Sage vs Pausely
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sage
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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/
Pausely
This app offers a private space to track perimenopause and menopause symptoms, including hot flashes, sleep, mood, and cycle changes. It provides quick logging, detailed symptom analysis, trigger tracking, and helpful insights to understand your patterns over time. Generate comprehensive reports for doctor visits.
- Quick hot flash logging
- 34 symptom library with severity tracking
- Trigger tracking (caffeine, stress, etc.)
- Daily check-ins for sleep and energy
- Time of day hot flash patterns
- Doctor visit PDF reports
- Treatment comparison (Pro)
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Pausely is a calm, private place to track perimenopause and menopause: what happened, how strong it was, and how your recorded patterns change over time. Log a hot flash with one hand: open Today, set intensity and optional triggers, then save. WHAT YOU GET - Hot flash quick log: a one tap instant log at typical intensity for the moment itself, or time, intensity from 1 to 5, and triggers for full detail - A real symptom library: 34 symptoms across heat and flushing, sleep, mood, mind and memory, body, skin and hair, cycle changes, and intimate changes, each described in plain language and logged with 1 to 5 severity - Trigger tracking: mark caffeine, alcohol, stress, and poor sleep days with a tap - Daily check in: record your own sleep and energy ratings with an optional note in under a minute - Symptom shortcuts: choose up to three symptoms for one tap logging on Today, with recent symptoms filling open spots - Visit snapshot: see thirty days of hot flashes, symptom entries, daily check ins, treatments, and open appointment questions together before a visit - Your time of day pattern: a clean chart of when your hot flashes tend to happen, morning to night - Night flashes counted on their own: what happened between 10pm and 6am, separated from the daytime total, because it is the number clinicians ask about first - Your month in review: at thirty days, a plain summary of what you logged, when your flashes cluster, which trigger tracked worst, and what changed since the month before - Treatment comparison: once a change has enough logged days on both sides, Pausely compares the same window before and after without claiming a cause (Pro) - Weekly pattern insights computed from your own logs, like "Hot flashes cluster 9 to 11 PM" or "More hot flashes within a day of alcohol" (Pro) - Two-week change radar comparing the latest seven days with the seven days before (Pro) - Treatment tracker: log a medication, supplement, or lifestyle change with its start date, and see an honest before and after comparison of your symptoms (Pro) - Appointment agenda for questions and priorities, included in the doctor visit PDF (Pro) - Cycle-change notes: a dated record of timing, flow, and anything unusual - Doctor visit PDF: symptom frequency by week, severity trends and charts, the hot flash log, trigger patterns, your treatment log with before and after results, and your cycle notes in one clean summary (Pro) - A gentle daily check-in reminder at the time you choose (Pro) HONEST BY DESIGN Insight cards and treatment comparisons only appear after enough real occurrences, and they describe your logs, never a diagnosis. No pattern, no card. FREE AND PRO New customers can save two hot flash or symptom records for free. Trigger days, cycle notes, a daily check in, and the time of day chart remain available. Existing customers keep their earlier allowance and saved data. Pro adds unlimited records across 34 symptoms, complete history, insights, change radar, treatments, appointment agenda, the daily reminder, and the doctor PDF. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no tracking. Pausely is an informational journal for your own records. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment; bring your summary to a health professional and decide together. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Pausely Pro offers monthly and yearly subscriptions plus a one-time lifetime purchase. The purchase screen shows the live localized price for the selected storefront. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current period. The lifetime option does not renew. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pausely at weekly against Sage's fortnightly. Sage's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 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
Both are free to download. Sage sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Pausely sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sage ships an update fortnightly, Pausely weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Sage | Pausely |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Valeria Chub | InnovaLabWorks |
In-app purchases
Sage
- Sage Premium Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Sage Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Pausely
- Pausely Pro$5.991 Month
- Pausely Pro$34.991 Year
- Pausely Lifetime$79.99








