Release vs Aura Migraine Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Release
This app offers a daily stretching routine targeting jaw and neck tension to help prevent headaches. It features guided exercises, a timer, and habit tracking, all designed with user privacy and offline functionality in mind.
- Guided jaw and neck exercises
- Step-by-step timer with animations
- Daily routine under 10 minutes
- Streak and habit tracking
- Morning and evening reminders
- Offline functionality
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Tension headaches and cervicogenic headaches often start with tightness in the jaw and neck — muscles you may not even realize you're clenching. Release guides you through a short daily stretching routine designed to help relieve that tension before it becomes a headache. Your jaw and neck will thank you! WHAT YOU GET • 8 guided exercises targeting the jaw (TMJ) and neck, based on commonly recommended physical therapy stretches • Step-by-step timer with animated illustrations for each exercise • A routine that takes less than 10 minutes a day • Streak tracking and a 7-day habit tracker to help you stay consistent • Morning and evening reminders so you don't forget • Full customization — adjust reps, hold times, or turn individual exercises on or off DESIGNED WITH YOUR PRIVACY IN MIND Release does not ask for your name, email, or any personal information. There is no account to create. No data leaves your phone — ever. The app works entirely offline with no internet connection required. The only optional permission is notifications, and only if you choose to enable reminders. COMPLETELY FREE There are no in-app purchases, no premium tier, no ads, and no subscriptions. Every feature is available from the moment you download it. IMPORTANT NOTE The exercises in this app are based on commonly recommended stretches for jaw and neck tension. They are not a substitute for professional medical advice. If you experience pain, dizziness, or unusual symptoms during any exercise, stop immediately and consult a healthcare provider.
Aura Migraine Diary
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You are having a migraine, and the last thing you want is a form. Open Aura and tap once. The clock starts and the screen goes dark. That is the whole job for now. How bad it is, where it hurts and what you took can wait until you can look at a screen again. When you can, attack mode is still there: ten large targets for how bad it is, a tap when the aura starts and another when it fades, a head map to point to where it hurts, and one-tap doses from the medications you keep. Tap "It's over" when it is, from the app, the Lock Screen or Control Centre. Between attacks, home is your month drawn as a ring of days, each migraine day in the colour of its worst attack, with the medication-day count beside it. A short daily check-in records sleep, stress, water, caffeine, alcohol, skipped meals and screen time, on the clear days as much as the bad ones, because a pattern is a comparison and clear days are half of it. Patterns describes your attacks in your own numbers: how often aura comes first and how long it lasts, where it hurts most, when they tend to start, how long they go on. Then it holds your check-in factors against your attack days and the day before, and says which ones differ, with the averages and the days behind each. It waits until there is enough data to say anything at all, tells you what it cannot judge yet, and never claims one thing caused another. The Appointment report is a PDF for your neurologist: the attack table, aura and pain location, medication days counted against the monthly figure clinical guidance cites, and the patterns that hold up. Your name and your neurologist's go on the front, from the care card, and nowhere else. Aura is built for a dark room. Near-black surfaces, no pure white anywhere, large targets, everything within reach of one thumb, and a whole-app dimming while an attack runs that you can switch off. There are Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, a Live Activity with the running clock, and Control Centre and Action button shortcuts, all reading the same diary. Your diary is written to this iPhone and nowhere else. There is no account to make and nothing is uploaded; the only thing that ever leaves the phone is a report or an export you choose to share. You can export the whole diary as a file, or delete it, from the care card. Recording is free and never limited, and free Aura also includes the last 30 days on the calendar and one report. The Appointment report subscription opens the rest: a fresh report before every appointment, the whole calendar back to your first entry, and the pattern comparison over all of it. It comes in two editions, Appointment report, yearly and Appointment report, monthly, each with a free first week for new subscribers. Both renew automatically at the end of each period at the price the app shows you in your own currency, until you cancel. You can turn off renewal at any time in your Apple Account settings, at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and any unused part of a free week is forfeited when you subscribe. Aura does not diagnose, is not a medical device, and shows patterns in your own diary rather than causes. Talk to a clinician about anything that worries you. Terms of Use: https://williamscott701.github.io/aura-privacy/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://williamscott701.github.io/aura-privacy/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Release at none against Aura Migraine Diary's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Aura Migraine Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Release asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Release | Aura Migraine Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Roger Pimentel | William Scott |
In-app purchases
Release
No in-app purchases
Aura Migraine Diary
- Appointment report, monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Appointment report, yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year









