Comparison

Quell Relief vs Nerivio

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

Head to head
About

Quell Relief

This app personalizes and controls a wearable pain relief device using neurotechnology. It allows users to track therapy, sleep, activity, and pain levels, offering insights and customization for chronic pain management. The system is drug-free and FDA cleared for continuous use.

Highlights
  • Personalize pain therapy settings
  • Track therapy sessions
  • Monitor sleep patterns
  • Log activity levels
  • Record pain intensity
  • Analyze therapy and sleep trends
  • Check device battery and electrode life
Features
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Reclaim your life from chronic pain with Quell® Wearable Pain Relief Technology™. Quell is a revolutionary 100% drug free system that uses patented neurotechnology to block chronic pain. Quell is FDA cleared for 24/7 use. To learn more about Quell or to purchase your Quell device, visit www.quellrelief.com. This is the Quell Relief app, designed for advanced personalization and control of your Quell device. Utilizing Bluetooth® Smart technology to connect your Quell to your iPhone or iPad, you can control your device and track your therapy, sleep, pain levels, and activity. After pairing your Quell device to the Quell Relief app, you will be able to: • Calibrate Quell to your precise needs • Start, stop and adjust therapy • Track the status of your current therapy session, or see how long you have until the next therapy will start. • You will be able to track your therapy, sleep, activity and pain levels. You will be able see up to two years of data at intervals from 1 day to 3 months. • Gain insights into your therapy and sleep trends. Learn more about your therapy sessions and monitor 8 dimensions of sleep that include your time asleep, sleep quality, leg movements, position changes, and time out of bed. • Track pain levels and activity, which can provide insight into pain management and overall health. • Personalize therapy. Select from various stimulation patterns, sleep modes, and more. • Track weather changes that may impact pain and adjust therapy accordingly. • Check your battery life. On the therapy screen, you will be able to click on the battery icon and see the level of battery you have left, so that you can see when it will be time to charge the device. • Check your electrode life. On the therapy screen, you will be able to click on the electrode icon and see how much longer you will be able to use your current electrode, before replacing it with a new one. • Connect to the Quell Health Cloud. Your therapy and tracking data will be backed up to a secure server. De-identified data from the Quell Health Cloud may be analyzed to help improve the Quell services. NOTE: The Quell Relief app only works in combination with the Quell Pain Relief device. It has been designed to enhance your Quell experience. The Quell device is available for sale in the United States. Version 3.0 of the Quell app is compatible with prior versions of the Quell firmware, but not all features are accessible on older devices. The Quell Relief app works on Apple devices that support Bluetooth LE and are running iOS 10 or later. To learn more about Quell or to purchase a Quell device, visit www.quellrelief.com.

About

Nerivio

Manage your migraine treatment with a wireless neuromodulation device. Track headaches and symptoms using an advanced diary. This app requires a prescription and consultation with a healthcare professional.

Highlights
  • Control wireless neuromodulation device
  • Track migraine headaches and symptoms
  • Advanced migraine diary
  • Access sleep information via HealthKit
  • Prescription device management
Features
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Control your Nerivio device and track your migraine headaches. The Nerivio app controls the Nerivio device - a wireless remote electrical neuromodulation device for the acute and/or preventive treatment of migraine with or without aura in patients 12 years of age or older. This prescribed device is self-applied to the upper-arm and should be used in the home environment at the onset of migraine headache or aura, or every other day for preventive treatment. Track your headaches and migraine symptoms in an easy-to-use advanced migraine diary which is included in the app. To provide you with optimal user experience for managing your migraine, the app may require access to HealthKit for sleep information. For detailed information on the Nerivio device, please refer to https://nerivio.com/ Nerivio(R) is a prescription device. Use the Nerivio device and this app only if you have a valid prescription and after consulting with your health care professional.

Screenshots

Quell Relief4 screens
Nerivio4 screens

Verdict

The call

Quell Relief and Nerivio are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for Quell Relief against 3.8 for Nerivio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 70 and 122 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Quell Relief's written reviews are positive against 56% of Nerivio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quell Relief ships an update every 2 months, Nerivio every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Quell Relief versus Nerivio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuell ReliefNerivio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (70 ratings) — better3.8 (122 ratings)
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews — better56.4% of reviews
Number of ratings70122 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB76 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNeuroMetrix, Inc.Theranica

Customer experience

Quell Relief

All ratings70 ratings
Positive68.6%
Neutral12.9%
Negative18.6%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral17.6%
Negative20.6%

Nerivio

All ratings119 ratings
Positive68.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative26.1%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive56.4%
Neutral7.3%
Negative36.4%

Bugs and requests

Quell Relief

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Nerivio

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App glitches and doesn't work
  • NFC scanning issues
  • App times out too quickly
  • Symptom questionnaire 'done' button inactive
  • Child account setup problems
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  • Audiovisual components not loading
  • Post assessment treatment spinning wheel
  • App stalls frequently
  • App loses sound randomly
  • Device doesn't connect to cell phone
  • App crashes frequently
  • App freezes when opening
  • App doesn't stay open long enough for assessments
  • Confirmation email not received
  • App forgets connection to device
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

15 requests
  • More wait time between scanning and starting treatment
  • Improve symptom questionnaire usability
  • Add live activity features
  • Allow charging and refilling from app at reduced price
  • Allow treatment to be stopped and resumed
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  • Improve child account setup and recovery
  • Fix audiovisual component loading
  • Fix post assessment treatment loading
  • Improve app stability for data upload
  • Make app work without internet access
  • Add dark mode
  • Improve NFC scanning reliability
  • Increase app timeout duration
  • Allow treatment to be paused and resumed
  • Make device rechargeable or offer cheaper refills

In-app purchases

None

Quell Relief

No in-app purchases

None

Nerivio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quell Relief free?
Quell Relief is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nerivio free?
Nerivio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quell Relief or Nerivio?
Quell Relief is rated higher. Quell Relief averages 3.8 out of 5 from 70 ratings, while Nerivio averages 3.8 from 122 ratings.
Do Quell Relief or Nerivio have ads?
Neither Quell Relief nor Nerivio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quell Relief or Nerivio?
Quell Relief ships an update every 2 months, and Nerivio every 3 months. Most recently, Quell Relief was updated on November 1, 2026 and Nerivio on November 3, 2026.

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