Comparison

POTS Tracker vs Tended

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

Head to head
About

POTS Tracker

This app helps individuals manage chronic illnesses like POTS, CFS, and long COVID by providing tools to track symptoms, medications, and vital signs. It integrates with Apple Health for comprehensive wellness management and offers customizable alerts and detailed insights for better doctor communication.

Highlights
  • Symptom logging in seconds
  • Medication reminders
  • Heart rate & vitals monitoring
  • Tailored health journal
  • Progress analytics
  • Comprehensive wellness tracking
  • Customizable alerts
Features
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Fed up with managing Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) through endless spreadsheets, messy notebooks, or fragmented health apps? It’s time for an easier, smarter, and personalized way to track your health journey. Meet POTS Tracker, the comprehensive health monitor designed specifically for people battling chronic illness, fatigue, tachycardia, and dysautonomia. Whether you're navigating the complexities of orthostatic symptoms, managing chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), or coping with long COVID-related symptoms, this app gives you control. Forget corporate fluff—this tool is crafted by real people who understand exactly what potsies face every single day. POTS Tracker puts powerful, customizable tracking tools right in your pocket, seamlessly integrating your daily health insights with Apple Health for comprehensive wellness management. Quickly record your symptoms, heart rate, blood pressure (BP), mood, medications, salt intake, exercise, and more, with simple taps and intuitive design. Why choose POTS Tracker? Log symptoms in seconds—instantly track tachycardia episodes, dizziness, fatigue, and orthostatic changes. Smart medication reminders—stay consistent, effortlessly pacing your daily regimen to better manage symptoms. Heart rate & vitals monitoring—integrate seamlessly with Apple Health and wearable devices (like Apple Watch) to visualize key insights such as HRV, ECG, VO2 levels, and daily fitness. Tailored health journal—quickly note changes in mood, dietary salt (sodium) intake, or triggers to understand symptom patterns better. Visible progress and detailed insights—transform daily logs into meaningful analytics that empower you at your next doctor’s visit, speeding diagnosis and improving personalized care. Comprehensive wellness tracking—not just limited to symptoms; monitor fitness, mood, exercise tolerance, and even hydration to understand your POTS from every angle. Customizable alerts—intelligent notifications remind you to track key vitals and symptoms, enabling proactive pacing and symptom management. Designed with you in mind: Busy Professionals: No time? No problem. POTS Tracker makes symptom tracking quick and painless. Log your day in seconds, freeing you to focus on your busy life. Chronic Illness Patients: Detailed and tailored symptom tracking means better care. Clearly communicate your experience with your healthcare team using detailed journals, symptom logs, and heart rate insights. Fitness Enthusiasts: Stay on top of your fitness goals safely, tracking vital metrics like heart rate variability (HRV), ECG, and VO2 levels. Exercise smarter, pace better, and monitor progress confidently. Trusted by thousands already thriving despite dysautonomia: “Finally, an app built specifically for my condition. I feel seen, heard, and empowered!” “Super easy, even on brain fog days. The alerts keep me consistent—highly recommend!” "Life-changing simplicity—this app made tracking my symptoms and heart rate effortless." Take back control of your health—ditch the chaos, track your symptoms clearly, and make invisible illness visible. POTS Tracker is more than a symptom diary; it’s your comprehensive, easy-to-use wellness companion. Download now and join the thousands of patients who’ve simplified their journey through POTS. Own your health today. Disclaimer: Any insights provided by POTS Tracker do not constitute medical advice. The app is designed for tracking purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

POTS Tracker4 screens
Tended4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tended at 100% against POTS Tracker's 0%. Tended also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 13 months). POTS Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. POTS Tracker sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.95 per month and Tended sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tended holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of POTS Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tended's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

POTS Tracker ships an update every 13 months, Tended every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
POTS Tracker versus Tended: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPOTS TrackerTended
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (7 ratings)4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigital TherapeuticsGeoff Davis

Customer experience

POTS Tracker

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Tended

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

17 purchases

POTS Tracker

Subscriptions14
  • flex pass$4.951 Month
  • easy pass$5.997 Days
  • weather max$9.993 Months
Show 11 more
  • flex pass$9.991 Month
  • carey ai max$19.991 Month
  • yearly access$19.991 Year
  • smart pass$24.991 Year
  • carey ai ultra$29.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
  • plus$34.991 Year
  • limited discount$34.991 Year
  • Extended Trial3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • yearly access3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • store credit$1.99
  • carey ai credits$8.99
  • lifetime upgrade$99.00
1 purchases

Tended

One-time1
  • Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is POTS Tracker free?
POTS Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tended free?
Tended is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, POTS Tracker or Tended?
Tended is rated higher. POTS Tracker averages 3.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Tended averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do POTS Tracker or Tended have ads?
Neither POTS Tracker nor Tended shows ads.
Which is updated more often, POTS Tracker or Tended?
POTS Tracker ships an update every 13 months, and Tended every 4 days. Most recently, POTS Tracker was updated on September 1, 2026 and Tended on September 15, 2026.

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