Tended vs Lean
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
Lean
This app helps you understand daily weight fluctuations by identifying lifestyle patterns like sleep, stress, and training. It provides one focused daily action to guide your weight loss journey without generic meal plans.
- Daily check-ins
- Weight change explanations
- Focused daily actions
- Pattern tracking
- Pro insights for plateaus
- Behavior trend analysis
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The scale changed. What might be behind it? Lean Signal helps you understand everyday patterns that may affect your weight, including meals, sleep, sodium, training, stress, and changes in routine. A quick daily check-in gives you context for the number on the scale and one focused action for the day. Use Meal Signal to explore how a meal may fit into your broader pattern. Over time, your Body Profile and Signal Radar help you notice what’s changing without overreacting to normal day-to-day fluctuations. Lean Signal is designed for people working toward fat loss who want to stay consistent and better understand their progress. Features include: • Quick daily check-ins • Meal Signal insights • Explanations for possible causes of scale changes • One focused daily action • Body Profile and Signal Radar • Pattern tracking over time • Educational guidance on water weight, plateaus, and consistency SUBSCRIPTIONS Lean Signal offers monthly and annual auto-renewing subscriptions. Available pricing, any eligible introductory offer, and the terms of your purchase are shown before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account subscription settings. Privacy Policy: https://app.lean-signal.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Lean Signal is a wellness app, not a medical device. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Consult a qualified healthcare professional about medical concerns.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lean at 5.0 against Tended's 4.3. Lean also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Tended's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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 Lean sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lean holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tended has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tended ships an update every 5 days, Lean every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tended | Lean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Geoff Davis | Demetrius Deese |
Customer experience
Tended
Lean
In-app purchases
Tended
- Lifetime$34.99
Lean
- Lean Signal Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
- Lean Signal Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year









