hæl vs Menopause Symptoms Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
hæl
This app acts as a silent observer for your fasting periods and menstrual cycle, reflecting your body's natural rhythms through literary prose. It integrates with Apple Health to provide context-aware insights into your weight and fasting windows, offering a unique, non-prescriptive approach to wellness tracking.
- Fasting timer with literary observations
- Menstrual cycle tracking via Apple Health
- Phase-aware fasting window adjustments
- Literary weight trend analysis
- Weekly and monthly retrospective letters
- On-device data privacy
- Apple Watch and iPad support
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hæl is a fasting timer that observes instead of coaching. the app watches the hours, reads the cycle, and reflects what it sees in prose. no prescription. no congratulation. most fasting apps count down and celebrate. hæl counts and stays quiet. the interface is a single ring. the language is literary. the body's rhythm shapes what the app says and when. THE FAST an ensō ring marks the hours. drag to choose a duration, tap to begin. the timer carries a name that changes as the fast deepens. lauds, prime, terce, vespers. names borrowed from the canonical hours. prose arrives about what the body is doing, not what it should do. overtime continues past the goal without comment. a day can be marked as rest instead, held without penalty. the first week is witnessed from the start, free. THE CYCLE hæl reads the menstrual cycle through Apple Health. the ring tint shifts with the phase. fasting windows adjust. shorter during menstruation, longer during follicular. weight is read in cycle context. a gain during luteal is not a gain during ovulation. the app knows the difference, and across enough cycles it learns the pattern, marking when today confirms what the body has already shown. cycle tracking is optional. non-cycle users receive their own prose register, rotating by month. THE WEIGHT a constellation sparkline tracks weight over time. each point a breathing star. the app reads the trend and writes one observation. no graphs demanding interpretation. one line of prose. THE LETTERS weekly letters arrive on mondays. a retrospective of the week. the fasting, the weight, the cycle. written in the same quiet voice. monthly readings take the longer view. quarterly readings mark the turn of each season. once a year, a year-in-review colophon gathers the whole arc into one page. in the ledger, a correspondence appears, one letter at a time, on the ensō, the canonical hours, the luteal phase, autophagy, the colophon. dismissed when read. a finite pool that goes quiet when the last page turns. THE COLOPHON when a fast ends, a page stays. the date spelled out, the hours witnessed, a line composed from what happened. a small ceremony for something the body did. shareable. THE LEDGER a bound record of every fast, grouped by cycle or by month. the current group is open. past groups fold to a spine, a date range and a spelled-out count. tap to unseal the colophon beneath. THE PRACTICE hydration tracking with eight water drops. notifications that observe the season, the morning, the phase. never demanding, always noticing. live activities on the lock screen and dynamic island. siri shortcuts for starting a fast or checking the hours. apple watch companion with a complication that carries its own witness line. ipad support. THE FULL WITNESS (one-time purchase, $19.99) the free app sees the fast. the full witness sees the cycle. the ring becomes phase-aware. body readings gain context. weekly letters, monthly readings, quarterly readings, and the year-in-review arrive in full. weight tracking reads the cycle. the ledger letters appear. milestone ceremonies mark the long stretches, seven days, thirty, ninety, a year. fasts beyond twenty-four hours unlock. one purchase, nothing recurring. PRIVACY all data lives on-device, in Apple Health, and in a private iCloud container. no account. no server of ours sees it. once Apple Health holds a weight or cycle entry, hæl stops mirroring that entry to iCloud and lets Health carry it between devices instead. hæl uses standard HTTPS for StoreKit and anonymous, privacy-first telemetry. nothing else. hæl is not a medical device. it does not diagnose, treat, or prescribe. fasts beyond forty-eight hours should be medically supervised. the app says so every time.
Menopause Symptoms Tracker
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Track menopause symptoms and the HRT routine prescribed by your clinician in one private journal. Log hot flashes, mood and bleeding; record doses and patch changes; and keep your questions ready for appointments. Whether you are navigating perimenopause, menopause or postmenopause, MenoLog helps you organize your own records without recommending treatment. TRACK YOUR DAILY EXPERIENCE Record hot flashes, night sweats, sleep, energy, mood, period and cycle changes, and other symptoms. Add journal notes and life context, then revisit your entries in your calendar and history. KEEP YOUR HRT ROUTINE IN VIEW Enter your clinician-prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or other medication, dose and schedule. See what is due in HRT Today, record a dose or patch change, and mark a dose skipped or missed when that reflects your experience. Ignored reminders are not automatically treated as missed doses. Track application sites you configure, keep site notes, record refills and review remaining supply. Supply estimates follow only the schedules and quantities you enter; they are not prescription or refill advice. NOTICE RECORDED PATTERNS Explore symptom and mood trends with clear dates and recording context. With Premium, compare recorded periods before and after an HRT change when enough data is available. These comparisons describe what changed after an event, not what caused it or whether a treatment is effective. PREPARE FOR APPOINTMENTS Keep appointments and questions together. Premium adds appointment-preparation summaries and clinician PDF/CSV exports you can review and choose to share with your healthcare professional. OPTIONAL APPLE HEALTH CONTEXT Connect Apple Health for user-authorized menstrual flow, spotting, menopausal state, bleeding-after-menopause, sleep, steps and exercise context alongside your manual records. MenoLog writes menopausal-state or bleeding-after-menopause records only when you explicitly choose to save them; it never writes automatically. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your profile, check-ins and journal records are stored locally on your device. No account is required. MenoLog does not use advertising SDKs or sell your health information. Protect access with Face ID or Touch ID and create encrypted portable backups. You decide what to export or share. FREE AND PREMIUM Core symptom and journal logging, HRT setup and dose logging, application-site and supply tracking, and basic dose history are available without a subscription. MenoLog Premium unlocks advanced insights and HRT comparisons, appointment-preparation summaries, clinician exports, unlimited custom care reminders and the full education library. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your Apple Account settings. You can manage your subscription there and restore eligible purchases from the paywall. MenoLog is for personal tracking and education only. It does not diagnose, treat or replace advice from a qualified healthcare professional. Always consult your clinician before making treatment decisions. Privacy Policy: https://sunnysaas.github.io/menopause-tracker/ Support: https://sunnysaas.github.io/menopause-tracker/support.html Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: hæl at every 6 days against Menopause Symptoms Tracker's fortnightly. hæl also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. hæl sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Menopause Symptoms Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
hæl ships an update every 6 days, Menopause Symptoms Tracker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | hæl | Menopause Symptoms Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | KI-GEN STUDIOS LLC | Musku Akshay Reddy |
In-app purchases
hæl
- the full witness$19.99
Menopause Symptoms Tracker
- Premium Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Annual3 Days trial$24.991 Year
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