Comparison

Ember vs Emberlog

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

Head to head
About

Ember

Features
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Check yourself against WPI and SSS, the ACR fibromyalgia criteria rheumatologists use, free and in about a minute. Ember is a pain, fatigue and fog tracker built for fibromyalgia. It turns your daily reality into evidence your doctor can use. THE CHECKLISTS CLINICIANS USE, FREE • WPI (Widespread Pain Index) and SSS (Symptom Severity Scale) from the ACR 2016 criteria, two taps from opening the app • FIQR monthly, to track how much fibro affects your week • GAD-7 and PHQ-8 for anxiety and low mood, the ones your doctor will ask about • Scores and trends over time, explained in plain English and ready to bring to a visit LOG IN SECONDS, EVEN ON FLARE DAYS • Tap colour bands for pain, fatigue, fog and sleep. No forms, no typing • Bad day? Two taps logs the minimum, or one press of the Action button • Shortcuts for pain, fatigue and bad days, so you can log without opening Ember • Missed days? Catch up in one go. Body map with 11 regions, morning and evening kept apart SEE WHAT IS BEHIND YOUR FLARES • Five days of barometric pressure ahead, with the roughest day named, free • Plain-language patterns such as "Pain +31% after nights under 5 hours" • Every flare written up: how long it ran, what the three days before it looked like, and what helped • Each medication gets its own page and its own schedule: several times a day, certain days, every few days, or only when needed. The reminder names the drug, and you log the dose from the notification • Stopped a medication? It stays, with its history, ready to restart • Body signal: HRV, resting heart rate and steps from Apple Health against your own 30-day usual • Ask Ember: questions answered from your own logs, on your device, with no chatbot and no invented numbers WITH EMBER PRO • Flare Radar reads your own patterns and tells you at 8pm whether tomorrow is one to keep light • Pacing warnings during the day, while a crash can still be avoided • Every pattern, the cycle overlay and your complete history, not just the last 30 days • Appointment mode drafts your questions, shows your numbers in large type, and records what changed • Share your last 30 days as a one-page PDF made on your device, no AI and no internet • One AI Visit Brief a month that turns your logs into a page your clinician can read in under a minute • Experiments: drop one factor for two weeks and compare, sample size included ALSO • Apple Watch app for two-tap logging, plus Home and Lock Screen widgets • Goals where a day too unwell to log does not break the streak • Your own measurements beside your pain: water, weight, blood pressure PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your logs live on your device and in your private iCloud • Your logs reach our server only when you generate an AI brief. They are processed in memory, never stored, never sold • Ember also sends anonymous usage events, such as which screens you reach, to work out what to improve. Never what you logged, and you can switch it off in Settings • Erase everything you have logged from Settings at any time Ember Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly with a 7-day free trial, or yearly. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Ember is a wellness tool for self-assessment, not a medical device. It does not diagnose or treat any condition. Always work with your clinician. Privacy Policy: https://www.velorahealth.io/ember/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.velorahealth.io/ember/terms

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Emberlog

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Emberlog is the symptom tracker for chronic illness flares, doubling as an endometriosis tracker and POTS tracker for the conditions that need close pattern-watching. When you live with IBD, CFS, POTS, fibromyalgia, or endometriosis, patterns matter. This flare diary helps you catch them without wearing you out. - Log a flare in seconds: a time, a severity, and whatever details you have energy for - Note the factors that might play a role, like sleep, meds, food, and mood - See gentle pattern cards with honest sample sizes, computed right on your phone - Pull sleep and activity from Apple Health instead of typing them twice - Bring a clean, date-ranged summary to your next appointment Your entries stay on your device. Emberlog is a personal journal, not medical advice. It does not diagnose or treat any condition; discuss patterns with your clinician. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTDX9pxPOlUJl_skVUHPi99mAw0y2B2BYd_v1mJkoF3xW3rlOcW5KlYd4t93MMbbGhctSTnBTy7d_l6/pub Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ember4 screens
Emberlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ember at 17.0 against Emberlog's 26.0. 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. Ember sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Emberlog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Ember versus Emberlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmberEmberlog
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB23 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperNgo Pham HuyAndrii Bashta

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ember

Subscriptions2
  • Ember Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Ember Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Emberlog

One-time1
  • Emberlog Lifetime$9.99

Questions

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

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