Comparison

Migraine Tracker vs Migraine Help

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

Head to head
About

Migraine Tracker

Easily log and analyze headache and migraine patterns. Use Live Activities, Siri, and Shortcuts for hands-free tracking. Sync data securely with Apple Health to identify triggers and share insights with your doctor.

Highlights
  • Live Activities tracking
  • Hands-free Siri logging
  • Shortcuts automation
  • Symptom and trigger logging
  • Apple Health integration
  • Pattern identification
Features
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Effortless Headache & Migraine Tracking Take control of your headache patterns with ease. Headaches simplifies tracking by using Live Activities on iPhone and Apple Watch, so you never forget to end tracking after an attack subsides. Record headaches hands-free with Siri—no need to navigate your phone during a migraine. With support for Shortcuts, you can create personal shortcuts and automations, making headache and migraine tracking as painless as possible. You can even start or end tracking straight from Control Center. Track every clue and keep it all in one place. Log symptoms and triggers—neck pain, nausea, vertigo, fatigue, even bad-weather days—right alongside each attack, then tap Connect to Apple Health to sync your entries securely to the Health app's Headache category only. From there, you'll see headaches next to sleep, exercise and medications, so spotting patterns (and sharing them with your doctor) is easier than ever. Your history stays with you, too. Attacks, symptoms and notes sync across your devices over iCloud, so nothing is lost when you switch to a new iPhone—and there's nothing to set up.

About

Migraine Help

This app predicts migraine attacks up to five days in advance by analyzing factors like barometric pressure, sleep, and cycle phase. It automatically identifies potential triggers and generates doctor-ready reports to help you manage and understand your migraines better.

Highlights
  • 5-day migraine forecast
  • Barometric pressure tracking
  • Automatic trigger identification
  • Doctor-ready reports
  • Quick mid-attack logging
  • Adaptable to cycle changes
Features
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Find what's actually driving your attacks — and get the data to prove it. Attacks blur together. There's no clean baseline to compare against, no obvious culprit, and no way to tell whether the wine, the weather, or the bad night of sleep was the one that did it. Most migraine apps are glorified diaries — you log the attack and the data goes nowhere. Migraine Help is a trigger-finding app first. TRIGGERS DON'T HIT ALONE — THEY STACK Rarely is it one thing. It's a pressure drop on top of short sleep on top of a cycle day. Migraine Help tracks how those loads pile up over time and shows which combinations precede your attacks — with honest confidence levels, so you know what's real and what's still a maybe. THE LIST GETS SHORTER, NOT LONGER Every attack is compared against your own non-attack days. That means suspects get cleared, not just added. Test one variable at a time and let the data confirm or rule it out, instead of cutting things out forever on a hunch. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE THAT ACTUALLY HELPS Pressure is the biggest driver for a lot of people. Migraine Help tracks it hour by hour and flags incoming shifts days ahead — proof your body isn't reacting for no reason. DOCTOR-READY REPORTS IN ONE TAP Headache days, identified triggers with confidence levels, hormonal patterns, medication effectiveness — a clean PDF your neurologist can read in 30 seconds. Useful for appointments, and for the documentation preventive treatments require. BUILT FOR THE MIDDLE OF A MIGRAINE One tap from the lock screen opens straight to a pain slider. Log a checkpoint, mark whether meds helped, done. WORKS WITHOUT A CYCLE Menopause, hysterectomy, pregnancy, postpartum, birth control — when cycle data isn't there, the engine leans harder on sleep, heart rate, and pressure. WHAT MIGRAINE HELP TRACKS Trigger correlation with honest confidence levels Trigger stacking and daily load Barometric pressure forecasts — incoming shifts, not just current readings Cycle phase and hormonal patterns Sleep, heart rate, HRV, and wrist temperature via Apple Health Medication effectiveness over time Payment charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in App Store account settings. IMPORTANT Migraine Help is for informational use only and is not a medical device. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your doctor for migraine management. Privacy Policy: https://jacksmengel.github.io/migrainehelp-legal/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://jacksmengel.github.io/migrainehelp-legal/terms-of-service.html

Screenshots

Migraine Tracker4 screens
Migraine Help4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Migraine Tracker at 100% against Migraine Help's 57%. Migraine Tracker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). Migraine Help's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Migraine Help sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Migraine Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Migraine Help holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Migraine Help has 80 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Migraine Tracker's written reviews are positive against 57% of Migraine Help's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Migraine Tracker ships an update every 2 months, Migraine Help every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Migraine Tracker versus Migraine Help: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMigraine TrackerMigraine Help
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (9 ratings)4.4 (80 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings980 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.3 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB23 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAllsidium ASJack Mengel

Customer experience

Migraine Tracker

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Migraine Help

All ratings80 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Migraine Tracker

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Migraine Help

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly Discount Price 2$3.997 Days
  • Weekly Discount Price$4.997 Days
  • Weekly7 Days trial$9.997 Days
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  • Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Yearly$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$149.99

Questions

Is Migraine Tracker free?
Migraine Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Migraine Help free?
Migraine Help is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Migraine Tracker or Migraine Help?
Migraine Help is rated higher. Migraine Tracker averages 4.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Migraine Help averages 4.4 from 80 ratings.
Do Migraine Tracker or Migraine Help have ads?
Migraine Help shows ads; Migraine Tracker does not.
Which is updated more often, Migraine Tracker or Migraine Help?
Migraine Tracker ships an update every 2 months, and Migraine Help every 3 days. Most recently, Migraine Tracker was updated on September 17, 2026 and Migraine Help on September 26, 2026.

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