Comparison

Hermly vs Migraine Sentry

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

Head to head
About

Hermly

Features
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A quiet migraine companion for iPhone. Hermly reads the signals you already collect in Apple Health — sleep, heart rate variability, cycle, the weather around you — and looks for patterns in the days before your attacks. Over time, it learns what tends to precede yours. So you can act earlier, and bring something useful to your next doctor visit. Built for women living with chronic or menstrual migraine. Designed for iPhone and the small moments when an attack starts. WHAT YOU GET Today's risk A single number on your home screen, based on patterns from your own past. No alarms. No red. Reverse insight In the first minute of setup, Hermly looks at the last 90 days of your Apple Health and proposes days that may have been attacks. You confirm what's true. Your baseline starts there. Attack Mode When a migraine begins, one tap turns on a Live Activity, dims your screen, enables a quiet Focus, and starts a timer. End it when you can. Hermly logs everything for later. Cycle awareness If your migraines cluster around your period, Hermly shows you when, in plain numbers. No assumptions, no advice — your data, your decisions. Doctor Report A structured PDF of your last 30 days for your neurologist. Frequency, trigger correlations, medication overview, topics worth discussing. Evidence Report A longer-window dossier — 6, 12, or 24 months — for disability claims, insurance, or workplace accommodations. PRIVACY Your health data never leaves your iPhone. Hermly does not run a server-side database of your migraines, your pain levels, your medications, or your cycle. The only thing kept on our servers is your subscription status, tied to an anonymous transaction ID — not to your name or email. Optional iCloud sync uses your iCloud Keychain for end-to-end encryption. We cannot read it. No ads. No data sale. ## NO MEDICAL CLAIMS Hermly is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent migraine. It is a personal health tracker that helps you see patterns in your own data and share them, on your terms, with the people who help you. ## Support & Feedback: Questions? Suggestions? We're here for you at support@hermly.app ## Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Migraine Sentry

This app forecasts migraine vulnerability by analyzing your personal health data, weather, and environmental factors. It provides daily and weekly outlooks, identifies personal triggers, and offers insights into effective treatments. Log migraines quickly and receive a clinical report for your doctor.

Highlights
  • Personalized migraine vulnerability forecast
  • Seven-day outlook based on weather and patterns
  • Passive health data analysis (sleep, HRV, heart rate)
  • Personal trigger rankings
  • Plain-language explanation of deviations
  • Fast logging with Live Activity
  • Clinical PDF report for doctors
Features
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Know before the pain, without logging everything. Most migraine trackers ask you to record everything. Migraine Sentry works differently. It uses Apple Watch, Apple Health and weather data to build a picture of your personal baseline. Your devices collect the signals. You log the migraine. Migraine Sentry connects the two. Once your baseline is ready, each morning brings a simple Low, Moderate or Elevated vulnerability forecast. Look seven days ahead for pressure-related and cycle-related risk. As your history grows, Migraine Sentry explains what changed before your attacks, ranks the signals most closely linked to them and shows which treatments appear to work best for you. WHAT YOU GET • A personal migraine vulnerability forecast each morning • A seven-day outlook based on weather, pressure and your own patterns • Passive analysis of sleep, HRV, resting heart rate, activity, wrist temperature and more, where available • Personal trigger rankings based on attacks and normal days • Plain-language explanations of what differed from your baseline • Fast logging from iPhone or Apple Watch, with an active migraine shown through a Live Activity on your Lock Screen • Optional check-ins for stress, hydration, caffeine, alcohol and skipped meals • Cycle awareness for cycle-related patterns, if you choose • A clear clinical PDF for your doctor or neurologist HOW IT LEARNS Log a migraine and Migraine Sentry captures the surrounding context. After several attacks, it begins surfacing emerging patterns. With more history, it becomes better able to distinguish signals that appear before your migraines from signals that are also common on normal days. NO APPLE WATCH? You can still use migraine logging, iPhone pressure readings, weather, check-ins, history and reports. Compatible wearables that write sleep and heart-rate data to Apple Health can provide additional signals. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Raw Apple Health readings are processed on your iPhone and never sent to our servers. Migraine entries and settings can back up through your private iCloud account. Migraine Sentry does not operate a migraine-data server. FREE AND PREMIUM Migraine logging, history, check-ins, your daily forecast level and the core clinical report are free. Migraine Sentry Premium adds the reasons behind your forecast, live signal nudges, detailed seven-day outlook information, personal trigger rankings, pattern and treatment insights, and expanded report analysis. Every new user receives a 21-day full-access Premium Preview once their forecast is ready. The preview does not start a subscription or renew automatically. Premium is an auto-renewing subscription with a 21-day full-access preview for every new user. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Migraine Sentry is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition. Forecasts and insights are informational only. Always consult your healthcare provider about your migraines. Privacy Policy: https://migrainesentry.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hermly4 screens
Migraine Sentry4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hermly and Migraine Sentry are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Hermly sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year and Migraine Sentry sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hermly versus Migraine Sentry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHermlyMigraine Sentry
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB16 MB
Age rating12+12+
Developer就洪 邓KJC International Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hermly

Subscriptions1
  • Hermly Pro — Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
2 purchases

Migraine Sentry

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$29.991 Year

Questions

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

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