Calmgrid vs Alison
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calmgrid
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Log a migraine in under a minute. See your real triggers. Export a doctor-ready report — while your health data stays private on your device. Calmgrid turns scattered attacks into a clear pattern: what set them off, what helped, and what to tell your doctor. ------------------------------------------------------- WHY CALMGRID? ◆ Log fast, even mid-attack A guided wizard captures the full picture in under 60 seconds. Skip any step. ◆ Discover what actually triggers you Weather, stress, sleep, caffeine, hormones, food — see which factors line up with your attacks. ◆ Make doctor visits count Export a clean PDF report: frequency, severity trends, top triggers, medication effectiveness, days impacted. ◆ Know what helps Rate medications and relief methods per dose. Stop guessing what works. ------------------------------------------------------- WHAT YOU CAN TRACK • Date, time & duration • Severity (3-point or 10-point scale) • Pain location (front, back, temples, custom) • Symptoms (nausea, light sensitivity, aura + custom) • Triggers (stress, sleep, weather, food, hormones + custom) • Medications with dose, timing & effectiveness • Relief methods that worked • Impact on work, sleep & social life ------------------------------------------------------- INSIGHTS & REPORTS Free: • Attacks per week • Severity distribution • Duration averages • Weekday patterns Pro: • Top triggers ranked • Top symptoms ranked • Medication effectiveness breakdown • Time-of-day analysis • PDF export for doctor visits • Custom date ranges ------------------------------------------------------- PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN Your migraine data stays on your device. No account required. No cloud sync. Your health entries are never sold, shared, or used for advertising. • Offline-first architecture • Local encrypted storage • Export your data anytime • Delete everything with one tap To keep improving Calmgrid, we collect anonymous usage statistics and crash reports — never the content of your health entries. You can turn this off in Settings anytime. ------------------------------------------------------- BUILT FOR MIGRAINE SUFFERERS • Dark mode reduces strain during attacks • Quick logging when you're in pain • Skip any step — flexibility when you need it • Haptic feedback for intuitive interaction • Calm, low-contrast interface • Available in 39 languages ------------------------------------------------------- FREE VS PRO Free: Track attacks, basic insights, calendar view, custom lists Pro: Unlimited tracking, advanced analytics, medication effectiveness, PDF export, time-of-day patterns Start free. Upgrade when the insights pay off. ------------------------------------------------------- Download Calmgrid today. Understand your migraines. Take back control. Questions? hi@calmgrid.app Privacy Policy: https://calmgrid.app/en/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://calmgrid.app/en/terms/
Alison
Track headaches, meals, water, and sleep with this personal journal. It offers observational insights into potential patterns without diagnosing or forecasting. Data remains on your device for privacy.
- Start and stop headache logging
- Log meals with ingredients
- Track water and sleep intake
- Optional Apple Watch integration
- Read-only Apple Health integration
- Optional weather data
- Generate clinic letters
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Alison is a personal headache journal. Headache on? Tap Start. Headache over? Tap Stop. Log meals, water, and sleep as they happen. The journal is what you wrote. Nothing more. Alison is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent migraine or any condition. It does not forecast. Talk to a clinician about symptoms. No account. No ads. No tracking. Your journal stays on your device. Pairs are observational. When the same thing has shown up with three of your migraine days, Alison shows a note. That is what has shown up together. It is not a cause. It is not a forecast. It is not a trigger test. Free download. Keep is a monthly subscription through Apple: 1-month free trial for new subscribers, then $0.99/month (local price varies). For the first 24 hours after you first open Alison, nothing waits on Keep. The journal stays readable without Keep. After the first 24 hours, new Start, Food, and Health pull need Keep. When the trial or Keep ends, those services end. Restore on the Keep screen. Cancel in Apple Subscriptions. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Start and Stop a headache • Log meals with ingredients. Search, scan a barcode, or type. Open Food Facts supplies the ingredients. Not a trigger test. • Log water and sleep. Water in ml or oz: you choose under Units. • Optional Apple Watch: Start and intensity • Optional Apple Health: read-only. Alison reads food, water, sleep, menstrual flow, caffeine, and alcohol, only what you allow on Apple's sheet. Deny and the journal still works. • Optional weather: tap Resample for a pressure and humidity forecast from MET Norway (the Norwegian Meteorological Institute). It is a forecast estimate, not a measurement, and it does not diagnose anything. If the weather feed is unavailable, the journal still works. Deny location and the journal still works. Based on data from MET Norway. Values are grouped and simplified by Alison. • Clinic letter: after 5 episodes, 8 meals, and 7 days, share, copy, or save a PDF of what you logged to hand to your clinician. It restates your log. It is not a diagnosis. WHAT ALISON DOES NOT DO • Diagnose • Forecast a migraine • Give medical advice • Replace a clinician • Show ads • Upload your journal to Night Orders ON YOUR PHONE • Alison has no account and no Alison server. Your journal, food log, symptom entries and photos stay on your device, and we do not collect them. Alison does not sync through iCloud. • We do not sell your data, use it for ads, or track you across apps or sites. • Weather is optional and only runs when you tap Resample, never in the background. Your phone rounds your location to about 11 km (7 miles) and sends it directly to MET Norway in Oslo, Norway. MET Norway receives your IP address with the request, as any web server does. Night Orders Studio LLC does not receive or store your location. • Food lookups send your search text or barcode to Open Food Facts, which sees your network address when called. No journal rows are sent. Details: nightorders.app/privacy-alison.html • Deleting the app deletes the journal on the phone. Support: support@nightorders.app Site: https://nightorders.app Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nightorders.app/privacy-alison.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Calmgrid at every 3 days against Alison's weekly. Alison's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Calmgrid sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Alison sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Calmgrid ships an update every 3 days, Alison weekly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Calmgrid | Alison |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ugur Ozan Yildiz | Paturious Grey |
In-app purchases
Calmgrid
- Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Premium (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Alison
- Keep Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month









