Comparison

Vera vs Orla

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

Head to head
About

Vera

Features
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Vera helps women navigate perimenopause and menopause with AI-powered symptom tracking, personalized insights, and doctor-ready reports. Your symptom data is encrypted and stored on your device. IMPORTANT, NOT MEDICAL ADVICE Vera is a personal symptom tracker and educational companion. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your symptoms, treatment options, and before starting, changing, or stopping any medication or therapy. Information in the app is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. WHAT VERA DOES - Quick daily symptom logging (hot flashes, sleep, mood, energy, brain fog, joint pain, libido, and more) - AI health coach you can chat with 24/7 about anything menopause-related - Weekly insights that explain what's actually triggering your symptoms - Doctor-ready PDF reports to bring to your next appointment - HRT medication tracking with dose history and reminders - Calendar view of every entry, filterable by symptom and severity - Available in 9 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN - Your symptom logs stay on your device, encrypted - AI insights can run on-device where your hardware supports it; AI chat uses secure cloud processing - Encrypted backup with a password only you know (we cannot recover it) - We never show you ads inside the app - We do not sell your data, ever - Works anonymously, no account required BUILT FOR REAL PATTERNS Vera correlates symptoms with lifestyle factors (sleep, caffeine, alcohol, stress, exercise) and cycle phase to surface your personal triggers. Not generic advice. Patterns from your own data. EVIDENCE-BASED CONTENT Educational articles include links to the original sources they are based on, primarily the North American Menopause Society, the British Menopause Society, and the NHS. No misinformation, no supplement upselling, no fear-based marketing. FREE TIER + 21-DAY PREMIUM TRIAL Symptom logging, HRT tracking, calendar, mood tracking, and articles are free forever. Premium adds AI chat, deeper pattern detection, full trend history, doctor-ready PDFs, encrypted cloud backup, and CSV export. 21-day free trial. Cancel anytime in Settings. No charges until you tap Subscribe. GREAT FOR - Women in perimenopause (typically late 30s to early 50s) - Women in menopause and postmenopause - Anyone tracking HRT or considering it - Partners and supporters who want to understand the journey Vera is built by the MightyS team. Questions or feedback? Open Settings then Suggest a feature. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mightys.dev/privacy

About

Orla

Features
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Orla keeps your menopause record on your iPhone. No account, no sign-in, nothing to be locked out of. Before an appointment it turns what you logged into one dated PDF: every symptom, every HRT dose, with the dates. 7 days free, then a monthly or yearly plan. Cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. A RECORD THAT STAYS YOURS There is no account to make and no password to forget. Everything you log is stored on this iPhone, and you can delete a single entry, or all of it, from Settings. An app update does not ask you to sign in again. LOG WHAT YOU FEEL, WHEN YOU FEEL IT Hot flashes, night sweats, trouble staying asleep, mood changes, brain fog, joint pain, palpitations, vaginal and urinary changes, low libido, skin and hair changes โ€” 30+ symptoms in all. Pick the symptom, pick how strong it was, and Orla fills in the time. Even at 2am. EVERY HRT DOSE, WITH ITS DATES Log hormone therapy properly: type, dose and route (patch, gel, spray, tablet and more), plus supplements. When your dose changes, Orla keeps the old one on a dated timeline instead of overwriting it, so the record shows the dose you stopped and the dates it ran, not only what you are on today. That history is exactly what a clinician asks about. PERIODS, OR NO PERIODS Periods in the transition get irregular, skip, or stop โ€” and plenty of people are not cycling at all. Orla logs whatever is actually happening without forcing a "cycle" frame on you. In the first questions you can answer "Stopped altogether" or skip the cycle question entirely, and nothing in the app changes. No cycle to log is a first-class experience here, not a broken one. SEE APPLE HEALTH ALONGSIDE YOUR NOTES With your permission, Orla can read wrist temperature, heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and sleep from Apple Health and show them next to your own entries. Read-only โ€” Orla never writes anything back to Health. THE PDF, IN FULL Pick a date range and Orla builds the document: how many days each symptom was logged and at what severity, your HRT and supplement timeline with every dose and the dates it ran, and every period and spotting entry with its dates and the gaps in between. It is dated, it has your name on it, and you can bring it, print it, or email it ahead. A PLAIN-LANGUAGE LIBRARY 20 short, readable articles on what is happening during the transition and the ways HRT is commonly taken โ€” written in plain English, so you walk in informed. NOTHING TO SELL YOU BUT THE APP Orla sells no supplements, runs no clinic and carries no advertising. It gives no advice, no scores and no interpretation โ€” it records what you tell it and shows it back to you. No ads, no advertising SDKs, and no third-party analytics or tracking SDKs touching your health entries. Your data is never sold. โ€”โ€”โ€” Orla is a record-keeping tool, not a medical device, and does not diagnose or give medical advice. โ€”โ€”โ€” SUBSCRIPTION Orla is a paid subscription with a 7-day free trial. $9.99/month or $49.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://legal.tjbventures.ai/privacy.html ยท Terms of Use: Apple Standard EULA

Screenshots

Vera4 screens
Orla4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Vera at none against Orla's shown. Orla's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Vera sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Orla sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vera ships an update every 4 weeks, Orla every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Vera versus Orla: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeraOrla
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size85 MB22 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBranko BorotaTJB Ventures FZE

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Vera

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Orla

Subscriptions2
  • Orla Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Orla Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Vera free?
Vera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Orla free?
Orla is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vera or Orla have ads?
Orla shows ads; Vera does not.
Which is updated more often, Vera or Orla?
Vera ships an update every 4 weeks, and Orla every 5 days. Most recently, Vera was updated on October 10, 2026 and Orla on October 24, 2026.

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