Comparison

Tended vs Narratly

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

Head to head
About

Tended

This health journal helps you track chronic illness symptoms, pain, and daily well-being. Log entries quickly, even on difficult days, and identify potential patterns to better prepare for doctor appointments. It's designed for fluctuating conditions and prioritizes your privacy.

Highlights
  • Log symptoms, pain, energy, mood, and more
  • Identify patterns and potential triggers
  • Prepare for doctor appointments with reports
  • Condition-specific starter sets
  • On-device AI for descriptions
  • Privacy-focused with no data collection
Features
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Track chronic illness without turning your health into homework. Tended is a privacy-first health journal and symptom tracker for people living with long-term symptoms, pain, fatigue, flares, and appointments that never quite fit into ten minutes. Log in seconds, notice possible patterns, and prepare for doctor appointments without streaks, guilt, accounts, analytics, data collection, or external servers. LOG IN SECONDS, EVEN ON HARD DAYS When thinking is hard, Tended keeps logging light. Record a day rating, symptoms, pain, medications, energy, sleep, mood, bowel changes, food, triggers, activities, periods, photos, and notes at your own pace. Use Apple Watch, widgets, Siri, the Lock Screen, or the full app when opening your phone feels like too much. Duplicate yesterday, edit only what changed, or describe your day in your own words with optional on-device AI. BUILT FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS Tended is made for fluctuating conditions where a normal habit tracker does not fit. Use it as a chronic illness journal, symptom tracker, pain tracker, medication tracker, flare tracker, energy tracking tool, sleep tracking companion, and body map. Condition starter sets help you begin with relevant symptoms and triggers for fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, lupus, endometriosis, PMOS / PCOS, POTS, EDS, migraine, MS, IBD, PMDD, and many more. SEE PATTERNS IN YOUR OWN DATA Your journal can become more useful over time. Tended may help you notice possible links between symptoms, medications, food, sleep, activity, weather, Apple Health averages, menstrual cycle phases, flares, and better days. Insights are based on what you log yourself. They are self-reported observations, not clinical findings, so you stay in charge of what feels useful. PREPARE FOR APPOINTMENTS When brain fog arrives before your appointment, Tended helps you bring the important parts with you. Use Doctor Mode, appointment notes, body map history, medication adherence, symptom trends, focused visual reports, and PDF health reports to explain what has been happening. Tended+ unlocks longer history, deeper pattern insights, trigger experiments, appointment-ready PDF health reports, focused evidence and care PDFs, and CSV export for people who want to go deeper. STAY CONNECTED, WITHOUT OVERSHARING If you choose, Tended can help you share small practical updates with someone you trust through Supported, the carer companion app. Send a quiet check-in, a quick need, or a regular summary without exposing your whole private journal. FREE FOREVER. NO GUILT. Every tracking feature is free and unlimited. There are no streaks, no shame, and no "you missed a day" messages. Tended+ is for people who want longer-term insight and appointment-ready reports. The free journal stays useful on its own. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No analytics. No data collection. No external server. Your journal lives on your device or in your personal iCloud. Apple Health data is read only when you allow it. Optional on-device AI features run on your device where available; your journal is not sent to Cocoacorn servers. Use Tended gently, at your own pace. Bring what helps. Leave the rest. MEDICAL DISCLAIMER Tended is a personal health journal, not a medical device or clinical tool. It is not a substitute for medical advice or emergency support. Content is based on what you log yourself and may be incomplete or inaccurate. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical decisions. Tended does not monitor journal entries for distress. If you are in crisis, contact local emergency or crisis support. Terms of Use: https://www.cocoacorn.com/tended/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.cocoacorn.com/tended/privacy

About

Narratly

Features
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Narratly turns your daily health experience into insights that actually help. Whether you're living with fibromyalgia, IBS, lupus, migraine, or any chronic condition — Narratly helps you track what's happening, understand why, and communicate it clearly to your doctors. LOG IN SECONDS Tap a symptom chip or speak naturally. Narratly captures pain level, mood, sleep, and energy in under 30 seconds. No forms, no friction. FIND YOUR TRIGGERS Narratly automatically correlates your symptoms with potential triggers — stress, sleep, food, weather, and more. See which factors drive your flares, backed by your own data. UNDERSTAND YOUR PATTERNS Visual health timelines show severity trends, sleep quality, and mood over days, weeks, or months. Spot the patterns your doctor needs to see. TRACK MEDICATION IMPACT Add your medications and track how they affect your symptoms over time. Bring real evidence to your next appointment instead of guessing. YOUR AI HEALTH COMPANION Ask questions in plain language: "Why do I feel worse on weekends?" or "What helps my flares?" Narratly's AI draws on your personal health history — not generic advice — to give grounded, relevant answers. GENERATE DOCTOR BRIEFS Export a concise health summary ready to share with your physician — covering your symptoms, triggers, medications, and trends. No more trying to recall months of history in a 10-minute appointment. BUILT FOR PRIVACY All your health data stays on your device. No account required. No cloud sync. No data sold — ever. Narratly works completely offline. DESIGNED FOR YOUR CONDITION Narratly is built for people managing: • Fibromyalgia • IBS / IBD / Crohn's disease • Lupus (SLE) • Migraine & chronic headache • Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) • Multiple sclerosis (MS) • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) • ME/CFS (chronic fatigue) • POTS & dysautonomia • Endometriosis • Ankylosing spondylitis • MCAS, psoriasis, Long COVID, and more FREE & PRO Log up to 5 symptoms per day, free. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited logging, AI-powered insights, flare pattern analysis, trigger correlation, and doctor brief generation. Your health story matters. Narratly helps you tell it. Privacy Policy for Narratly:https://sulfuric-ornament-4bf.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-for-Narratly-3454c403e8588046afe5d83f1a36a5e3 Terms of Use for Narratly:https://sulfuric-ornament-4bf.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-for-Narratly-3454c403e858802dbf36dc8208c9971c

Screenshots

Tended4 screens
Narratly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tended at every 4 days against Narratly's every 10 days. Narratly's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tended sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Narratly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tended ships an update every 4 days, Narratly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Tended versus Narratly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTendedNarratly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeoff DavisUnattached

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tended

One-time1
  • Lifetime$34.99
3 purchases

Narratly

Subscriptions3
  • Narratly - Weekly Premium3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Narratly - Monthly Premium$6.991 Month
  • Narratly - Yearly Premium1 Month trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Tended free?
Tended is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Narratly free?
Narratly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tended or Narratly have ads?
Neither Tended nor Narratly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tended or Narratly?
Tended ships an update every 4 days, and Narratly every 10 days. Most recently, Tended was updated on September 15, 2026 and Narratly on September 7, 2026.

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