Comparison

Substrata vs Kingtide

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

Head to head
About

Substrata

This app analyzes environmental factors like weather and noise alongside your personal health data, such as sleep and heart rate, to identify potential triggers for headaches and other symptoms. It uses on-device intelligence to provide plain-English explanations and predictive alerts, helping you understand what affects your well-being.

Highlights
  • Sleep condition scoring
  • Headache and symptom logging
  • Personal trigger profile building
  • Predictive alert system
  • On-device AI correlation
  • HealthKit and Apple Watch integration
  • PDF and CSV export
Features
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Wake up tired without knowing why? Headaches that hit out of nowhere? Substrata watches the noise, weather, and air around you, then pairs it with your sleep, heart rate, and HRV — so you can see exactly what's affecting how you feel. The analysis runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple Intelligence. After about two weeks, the on-device correlation engine starts surfacing connections — barometric pressure drops that match your migraine days, bedroom noise that quietly steals your deep sleep, weather patterns that drag down your HRV. Plain-English explanations you could share with your doctor. YOUR SLEEP, EXPLAINED - Sleep Condition Score: how well your bedroom actually treated you (noise, temperature, humidity, pressure stability) - Pairs with HealthKit sleep data + Apple Watch wrist temperature - Hourly, daily, weekly charts with WHO/EPA threshold zones color-coded HEADACHE & SYMPTOM TRIGGERS - Tap to log a headache (migraine, tension, cluster) with severity and notes - After 20-30 logged events, your personal trigger profile starts building - Predictive alerts when conditions match your past headache patterns - Also tracks allergies, mood, joint pain, energy ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE - All correlation analysis runs on your iPhone - Weather comes from Apple WeatherKit, using your approximate location - No accounts. No third-party analytics SDKs. - Microphone is not used in production; noise data comes from Apple Watch - Privacy nutrition label: no data collected WHAT YOU GET WITH PREMIUM - Every correlation the engine finds (free tier shows your top one) - Personal headache trigger profile + predictive alerts - AI-generated insight narratives - PDF and CSV export — bring a real report to your doctor - History beyond 30 days Requires iPhone with iOS 26.2 or later and an Apple Intelligence-capable device for AI insights. Apple Watch strongly recommended for environmental noise, HRV, and sleep-stage data; works without a Watch using weather, sleep duration, and headphone audio. Substrata is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. It explores potential connections between environmental and health data for personal review. Consult a healthcare provider for diagnosis or treatment. Privacy Policy: https://kynossstudios.com/substrata-privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Kingtide

This adaptable workout app creates personalized plans that adjust around injuries, pain, or low energy days. It integrates your physical therapist's exercises and ensures your training continues even when you're not at your best. All your data stays securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Personalized workout plans
  • Pain and injury adaptation
  • Rehab plan integration
  • On-device data storage
  • Progressive overload tracking
  • Flexible session adjustment
Features
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The workout tracker for people whose bodies hurt. Log every set like any tracker. Then tell it what's sore, and every session is rebuilt around it. Bring the routine you already run, from a photo or a Strong or Hevy export, and it's in your week the same day. Most workout apps assume nothing ever hurts. Kingtide is built for the opposite. Log a bad shoulder, a nagging knee, or a lower back that flares up, and every workout from then on is built around it. Not "see a professional and come back." A session you can actually do today. LOG AN INJURY ONCE Mark the area on a body map and say how it feels. Kingtide swaps the movements that aggravate it for ones that don't, and leaves the rest of your session alone. Mark it good again when it settles, and the plan walks you back. YOUR ROUTINE, IN ONE IMPORT Screenshots from Strong or Hevy, a CSV export, a whiteboard, a photo of paper. Kingtide reads it on your phone, keeps your days, your sets, your reps and your weights, and shows you what it read so you can fix anything before it becomes your week. Your leg day stays a leg day. YOUR REHAB PLAN, FOLDED IN Photograph the exercise sheet you were given, by a physio, a PT, a chiro or your doctor. Those exercises are built into your week, so you follow that guidance without dropping your training. Nothing is uploaded to do it. A TRACKER THAT PAYS ATTENTION The runner logs what you actually lifted, not what was planned. Recovered muscle goes up. Still-sore muscle holds the weight and adds a rep. Every number on the progress screen is read back off sessions you really did, so an empty week looks empty. A PLAN THAT BENDS INSTEAD OF BREAKING Short on time, or slept badly? Say so at check-in and today's session reshapes to fit. Training for a sport? Say which, and the week leads with what it asks for. A rough week changes your training instead of ending it. YOUR INJURIES STAY ON THIS PHONE The body map, your pain notes and the routine you imported live on your device, not on a server. Anonymous usage analytics and crash reports are the only things that ever leave, and Profile has a switch that turns those off too. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO No account. No sign-up. No email address. Kingtide is not medical advice and is not a substitute for a doctor or a physical therapist. If something is genuinely injured, go and see one. FREE AND PRO Fourteen full workouts free. Your plan and your logged history stay yours either way. Kingtide Pro removes the session limit and keeps the plan adapting for as long as you train. Kingtide Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, offered monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://trykingtide.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://trykingtide.com/privacy

Screenshots

Substrata4 screens
Kingtide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Kingtide at 3 against Substrata's 1. Kingtide also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Substrata sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Kingtide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Substrata against 5.0 for Kingtide. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Substrata versus Kingtide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubstrataKingtide
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.215.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven KnaussKAYIITA JOHANSSON

Customer experience

Substrata

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kingtide

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Substrata

Subscriptions2
  • Substrata Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Substrata Premium Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Substrata Premium$3.99
  • Substrata Premium Lifetime$89.99
2 purchases

Kingtide

Subscriptions2
  • Kingtide Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Kingtide Pro Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Substrata free?
Substrata is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kingtide free?
Kingtide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Substrata or Kingtide?
Substrata and Kingtide are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Substrata or Kingtide have ads?
Neither Substrata nor Kingtide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Substrata or Kingtide?
Substrata ships an update every 4 days, and Kingtide every 4 days. Most recently, Substrata was updated on October 25, 2026 and Kingtide on October 24, 2026.

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