MigraineCast vs Headache Forecast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Migraine risk forecast
- Barometric pressure tracking
- Symptom and trigger logging
- Pattern identification
- Home screen widget
- Trigger Guide library
- Weather Lab historical data
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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/)
Headache Forecast
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Find your unique pain patterns through barometric pressure changes and headache logs. This app is a dedicated application combining weather forecasts and physical condition tracking, developed for those suffering from headaches (weather pains, meteoropathy, migraines) caused by barometric pressure fluctuations. It supports you in taking countermeasures before the pain worsens by grasping in advance the timing of significant pressure drops. ## Main Features ・High-Precision Barometric Pressure Forecast Graph Equipped with an intuitive graph that allows you to check future barometric pressure changes at a glance. It visually highlights and notifies you of the pressure warning zones (such as sudden pressure drops) where headaches are likely to occur. ・Barometric Pressure Drop Alert (Push Notifications) Before the barometric pressure changes suddenly, it will notify you with a push notification on your smartphone. It makes it easier to notice weather changes even when you are out, allowing you to take proactive measures such as preparing your medication before the pain occurs. ・Easy Headache and Medication Log When you feel pain, you can quickly log the pain intensity and the medication you took (timing of medication). We have adopted a simple design that reduces the burden of input so that you can continue to use it every day. ・Pain Analysis and Review You can cross-reference past weather and barometric pressure data with your headache logs. Understand the conditions and trends under which your pain is likely to occur, and use it to improve your lifestyle habits. ・User-Friendly Customization Flexible customization according to the user's preference is possible, such as switching to an eye-friendly dark mode and changing the barometric pressure units (hPa, inHg, etc.) and temperature units. ## Recommended for These People Those Who Get Headaches or Feel Sluggish on Rainy Days or When a Typhoon Approaches (Meteoropathy, Weather Pains) Those Who Want to Understand the Patterns and Triggers of Their Migraines Those Who Want a Guideline for When to Take Medication Those Who Want to Easily Log Daily Physical Condition Changes Instead of Using a Notebook Those Who Are Looking for a Stylish and Easy-to-Use Healthcare App ## Important Notes This app supports physical condition management based on the user's own records and weather forecast data, and is not a substitute for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention by a medical institution. If you have health concerns or pre-existing conditions, please be sure to consult a doctor or medical institution. --- Terms of Use https://www.knecht.co/guidelines/terms-of-service Privacy Policy https://www.knecht.co/guidelines/privacy-policy
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Verdict
MigraineCast and Headache Forecast are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. MigraineCast sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Headache Forecast sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.69 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MigraineCast ships an update weekly, Headache Forecast every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MigraineCast | Headache Forecast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | THIERRY VICTOR E DE BELDER | Knecht, Inc. |
In-app purchases
MigraineCast
- 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
Headache Forecast
- Premium (Monthly)$3.691 Month
- Premium (Monthly)$5.391 Month
- Premium (Monthly)$6.791 Month
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- Premium (Monthly)$8.791 Month
- Premium (Annual)$25.901 Year
- Premium (Annual)$37.901 Year
- Premium (Annual)$48.001 Year
- Premium (Annual)$61.901 Year
Questions
Is MigraineCast free?
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Do MigraineCast or Headache Forecast have ads?
Which is updated more often, MigraineCast or Headache Forecast?
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