Symptom Tracker vs Sable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Symptom Tracker
Log symptoms, mood, pain, medication, and daily health notes to identify patterns. This app helps you prepare for appointments and understand how routines, sleep, stress, or treatments affect your well-being. Maintain a simple health journal without complex medical systems.
- Log symptoms, mood, and pain
- Track medication intake
- Record daily health notes
- Identify health patterns over time
- Prepare for medical appointments
- Understand lifestyle impacts on health
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Say how you feel. It's logged. Symptom Log is a symptom diary for bad days. Hold the button, say what's going on — "headache behind my left eye since lunch, took ibuprofen" — and let go. Your words land on a timeline, transcribed on your phone. No forms. No sliders. No chatbot. ONE TAP A DAY Pick the color of your day: clear, fair, hazy, cloudy or stormy. Days logged keep adding up, even when you skip a few. BAD DAYS, IN YOUR OWN WORDS • Hold and talk whenever something changes • Every note lands on one timeline, with the time • What you tried — meds, rest, ice, a dark room — is kept apart • Name your own symptoms in your own words ONE PAGE FOR YOUR DOCTOR Before an appointment, get the last 30 days on one page: what came up most, your longest stretch, what you tried and the questions you want to ask. Save it as a PDF, print it or email it. YOUR YEAR, IN COLOR Every day becomes one square. Share your year in color or a 100-days card: just colors — no words, no dates, nothing private. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your voice is transcribed on your phone and never stored • Your notes stay on your device • No ads, and no health data shared with advertisers Symptom Log is a personal journal. It does not diagnose, treat or give medical advice. Talk to a qualified health professional about your health. SYMPTOM LOG PRO Unlimited voice notes, the one-page PDF, monthly and milestone cards, and air pressure next to your timeline. The free plan keeps daily colors and 3 voice notes a week. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy: https://www.secondearth.io/privacy Terms: https://www.secondearth.io/terms
Sable
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Your doctor asks how many headache days you had last month, and which medication helped. Most of us guess. With Sable, you'll know. Tap once when an attack starts and once when it ends. Add the details when you feel better. Sable turns it into a calendar, your patterns and a clear report you can hand to your doctor. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • One tap, even mid-attack: no forms when your head is pounding • Details when you're ready: pain 1–10, medication, symptoms, triggers and a note. Sable reminds you which attack still needs them • Show where it hurts: tap your temple, forehead, behind the eye or the back of your head on a simple head map • Every headache day at a glance: a calendar of headache days and medication days, plus your whole year month by month • Know your medication days: Sable counts the days you take each type of medication, so you always know where you stand • A report your doctor can read in a minute: a clean PDF of the last month or three, with headache days, medication, triggers and where it hurts. Share it, print it or show it on your phone • Your medications, one tap each: add them once with your usual dose • Forgot to log? Add a past attack in seconds FREE FOREVER Logging, calendar, year view, medications, export and the doctor report over one or three months. No time limit. SABLE PRO • Insights: where it hurts most and how often it's on one side, your most common triggers, the time of day and weekdays your attacks start, and how often each medication helped, compared with the period before • A richer doctor report with a patterns page, over 6 or 12 months or any dates you choose • Log without opening the app: Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center and Siri • A live timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island Choose a yearly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no sign-up, no ads. Your diary stays on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. Your health data is never sent to us or to anyone else. The yearly subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://donehieltjes.com/sable/terms/ Sable is a diary, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat or prevent any condition. Always talk to your doctor about your symptoms and medication.
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Verdict
Symptom Tracker and Sable are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Symptom Tracker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Sable sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Symptom Tracker | Sable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sunwoo Kim | Done Hieltjes |
In-app purchases
Symptom Tracker
- Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
- Weekly Premium$4.997 Days
- Yearly Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Premium$29.991 Year
Sable
- Sable Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
- Sable Pro Lifetime$69.99









