Comparison

Pain Patterns vs Chronic Pain Tracker & Diary

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

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Pain Patterns

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Pain Patterns helps you understand your chronic pain. Log a check-in in seconds: Over time, the app finds statistically significant patterns in your data: which activities make pain worse, what time of day it peaks, how sleep and stress affect you. Real insights, backed by your real data. Track what matters: Log pain intensity, location, and context in seconds. No long forms, no friction. Discover what's driving it: Pain Patterns runs statistical analysis on your entries to surface only meaningful correlations. See the bigger picture: Timelines, heat maps, and trend charts make months of data easy to understand at a glance. Bring data to your appointments: Arrive at your next doctor's visit with actual evidence โ€” not just memory.

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Chronic Pain Tracker & Diary

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Your pain is real โ€” PainLog helps you show it in numbers. When a doctor asks "how bad, how often, where exactly?", memory blurs the worst weeks. PainLog is a fast, private pain diary: log each episode in seconds, watch the pattern appear on charts and a body map, and walk into your next appointment with the whole record in your hand. PainLog is built for the moment pain actually strikes. No account, no forms, no wellness quiz โ€” open the app, set the 0โ€“10 intensity, tap the body area and how it feels, done. The diary does the remembering so you can get on with your day. WHAT YOU GET โ€ข An episode logged in seconds โ€” intensity on the 0โ€“10 scale doctors use, body area, descriptors like sharp, burning or throbbing, duration and a note โ€ข A CSV report of every episode โ€” dates, scores, areas, types โ€” ready to hand to your GP, specialist or physio โ€ข Your last 7 and 30 days drawn as one intensity curve, so "it has been worse lately" becomes a line you can point to โ€ข A body map that shades the areas you log most โ€” tap one and your whole history filters to just that spot โ€ข A flare-up alert when you have logged at or above your own threshold on consecutive days โ€ข A daily check-in reminder at the time you choose, so bad weeks get recorded instead of half-remembered PERFECT FOR โ€ข Living with fibromyalgia, arthritis or nerve pain and tired of answering "on a scale of one to ten?" from memory โ€ข Back pain that comes and goes โ€” find out whether it is really improving or you are just having a good day โ€ข Preparing for a specialist referral, insurance claim or disability paperwork that needs dates and numbers โ€ข Judging a new medication or physio programme against what you actually felt, day by day WHY NOT JUST A NOTES APP? A note says "back was bad on Tuesday". PainLog says 7/10, lower back, sharp and shooting, 90 minutes โ€” and turns fifty such entries into daily averages, a trend line and a most-affected-areas map. That is the difference between telling your doctor a story and handing them data. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your diary stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no server โ€” PainLog collects nothing and sends nothing. Your record leaves the device only when you choose to export it. FULL ACCESS PainLog requires Full Access, available as an auto-renewing weekly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Full Access unlocks the complete app: unlimited episode logging, full history with editing, the body map, 7- and 30-day trend charts, flare-up detection, the daily reminder and CSV export. Prices are shown in the app before purchase; subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed anytime in your Apple ID settings. PainLog is a personal diary, not a medical device โ€” it records what you report and never interprets your condition. Download PainLog and log your first episode tonight โ€” your next appointment is closer than you think. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

Screenshots

Pain Patterns4 screens
Chronic Pain Tracker & Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pain Patterns at none against Chronic Pain Tracker & Diary's 3. Pain Patterns also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Chronic Pain Tracker & Diary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Pain Patterns asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Pain Patterns versus Chronic Pain Tracker & Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPain PatternsChronic Pain Tracker & Diary
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGINA JAY HEIDELLEAN ASIA CO., LTD

In-app purchases

None

Pain Patterns

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Chronic Pain Tracker & Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Symptom Journal Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Flare Record Yearly$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Joint Log Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Pain Patterns free?
Pain Patterns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chronic Pain Tracker & Diary free?
Chronic Pain Tracker & Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pain Patterns or Chronic Pain Tracker & Diary have ads?
Neither Pain Patterns nor Chronic Pain Tracker & Diary shows ads.

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