Comparison

Migraine Diary 3 vs Plotsy

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

Head to head
About

Migraine Diary 3

Features
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Newly Redesigned! Are you like one of the 28 million Americans who experience migraine attacks? How can Migraine Diary 2 help? Migraine Diary was designed by a fellow migraine sufferer, to track information about your migraine with a few screen taps. Using this information, the application will allow you to use triggers, warning-signs and even things like day of month and week, weather patterns, diet, sleep patterns, blood pressure etc. to predict and manage your migraine attacks. Migraine Diary 2 has a new “Trending and Forecasting” module that shows you which factors and triggers contribute to your migraines. This will help you feel better and will allow you to take control of your Migraine. Migraine Diary2 makes it easy to perform tasks like tracking your treatment progress, graphing your patterns, emailing reports, including graphical attachments to your doctor and advisors. Migraine Diary 2 will also allow you to export your data to a spread sheet all with just a few screen taps. Do you want all of your Migraine health records and information at your fingertips so that you can start feeling better. Migraine Diary 2 can help. -Enter, document, and track as much or as little information as you want with a few screen taps -Document and Track your migraine description, including impact and intensity. -Track your triggers, including food, stress, location, activity, weather patterns, sleep patterns and blood pressure. -Keep Track of which treatments really help and those that do not with the Migraine Pain Management analysis report. -Keep track of your health records including hospital or doctor visits, surgeries and procedures, laboratory tests and results, procedures, vital statistics, and the mental and physical symptoms you are experiencing. -Record your Thoughts, Notes, Reminders, To-Do Lists and all of your Questions and Answers -Keep track of your appointments, doctor visits, your test results, surgeries and procedures -Record all your therapy details, including medications and side-effects -Attach your medical reports and pictures -Track multiple doctors and laboratories -Graph your patterns of experiences, email reports, including graphical attachments to your doctor so that they can help you adjust -Customize many features; export your data to a spread sheet for offline backup and all with just a few screen taps -Find out which factors and triggers contribute to your symptoms. Please don’t give up until you can manage your Migraines and become stress-free, symptom-free and happy. Keep all your Migraine medical records and information at your fingertips with this easy-to-use journal. Makes it easy to feel better, be happy, organized and stress-free!

About

Plotsy

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Track pain, symptoms, triggers and meds — a calm, private journal for your own records. Logging is free forever, offline, with no account and no ads. Plotsy is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or give medical advice. Hate subscription tricks? So do we. Everything you log stays free forever — unlimited entries, the full symptom & condition library, charts, reminders, and JSON backup. Plotsy Pro adds doctor-ready exports and deeper charts — and if you prefer to pay once, the Lifetime unlock is yours forever. No subscription required. WHAT YOU CAN LOG • Symptoms & pain on a simple 0–10 scale, with pain-quality tags and an interactive body map • Triggers — food, weather, sleep, stress, hormones and more • Medications you take, with optional "did it help?" notes • Daily mood, sleep, energy and wellbeing • Flare-ups as named periods, to see the rough stretches at a glance BUILT FOR A ROUGH DAY • Big, one-handed quick-log — record "headache, 7/10" in seconds • "Repeat last day" for when you have no energy • Calm, warm design — no harsh white, no alarm-red, no clutter • Full Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Reduce Motion support SEE YOUR OWN PATTERNS • Trends for severity, mood, sleep and energy • A body heat-map of where things show up • Plain-language observations from your own records (never a diagnosis) • 7 / 30 / 90-day summaries PLOTSY PRO • Doctor report (PDF) — a formatted summary of your notes to print or share at appointments • CSV export of every record for your own analysis • Deeper charts: the day-by-day heatmap and side-by-side patterns of what you logged • Your full history in charts, not just the last 30 days • Accent color themes to make Plotsy yours • Monthly or yearly (with a 3-day free trial) — or a one-time Lifetime purchase, yours forever PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything stays on your device. No account, no cloud by default, no ads, no trackers. • Optional Face ID lock. • Available in 40 languages. Plotsy keeps your records organized and ready to share — calmly, privately, and in your language. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Payment is charged to your Apple Account; manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/plotsy/terms Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/plotsy/privacy Plotsy is a personal journal for your own records. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.

Screenshots

Migraine Diary 34 screens
Plotsy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Plotsy at Free against Migraine Diary 3's $4.99. Migraine Diary 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Plotsy is free to download; Migraine Diary 3 costs $4.99 up front. Plotsy sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Migraine Diary 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Migraine Diary 3 versus Plotsy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMigraine Diary 3Plotsy
Price$4.99Free — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopercellHighSerhii Tykhonenko

In-app purchases

None

Migraine Diary 3

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Plotsy

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Migraine Diary 3 free?
Migraine Diary 3 costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plotsy free?
Plotsy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Migraine Diary 3 or Plotsy have ads?
Neither Migraine Diary 3 nor Plotsy shows ads.

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