Orla vs GutNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Orla
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Orla keeps your menopause record on your iPhone. No account, no sign-in, nothing to be locked out of. Before an appointment it turns what you logged into one dated PDF: every symptom, every HRT dose, with the dates. 7 days free, then a monthly or yearly plan. Cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. A RECORD THAT STAYS YOURS There is no account to make and no password to forget. Everything you log is stored on this iPhone, and you can delete a single entry, or all of it, from Settings. An app update does not ask you to sign in again. LOG WHAT YOU FEEL, WHEN YOU FEEL IT Hot flashes, night sweats, trouble staying asleep, mood changes, brain fog, joint pain, palpitations, vaginal and urinary changes, low libido, skin and hair changes โ 30+ symptoms in all. Pick the symptom, pick how strong it was, and Orla fills in the time. Even at 2am. EVERY HRT DOSE, WITH ITS DATES Log hormone therapy properly: type, dose and route (patch, gel, spray, tablet and more), plus supplements. When your dose changes, Orla keeps the old one on a dated timeline instead of overwriting it, so the record shows the dose you stopped and the dates it ran, not only what you are on today. That history is exactly what a clinician asks about. PERIODS, OR NO PERIODS Periods in the transition get irregular, skip, or stop โ and plenty of people are not cycling at all. Orla logs whatever is actually happening without forcing a "cycle" frame on you. In the first questions you can answer "Stopped altogether" or skip the cycle question entirely, and nothing in the app changes. No cycle to log is a first-class experience here, not a broken one. SEE APPLE HEALTH ALONGSIDE YOUR NOTES With your permission, Orla can read wrist temperature, heart rate variability, resting heart rate, and sleep from Apple Health and show them next to your own entries. Read-only โ Orla never writes anything back to Health. THE PDF, IN FULL Pick a date range and Orla builds the document: how many days each symptom was logged and at what severity, your HRT and supplement timeline with every dose and the dates it ran, and every period and spotting entry with its dates and the gaps in between. It is dated, it has your name on it, and you can bring it, print it, or email it ahead. A PLAIN-LANGUAGE LIBRARY 20 short, readable articles on what is happening during the transition and the ways HRT is commonly taken โ written in plain English, so you walk in informed. NOTHING TO SELL YOU BUT THE APP Orla sells no supplements, runs no clinic and carries no advertising. It gives no advice, no scores and no interpretation โ it records what you tell it and shows it back to you. No ads, no advertising SDKs, and no third-party analytics or tracking SDKs touching your health entries. Your data is never sold. โโโ Orla is a record-keeping tool, not a medical device, and does not diagnose or give medical advice. โโโ SUBSCRIPTION Orla is a paid subscription with a 7-day free trial. $9.99/month or $49.99/year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy Policy: https://legal.tjbventures.ai/privacy.html ยท Terms of Use: Apple Standard EULA
GutNote
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You ate something perfectly normal and three hours later your waistband feels two sizes smaller. Was it the onion? The oat milk? The stress? Guessing is exhausting. GutNote keeps the receipts instead. Every pattern it shows comes from your own entries โ never from a hunch, never from a generic table. LOG IT IN SECONDS โข Meals as free text, by voice, or with a photo โข Bloating on its own 0-5 distension scale โข Symptoms at intensity 1-10: cramps, nausea, heartburn, gas, diarrhea, constipation, pain โข Stool on the Bristol scale 1-7, one tap โข Stress 1-5, medication and supplements with dose โข Fiber and water for the day โข Exact times you can edit, so a late dinner stays a late dinner CHECK A DISH BEFORE YOU EAT IT Snap the plate and name the dish. GutNote scores it against your own history and the FODMAP reference โ high risk, low risk, or not enough data yet โ and tells you how many hours you usually wait for a reaction. PATTERNS, STATED HONESTLY Pick a delay window from 1 to 72 hours, because a reaction rarely arrives at the table. GutNote reports shares, not vibes: symptoms followed in 7 of 9 meals, with a histogram of the hours in between. YOUR BLOAT CLOCK Your own distension scale, a counter of days without bloating, a traffic-light calendar of the month, and the hour bloating usually turns up for you. FODMAP REFERENCE AND BARCODE SCANNER Type a food, get an answer before you finish the word. Browse by group โ fructans, lactose, fructose, polyols, GOS. Scan a packet and GutNote reads the ingredient list, so garlic or onion powder never slips in unnoticed. LOW-FODMAP KITCHEN A real Monday-to-Sunday meal plan you fill yourself, a searchable recipe library, and a shopping list built from the week you planned. THE THREE-PHASE PROTOCOL Elimination, then one group back at a time, then your own results โ tolerated, triggered or inconclusive, in your words. RESTAURANT CARD A card you hand the waiter, built entirely from foods you already marked, in any of eleven languages you pick. ASK GUTNOTE Log by voice, get a weekly review that narrates your own numbers, and ask a gut-health chat about foods, FODMAPs and symptoms. BELLY BREATHING A short guided session for the moments a flare is winding up. On your phone and on your wrist. APPLE WATCH AND IPAD Log a meal, rate bloating with the crown, log a dose or breathe โ without reaching for your phone. On iPad the same data opens in a two-pane layout. FOR YOUR DOCTOR Export 7, 30, 90 days or a custom range as a clean PDF with charts and a day-by-day timeline, plus raw CSV. Send the PDF straight to your dietitian from the share sheet. APPLE HEALTH Connect it to read sleep, mindful minutes and cycle data next to your symptoms. GutNote never writes to Health. Optional, and off until you turn it on. IT STAYS ON YOUR PHONE No account, no sign-up. Your diary lives on the device, with a JSON backup when you want your own copy. Only the AI features send data: your chat messages, voice recordings for transcription, a few weekly summary numbers and the dish photo you check. Barcode lookups go to Open Food Facts. Home screen widget, light and dark, eleven languages. GutNote is a self-tracking and education tool. It does not diagnose, treat or prescribe a diet โ that conversation belongs with a clinician, and now you walk in with data. SUBSCRIPTION GutNote is a subscription app with Monthly and Yearly plans. The standard Yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase, or when the trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trypocketleaf.com/gutsymptom/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GutNote at none against Orla's shown. GutNote also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Orla sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and GutNote sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Orla ships an update every 5 days, GutNote weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Orla | GutNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days โ better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TJB Ventures FZE | Kyrylo Niesmielov |
In-app purchases
Orla
- Orla Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Orla Pro Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
GutNote
- GutNote Pro (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- GutNote Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- GutNote Pro Annual (Special Offer)$17.991 Year
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- GutNote Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$25.991 Year
- GutNote Pro - 1 Year$24.99
- GutNote Pro (Lifetime)$34.99









