Comparison

Sage vs Flare

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

Head to head
About

Sage

Features
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Track hot flashes, night sweats, sleep and mood through perimenopause and menopause — and see if your HRT is actually helping. One-tap hot flash timer, trigger patterns and a PDF report your doctor can read in a minute. No account. Your data stays on your phone. Built by a woman, for women navigating the second half of life. ——————————————————— HRT & TREATMENTS Started, changed or stopped HRT, a supplement or any other treatment? Add the date. Sage compares the weeks before and after — how often hot flashes, night sweats or anxiety showed up, and how your mood changed. No more guessing whether it's working. YOUR NEXT DOCTOR VISIT Set the date and Sage counts down with you, so you walk in with enough days logged for a useful report. QUICK LOG — A HOT FLASH TIMER Tap once when it starts, tap again when it's over. The timer keeps running on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so at 3 AM you can go straight back to sleep. Sage remembers how long and how often. DAILY CHECK-IN IN A MINUTE Tap how you feel, slide how strong each symptom is (1–5), mark your triggers and add a private note. Hot flashes, night sweats, brain fog, joint pain, palpitations and more — plus your own symptoms and triggers. TRIGGER PATTERNS Coffee? Wine? Stress? Sage compares your good and bad days and shows what tends to come before a flare — like "Poor sleep: 1.5× more intense on days with stress." CALENDAR & TRENDS Every day coloured by how you felt. Mood over 7, 30 or 90 days, your top symptoms, and markers where your treatment changed. DOCTOR REPORT (PDF) A clean one-to-two page summary for any month. It now opens with key points: how your treatment is going, what got worse after a change, mood vs last month, your hardest symptom and a possible trigger. Print it or share it in one tap. ——————————————————— PRIVATE BY DESIGN No sign-up, no email, no account. Your health data is stored only on your device, and you can delete everything at any time. Works on iPhone and iPad, in light and dark mode. FREE, ALWAYS • Daily check-in and Quick Log timer • HRT & treatment tracking with before/after insight • Doctor visit countdown • Calendar (current month) and 7-day trends • Custom symptoms and triggers • Reminders PREMIUM (7-day free trial) • Trends for 30 and 90 days • All trigger patterns • Full calendar history • Doctor Report PDF Sage helps you track and spot patterns. It doesn't diagnose or replace medical advice — talk to your doctor about your symptoms and treatment. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in Apple ID Settings → Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://sagemenopause.com/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://sagemenopause.com/terms/

About

Flare

This app helps you understand the triggers behind your hot flashes and night sweats. Log episodes with details like intensity and duration, and the app will generate a personalized report identifying your specific patterns and correlating factors.

Highlights
  • Log hot flashes and night sweats
  • Track intensity and duration
  • Identify personal triggers (alcohol, stress, etc.)
  • Generate personalized trigger reports
  • Offline and private data storage
  • No fertility or period tracking
Features
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You used to know how your body worked. Then something shifted. Hot flashes without warning. Night sweats at 3am. The same question, every time: why is this happening? Flare finds the answers. KNOW WHY, NOT JUST WHEN Most apps tell you when your symptoms happen. Flare tells you why. Log each hot flash or night sweat with intensity, duration, and what was happening around it — alcohol, caffeine, stress, poor sleep, spicy food, heat. Over time, Flare builds your personal trigger report: the factors that actually correlate with your worst episodes. You'll walk into your next doctor's appointment with real data, not just a feeling. LOG IN SECONDS · Intensity — rate how severe each episode felt · Duration — how long it lasted · Triggers — alcohol, caffeine, stress, sleep, food, heat, and more · Notes — anything only you would know No fertility charts. No period tracking. No features built for someone else's life stage. YOUR TRIGGER REPORT After a few weeks of logging, Flare's Insights screen shows which triggers correlate with your perimenopause or menopause symptoms — ranked, visualized, and easy to read. See your patterns clearly. For the first time. BRING IT TO YOUR DOCTOR Turn your trigger report into a doctor-ready PDF in one tap — print it, save it, or hand it straight to your provider at your next appointment. Want to share your progress instead? Generate a simple, private summary card with your top trigger and stats. BUILT FOR PRIVACY No account. No cloud. No one has access to your health data — not us, not anyone. Everything stays on your phone, offline, always. Your body, your data, your call. Download Flare free. Start finding your patterns today. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the time of purchase confirmation. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy policy: https://another1dd.github.io/flare/privacy Terms of use: https://another1dd.github.io/flare/terms

Screenshots

Sage4 screens
Flare4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flare at none against Sage's 2. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Sage sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Flare asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sage ships an update every 3 weeks, Flare every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Sage versus Flare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSageFlare
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValeria ChubTsimafei Lemeshchanka

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sage

Subscriptions2
  • Sage Premium Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Sage Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Flare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sage free?
Sage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flare free?
Flare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sage or Flare have ads?
Neither Sage nor Flare shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sage or Flare?
Sage ships an update every 3 weeks, and Flare every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sage was updated on October 13, 2026 and Flare on October 18, 2026.

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