Comparison

MenoCool vs GutNote

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

Head to head
About

MenoCool

This app helps identify personal hot flash triggers and provides data-driven insights to manage menopause symptoms. It analyzes logged data to reveal correlations between lifestyle factors and symptom severity, offering personalized relief strategies.

Highlights
  • Personalized trigger identification
  • Delayed trigger detection (2-6 hour windows)
  • Identification of combination triggers
  • Tracking of protective factors
  • Evidence-based relief strategies
  • One-tap logging
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly charts
Features
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Stop guessing. Start knowing. MenoCool is the only menopause app that identifies exactly what triggers YOUR hot flashes — and proves it with data. WHY OTHER APPS AREN'T ENOUGH Every menopause app asks you to log symptoms. None of them tell you why they keep happening. You've tracked dozens of hot flashes and still don't know if it's the coffee, the stress, or both. MenoCool was built to answer that question. YOUR PERSONAL TRIGGER ENGINE After just a few logs, MenoCool's correlation engine starts connecting the dots: • "Alcohol makes your hot flashes 3.2x more severe" • "Caffeine + Stress together are 4x worse than either alone” • "Coffee at 2pm is linked to your hot flashes at 5pm" • "Exercise days = 30% fewer episodes" No other app does this. Not Balance. Not Caria. Not Evia. 14 EVIDENCE-BASED TRIGGERS TRACKED Tag what was happening before each episode — caffeine, alcohol, stress, spicy food, poor sleep, warm spaces, exercise, hormonal shifts, smoking, hot beverages, sugar, hot showers, tight clothing, or skipped meals. One tap each. The engine does the rest. DELAYED TRIGGER DETECTION Most triggers don't cause an immediate hot flash. MenoCool analyzes 2-6 hour windows to find connections other apps miss — like that afternoon coffee causing your evening episode. WHAT HELPS YOU — NOT JUST WHAT HURTS MenoCool is the first app to show protective factors alongside triggers. See which habits actually reduce your hot flashes, so you know what to keep doing. COMBINATION TRIGGERS Some triggers are harmless alone but devastating together. MenoCool detects when two factors combine to make episodes significantly worse — insights you'd never spot on your own. PATTERNS THAT PROVE IT'S WORKING Daily, weekly, and monthly charts. A time-of-day heatmap showing when episodes cluster. Trend arrows showing whether each trigger is getting better or worse. Watch your patterns shift as you make changes — proof that what you're doing is working. PERSONALIZED RELIEF STRATEGIES Based on your identified triggers, MenoCool recommends specific, evidence-based relief: guided breathing for stress-triggered flashes, cooling techniques for nighttime episodes, dietary adjustments for food-related triggers, and mini CBT exercises for anxiety-driven heat. Every recommendation is matched to your data. ONE-TAP LOGGING Recording a hot flash takes seconds. Rate intensity 1-10, tag your context, done. No lengthy forms, no friction — because the more you log, the smarter your insights become. BUILT FOR WOMEN WHO WANT ANSWERS MenoCool was designed after listening to hundreds of women who said: "I don't need another tracker — I need to understand what's happening to me." That's exactly what this app does. Download MenoCool and discover what's really behind your hot flashes. Terms of Use: https://menotrack-cwompp3v.manus.space/terms

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GutNote

Features
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You ate something perfectly normal and three hours later your waistband feels two sizes smaller. Was it the onion? The oat milk? The stress? Guessing is exhausting. GutNote keeps the receipts instead. Every pattern it shows comes from your own entries — never from a hunch, never from a generic table. LOG IT IN SECONDS • Meals as free text, by voice, or with a photo • Bloating on its own 0-5 distension scale • Symptoms at intensity 1-10: cramps, nausea, heartburn, gas, diarrhoea, constipation, pain • Stool on the Bristol scale 1-7, one tap • Stress 1-5, medication and supplements with dose • Fibre and water for the day • Exact times you can edit, so a late dinner stays a late dinner CHECK A DISH BEFORE YOU EAT IT Snap the plate and name the dish. GutNote scores it against your own history and the FODMAP reference — high risk, low risk, or not enough data yet — and tells you how many hours you usually wait for a reaction. PATTERNS, STATED HONESTLY Pick a delay window from 1 to 72 hours, because a reaction rarely arrives at the table. GutNote reports shares, not vibes: symptoms followed in 7 of 9 meals, with a histogram of the hours in between. YOUR BLOAT CLOCK Your own distension scale, a counter of days without bloating, a traffic-light calendar of the month, and the hour bloating usually turns up for you. FODMAP REFERENCE AND BARCODE SCANNER Type a food, get an answer before you finish the word. Browse by group — fructans, lactose, fructose, polyols, GOS. Scan a packet and GutNote reads the ingredient list, so inulin or onion powder never slips in unnoticed. LOW-FODMAP KITCHEN A real Monday-to-Sunday meal plan you fill yourself, a searchable recipe library, and a shopping list built from the week you planned. THE THREE-PHASE PROTOCOL Elimination, then one group back at a time, then your own results — tolerated, triggered or inconclusive, in your words. RESTAURANT CARD A card you hand the waiter, built entirely from foods you already marked, in the language of the country you are in. ASK GUTNOTE Log by voice, get a weekly review that narrates your own numbers, and ask a chat that answers from your log instead of the internet. BELLY BREATHING A short guided session for the moments a flare is winding up. On your phone and on your wrist. APPLE WATCH AND IPAD Log a meal, rate bloating with the crown, take a dose or breathe — without reaching for your phone. On iPad the same data opens in a two-pane layout. FOR YOUR DOCTOR Export 7, 30, 90 days or a custom range as a clean PDF with charts and a day-by-day timeline, plus raw CSV. Share a read-only view with a dietitian and revoke it whenever you want. APPLE HEALTH Connect it if you want your entries to sit alongside the rest of your health data. Optional, and off until you turn it on. IT STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account, no sign-up. Everything lives on the device, with a JSON backup when you want your own copy. Home screen widget, light and dark, seven languages. GutNote is a self-tracking and education tool. It does not diagnose, treat or prescribe a diet — that conversation belongs with a clinician, and now you walk in with data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trypocketleaf.com/gutsymptom/privacy

Screenshots

MenoCool4 screens
GutNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MenoCool at every 3 days against GutNote's every 2 weeks. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MenoCool sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and GutNote sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MenoCool ships an update every 3 days, GutNote every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
MenoCool versus GutNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenoCoolGutNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB74 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperStacey PropheteKyrylo Niesmielov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MenoCool

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Full Access3 Days trial$29.991 Year
6 purchases

GutNote

Subscriptions4
  • GutNote Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • GutNote Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • GutNote Pro Annual (Special Offer)$17.991 Year
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  • GutNote Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$25.991 Year
One-time2
  • GutNote Pro - 1 Year$24.99
  • GutNote Pro (Lifetime)$34.99

Questions

Is MenoCool free?
MenoCool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GutNote free?
GutNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MenoCool or GutNote have ads?
Neither MenoCool nor GutNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MenoCool or GutNote?
MenoCool ships an update every 3 days, and GutNote every 2 weeks. Most recently, MenoCool was updated on October 17, 2026 and GutNote on October 31, 2026.

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