MyGrain vs HeadacheTrack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyGrain
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MyGrain is a migraine and headache diary. Log every episode in seconds, with everything around it, and arrive at your appointment with an organised history. It fits migraine with or without aura, tension headache, cluster headache and menstrual migraine. LOGGING TAKES SECONDS • You can start without creating an account. With your consent your diary is saved to the cloud from the first entry, and signing in later keeps it all. • Log today's episode, or fill in a past day by tapping it on the calendar. • Mark your pain-free days too, so your history counts the good days and not only the bad ones. WHAT YOU CAN RECORD • Type of episode: migraine with aura, without aura, tension headache, cluster headache, menstrual migraine, or a migraine-free day. • Pain intensity from 0 to 10 and how long the attack lasted. • Symptoms during the attack (nausea, light sensitivity, dizziness…) and the pre-symptoms or warning signs from the hours before. • Triggers: sleep, stress, food, alcohol, hormonal changes, screens and any you add yourself. • Treatments taken, and how well each one worked. • Where you were, which activities it affected, and any free notes you want to keep. • The weather at that moment (temperature, pressure and conditions) for the city you set in Settings; no GPS is used. • Create your own symptoms, pre-symptoms, triggers, places and activities: the lists adapt to you. WHAT YOU GET BACK • A calendar in month, two-week or week view, with each day colour-coded by type of episode and a legend. • Monthly reports with the breakdown of types, symptoms, triggers and treatments, exportable as a PDF for your doctor. • Trends: how your frequency moves month by month, and your runs of consecutive days with and without pain. • From your own diary: the triggers you log most often and what each one is; the treatments you rated as working; habits that go with your better stretches; the link with atmospheric pressure; a warning if acute medication use reaches overuse range or your log matches a chronic migraine pattern. They count what you recorded: they neither diagnose nor explain causes. TREATMENTS, HABITS AND REMINDERS • A catalogue of medication grouped by family (analgesics, NSAIDs, triptans, preventives…), searchable by brand name. • Dose reminders per treatment, at the frequency and time you set, plus a daily reminder so you do not forget to log. • Preventive habits — hydration, regular sleep, moderate caffeine, avoiding known triggers — to tick off each day. • Home screen widget: how today is going, your next treatment reminder, and one tap to log. PREMIUM Some features — selecting several symptoms, triggers and treatments in the same episode, the pattern and trend screens, the full breakdown in reports, PDF export and unlimited habits — are part of an optional subscription. Plans, durations and current prices are shown inside the app before you buy; it renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and is managed in your Apple ID settings. PRIVACY Your health data is stored with your explicit consent and only to make the app work. We never sell it and there are no ads. It is stored and processed for us by providers such as Google Firebase. You can delete your account and all your data from your profile at any time, and lock the app with Face ID. IN YOUR LANGUAGE MyGrain is fully translated into 25 languages, catalogues included. It works offline and syncs when you are back online. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://mygrain.app/en/privacy EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ IMPORTANT MyGrain is a self-tracking tool. The information it provides is for general information only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of a qualified health professional with any question about your health.
HeadacheTrack
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Track migraines and headaches to understand your triggers and find what helps. HeadacheTrack logs attacks, analyzes patterns, and generates PDF reports for your doctor. Features: - Quick attack logging (works even during a migraine — large buttons, dark mode) - Severity tracking (1-10 scale with visual feedback) - Trigger identification from 27 common triggers across 5 categories - Medication effectiveness tracking (what works for YOU?) - Calendar heatmap showing attack patterns at a glance - Day-of-week and time-of-day analysis - Auto-generated insights: 'Your migraines happen 2x more on Mondays' - PDF health report for your neurologist - Attack-free streak counter Why pay $4.99 once instead of $60/year? Migraine Buddy charges $4.99/month. HeadacheTrack gives you trigger analysis, medication tracking, and PDF reports for a ONE-TIME purchase of $4.99. FREE: Unlimited logging + 30-day stats PREMIUM: Full history, PDF reports, trigger analysis, medication effectiveness All data stored locally. No account needed. Your health data stays on YOUR device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: HeadacheTrack at 12.0 against MyGrain's 15.0. 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
Both are free to download. MyGrain sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and HeadacheTrack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MyGrain ships an update weekly, HeadacheTrack every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyGrain | HeadacheTrack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alfonso Matos | Florian Oberle |
In-app purchases
MyGrain
- My Grain Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- My Grain Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
HeadacheTrack
- HeadacheTrack Premium$4.99
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