Clove vs Symptile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clove
A private and customizable app for tracking chronic illness, pain, symptoms, and mood. It helps users identify patterns and gain a sense of control over their health with a clean, distraction-free design. All data is stored locally on the device for maximum privacy.
- Track pain, mood, symptoms, meals, activities
- Customize symptoms to monitor
- Visual calendar and trend insights
- Optional logging and medication reminders
- Distraction-free design for fatigue and ADHD
- Open-source and local data storage
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Clove is a gentle, private app for tracking chronic illness, pain, symptoms, and mood on your terms. Customize what you track, keeping it as simple or detailed as you would like. Whether you’re managing daily pain, fatigue, or mental health, Clove helps you spot patterns and feel more in control. No accounts. No ads. All data stays on your device. FEATURES Track pain, mood, symptoms, meals, activities, and more Customize your own symptoms to monitor Visual calendar and insights to spot trends Reminders (optional) to log or take meds Clean, distraction-free design for chronic fatigue and ADHD Your privacy matters. Clove is open-source and stores everything locally on your phone - never uploaded or shared.
Symptile
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Symptile is a fast, private symptom tracker designed around how you actually feel. Tap a tile to log a symptom in a second, or long-press to add severity, notes, and photos. It's a native iOS app, built from lived experience. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Log in seconds • Tap a symptom tile to log it instantly; the badge shows today's count • Long-press for severity (Present to Severe), notes, and photos • Choose from a catalog of common symptoms, or create your own with a custom name, icon, and color See your patterns • Browse your full history, day by day • Charts for time of day, day of week, and severity • On-device AI insights that summarize what your data shows: your patterns, not medical advice Make it yours • Reminders at the times and on the days you choose • Sync to Apple Health so symptoms sit alongside your other health data • Back up and sync across devices with iCloud • Quick-log straight from a Home Screen widget • Track for the whole family with multiple profiles • Import and export your data as CSV • Lock the app with Face ID Private by design Your symptoms are personal. Symptile keeps them on your device and in your own private iCloud. There's no account to create, no analytics, and no third-party tracking. Symptile is a personal tracking tool, not a medical device. It does not provide medical advice or diagnosis.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Symptile at daily against Clove's every 6 weeks. Clove's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Clove ships an update every 6 weeks, Symptile daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clove | Symptile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (33 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Colby Brown | BRUNO DURAND |
In-app purchases
Clove
No in-app purchases
Symptile
No in-app purchases








