MigrainePal vs Hemra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MigrainePal
This app provides a user-friendly headache and migraine diary to log attacks, track triggers, and monitor medications. It offers visual insights into patterns and helps manage chronic pain with a focus on simplicity and design.
- One-tap attack logging
- Headache calendar and diary
- Trigger tracking
- Medication logging
- Insightful pattern analysis
- Native iOS design
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If you live with migraines, you already know the frustration: every migraine tracker on the App Store looks like a clinical questionnaire designed by an insurance company. They want you to fill out twenty fields while your head is splitting. You don't need another medical form — you need a migraine diary that respects what you're going through. MigrainePal is a beautifully designed headache tracker and migraine diary, built for people who'd rather log an attack in one tap than fight with a sterile questionnaire. ONE-TAP ATTACK LOGGING When a migraine attack starts, the last thing you want to do is fill forms. Tap once. The app opens an active migraine episode with the start time, and you can put your phone face-down. Come back later — add pain level, aura, and notes when you're ready. This is what a real migraine log should feel like. HEADACHE CALENDAR AND MIGRAINE DIARY See your entire month at a glance. The migraine calendar shows every attack, every aura, every medication taken — visually, not as a wall of text. Swipe across weeks and months to watch your migraine patterns emerge: cluster days, weather-linked spikes, menstrual migraine cycles, the post-stress crash. TRIGGER TRACKING Identify what sets off your migraine attacks. Log migraine triggers as you notice them — sleep, stress, foods, weather, screens, hormones, scents, alcohol. Over weeks, the trigger tracker surfaces what actually correlates with your headache attacks, not what the internet guessed for you. For chronic migraine and chronic pain, knowing your triggers means managing, not guessing. MEDICATION AND MEDS LOG Track every triptan, NSAID, anti-CGRP, preventive, and rescue med. The medication tracker helps you notice when you're approaching MOH (medication overuse headache) territory. See which meds work for which attack types, and bring real data to your next neurologist visit. INSIGHTS THAT MAKE SENSE Insights you can show your doctor — no PDF export needed. Frequency, average migraine pain level, aura percentage, most common triggers, medication response. Your migraine monitor shows patterns in plain language. For chronic, vestibular, hemiplegic, or menstrual migraine, this is the difference between feeling lost and feeling in control. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED, NATIVE iOS Built as a true native iOS app — not a web wrapper. 120Hz scrolling, haptic feedback, Dark Mode (essential during a migraine), and Dynamic Type support. Every screen was designed for someone who needs to look at their phone with a pounding headache. WHO MIGRAINE IS FOR People living with episodic or chronic migraine who want a real headache log. Migraine sufferers tracking aura, vestibular, hemiplegic, or menstrual patterns. Anyone managing chronic pain or recurring headache disorders. People whose neurologist asked them to keep a migraine diary or headache diary. Anyone tired of clinical apps that don't respect what a migraine attack feels like. WHY NOT MIGRAINE BUDDY OR N1-HEADACHE Apps like Migraine Buddy and N1-Headache are powerful research-grade tools — but they're built around long questionnaires, accounts, and pharma data sharing. If you'd rather log a headache in one tap than complete a 20-field form — Migraine was made for you. PRIVACY All your migraine logs, attack records, trigger data, and medication history stay on your device. Optional iCloud sync between your own devices, encrypted by Apple. No account required. No data collection. No ads. Your migraine diary is private — period. Free to download. Supports English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese. The most beautifully designed migraine tracker and headache diary on iOS. Privacy Policy: https://elevenapril.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://elevenapril.com/terms.html
Hemra
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Nobody fills in a form during a migraine. Hemra is built around one idea: record the attack with a single tap, and ask everything else once you can think again. WHILE IT HURTS • One big button. No questions. • Dark room mode: the screen dims, the app makes no sound, one enormous button remains. Usable when light hurts. • It notes the weather for you — pressure and humidity, without you doing anything. ONCE IT IS OVER • Four short questions: where it hurt, how bad it was, what came with it, how the day went. • Mark the pain by tapping a drawing of a head. • Skip any of it. A half-filled record beats no record. THE FILE YOU SHOW YOUR DOCTOR This is why the app exists. One tap makes a PDF: • Monthly migraine days and headache days • Acute medication days against the ICHD-3 §8.2 overuse thresholds • An attack table: date, duration, severity, side, aura, medicine, response • Symptom and pain-location frequencies • Triggers, and the air pressure at onset You can also download your raw data as a spreadsheet. It is your data. WHAT IT WILL NOT DO • It does not diagnose. It does not suggest medicines or doses. • It never claims you will have a migraine tomorrow. • It says nothing until the data earns it — no invented findings. • No account, no server, no ads. Everything stays on your phone. Delete the app and the data goes with it. Hemra is not a medical device. SUBSCRIPTION Hemra is free to try for three days. After that it needs Hemra Pro: the monthly and yearly plans are auto-renewing subscriptions, while the lifetime option is a one-time payment that does not renew. Current prices are shown in the app in your own currency. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. A subscription renews for the same period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in iOS Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ App terms: https://247pro.github.io/hemra-legal/terms.html Privacy policy: https://247pro.github.io/hemra-legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
MigrainePal and Hemra 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
Both are free to download. MigrainePal sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Hemra sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | MigrainePal | Hemra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 帅 陈 | Emrah Sinekli |
In-app purchases
MigrainePal
- Migraine Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Migraine Premium Weekly$1.997 Days
- Migraine Premium Yearly$8.991 Year
- Migraine Premium Lifetime$14.99
- Migraine Premium Lifetime$17.99
Hemra
- Hemra Pro — Monthly$4.991 Month
- Hemra Pro — Yearly$29.991 Year
- Hemra Pro — Lifetime$69.99








