notes - Have an easy overview of how you are doing - Recognize patterns - Analyze your statistics over time - Create PDF or CSV reports and share them with your doctor - Define your own symptoms and treatments - Collect new achievements - Stay on track with daily reminders - Lock your journal with Face ID or Touch ID We value your privacy. Your journal entries are just yours, only accessible with your device. Consult with your doctor if you are experiencing any symptoms of an illness. This software is not a replacement of a medical treatment. It is intended for informational purposes only and comes with no warranty. You can read the terms of use and privacy policy here: http://adamcziko.com/allergy-tracker-privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use/ The app includes a premium subscription possibility. The subscription is automatically renewed after each subscription period. Want to get to know more about your current subscription, or you want to cancel it? You can get all the information by visiting the following page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039
Pollen Buddy
Track your allergy symptoms and receive daily pollen forecasts. Understand your allergy patterns with trend analysis and integrate your data with Apple Health. Get personalized health tips based on local conditions.
- Daily pollen forecasts for trees, grass, and weeds
- Symptom journal with 12 trackable symptoms
- Trend analysis with heatmaps and charts
- Apple Health integration
- Home screen widgets
- Siri Shortcuts for hands-free use
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Breathe easier with Pollen Buddy — your personal allergy tracker and pollen forecast. Allergy season doesn't have to catch you off guard. Pollen Buddy gives you daily pollen forecasts, a symptom journal backed by Apple Health, and trend charts that help you understand your allergy patterns over time. DAILY POLLEN FORECAST Get location-based pollen reports covering tree, grass, and weed levels with readings for 50+ individual plants. See what's in season, which plants are most active, and get health tips tailored to today's conditions. SYMPTOM JOURNAL Log how you're feeling each day. Rate your day (Great, So-So, or Rough), then track 13 symptoms — from sinus congestion and coughing to fatigue and sleep changes — with four severity levels. Add notes to capture anything else. TREND ANALYSIS Spot patterns with powerful visual tools: • Allergy calendar heatmap — see good and bad days at a glance • Pollen vs. symptom charts — compare how you felt against pollen levels • Scatter plots — discover which pollen levels trigger your worst days • Top symptoms ranking — know which symptoms hit you hardest APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION Every symptom you log syncs to Apple Health, keeping your allergy data alongside the rest of your health records. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Three widget sizes put today's pollen levels on your Home Screen. See tree, grass, and weed readings without opening the app. SIRI SHORTCUTS Ask Siri for your pollen report or log symptoms hands-free. Perfect for mornings when you need a quick check. BACKGROUND UPDATES Fresh pollen data every morning — Pollen Buddy fetches your forecast in the background so it's ready when you are. PRIVACY FIRST Your symptom logs and health data stay on your device and in your iCloud. We never see or share your personal information. — Built by a small indie team. Questions or ideas? Reach us at hello@naturallyinviting.com — your feedback shapes what we build next. Pollen Buddy is designed for informational purposes and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Consult your healthcare provider for medical concerns. Access to Pollen Buddy features requires a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.willbrandin.me/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Allergy Tracker° at 82% against Pollen Buddy's 33%. Allergy Tracker° also leads on monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and ratings volume (157 vs 1). Pollen Buddy's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Allergy Tracker° sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Pollen Buddy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pollen Buddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Allergy Tracker° has 157 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Allergy Tracker°'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Pollen Buddy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Allergy Tracker° ships an update every 2 months, Pollen Buddy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and August 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Allergy Tracker° | Pollen Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (157 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.2% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 157 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Cziko | Naturally Inviting, LLC |
Customer experience
Allergy Tracker°
Pollen Buddy
Bugs and requests
Allergy Tracker°
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add photo upload capability
- Improve graphing and charting features
- Allow more than one entry per day
- Provide more detailed allergy level information
Pollen Buddy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Allergy Tracker°
- Monthly Plan7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- Special Annual Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
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- Annual Plan$9.991 Year
- Annual Plan7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Pollen Buddy
- Weekly$1.997 Days
- Monthly$2.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Family Yearly$29.991 Year
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