Comparison

Pollen Buddy vs Prodrom

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Prodrom

Features
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Prodrom helps people living with migraine track their attacks, notice their own patterns and prepare their medical appointments. BUILT FOR THE HARD MOMENTS A dark, minimal attack mode designed with photophobia in mind. Log the essentials during an attack, fill in the rest once you feel better. FOLLOW YOUR SIGNALS Sleep, heart rate variability and resting heart rate, entered manually or synced from Apple Health. Local atmospheric pressure. Menstrual cycle if you enable that module. Prodrom compares your measurements with your own personal average rather than a general norm. SPOT YOUR REPORTED FACTORS After each attack, note what was unusual in the previous 24 hours. Over time, the app highlights what often appears before your attacks. These are personal associations, never confirmed causes. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU No account, no sign-up. Your health data is stored on your iPhone only. Full JSON export and permanent deletion, free of charge and at any time. PRODROM+ A 7-day free trial, then a monthly or yearly subscription. A follow-up summary exported as a PDF for your doctor, with the figures a neurologist looks for: headache days, days with acute medication, average intensity and duration. Full history beyond 30 days. Factor associations across all of your recorded attacks. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Management and cancellation are handled in your Apple account settings. DISCLAIMER Prodrom is a tracking and data aggregation tool. The app provides no diagnosis, measures no physiological data itself, and is in no way a substitute for the advice of a healthcare professional. Always consult a doctor to interpret your data or to change a treatment. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://prodrom.be/privacy

Screenshots

Pollen Buddy4 screens
Prodrom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Prodrom at 15.0 against Pollen Buddy's 26.0. 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. Pollen Buddy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Prodrom sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pollen Buddy ships an update every 5 days, Prodrom weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pollen Buddy versus Prodrom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPollen BuddyProdrom
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNaturally Inviting, LLCZoa Cavenaile

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pollen Buddy

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Family Yearly$29.991 Year
3 purchases

Prodrom

Subscriptions2
  • Prodrom+ Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Prodrom+ Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Prodrom+ Lifetime$89.99

Questions

Is Pollen Buddy free?
Pollen Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Prodrom free?
Prodrom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pollen Buddy or Prodrom have ads?
Neither Pollen Buddy nor Prodrom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pollen Buddy or Prodrom?
Pollen Buddy ships an update every 5 days, and Prodrom weekly. Most recently, Pollen Buddy was updated on November 3, 2026 and Prodrom on October 31, 2026.

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