Comparison

Chronically vs Symloom

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

Head to head
About

Chronically

This app provides a private space to track daily symptoms, mood, energy, and medications for those managing chronic illnesses. It offers insights into patterns, helps plan days using spoon theory, and generates doctor-ready reports.

Highlights
  • Daily symptom and mood logging
  • Medication tracking and reminders
  • Spoon theory energy planning
  • Pattern insights and trend analysis
  • Doctor-ready PDF reports
  • Optional weather tracking (barometric pressure)
Features
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Your chronic ally. Chronically is a calm, private place to track life with a chronic illness, one day at a time. Living with chronic illness means managing a hundred small things on the days you have the least to give. Chronically keeps it gentle: quick check-ins, honest tracking, and clear reports, with zero judgment and zero clutter. DAILY CHECK-INS Log your mood, energy, anxiety, appetite, sleep and pain in under a minute, note the symptoms that matter to you, and add a line about your day if you want to. Choose to focus on your body, your mind, or both: a Mood & Mind symptom set sits alongside the physical ones, and the pain question is optional for anyone it doesn't fit. On a low day, "Same as last time" gets you done in two taps. Gentle streaks celebrate showing up and never guilt you for resting. FLARES When a hard stretch starts, mark it at the end of a check-in or from Trends, and tell Chronicle when it eases. Flares appear on your charts and in your doctor report, so the hard stretches are easy to see and easy to explain. INSIGHTS Chronically looks for patterns in what you've logged and tells you about them plainly: which symptoms tend to land on your lower-energy days, how a rough night shows up the next morning, what overspending your energy costs you tomorrow. Every insight shows how many days it's based on, weak patterns stay quiet, and nothing is ever presented as a cause. SPOON CENTER Plan your day around the energy you actually have, using spoon theory. Set today's spoons, plan your activities, see your week at a glance, and reflect at the end of the day on how it really went. MEDICATIONS Keep every medication in one place, from pills and injections to patches, topicals, gummies and drops, with schedules that match how they're actually taken. Log doses, see your adherence, keep a history of dose changes, track your supply with a heads-up before you run low, and note whether an as-needed dose helped. Optional reminders, including one to remove a patch. APPOINTMENTS & DOCTOR REPORTS Save your doctors, get an optional reminder of your questions the evening before a visit, and jot down how it went afterwards. Export a doctor-ready PDF for the dates and sections you choose, including a summary of everything since your last visit with that doctor. TRENDS Watch your patterns come into focus over a week, a month or a year, with flares, medication changes and appointments marked right on the chart. WEATHER Add your city and Chronically will quietly note the weather on each day you check in, including barometric pressure. Your city only, never your exact location, and entirely optional. GETTING STARTED A short welcome and a few gentle tips from Chronicle, the app's little companion, which appear the first time each feature does. Skip them anytime, or bring them back from Profile. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Free, with no ads, no paywalls, and no locked features • No third-party analytics or trackers • Your data stays on our own servers, never sold, never shared • Delete your account and all of your data anytime, right from the app Chronically is built and cared for by one person, and kept free so it's there for everyone who needs it. Chronically is a personal wellness journal, not a medical device. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It isn't a monitoring service, and no one reads what you log. Always talk with your healthcare provider about decisions regarding your health. You're doing better than you think.

About

Symloom

This app helps adults with chronic symptoms track their health by logging flares, triggers, medications, and daily context. Review your history with clear insights and prepare for appointments with exportable reports. It prioritizes user privacy and does not use health information for advertising.

Highlights
  • Symptom logging with curated library
  • Track triggers, meds, mood, sleep, and more
  • Private health diary timeline
  • Personalized pattern insights
  • PDF/CSV health reports
  • Optional Apple Health integration
Features
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Symloom is a private symptom tracker and health diary for adults living with recurring or chronic symptoms. Record flare-ups and the daily context around them, then review a clearer history over time. TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Log symptoms and flare-ups in seconds • Add possible triggers and medication context • Record sleep, stress, mood, food, activity, hydration and weather • Keep your check-ins organized in one timeline REVIEW YOUR HISTORY • See transparent personal-pattern insights over time • Review the observation period and available evidence behind each insight • Understand which factors changed alongside your symptoms without treating an association as a cause • Compare recent patterns and weekly changes PREPARE FOR APPOINTMENTS • Create clear PDF or CSV reports • Select the date range and information you want to include • Bring a more organized symptom history to appointments • Export or share only when you decide Symloom helps you organize and communicate your health history. It does not diagnose conditions, determine causes, recommend treatment or replace professional medical care. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Chronically4 screens
Symloom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chronically at none against Symloom's 2. Chronically also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Symloom sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Chronically asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chronically against 5.0 for Symloom. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chronically ships an update every 10 days, Symloom every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chronically versus Symloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChronicallySymloom
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB116 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKEVIN PHILIP ERKELENZAppEcho Labs ,LLC

Customer experience

Chronically

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Symloom

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chronically

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Symloom

Subscriptions2
  • Trace Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Trace Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Chronically free?
Chronically is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Symloom free?
Symloom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chronically or Symloom?
Chronically and Symloom are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Chronically or Symloom have ads?
Neither Chronically nor Symloom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chronically or Symloom?
Chronically ships an update every 10 days, and Symloom every 3 weeks. Most recently, Chronically was updated on October 31, 2026 and Symloom on October 24, 2026.

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