Comparison

Pausely vs Vela

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

Head to head
About

Pausely

Easily track hot flashes and other menopause symptoms with a single tap. This private app helps you visualize your symptom patterns over time, providing clear data for doctor visits without any ads or cloud storage.

Highlights
  • One-tap hot flash logging
  • Track 34 perimenopause symptoms
  • View symptom patterns over 30/90 days
  • Doctor-visit symptom summary
  • Private, on-device storage
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Pausely is the private menopause tracker built around the one thing other apps make impossible: logging a hot flash the moment it happens, in a single tap. ONE-TAP HOT FLASH LOGGING Hot flashes hit many times a day, at the worst times. Tap once to log each one, with the time captured automatically. See how many you have had today on a simple timeline, and watch the real pattern build, including how many strike at night. ALL 34 PERIMENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS From night sweats and brain fog to joint pain, anxiety, and the symptoms no one warns you about. Tap what you feel, set the severity, and Pausely quietly builds your picture over weeks. SEE YOUR PATTERN, READY FOR YOUR DOCTOR Clear trends over 30 and 90 days, and a doctor-visit summary that turns months of tracking into real data for your appointment instead of vague recollection. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. No ads, no tracking, no cloud. Your symptoms are stored only on your device, and nothing is ever uploaded. Pausely is a tracking tool, not medical advice or a diagnosis. Talk to your doctor or a menopause specialist about treatment.

About

Vela

Features
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Vela turns the invisible, hard-to-describe days of the menopause transition into something you can actually show someone. LOG IN UNDER A MINUTE Tap a symptom from a 46-symptom, evidence-tiered catalogue, set a 1-5 severity, tag what may have set it off, and you're done. Pin the ones you log most so they're always one tap away. YOUR BURDEN INDEX A single 0-100 score for the week, stratified into four areas - vasomotor, mood and mind, body and sleep, and urogenital - with a plain-language band and a change against last week. It is an educational reference built on the Menopause Rating Scale domains, never a diagnosis. SEE THE SHAPE OF IT An 8-week burden trend, a 28-day severity calendar, a hot-flash counter with a 7-day trend, and per-symptom direction - all free, always. THE CLINICAL EVIDENCE REPORT Pick a 30, 60 or 90-day window and Vela builds a one-page summary: your burden score and band, the four-area breakdown, your most-affected symptoms with how often and how strongly, your treatment line, and talking points written for the appointment. Copy the talking points or share the whole thing as a PDF. WHAT YOUR OWN DATA SAYS Cross-metric correlations between sleep, stress, alcohol or caffeine and your heavier days. Trigger detection that compares your logs with and without each tag. Which symptoms cluster on the same day. And a before-and-after view of the 21 days either side of an HRT start or dose change. THE EVIDENCE LIBRARY A searchable, bookmarkable shelf of bundled education, each article honestly labelled by how strong the evidence is - guideline, commonly reported, or anecdotal. Free forever. VELA PRO (optional subscription) Pro unlocks the computed-depth views - correlations, triggers, co-occurrence, the HRT overlay - and the Clinical Evidence Report. - 9.99 USD per month or 59.99 USD per year - Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase; it auto-renews at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings All logging, the hot-flash counter, your timeline, the basic trends and the Library stay free, forever. Vela is a wellness and self-tracking tool. It does not diagnose, treat, or prescribe, and it is not a substitute for care from a qualified clinician. Privacy Policy: https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/51/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://preview.apppublishing.ai/legal/51/terms

Screenshots

Pausely4 screens
Vela4 screens

Verdict

The call

Pausely and Vela 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pausely sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Vela sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Pausely versus Vela: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPauselyVela
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB42 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPeter HallanderAnna Le

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pausely

One-time1
  • Full Access$9.99
2 purchases

Vela

Subscriptions2
  • Vela Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Vela Pro Annual$59.991 Year

Questions

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

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