Comparison

MigraSense vs MigraineCast

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

Head to head
About

MigraSense

Easily log migraine attacks, track pain severity, duration, and symptoms. Identify triggers like sleep, stress, and diet to understand patterns and work towards relief. Syncs with Apple Health for a comprehensive health overview.

Highlights
  • Log migraine attacks quickly
  • Track pain severity and location
  • Record symptoms like nausea and sensitivity
  • Monitor common triggers (sleep, stress, diet)
  • Analyze migraine patterns over time
  • Integrate with Apple Health
  • Generate and share detailed reports
Features
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MigraSense is a free migraine tracker and headache diary that turns scattered bad days into patterns you can act on. Log an attack in seconds, track the triggers that matter, and walk into your next appointment with real data instead of a vague memory. If you have been looking for a migraine app that respects your time, this is it. No account, no subscription wall, no forty-field form when your head is already splitting — just a painless migraine tracker that stays out of your way. LOG AN ATTACK IN SECONDS A migraine and headache tracker is only useful if you actually use it mid-attack. MigraSense keeps logging to a few taps: Pain severity on a 0–10 scale Pain location — forehead, one side, back of head, or full head Start time, end time, and total duration Aura symptoms before or during the attack Nausea, light sensitivity, and sound sensitivity Free-text notes for anything else worth remembering A SYMPTOM TRACKER AND TRIGGER LOG IN ONE Migraine rarely has a single cause. Alongside the symptom tracker, MigraSense records the everyday factors that stack up before an attack: Sleep quality and hours slept Stress levels and mood Menstrual cycle and hormonal changes Caffeine, alcohol, hydration, and skipped meals Bright light, loud noise, strong scents, and smoke Weather changes AI INSIGHTS THAT FIND YOUR PATTERNS As an AI migraine tracker, MigraSense goes further than a plain calendar. Its algorithmic insights sift through your entries to surface the connections you are most likely to have missed, then explain them in plain language. Calendar view showing when and how often attacks happen Frequency and severity trends across weeks and months Correlations between your habits and your migraine days The triggers that keep showing up, ranked by how often they appear APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION With your permission, MigraSense syncs with Apple Health for a fuller picture of what your body was doing beforehand: Sleep data Heart rate Step count and daily activity Every entry sits beside your health metrics, so "I think I slept badly" becomes something you can check. EVERYDAY MIGRAINE SUPPORT Mark your current state: Active, Improving, or Resolved Gentle reminders to update an ongoing attack Headache-free streaks and total migraine days at a glance Home Screen widgets show your status and streak without opening the app REPORTS YOUR DOCTOR CAN USE Ten minutes with a neurologist goes further when you bring the facts: Export your full history as a clean, shareable PDF Frequency, duration, severity, symptoms, triggers, and health trends included Ideal for GP visits, neurology referrals, and checking whether a new preventive is working WHO IT IS FOR Anyone living with chronic or episodic migraine People with frequent tension or cluster-type head pain Anyone told to "keep a headache diary" who never sticks with one Anyone starting a new treatment and wanting to measure the difference Fast enough to use mid-attack. Detailed enough to matter to your doctor. Simple enough that you will still be using it in six months. Download MigraSense and start your record today. The next attack is data you can use. KEY FEATURES Free migraine tracker and headache diary Severity, location, duration, and aura logging Built-in symptom tracker and trigger log Sleep, stress, cycle, diet, and weather factors AI-powered pattern and trigger insights Apple Health sync PDF export for medical appointments Widgets, streaks, and migraine-day totals MigraSense is a self-management and tracking tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment and is not a substitute for professional care. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider about your symptoms. Privacy Policy: https://migrasense.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://migrasense.app/tos.html

About

MigraineCast

This app forecasts migraine risk based on local weather conditions like barometric pressure, temperature, and humidity. It allows users to log symptoms and triggers, identify patterns, and receive personalized suggestions to prepare for potential migraine attacks.

Highlights
  • Migraine risk forecast
  • Barometric pressure tracking
  • Symptom and trigger logging
  • Pattern identification
  • Home screen widget
  • Trigger Guide library
  • Weather Lab historical data
Features
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Understand your migraines. Anticipate higher-risk periods. Feel more prepared. MigraineCast combines weather forecasts, migraine tracking, optional Apple Health signals, and personal insights. Log symptoms, triggers, medications, severity, notes, stress, hydration, outcomes, migraine-free days, and local weather context; log hands-free with Siri. UNDERSTAND YOUR MIGRAINES Find recurring patterns and explore whether pressure, sleep, humidity, cycle context, stress, or other signals appear around migraine days. Compare suspected causes with your history. YOUR RISK, WITH MORE CONTEXT See pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind changes; optional Apple Health sleep, heart-rate variability (HRV), resting heart rate, and menstrual-flow context; plus your logged stress, hydration, and cycle context. Personal associations become clearer as you log migraine and migraine-free days. With enough Apple Health data, Body Strain compares recent sleep, HRV, and resting heart rate with your recent baseline to inform current risk context and selected near-term forecasts. Risk estimates help you notice patterns and prepare; they cannot predict a migraine. PLAN YOUR DAY WITH CONFIDENCE Migraine Safe Day Planner identifies lower-risk times for important activities, with low-, moderate-, and high-risk blocks, support for meetings, travel, workouts, and daily commitments, and recommendations based on your risk context and history. PREVENTION ALERTS Enable notifications for elevated-risk periods, personalized risk context, weather monitoring, early warnings, suggested protective actions, and alerts from available weather, health, and personal-history signals. TRACK WHAT SEEMS TO HELP Review medications that appear most helpful, recorded changes in duration and severity, timing patterns, and confidence that grows as you log outcomes. GET SUPPORT DURING AN ATTACK Emergency Mode provides context-based relief suggestions, medication and hydration reminders, previously successful actions, an active-migraine timer, and a history-based duration estimate when enough attacks are complete. YOUR RISK AT A GLANCE Current risk context, weather forecasts, Home Screen widgets, Apple Watch companion app, trigger and risk monitoring, and insights that develop over time. PREMIUM FEATURES Personal trigger analysis; Migraine Safe Day Planner; prevention alerts; medication-effectiveness insights; duration estimates; monthly PDF reports; Weather Lab; Trigger Radar; 24-hour and 7-day forecasts; menstrual-cycle tracking; protective recommendations; Trigger Library; Siri forecasting and migraine logging. BUILT WITH PRIVACY IN MIND No email sign-up is required. You control optional Location and Apple Health permissions, and health information is never sold or used for advertising. Records stay on your device and may be backed up to Firebase under an anonymous app identifier for restoration. MigraineCast does not upload your complete Apple Health record. MigraineCast is a wellness tool, not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Consult a qualified healthcare professional about medical concerns or treatment decisions. Terms of Use (EULA): [https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/)

Screenshots

MigraSense4 screens
MigraineCast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MigraineCast at 100% against MigraSense's 50%. MigraineCast also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 13 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. MigraSense sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and MigraineCast sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MigraineCast holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MigraineCast has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of MigraSense's written reviews are positive against 100% of MigraineCast's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MigraSense ships an update every 13 months, MigraineCast weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MigraSense versus MigraineCast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMigraSenseMigraineCast
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)4.7 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings315 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB53 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperActMobile Labs LLCTHIERRY VICTOR E DE BELDER

Customer experience

MigraSense

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

MigraineCast

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MigraSense

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
11 purchases

MigraineCast

Subscriptions11
  • Weekly Premium3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium$12.991 Month
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  • Yearly Premium$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Sale$39.991 Year
  • Yearly Mid$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Mid 7-Day Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Mid 3-Day Trial3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Yearly No Trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is MigraSense free?
MigraSense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MigraineCast free?
MigraineCast is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MigraSense or MigraineCast?
MigraineCast is rated higher. MigraSense averages 4.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while MigraineCast averages 4.7 from 15 ratings.
Do MigraSense or MigraineCast have ads?
Neither MigraSense nor MigraineCast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MigraSense or MigraineCast?
MigraSense ships an update every 13 months, and MigraineCast weekly. Most recently, MigraSense was updated on September 29, 2026 and MigraineCast on October 1, 2026.

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