Roothold vs Zero Migraine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roothold
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Roothold is a low-stimulation reset for migraine-sensitive workdays—especially when screens, sound, physical tension, or mental load are becoming harder to tolerate. You may not be having a migraine attack. You may simply have spent hours looking at a screen, concentrating, filtering noise, making decisions, or holding tension in your neck and shoulders. Roothold helps you take the smallest useful break for what you can handle right now. WORKDAY DOWNSHIFT Take a 3–5 minute break from accumulated workday load. Depending on what you select, Roothold can adjust: • how much spoken guidance you hear • how much silence is included • visual-attention guidance • neck and shoulder release cues • pacing for lower energy • how gently you return to your screen and work The goal isn't maximum relaxation. It's to reduce unnecessary load while leaving you able to continue your day. MIGRAINE-AWARE WALKING RESET Prefer movement? Take a gentle walking reset without pace, distance, step, or calorie goals. Guidance can become simpler and quieter when visual motion, sound, energy, or physical tension make a normal walking meditation feel like too much. ADAPTED TO YOUR CURRENT SENSITIVITY Roothold can account for whether you're: • Feeling steady • More sensitive than usual • Noticing a possible prodrome • Recovering It can also adapt to screens, sound sensitivity, neck or shoulder tension, mental overload, and low energy. LESS TO DECIDE Roothold isn't an endless meditation library. It is designed to reduce the decisions required to choose something appropriate for right now. LOW STIMULATION BY DESIGN Quiet visuals, restrained audio, minimal interaction, and optional no-added-sound experiences are part of the product—not cosmetic themes. PRIVATE AND LOW BURDEN No compulsory migraine diary. No account required for the core experience. Optional health context can support personalization without replacing what you tell Roothold about how you feel. Roothold supports relaxation, stress management, gentle movement, and a steadier routine between migraine attacks. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, or abort migraine attacks and is not a substitute for professional medical care. Privacy policy: https://shorturl.at/nJ7AK Terms of Use: https://shorturl.at/sZtDY
Zero Migraine
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Zero Migraine helps you understand and manage your migraines and headaches with a simple, private diary. LOG YOUR ATTACKS • Quick log in two taps: intensity and "now". • Add details whenever you want: type, duration, pain location, symptoms (nausea, aura, light sensitivity…) and notes. DISCOVER YOUR TRIGGERS • Tag what may have caused each attack: sleep, stress, food, hormones, weather, screens… • Create your own triggers. MEDICATION & REMINDERS • Save your medications and log each dose and how well it worked. • Daily reminders so you never miss your medication. DAILY WELLBEING • Check in on sleep, stress and mood to spot patterns. STATISTICS & REPORTS • Charts of frequency, intensity, top triggers and symptoms. • Export a PDF report for your doctor. APPLE HEALTH • Import your sleep and menstrual cycle as context. • Save your attacks as headache events in Health. WIDGETS • See your days without migraine and log an attack right from the home screen. PRIVATE & SUBSCRIPTION-FREE • Your data stays on your device and syncs privately through your iCloud. We don't collect it. • Available in English and Spanish. Zero Migraine is a personal tracking tool. It is not a medical device and does not replace professional medical advice. EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Roothold at none against Zero Migraine's shown. Roothold also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.5). Zero Migraine's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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.
Roothold ships an update every 3 weeks, Zero Migraine every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roothold | Zero Migraine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 榕 陈 | Samuel Sanchez |
In-app purchases
Roothold
No in-app purchases
Zero Migraine
No in-app purchases









