TrayWise vs AlignerLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrayWise
This app helps you track the wear time of your clear aligners or retainers. It provides reminders to put them back in and manage your tray schedule, with a free core set of features and an optional one-time purchase for advanced tools.
- One-tap wear time tracking
- Daily wear progress ring
- Editable tray schedule
- Tray change reminders
- Progress photo tracking (Pro)
- Retainer mode (Pro)
- CSV data export
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TrayWise tracks how long your clear aligners or retainer are actually in, reminds you to put them back, and keeps your tray schedule straight, all without an account, ads, or a subscription. The whole core is free forever. TRACK YOUR WEAR IN ONE TAP - Tap once when your aligners go in, tap again when they come out - A daily wear ring shows your running total against your goal at a glance - Weekly and monthly averages to show your orthodontist - A Lock Screen widget, a Live Activity countdown, and an Apple Watch toggle, all free A SCHEDULE THAT BENDS, NOT BREAKS - Set your trays and days, and see your tray-change countdown - Wear one tray longer? Change just that tray and every later date updates automatically - Reminders to switch trays and to put your aligners back in after meals - Log or fix any past day with full backdating FREE FOREVER - The one-tap timer, daily total, and wear-time averages - The editable tray schedule with per-tray overrides - All reminders, the Apple Watch toggle, the widget, and the Live Activity - CSV export of your wear and schedule, so your data is never held hostage - No account. No ads. No subscription. TRAYWISE PRO (one-time purchase) - Unlimited progress photos and timelapse export - Retainer mode: a night-only goal for after treatment - An elastics / rubber-band tracker - Per-tray notes and an exportable orthodontist report Pay once. It is yours forever. No subscription, ever. WHY PEOPLE SWITCH TO TRAYWISE - No account and no login walls. Your data lives on your iPhone with optional private iCloud sync. We never see it. - Honest pricing. The extras are a single one-time purchase, not a subscription, and the core is free. - An exit door, on purpose. Free CSV export means your history is never locked in. TrayWise tracks wear time and reminders for your own aligner or retainer schedule. It is not a medical device, makes no clinical claims, and does not provide treatment advice. Always follow your orthodontist's instructions.
AlignerLog
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Clear aligner treatment. Sound familiar? • You only have a rough feeling for how long you've worn them today • You took them out for a meal, forgot, and noticed hours later • You lost track of the change day and wore the same tray too long AlignerLog is a wear-time tracker built just for clear aligners. Every feature, including the home screen widgets, is free, and no account is needed. ■ One tap to log, today's wear time at a glance Tap once when you take your aligners out and once when you put them back in. A 24-hour dial fills up with today's IN and OUT time and shows how close you are to your goal (for example 22 hours). Switch to the timeline view to see which hours of the day you were wearing them, laid out like a clock face. ■ Home screen widgets Check today's wear time without opening the app. Choose a dial or a bar widget, and switch IN/OUT right from the widget (widgets require iOS 17 or later). ■ Show your time the way you like On the home screen and widgets, choose what to show (total or count-up), the text size, and whether to show the IN/OUT icon. ■ Forgot to tap? Fix it afterwards If you notice you forgot to tap, pick the time you actually took them out (or put them in) and the log is corrected. One missed tap no longer ruins a whole day. ■ Reminders when they're still out After the time you set, AlignerLog asks "Did you put your aligners back in?" With repeat reminders on, it keeps nudging you at the same interval until you log IN, so a forgotten tray doesn't stay out until bedtime. ■ Change-day tracking Set your change interval (7, 10, 14 days, and more) to count down to the next tray and get a reminder on the day. The reminder includes how long you wore the current tray. You can shift the change day by 1 to 3 days from the app. ■ A history that keeps you going The calendar shows each day's result and your change days. Look back at daily details and timelines any time. Your goal streak and overall treatment progress are always visible, so motivation stays up. ■ Retainer phase too Switch to retainer mode after treatment to track retainer hours with a separate daily goal. ■ Private and simple • No account. Open the app and start • Your data stays on your device • Export and restore a backup when you change phones • Every feature is free Made for: • Anyone in clear aligner treatment, or about to start • People who want to keep a daily goal such as 22 hours • Anyone worried about forgetting to put aligners back in, or forgetting to tap • People tracking retainer wear time Seeing your wear time every day makes treatment far easier to stick with. AlignerLog is here for the whole journey. * AlignerLog helps you record wear time. Always follow your orthodontist's or dentist's instructions on treatment, wear time, and when to change trays.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AlignerLog at none against TrayWise's 1. AlignerLog also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support 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. TrayWise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AlignerLog asks for nothing beyond the download.
TrayWise ships an update every 2 months, AlignerLog every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TrayWise | AlignerLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vikram Joshi | MIKI CHINEN |
In-app purchases
TrayWise
- TrayWise Pro$6.99
AlignerLog
No in-app purchases







