Comparison

N1 vs Cranium

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

Head to head
About

N1

Effortlessly track your migraine triggers and patterns to gain a deeper understanding of your condition. Identify factors that may protect you and those that are not associated with your attacks. Self-manage your migraines within 90 days by dedicating just five minutes daily to tracking your symptoms and lifestyle.

Highlights
  • Daily diary for tracking activities, habits, moods, and sleep
  • Personal Analytical Report for migraine activity and pain progression
  • Medication tracking for treatments used
  • Graphical and tabular data summaries
  • MIDAS score calculation
  • Individual maps for trigger, protector, and no association analysis
Features
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Take the guesswork out of managing your migraine. In addition to finding out what may trigger your migraine attacks, you will discover what factors may protect you and what is likely not to be associated with your migraine. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of how to self-manage migraine within 90 days by spending just five minutes a day tracking days with and without headache. You will get instant access to your data from the first day you track. You can share your Personal Analytical Report with your healthcare provider so that together you can discuss best treatment options for you. *NEW - Now available to all users* Optional Factors - Make your daily tracking customizable by enabling or disabling factors that may affect migraine from a predefined list. You can also add other personal factors, such as suspected triggers, you’d like to track. Build your own customized tracking list. TOP FEATURES *Daily Diary* In just 5 minutes or less a day, track your activities, habits, moods, sleep cycle, and more to easily identify factors that may be associated with your migraine. Early identification can help you make lifestyle changes that may reduce the impact of migraine on your life. *Personal Analytical Report* Get to know your migraine and manage it better as it changes over time. You can do this by getting instant access - at any time - to your Personal Analytical Report, which comes in a PDF format. It’s easy to read and provides information about your migraine activity and pain level progression over time. Share the report with your healthcare provider, so together you can make changes that may help you reduce or avoid migraine attacks. *Medication tracking* Set up a list of medications or treatments used for your headache, migraine or other conditions. This will help you to track your treatments easily during your daily tracking. *My Data* See graphical and tabular summaries of your data. Here are the tools: * Summary - Get an overview of the number of days tracked vs. days not tracked. See how many pain-free days you’ve had along with how many migraine and other headache events you’ve experienced. * Midas - Shows your MIDAS score based on registration questions about the number of days (work, school, leisure, etc.) you’ve missed due to your migraine. * Monthly - Here you can find out if your disability score is changing month to month. * Time-Period Comparison – you can compare the frequency and severity of your migraine attacks over different time periods, for example if you started a sleep management program, you can compare the before and after you took it. PREMIUM FEATURES #1 Feature No Other App Offers *Individual Maps* Discover factors associated with increased or decreased risk of a migraine attack or that are not associated with your attacks at all. * Trigger Map™ * Protector Map™ * No Association Map Think you know what your triggers are? Enter them in the Suspected Trigger Map and compare them with the results of the Individual Maps after 90 days. *LIST OF ALL FEATURES* Key Features Individual Maps Trigger Map® Protector Map® No Association Map Suspected Trigger Map Insufficient Data Map Customizing Factors in your Daily Diary Optional Factors: Take away the factors you don’t want to track Custom Factors: Add other, personal factors you want to track Personal Analytical Report Monthly Summary Headache Calendar Menstruation Diary (where applicable) Medication Use Summary Monthly Migraine-related Disability Score Trigger Map® Protector Map® No Association Map Suspected Trigger Map Insufficient Data Map Treatments - medications and other Headache Calendar - all headache days and migraine days Daily Diary Daily Reminder - set the time you want to be reminded to track My Data Summary Monthly Disability Score Menstruation Calendar (where applicable) Time Period Comparison

About

Cranium

Easily log headache attacks, symptoms, and medication use. Generate clear reports to identify triggers and discuss with your doctor. Integrates with Health app for menstrual cycle correlation.

Highlights
  • Quick attack logging
  • Symptom and trigger tracking
  • Medication tracking
  • Doctor-shareable reports
  • Menstrual cycle correlation
Features
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Tracking attacks is quick and easy. Record ongoing attack in just 2 taps. Get clean and comprehensible reports about most frequent headache triggers and symptoms to share with your doctor. Track how much medication you take. Use data about your menstruation cycle from Health app to see how it correlates with you headache.

Screenshots

N14 screens
Cranium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cranium at none against N1's 1. Cranium also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 50%). N1's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (496 vs 161). On price, rating, ads 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. N1 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cranium asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cranium holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 496 and 161 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of N1's written reviews are positive against 73% of Cranium's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

N1 ships an update every 6 weeks, Cranium every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
N1 versus Cranium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterN1Cranium
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (496 ratings)4.6 (161 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews73.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings496 — better161
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB31 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCurelator Inc.Elena Zhalina

Customer experience

N1

All ratings496 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.8%
Negative37.2%

Cranium

All ratings161 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral8.9%
Negative17.8%

Bugs and requests

N1

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to delete or edit headache entries
  • Inconsistent UI/UX elements
  • Unreliable location tracking
  • Syncing issues across devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add notes section
  • Improve menstrual cycle tracking
  • Allow editing of past entries
  • More flexibility in adding/editing custom factors
  • Simplify daily logging process
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  • Provide more detailed weather/environmental data

Cranium

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

N1

One-time1
  • Individual trigger, protector and no-association maps$49.99
None

Cranium

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is N1 free?
N1 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cranium free?
Cranium is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, N1 or Cranium?
Cranium is rated higher. N1 averages 4.4 out of 5 from 496 ratings, while Cranium averages 4.6 from 161 ratings.
Do N1 or Cranium have ads?
Neither N1 nor Cranium shows ads.
Which is updated more often, N1 or Cranium?
N1 ships an update every 6 weeks, and Cranium every 5 months. Most recently, N1 was updated on September 17, 2026 and Cranium on September 23, 2026.

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