Comparison

CFS Tracker vs Breathify

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

Head to head
About

CFS Tracker

This app helps individuals manage energy-limiting chronic illnesses by tracking symptoms, pacing, medications, and daily activities. It provides insights into patterns and trends to better understand health and communicate with healthcare providers.

Highlights
  • Log diverse symptoms including fatigue and brain fog
  • Track medications, supplements, and treatments
  • Record activity, rest, sleep, and nutrition
  • Customize tracking for personal health patterns
  • Set reminders for health routines
  • Monitor post-exertional malaise (PEM) and crashes
  • Review symptom trends with charts and summaries
Features
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Feeling overwhelmed by chronic fatigue, brain fog, low energy, and unpredictable symptoms? Cifora is a dedicated CFS/ME tracker and chronic fatigue journal built for energy-limiting conditions. Track symptoms, pacing, PEM patterns, medications, supplements, sleep, mood, pain, activity, and rest, alongside Apple Health data, in one simple place. Living with an invisible illness often means balancing activity, rest, routines, treatments, appointments, and daily responsibilities. Cifora helps you organize your health notes and review your own patterns over time, so you can keep clearer records of difficult days, flares, PEM, and crashes. Built for people tracking ME/CFS, chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, long COVID, post-viral fatigue, fibromyalgia, POTS, dysautonomia, migraines, MCAS, IBD, chronic pain, anxiety, depression, and other complex multisystem, energy-limiting conditions. Key features: 1. Log symptoms including fatigue, brain fog, muscle pain, joint pain, headaches, dizziness, nausea, palpitations, insomnia, sleep issues, post-activity symptoms, and other invisible symptoms 2. Track medications, supplements, treatments, care routines, appointments, and personal health notes 3. Record activity, rest breaks, sleep quality, hydration, nutrition, mood, pain, social activity, and daily energy levels 4. Customize your symptom tracker around your own health, pacing, fatigue, and energy patterns 5. Set reminders for medications, supplements, symptom check-ins, hydration, sleep, rest, and routine tracking 6. Keep a record of post-exertional malaise (PEM) patterns, energy dips, symptom flares, and energy crashes over time 7. Review charts and summaries of symptom trends across mild, moderate, severe, crash, and recovery days 8. Keep a connected health record Everything is designed for low cognitive load. Quick entries, customizable fields, reminders, charts, summaries, and reports help you stay consistent without feeling overwhelmed, even during high fatigue or brain fog. Use Cifora to keep clearer records, prepare for appointments, organize invisible symptoms, understand your own history, and communicate more clearly with your healthcare providers. Whether you are tracking mild, moderate, or severe days, Cifora gives you a flexible structure for daily chronic fatigue and ME/CFS tracking across energy, symptoms, sleep, pain, activity, rest, medications, supplements, nutrition, hydration, mood, and appointments. Your data stays private, encrypted, and under your control. You can export your records or delete your account at any time. We do not sell your health information to third parties. Disclaimer: Cifora is for tracking, journaling, educational, and informational purposes only. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, or monitor any disease or medical condition. Always seek a doctor's advice in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions, including before changing medications, supplements, treatments, activity levels, or care routines. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Breathify

Features
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Breathify brings powerful breathing techniques to your fingertips with a beautifully minimal interface designed to help you find calm in seconds. BREATHWORK MADE SIMPLE No complicated instructions. No distracting extras. Just tap Start and follow the visual guide. Breathify's elegant animations guide you through each breath cycle effortlessly. TECHNIQUES THAT WORK 4-7-8 Breathing The "relaxing breath" technique developed by Dr. Andrew Weil. Inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 7, exhale for 8. Clinically shown to: • Reduce anxiety and stress • Help you fall asleep faster • Manage cravings and emotional responses Box Breathing The technique used by Navy SEALs to stay calm under pressure. Four equal phases of 4 seconds each. Proven to: • Heighten focus and concentration • Calm the nervous system • Improve stress resilience WHY BREATHIFY? ◆ Minimalist Design — A distraction-free dark interface that lets you focus entirely on your breath ◆ Visual Guidance — Follow the gentle animations without counting or thinking ◆ Haptic Feedback — Optional subtle vibrations keep you in rhythm ◆ Sound Cues — Soft audio ticks mark each second (optional) ◆ No Account Required — Open the app and start breathing immediately THE SCIENCE OF BREATHING Controlled breathing activates your parasympathetic nervous system, lowering heart rate and blood pressure. Just a few minutes of breathwork can shift your body from "fight or flight" to "rest and digest." Whether you're preparing for a big presentation, winding down before bed, or finding a moment of peace in a hectic day, Breathify is your pocket companion for instant calm. Download now. Take a breath. Feel better. This app is subject to these terms of use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CFS Tracker4 screens
Breathify4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: CFS Tracker at 4 against Breathify's 2. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. CFS Tracker sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.95 per month and Breathify sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
CFS Tracker versus Breathify: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCFS TrackerBreathify
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB47 MB
Age rating+412+
DeveloperDigital TherapeuticsJeffery Morhous

In-app purchases

16 purchases

CFS Tracker

Subscriptions13
  • flex pass$4.951 Month
  • easy pass$5.997 Days
  • flex pass$8.991 Month
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  • carey ai max$19.991 Month
  • yearly access$19.991 Year
  • smart pass$24.991 Year
  • carey ai ultra$29.991 Month
  • plus$29.991 Year
  • limited discount$29.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly$34.991 Year
  • yearly access3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Extended Trial3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • store credit$1.99
  • carey ai credits$8.99
  • lifetime upgrade$99.99
2 purchases

Breathify

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Breathify Pro$7.991 Month
  • Annual Breathify Pro$49.991 Year

Questions

Is CFS Tracker free?
CFS Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Breathify free?
Breathify is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CFS Tracker or Breathify have ads?
Neither CFS Tracker nor Breathify shows ads.

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