Tended vs Aurora by ARTST
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Aurora by ARTST
This app offers daily guided creative prompts for drawing, writing, photography, and movement to help manage stress, burnout, and anxiety. It provides tools for creative expression and mood tracking, with an optional premium subscription for advanced features and an ad-free experience.
- Daily guided creative prompts
- Drawing, writing, photography, movement activities
- Mood tracking before and after sessions
- Personal gallery of creations
- Streak tracking and achievements
- AI-powered narrative insights (Premium)
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You used to make things. Draw. Write. Create. Then life got loud, work got heavy, and that part of you went quiet. Aurora is a daily creative wellness practice inspired by art therapy — for people experiencing burnout, stress, or anxiety, and for anyone who wants to reconnect with their creative self. A new guided prompt every day across drawing, writing, photography, and movement. No art experience needed. No blank canvas anxiety. Just you, a prompt, and a little space to breathe. HOW IT WORKS Choose your emotional focus: stress, burnout, anxiety, or creativity. Aurora gives you a daily creative prompt with everything you need: the materials, the steps, and a reflection question to close the session. Log your mood before and after. Do it in two minutes or fifteen, whatever you have. WHAT YOU GET — A new creative prompt every day across five creative mediums — In-app drawing canvas with a curated color palette — Photo upload and written response options — Mood tracking before and after every session — A personal gallery of everything you've made — Streak tracking and achievements to keep your practice going AURORA PREMIUM — Unlimited daily prompts across all emotional categories — AI-powered narrative insights that summarize your creative journey — 90-day mood trends, practice calendar, and reflections journal — Ad-free experience — Free to start. Premium from $4.99/month or $49.99/year. YOUR GALLERY IS YOURS ALONE Everything you make in Aurora lives in your private personal archive. Aurora never shares your artwork, your reflections, or your mood data. Private by design. NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL CARE Aurora is a creative wellness tool inspired by art therapy. It is not a substitute for professional mental health treatment. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis please contact a qualified professional or call or text 988. Built by ARTST STUDIO LLC — a creative studio that believes art is everywhere someone is making something with intention. Aurora by ARTST*. Terms of Use: https://withaurora.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://withaurora.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Aurora by ARTST at 5.0 against Tended's 4.3. Aurora by ARTST also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). Tended's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Tended sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Aurora by ARTST sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Aurora by ARTST holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Tended ships an update every 5 days, Aurora by ARTST monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Tended | Aurora by ARTST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Geoff Davis | ARTST STUDIO LLC |
Customer experience
Tended
Aurora by ARTST
In-app purchases
Tended
- Lifetime$34.99
Aurora by ARTST
- Aurora Premium$4.991 Month
- Aurora Premium Annual$49.991 Year
- Aurora Founding Member$99.99









