Comparison

Catholic Mom Calm vs Throb

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

Head to head
About

Catholic Mom Calm

This app offers a peaceful space for Catholic mothers to pray, reflect, and organize their lives. It provides tools for spiritual growth and daily planning, with an optional community feature for connection.

Highlights
  • Prayer and reflection tools
  • Daily planning features
  • Community access
  • Spiritual growth resources
  • Subscription for premium features
Features
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Catholic Mom Calm is free to download. An optional auto-renewing subscription unlocks the Community tier: • Community — $29.99/month • Community — $299.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple Account 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. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://catholicmomcalm.com/privacy

About

Throb

Features
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Log a migraine in one tap, even mid-attack, on a dark screen that won't hurt your eyes. Throb is a private migraine and headache diary you pay for once: no subscription, no account, no ads. ABOUT THROB Throb is a migraine and headache tracker for iPhone (iOS 18 or later) with an Apple Watch app. It is made for people with frequent or chronic migraine who need a reliable headache diary for themselves and for their doctor or neurologist. Everything is stored on the device; nothing is sent to the developer. LOGGING • Start an attack with one tap from the app, the Lock Screen widget, Control Center, the Action Button, Siri ("Log a migraine in Throb") or Apple Watch. • Attack mode is a dark, low-light screen. Tap the pain level as it changes to draw a pain-over-time curve, and log every dose. • Record where it hurts on a head map, plus symptoms, triggers, aura and prodrome, relief methods and notes. • Whole-day entries for daily or continuous headache, with no start or end time. • "Feeling one coming" notes early warning signs before the pain starts. • Log medication doses taken outside an attack, including preventives. FOR YOUR DOCTOR • Doctor report PDF: headache days, attacks, duration, peak pain, acute-medication days, how often each medication helped and its median time to relief, MIDAS disability score and the HIT-6 questionnaire. • A monthly count of acute-medication days, shown as information, never as an alarm. INSIGHTS • Calendar heat map, trends and a searchable list of every attack. • Co-occurrence: which triggers and symptoms show up with your attacks. Patterns only, never claimed causes. • Preventive treatment check: headache days per 30 days before versus since you started a preventive, with optional reminders from daily tablets to injections every few weeks. • Barometric pressure trend from the iPhone's own barometer, optional alerts on sharp drops, and an optional pressure forecast from Apple Weather. DATA AND PRIVACY • Works fully offline. No account, no analytics, no third-party SDKs, no ads. • Optional iCloud sync through your own private iCloud database. • Optional Apple Health: reads sleep and menstrual cycle, writes headache events. • Automatic local backups with restore, plus CSV and JSON export. • Import from a Migraine Buddy CSV export or a headache spreadsheet. • Face ID lock. PRICE Free: logging, attack mode, full history, calendar, search, backups, iCloud sync, export, Face ID lock and a doctor report for the last 30 days. One-time purchase, no subscription: doctor reports for any date range and all insights. LANGUAGES 20 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Arabic, Dutch, Turkish, Polish, Swedish, Hindi, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese. WHAT THROB IS NOT Throb does not diagnose, predict or treat migraine and is not a medical device. It records what you log so that you and your clinician can see the pattern. No streaks, no gamification, no community feed, no notification spam.

Screenshots

Catholic Mom Calm4 screens
Throb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Catholic Mom Calm at every 2 weeks against Throb's every 2 months. Catholic Mom Calm also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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. Catholic Mom Calm sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $34.99 per month and Throb sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catholic Mom Calm ships an update every 2 weeks, Throb every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Catholic Mom Calm versus Throb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatholic Mom CalmThrob
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB6 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMichael JaquithEvatech Innovations,TOO

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Catholic Mom Calm

Subscriptions2
  • Community7 Days trial$34.991 Month
  • Community Annual7 Days trial$299.991 Year
1 purchases

Throb

One-time1
  • Throb Lifetime Unlock$12.99

Questions

Is Catholic Mom Calm free?
Catholic Mom Calm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Throb free?
Throb is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Catholic Mom Calm or Throb have ads?
Neither Catholic Mom Calm nor Throb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Catholic Mom Calm or Throb?
Catholic Mom Calm ships an update every 2 weeks, and Throb every 2 months. Most recently, Catholic Mom Calm was updated on November 5, 2026 and Throb on November 5, 2026.

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