Comparison

Marea vs Ember

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

Head to head
About

Marea

Navigate hormonal changes with personalized insights based on your symptoms, cycle, and health data. Understand perimenopause patterns with OB/GYN-authored content and prepare for appointments with clinical summaries. Free to download.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily wellness score
  • Daily AI-driven insights
  • Symptom and cycle tracking
  • Apple Health data integration
  • Clinical summary generation
  • OB/GYN-authored educational content
Features
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Marea is the perimenopause app that reads the patterns in your data — so you can navigate hormonal change with clarity instead of confusion. Built by board-certified OB/GYNs. Free to download. The hormonal shift behind hot flashes, sleep loss, brain fog, and mood swings often starts up to a decade before your final period. Marea brings together your daily symptoms, cycle, and Apple Health data into one personalized picture of where you are — and what's coming. WHAT'S INCLUDED • Marea Index — a daily wellness score from your symptoms, cycle phase, and Apple Health signals (HRV, sleep). Updates as you log. • Today Marea Noticed — one personalized insight every morning, drawn from patterns only your data can write. • Daily Symptom Tracker — log mood, sleep, hot flashes, energy, brain fog, and night sweats in seconds. • Cycle Intelligence — track your cycle, see your phase, and understand how it shapes your symptoms. • Apple Health — automatic sleep and HRV signals from your iPhone, Apple Watch, Oura, Whoop, or any HealthKit-connected tracker. • Appointment Prep — generate a clinical PDF summary of your symptoms, cycle, and patterns to bring to your provider. • Learn — read OB/GYN-authored articles on every aspect of perimenopause, from HRT to bone density. MAREA MEMBER SUBSCRIPTION Marea Member unlocks daily personalized AI insights from day 14, the full Insights archive, the Daily Forecast, the Weekly Letter, the Lab Interpreter, and personalized Marea reads on every score. Available subscriptions: • Marea Member Monthly — auto-renewing every 1 month • Marea Member Annual — auto-renewing every 1 year Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. PRIVACY Your symptoms, cycle, and HealthKit data stay private. We never sell your data. You can disconnect Apple Health, export your data, or delete your account anytime from Profile → Data. Marea was built with women's health expertise — not generic wellness platitudes. We respect your time, your privacy, and the seriousness of what you're going through. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mareahealth.com/privacy Support: https://mareahealth.com/support

About

Ember

Features
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Ember is the perimenopause tracking app built for women who want data, not pink-washed wellness content. THE PROBLEM WITH EXISTING APPS Period apps are built for fertility. Menopause apps are content-heavy. Neither helps you track the 34+ symptoms of perimenopause, understand your patterns, or walk into a doctor's office with something useful. WHAT EMBER DOES • Daily check-in in 60 seconds — cycle day (or "no period this month"), top symptoms, sleep, mood, energy • One-tap hot flash logger — log instantly, or use Siri: "Log a hot flash in Peri Tracker" • Full symptom library — all 34+ recognized perimenopause symptoms, including the ones you didn't know were related (joint aches, ear ringing, heart palpitations) • Cycle + symptom heatmap — a monthly calendar grid where each day shows your symptom load at a glance • AI pattern surfacing — weekly insights like "hot flashes are 4x more common in the 5 days before each cycle event," computed on-device • HRT & medication tracking — log estradiol, progesterone, supplements; see their effect on your symptoms • Doctor's report — generate a clinician-ready data summary for your OB-GYN or menopause specialist • Evidence library — cited, clinician-reviewed answers to the questions your doctor doesn't have time for NEW IN THIS UPDATE • NEW — Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets, plus a Live Activity that times each hot flash • NEW — Smart reminders that flag your predicted high-symptom window and HRT dose times • NEW — Export your full record as PDF or CSV and share it straight from the app • NEW — Ember Brief: a monthly plain-language AI narrative of how your body changed (Pro) • NEW — Apple Watch companion for wrist-native one-tap logging and a today's-flash-count complication (Pro) • NEW — iCloud sync to keep your multi-year history across iPhone, iPad, and a new phone (Pro) DATA FIRST. NO FLUFF. Numbers are displayed in monospaced type. The hot flash screen reads like a weather report. There are no affirmations, no generic "wellness" tips, no pastel pink anywhere. HEALTHKIT INTEGRATION Ember reads your cycle data, sleep, HRV, and wrist temperature from Apple Health to correlate with your logged symptoms. If you have an Apple Watch Series 8 or later, nighttime wrist temperature data can help auto-detect hot flashes. PRIVACY Your health data is stored on your device. With Pro, it syncs only through your own private iCloud. No advertising. No data selling. No tracking. EMBER PLUS & PRO The free version includes daily check-in, hot flash logging, and 30 days of history. Plus unlocks the full symptom history, AI patterns, HRT tracking, doctor reports, widgets, smart reminders, and PDF/CSV export. Pro adds iCloud sync across devices, the Apple Watch companion, and the Ember Brief monthly AI narrative. Ember is not a medical device. It does not diagnose or treat. Always discuss your health with a qualified clinician. ——— Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://brainrash.com/apps/peri-tracker/privacy

Screenshots

Marea4 screens
Ember4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Marea at 15.0 against Ember's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Marea sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Ember sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Marea versus Ember: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMareaEmber
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB5 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMarea Health, LLCJustin Pruskowski

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Marea

Subscriptions2
  • Marea Member Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Marea Member Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
5 purchases

Ember

Subscriptions4
  • Peri Tracker Plus (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Peri Tracker Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Peri Tracker Plus (Annual)$29.991 Year
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  • Peri Tracker Pro (Annual)$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Peri Tracker Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Marea free?
Marea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ember free?
Ember is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Marea or Ember have ads?
Neither Marea nor Ember shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Marea or Ember?
Marea ships an update every 2 months, and Ember every 2 months. Most recently, Marea was updated on October 31, 2026 and Ember on October 25, 2026.

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