Comparison

Sage vs Pausely

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. ——————————————————— 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. Quick Log is for episodes: hot flashes, night sweats, palpitations, anxiety and more. WHAT SET IT OFF? After a hot flash, tap what came before it: coffee, stress, heat. Sage shows what keeps coming up, like "5 of your 8 came after coffee." WHEN IT HAPPENS From your first few Quick Logs, Sage spots when episodes tend to start, like mostly in the evening. Your report shows it too. 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, then reminds you 3 days before so you can look over your report. You walk in with enough days logged for a real conversation. 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. Sleep, fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, vaginal dryness, bladder problems 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 colored 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 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. It also shows when your episodes tend to happen. 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 • What set it off, after each episode • HRT & treatment tracking with before/after insight • Doctor visit countdown and reminder • 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

Pausely

Easily track hot flashes and other menopause symptoms with a single tap. This private app helps you visualize your symptom patterns over time, providing clear data for doctor visits without any ads or cloud storage.

Highlights
  • One-tap hot flash logging
  • Track 34 perimenopause symptoms
  • View symptom patterns over 30/90 days
  • Doctor-visit symptom summary
  • Private, on-device storage
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Pausely is the private menopause tracker built around the one thing other apps make impossible: logging a hot flash the moment it happens, in a single tap. ONE-TAP HOT FLASH LOGGING Hot flashes hit many times a day, at the worst times. Tap once to log each one, with the time captured automatically. See how many you have had today on a simple timeline, and watch the real pattern build, including how many strike at night. ALL 34 PERIMENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS From night sweats and brain fog to joint pain, anxiety, and the symptoms no one warns you about. Tap what you feel, set the severity, and Pausely quietly builds your picture over weeks. SEE YOUR PATTERN, READY FOR YOUR DOCTOR Clear trends over 30 and 90 days, and a doctor-visit summary that turns months of tracking into real data for your appointment instead of vague recollection. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No ads, no tracking, no cloud. Your symptoms are stored only on your device, and nothing is ever uploaded. Pausely is a tracking tool, not medical advice or a diagnosis. Talk to your doctor or a menopause specialist about treatment.

Screenshots

Sage4 screens
Pausely4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sage and Pausely are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 and Pausely sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Sage versus Pausely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSagePausely
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperValeria ChubPeter Hallander

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sage

Subscriptions2
  • Sage Premium Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Sage Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
1 purchases

Pausely

One-time1
  • Full Access$9.99

Questions

Is Sage free?
Sage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pausely free?
Pausely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sage or Pausely have ads?
Neither Sage nor Pausely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sage or Pausely?
Sage ships an update fortnightly, and Pausely fortnightly. Most recently, Sage was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pausely on October 31, 2026.

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