BowelLog vs Throb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BowelLog
Easily monitor your digestive health by logging stool types using the Bristol Stool Scale and tracking bathroom duration. Gain insights into your gut health with visual charts and patterns. Your data is kept private and stored locally on your device.
- Bristol Stool Scale logging (Types 1-7)
- Bathroom time tracking
- Optional notes for logs
- Daily and historical stats
- Streak tracking
- 7-day frequency chart
- 28-day heatmap
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Your gut health matters. But talking about it? Not so easy. Poop Tracker helps you monitor your digestive health using the Bristol Stool Scale and track your bathroom time with the salary timer. FEATURES: • Bristol Stool Scale: log Types 1-7 with descriptions and health info • Salary Counter: track how much you earn while on the throne • Optional notes for each log entry • Morning Mirror: see yesterday's stats on first open • Streak tracking with milestone celebrations INSIGHTS & TRENDS: • 7-day frequency chart and 28-day heat map • Bristol type distribution with health scoring • Weekly and monthly patterns PRIVACY FIRST: All data is stored locally on your device. No accounts required. No cloud sync. No one sees your data but you. Poop Tracker is free and ad-supported. Download now and start monitoring your gut health today.
Throb
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Log a migraine in one tap, even mid-attack, on a dark screen that won't hurt your eyes. Throb is a private migraine and headache diary you pay for once: no subscription, no account, no ads. ABOUT THROB Throb is a migraine and headache tracker for iPhone (iOS 18 or later) with an Apple Watch app. It is made for people with frequent or chronic migraine who need a reliable headache diary for themselves and for their doctor or neurologist. Everything is stored on the device; nothing is sent to the developer. LOGGING • Start an attack with one tap from the app, the Lock Screen widget, Control Center, the Action Button, Siri ("Log a migraine in Throb") or Apple Watch. • Attack mode is a dark, low-light screen. Tap the pain level as it changes to draw a pain-over-time curve, and log every dose. • Record where it hurts on a head map, plus symptoms, triggers, aura and prodrome, relief methods and notes. • Whole-day entries for daily or continuous headache, with no start or end time. • "Feeling one coming" notes early warning signs before the pain starts. • Log medication doses taken outside an attack, including preventives. FOR YOUR DOCTOR • Doctor report PDF: headache days, attacks, duration, peak pain, acute-medication days, how often each medication helped and its median time to relief, MIDAS disability score and the HIT-6 questionnaire. • A monthly count of acute-medication days, shown as information, never as an alarm. INSIGHTS • Calendar heat map, trends and a searchable list of every attack. • Co-occurrence: which triggers and symptoms show up with your attacks. Patterns only, never claimed causes. • Preventive treatment check: headache days per 30 days before versus since you started a preventive, with optional reminders from daily tablets to injections every few weeks. • Barometric pressure trend from the iPhone's own barometer, optional alerts on sharp drops, and an optional pressure forecast from Apple Weather. DATA AND PRIVACY • Works fully offline. No account, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no ads. • Optional iCloud sync through your own private iCloud database. • Optional Apple Health: reads sleep and menstrual cycle, writes headache events. • Automatic local backups with restore, plus CSV and JSON export. • Import from a Migraine Buddy CSV export or a headache spreadsheet. • Face ID lock. PRICE Free: logging, attack mode, full history, calendar, search, backups, iCloud sync, export, Face ID lock and a doctor report for the last 30 days. One-time purchase, no subscription: doctor reports for any date range and all insights. LANGUAGES 20 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Arabic, Dutch, Turkish, Polish, Swedish, Hindi, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese. WHAT THROB IS NOT Throb does not diagnose, predict or treat migraine and is not a medical device. It records what you log so that you and your clinician can see the pattern. No streaks, no gamification, no community feed, no notification spam.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BowelLog at none against Throb's 1. BowelLog also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Throb's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Throb sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BowelLog asks for nothing beyond the download.
BowelLog ships an update every 10 days, Throb every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | BowelLog | Throb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Blas Prieto | Evatech Innovations,TOO |
In-app purchases
BowelLog
No in-app purchases
Throb
- Throb Lifetime Unlock$12.99









