Comparison

Calova vs Pausely

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

Head to head
About

Calova

Features
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Track hot flushes, mood swings, and sleep changes through perimenopause and beyond. Calova logs symptoms, spots patterns, and shows what's changing โ€” privately. Calova is the Apple Watch menopause companion that every major menopause app is missing. Log a hot flush in two taps, track overnight temperature patterns on Series 8+, and see your symptom trends over time. KEY FEATURES - 2-Tap Logging โ€” Record intensity and location in under 8 seconds from your Watch - Complication โ€” Shows today's count or time since last episode - Night Sweat Detection โ€” Overnight wrist temperature correlation (Series 8+) - Weekly Patterns โ€” See when episodes cluster by day and time - No Judgment โ€” Logs and trends, never diagnoses - Privacy First โ€” All data on device, no servers Free: Unlimited logging, 7-day history, complication. Premium: Full history, temperature correlation, pattern insights. Terms of Use: https://maddisys.co.uk/terms Privacy Policy: https://maddisys.co.uk/privacy

About

Pausely

Features
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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/

Screenshots

Calova3 screens
Pausely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pausely at none against Calova's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Calova sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calova ships an update every 6 days, Pausely weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Calova versus Pausely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalovaPausely
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days โ€” betterWeekly
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size13 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaddisys LimitedInnovaLabWorks

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Calova

Subscriptions2
  • Calova Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Calova Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
3 purchases

Pausely

Subscriptions2
  • Pausely Pro$5.991 Month
  • Pausely Pro$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pausely Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Calova free?
Calova is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pausely free?
Pausely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Calova or Pausely have ads?
Calova shows ads; Pausely does not.
Which is updated more often, Calova or Pausely?
Calova ships an update every 6 days, and Pausely weekly. Most recently, Calova was updated on October 19, 2026 and Pausely on October 6, 2026.

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