Comparison

Self vs Juno

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

Head to head
About

Self

Access your self-care courses and community sanctuary on the go. This app brings your learning and practices directly to your mobile device, making self-care accessible anywhere.

Highlights
  • Access self-care courses
  • Connect to The Self-Care Sanctuary
  • Mobile learning
  • On-the-go practices
  • Personalized self-care tools
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Introducing Self-Caring, a new app from The Self-Care Institute. Now you can access your courses and The Self-Care Sanctuary right from your phone. Keep self-care in the palm of your hands and take your learning and practices with you wherever you go. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Juno

This app provides a non-judgmental companion for individuals living with chronic illnesses. It offers a safe space to discuss symptoms, track health data, and gain insights without unsolicited advice. Designed by those who understand, it offers personalized support for daily challenges.

Highlights
  • AI-powered chronic illness companion
  • Symptom and energy level logging
  • Pattern and trigger identification
  • Health diary and insights
  • Voice or text conversations
  • Personalized condition support
Features
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Meet Juno, your personal health assistant for life with chronic illness - trusted by over 250,000 users globally. Text Juno the same way you would message a friend. Say, “My migraine is 7 out of 10 and started after lunch,” and Juno can log the symptom, severity, and context for you. Prefer talking? Use voice instead. Juno brings compassionate support, symptom tracking, medication management, energy pacing, health insights, and community into one place—without making you complete another exhausting form. LOG SYMPTOMS BY TEXT OR VOICE Too tired for forms? Simply describe what is happening in your own words. Use Juno to: - Log symptoms, pain, mood, energy, and health notes through conversation - Record symptom severity and useful context without navigating long forms - Talk through a difficult symptom day or 3 AM flare - Remember details from your health journey - Prepare questions and talking points for medical appointments Juno personalizes support using the conditions, symptoms, and routines you choose to share, so you don’t have to explain everything again each time. No toxic positivity. No judgment. No pressure to “push through.” Juno meets you where your energy is today. TRACK SYMPTOMS AND SPOT PATTERNS Build a simple health diary that works even through fatigue, pain, and brain fog. - Review your symptom history and explore trends - Compare symptoms with activities, medication, and cycle information - See how symptoms change across days and weeks - Create PDF symptom reports to share with your care team MANAGE MEDICATIONS Keep your medication routine in one place. - Add scheduled and as-needed medications - Set medication reminders and mark doses as taken - Review your medication history and consistency - Share an organized medication list when needed PACE YOUR ENERGY Juno understands spoon theory and the reality of post-exertional crashes. - Set your energy level - Plan tasks around your available spoons - Estimate the energy cost of activities - Build routines that respect your changing capacity CONNECT YOUR HEALTH DATA Bring supported health and wearable data including Apple Health, Oura, Garmin, Bearable, Visible and CareClinic into Juno for a more complete view of your day. Review sleep, steps, heart rate, and activity alongside the symptoms and context you record. FIND PEOPLE WHO GET IT Join a chronic illness community shaped around real lived experience. - Discover posts from people with similar conditions - Join condition-based groups - Share experiences, questions, and photos - Connect through replies, profiles, and private messages BUILT FOR CHRONIC AND INVISIBLE ILLNESS Juno supports people living with fibromyalgia, POTS and dysautonomia, ME/CFS, Long COVID, endometriosis, EDS and hypermobility, MCAS, FND, lupus, arthritis, migraine, IBS, MS, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, autoimmune conditions, neurological conditions, rare disease, and other chronic or invisible illnesses. PRIVATE, SECURE, AND IN YOUR CONTROL Your health data is private and secure. We take privacy seriously and do not sell your personal health information. Juno is a supportive health and wellness assistant, not a doctor or medical service. It does not diagnose, treat, or replace professional medical advice. If you may be experiencing an emergency, contact local emergency services. Join over 200,000 people using Juno to feel more understood, more organized, and less alone. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://junocompanion.com

Screenshots

Self4 screens
Juno4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Self at none against Juno's 11. Self also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Juno's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Juno sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Self asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Self holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Juno has 10K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Self's written reviews are positive against 70% of Juno's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Self ships an update every 3 weeks, Juno weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Self versus Juno: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSelfJuno
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.8 (10K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better69.8% of reviews
Number of ratings610K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#186 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB186 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperThe Self-Care InstituteMarshall Gould

Customer experience

Self

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Juno

All ratings10,172 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral2.8%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews384 reviews
Positive69.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative24.0%

Bugs and requests

Self

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Juno

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inability to save profile details
  • Paid features not working as expected

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improve free access and pricing model
  • Fix bugs and stability issues

In-app purchases

None

Self

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Juno

Subscriptions9
  • Juno Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Juno Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Juno Pro Monthly Discounted$9.991 Month
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  • Juno Pro Monthly2 variants$14.991 Month
  • Juno Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Juno Pro Yearly Discounted7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Quarterly3 Days trial$44.993 Months
  • Juno Pro Yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Juno Pro Yearly7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Juno Pro - Yearly Special$59.99

Questions

Is Self free?
Self is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Juno free?
Juno is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Self or Juno?
Self is rated higher. Self averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Juno averages 4.8 from 10K ratings.
Do Self or Juno have ads?
Neither Self nor Juno shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Self or Juno?
Self ships an update every 3 weeks, and Juno weekly. Most recently, Self was updated on October 6, 2026 and Juno on October 16, 2026.

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