Symtally vs Oruvia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Oruvia
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Sun, but measured. Sunscreen fails for one reason more than any other: nobody knows when it stops working. Oruvia fixes that. Oruvia is a real-time UV and SPF tracker that turns sun protection into a simple countdown — personalized to your exact skin tone, the SPF you applied, and how thoroughly you applied it. No more checking the clock, no more guessing, no more finding out you're burnt after the damage is done. HOW IT WORKS Oruvia pulls live UV index data for your location and combines it with your skin profile to calculate exactly how much protection you have left — updated continuously, not just once a day. When your protection starts fading, you'll know. When it's time to reapply, Oruvia tells you before your skin does. BUILT ON YOUR ACTUAL SKIN Most sun safety advice is one-size-fits-all. Oruvia isn't. Using the full 10-tone Monk Skin Tone Scale — not a generic light/medium/dark dropdown — Oruvia accounts for how your specific skin tone responds to UV exposure. This matters: people with deeper skin tones are frequently underserved by sun safety tools built around lighter skin defaults, despite still facing real risks from UV exposure, including hyperpigmentation and long-term skin damage. Oruvia is built for every skin tone, not just some of them. WHAT YOU GET - Live countdown — A real-time ring that shows exactly how much SPF protection you have left, based on current UV index, your skin tone, your SPF level, and your application quality - Skin-matched setup — Onboarding maps your skin tone, skin conditions, and SPF habits in under two minutes - Smart reapply alerts — Get nudged before your protection runs out, not after - AI Coach — Get a personalized sunscreen recommendation that accounts for your skin conditions, allergies, and finish preferences — not a generic "use SPF 30" answer - Insights — See your protection score over time, how much UV exposure you avoided, and patterns in your sun habits - Built for skin conditions — Recommendations respect acne-prone, rosacea, and melasma-safe formulation needs, with allergen and medication-conflict filtering WHO IT'S FOR Oruvia is for anyone who's ever asked "wait, do I need to reapply yet?" — runners and hikers who lose track of time outside, skincare-conscious people trying to prevent premature aging, people managing melasma or hyperpigmentation, and anyone simply trying to build a sunscreen habit that actually sticks. You live your life. Oruvia keeps track of the sun. A NOTE ON HOW WE BUILT THIS Oruvia's protection countdown is built on published UV and SPF research, not a guess. We don't ask you to log every activity or guess at "sweat levels" — just your skin, your SPF, and the sun overhead. Simple inputs, accurate output. Oruvia is a wellness tool, not a medical device, and isn't a substitute for advice from a dermatologist. Always consult a healthcare provider about your specific skin health needs. Download Oruvia and stop guessing when your sunscreen wears off.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Oruvia at none against Symtally's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Symtally | Oruvia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wippl Ltd | Sneha Sharma |
In-app purchases
Symtally
No in-app purchases
Oruvia
No in-app purchases









