Comparison

Vestigo vs HeadPause

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

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About

Vestigo

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Living with dizziness is hard enough without doing it alone. Vestigo is your daily companion for vestibular rehabilitation - it guides your exercises, helps you find what triggers your dizzy days, and turns your symptoms into a report your doctor can actually use. WHAT VESTIGO DOES - Daily guided exercises: animated, step-by-step vestibular rehabilitation (VRT) sessions, personalised to your diagnosis and level, with a timer and a streak to keep the habit going. - Symptom diary: log vertigo severity, type and duration in seconds. - Trigger tracker: track sleep, stress, diet, alcohol, screen time and weather, and see the patterns behind your good and bad days. - Progress dashboard: trends, adherence and a clear view of your improvement over time. - Doctor Report: a monthly, clinical-language summary you can export as a PDF and share with your ENT, neurologist or physical therapist. - Smart reminders: a daily nudge at the time that suits you. BUILT FOR YOUR DIAGNOSIS Most apps leave out the most common conditions. Vestigo supports: - BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) - Vestibular neuritis / labyrinthitis - Meniere's disease - Vestibular migraine - PPPD (persistent postural-perceptual dizziness) - Bilateral vestibular hypofunction - ...or start with a gentle general program if you're not yet diagnosed. EVIDENCE-BASED Exercises are drawn from published clinical vestibular rehabilitation guidelines - Epley and Semont manoeuvres, Brandt-Daroff, gaze stabilisation (VOR x1), habituation, balance training and graded exposure. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your health data is encrypted, never sold and never used for advertising. Export or delete it anytime from Settings. TRY IT FREE Start with a 7-day free trial, then continue for [$8.99]/month or [$59.99]/year (save ~44%). Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled; manage anytime in your Google Play account. Vestigo is a self-management tool. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment, and is not a medical device. Consult your healthcare provider before starting an exercise program. Vestigo is not for emergencies. Find your balance - one day at a time.

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HeadPause

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HeadPause guides vertigo and BPPV exercises, including Epley, Semont, and Brandt-Daroff, using AirPods head tracking. HeadPause is a practice tool for balance, stillness, steadiness, and ear calm. It reads head pitch, roll, and yaw from the motion sensors in your AirPods and turns every session into a small, honest score. No microphone. No HealthKit. No account. Nothing leaves your phone. FOUR PRACTICES Balance. Symptom-first vestibular routines for positional vertigo and BPPV. Epley, Semont, Brandt-Daroff, Half-Somersault, BBQ Roll, and Gaze Stabilization. Each maneuver is voice-guided, paced by the motion in your AirPods, and timed step by step. Still. Eyes-closed steadiness sessions with a soft soundscape. Sit, breathe, and let the app measure how much your head drifts inside a six-degree tolerance window. You leave with three numbers: calm score, held-steady percent, and peak drift. Motion. A horizon-hold anchor for moving environments. A gentle box-breathing pacer plays in your AirPods while you keep your head level. Soft haptic nudges when you drift out of the tolerance window for too long. Built for cars, trains, planes, and walking. Ring. Sound sessions for masking, focus tones, wind-down, and quiet-room support. Works with any headphones, EarPods included. A comfort tool for your ears, not a tinnitus treatment. WHY AIRPODS The motion sensors in AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max already track your head roughly ten times a second. HeadPause is the practice loop built around that signal. No new hardware, no extra pairing, no microphone access. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT One permission: AirPods motion. That is it. No microphone, no HealthKit, no location. Head motion samples are read in memory, scored, and discarded. Only the derived summary is saved. No account, no sign-up, no ad tracking. Optional iCloud sync if you want practice history across your own devices. FREE TIER Brandt-Daroff and Gaze Stabilization routines, Still sessions up to 3 minutes, Motion horizon-hold with box-breathing pacer, Ring masking, and the last thirty days of history. Always free, no account required. PRO UNLOCK, $19.99 One-time unlock. Yours forever. Full Balance library (Epley, Semont, Half-Somersault, BBQ Roll). Longer Still sessions and more soundscapes. All five Motion environments with drift haptics and trip telemetry. Full Ring sound studio (masking, focus tones, wind-down, quiet-room support). Full practice history and iCloud sync across your devices. WHO IT IS FOR Anyone living with BPPV or positional vertigo who wants a quiet, guided way to practice canalith repositioning maneuvers. Meditators who want an eyes-closed signal that does not require opening their eyes. Passengers on bumpy drives, flights, boats, or busy trains who want a grounded anchor. Anyone curious what the word steady actually means for their own head. NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE HeadPause does not diagnose or treat vertigo, BPPV, motion sickness, or any other condition. The scores and metrics are practice rulers, not clinical measurements. If dizziness is new, severe, or worsening, contact a clinician. Made by GMX3C.

Screenshots

Vestigo4 screens
HeadPause4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Vestigo at 3 against HeadPause's 1. Vestigo also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Vestigo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and HeadPause sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Vestigo versus HeadPause: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVestigoHeadPause
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size26 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLASYA AITECH PRIVATE LIMITEDGMX3C LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Vestigo

Subscriptions2
  • vestigo pro monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • vestigo pro yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
1 purchases

HeadPause

One-time1
  • HeadPause Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Vestigo free?
Vestigo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HeadPause free?
HeadPause is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vestigo or HeadPause have ads?
Neither Vestigo nor HeadPause shows ads.

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