Comparison

FUNCAP vs Tended

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

Head to head
About

FUNCAP

This app helps individuals diagnosed with ME/CFS self-evaluate and record their functional capacity. It uses questionnaires to assess various domains and can generate PDF reports, optionally including heart and movement metrics. Data is integrated with HealthKit and is not transferred elsewhere.

Highlights
  • ME/CFS functional capacity assessment
  • FUNCAP55 and FUNCAP27 questionnaires
  • PDF report generation
  • Optional heart and movement metrics
  • HealthKit integration
  • Data privacy focused
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- For patients diagnosed with ME/CFS - Self-evaluate and record your FUNctional CAPacity - Assess your capacity using FUNCAP55 or FUNCAP27 by scoring questions across 8 domains, eg "being upright", "reactions to light and sound" - Create a PDF report that you can save or share - Optionally include recorded heart and movement metrics, averaged over the last month - The app does not transfer your data in any other way Integrated with HealthKit USE ONLY WITH THE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE OF YOUR PHYSICIAN OR RESEARCH TEAM. THE APP RECORDS THE USER'S OWN ASSESSMENT AND DOES NOT PROVIDE HEALTH GUIDANCE.

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

FUNCAP4 screens
Tended4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FUNCAP at 5.0 against Tended's 4.3. FUNCAP also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Tended's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. FUNCAP asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FUNCAP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FUNCAP ships an update every 4 months, Tended every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FUNCAP versus Tended: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFUNCAPTended
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.3 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings57 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB79 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDavid Davies-PayneGeoff Davis

Customer experience

FUNCAP

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 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

FUNCAP

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tended

One-time1
  • Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is FUNCAP free?
FUNCAP 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, FUNCAP or Tended?
FUNCAP is rated higher. FUNCAP averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Tended averages 4.3 from 7 ratings.
Do FUNCAP or Tended have ads?
Neither FUNCAP nor Tended shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FUNCAP or Tended?
FUNCAP ships an update every 4 months, and Tended every 5 days. Most recently, FUNCAP was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tended on October 31, 2026.

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