Comparison

Pause vs Menopause Tracker & Journal

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

Head to head
About

Pause

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Perimenopause is unpredictable. Pause gives you clarity. Log hot flashes, night sweats, mood, sleep, and HRT or supplement intake in seconds — then watch your patterns emerge over days and weeks. When your next doctor's appointment comes, generate a clean, shareable PDF report instead of trying to remember from memory. Track what matters Ā· Hot flashes — log instantly, rate as mild, moderate, or severe Ā· Night sweats — one tap to log, any time of day Ā· Mood — daily 5-point scale that actually shows you something over time Ā· Sleep — auto-filled from Apple Health, or enter manually Ā· HRT & supplements — daily check-in, correlated with your other symptoms See your patterns 7-day trends are free. Upgrade to Pause Premium to unlock 30-day and 90-day views and spot the patterns that only emerge over time. Doctor-ready PDF export One tap generates a clean symptom summary — formatted for your gynecologist or GP — that you can email, AirDrop, or print directly from your phone. Your data stays yours Everything you log is stored on your device only. Pause never creates an account, never uploads your health data, and has zero third-party tracking or analytics. CloudKit sync works across your devices using your own iCloud — we never see it. Pause Premium unlocks: Ā· 30-day and 90-day trend charts Ā· HRT correlation overlay on your hot flash chart Ā· Doctor-ready PDF export with full history Ā· Unlimited log history Start with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime. --- Terms of Use: https://pinnaclepath.ai/pause/terms

About

Menopause Tracker & Journal

Features
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A menopause tracker built around the days themselves: tap what you felt, and let the pattern show up on its own. Sage is a private menopause tracker and symptom diary. Open it, tap the symptoms that match your day — hot flashes, night sweats, broken sleep, mood, brain fog, aches — then tap again to say whether each one was mild, moderate or strong. That is the whole loop, and it takes about two seconds. No forms, no questionnaires, no account. WHAT YOU CAN LOG • 41 plain symptom descriptions across four sets: Vasomotor, Sleep & Energy, Mood & Mind, and Body • A hot flash log where every entry carries a mild, moderate or strong rating — not just a tick • Night sweats, chills, flushing, heart racing and daytime sweating, together in the vasomotor set • Sleep and energy: trouble falling asleep, waking at night, early waking, restless nights, fatigue • Mood and mind: irritability, anxiety, low mood, mood swings, brain fog, forgetfulness, focus • Body: joint and muscle aches, headache, migraine, bloating, dry skin, hair thinning, dryness • Period days with a flow marker — spotting, light, medium or heavy • A free-text note on any day, because some days need a sentence • An HRT line for what you took, in your own words and your own doses HOW THE TWO-SECOND LOG WORKS Tapping a symptom once records it as mild; tap again for moderate, again for strong, and once more to clear it. One control, four states, no picker to open and nothing to confirm. A gentle streak counts the days you showed up, and one optional evening reminder — never more than one a day — will nudge you if you want it. Miss a day and nothing scolds you, and the reminder never names a symptom, because a lock screen is read by whoever is holding the phone. WHAT SAGE SHOWS YOU • A weekly card: your most-logged symptoms, how this week compares with the one before, and which weekday carried the most • A symptom diary you can scroll back through, day by day, exactly as you recorded it • Charts of how many symptoms you logged each day, with a smoothed line drawn through the noise • A calendar view of the last thirteen weeks, laid out in weekday columns • Cycle observations: the gaps between the period days you recorded — shortest, longest and average • A one-page PDF summary for an appointment: how often each symptom appeared, the cycle days, what you took, and the day-by-day log behind it NO PREDICTIONS, NO ADVICE Cycles are commonly irregular through perimenopause, so Sage never predicts a next date. It reports the gaps you actually recorded and stops there. It gives no medical, hormonal or lifestyle guidance, suggests no treatment and no supplement, and never tells you what stage you are in. It counts what you logged and shows it back to you. That is deliberate, and it is the whole design. PRIVATE, OFFLINE, AD-FREE, NO ACCOUNT There is no sign-up, no login, no cloud and no server. Your symptom diary stays on your phone, because this menopause tracker has nowhere else to send it. It works on a plane, in a waiting room, and with the wifi switched off. There are no ads anywhere in the app. The PDF summary is created on your phone and leaves it only if you choose to send it. WHO IT IS FOR Anyone in perimenopause or menopause who wants a hot flash log and symptom diary without a community feed, a sign-up wall, or an account: people working out whether this month is different from the last one, people getting ready for a conversation with a clinician, and people who simply want their own record of what these years actually felt like. Sage is a private journal, not a medical device. It provides no medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Consult your clinician about symptoms and treatment decisions. App interface is in English. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ — Privacy Policy: https://kanac.github.io/syanac-legal/

Screenshots

Pause4 screens
Menopause Tracker & Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Menopause Tracker & Journal at weekly against Pause's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Pause sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Menopause Tracker & Journal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pause ships an update every 2 months, Menopause Tracker & Journal weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Pause versus Menopause Tracker & Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPauseMenopause Tracker & Journal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB39 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKenneth YeckAnthony Chui

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pause

Subscriptions2
  • Pause Premium Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Pause Premium Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Menopause Tracker & Journal

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$13.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$41.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Pause free?
Pause is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Menopause Tracker & Journal free?
Menopause Tracker & Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pause or Menopause Tracker & Journal have ads?
Neither Pause nor Menopause Tracker & Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pause or Menopause Tracker & Journal?
Pause ships an update every 2 months, and Menopause Tracker & Journal weekly. Most recently, Pause was updated on September 21, 2026 and Menopause Tracker & Journal on September 24, 2026.

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