Comparison

Symtally vs Tended

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

Head to head
About

Symtally

This app provides a private and simple way to log symptoms, pain, mood, and health patterns. It's designed for individuals managing chronic illness, mental health, or menstrual cycles, with all data stored securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Track symptoms, pain, and mood
  • Log period and cycle patterns
  • Built for chronic illness and mental health
  • Works fully offline
  • No accounts or data sharing
  • Data stays on device
  • View patterns with charts
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Symtally is a simple, private app for tracking symptoms. It helps you log pain, mood, cycles, and health patterns without accounts, cloud sync, or data sharing. Your health data stays on your phone. Always. Living with symptoms can be unpredictable. Keeping track shouldn’t be. Symtally offers a simple way to record how you’re feeling, whether you’re managing chronic illness, mental health, pain, or your menstrual cycle. Why choose Symtally? • Track symptoms, pain, mood, and energy • Log period and cycle patterns • Built for chronic illness and mental health • Works fully offline • No accounts or data sharing • Your data stays on your device See patterns over time Simple charts and history views to help you notice changes in your symptoms and better understand how you feel. Built for low-energy days Symtally is intentionally simple and customizable, making symptom recording a routine part of your day. Privacy comes first Symtally does not collect, sell, or access your health data. Everything stays on your device, where you remain in full control.

About

Tended

This health journal helps you track chronic illness symptoms, pain, and daily well-being. Log entries quickly, even on difficult days, and identify potential patterns to better prepare for doctor appointments. It's designed for fluctuating conditions and prioritizes your privacy.

Highlights
  • Log symptoms, pain, energy, mood, and more
  • Identify patterns and potential triggers
  • Prepare for doctor appointments with reports
  • Condition-specific starter sets
  • On-device AI for descriptions
  • Privacy-focused with no data collection
Features
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Track chronic illness without turning your health into homework. Tended is a privacy-first health journal and symptom tracker for people living with long-term symptoms, pain, fatigue, flares, and appointments that never quite fit into ten minutes. Log in seconds, notice possible patterns, and prepare for doctor appointments without streaks, guilt, accounts, analytics, data collection, or external servers. LOG IN SECONDS, EVEN ON HARD DAYS When thinking is hard, Tended keeps logging light. Record a day rating, symptoms, pain, medications, energy, sleep, mood, bowel changes, food, triggers, activities, periods, photos, and notes at your own pace. Use Apple Watch, widgets, Siri, the Lock Screen, or the full app when opening your phone feels like too much. Duplicate yesterday, edit only what changed, or describe your day in your own words with optional on-device AI. BUILT FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS Tended is made for fluctuating conditions where a normal habit tracker does not fit. Use it as a chronic illness journal, symptom tracker, pain tracker, medication tracker, flare tracker, energy tracking tool, sleep tracking companion, and body map. Condition starter sets help you begin with relevant symptoms and triggers for fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, lupus, endometriosis, PMOS / PCOS, POTS, EDS, migraine, MS, IBD, PMDD, and many more. SEE PATTERNS IN YOUR OWN DATA Your journal can become more useful over time. Tended may help you notice possible links between symptoms, medications, food, sleep, activity, weather, Apple Health averages, menstrual cycle phases, flares, and better days. Insights are based on what you log yourself. They are self-reported observations, not clinical findings, so you stay in charge of what feels useful. PREPARE FOR APPOINTMENTS When brain fog arrives before your appointment, Tended helps you bring the important parts with you. Use Doctor Mode, appointment notes, body map history, medication adherence, symptom trends, focused visual reports, and PDF health reports to explain what has been happening. Tended+ unlocks longer history, deeper pattern insights, trigger experiments, appointment-ready PDF health reports, focused evidence and care PDFs, and CSV export for people who want to go deeper. STAY CONNECTED, WITHOUT OVERSHARING If you choose, Tended can help you share small practical updates with someone you trust through Supported, the carer companion app. Send a quiet check-in, a quick need, or a regular summary without exposing your whole private journal. FREE FOREVER. NO GUILT. Every tracking feature is free and unlimited. There are no streaks, no shame, and no "you missed a day" messages. Tended+ is for people who want longer-term insight and appointment-ready reports. The free journal stays useful on its own. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No analytics. No data collection. No external server. Your journal lives on your device or in your personal iCloud. Apple Health data is read only when you allow it. Optional on-device AI features run on your device where available; your journal is not sent to Cocoacorn servers. Use Tended gently, at your own pace. Bring what helps. Leave the rest. MEDICAL DISCLAIMER Tended is a personal health journal, not a medical device or clinical tool. It is not a substitute for medical advice or emergency support. Content is based on what you log yourself and may be incomplete or inaccurate. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical decisions. Tended does not monitor journal entries for distress. If you are in crisis, contact local emergency or crisis support. Terms of Use: https://www.cocoacorn.com/tended/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.cocoacorn.com/tended/privacy

Screenshots

Symtally4 screens
Tended4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Symtally at none against Tended's 1. Symtally also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Tended's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Tended sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Symtally asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tended holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tended has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Symtally ships an update every 5 weeks, Tended every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Symtally versus Tended: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSymtallyTended
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.3 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB79 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWippl LtdGeoff Davis

Customer experience

Symtally

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tended

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Symtally

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tended

One-time1
  • Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Symtally free?
Symtally is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tended free?
Tended is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Symtally or Tended?
Tended is rated higher. Symtally averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Tended averages 4.3 from 7 ratings.
Do Symtally or Tended have ads?
Symtally shows ads; Tended does not.
Which is updated more often, Symtally or Tended?
Symtally ships an update every 5 weeks, and Tended every 5 days. Most recently, Symtally was updated on September 22, 2026 and Tended on October 19, 2026.

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