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Pain Journal: Symptom Tracker

C Tier
Situational · provisional
60
4.67 ratings
3dsince update
FreeIn-App Purchases
Health & Fitness
category
Medical
category
4+age rating
1language
Made for iPhone
Made for iPad

What is Pain Journal?

A pain diary that logs symptoms on a 39-zone body map and creates PDF summaries for doctor appointments.

Pain Journal is a symptom tracker and pain diary for conditions such as chronic pain, fibromyalgia, arthritis, migraine, and headache. Users tap areas on a front and back body map, rate pain from 1 to 10, and log triggers, medications, and notes. The app states that it is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition.

Pricing. Pain Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.

Good for

  • Recording pain history before a doctor appointment
  • Tracking flare days and triggers for chronic pain or migraine
  • Keeping a pain diary without creating an account

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Why this app is in C tier

60/100The average of 4 parts, with no weights
Rating91
Ratings49
App Store search rank0
Update recency100

C tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.

Pain Journal scores 60 out of 100: rating 91, rating count 49, App Store search rank 0, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged and C tier follows from that score within this list.

Description

Pain Journal: symptom tracker and pain diary for chronic pain, fibromyalgia, arthritis, migraine, and headache. Tap where it hurts on a 39-zone body map, log triggers and medications, and walk into your doctor appointment with a PDF report.

Your doctor asks "how has your pain been?" You draw a blank. Pain Journal exists so your pain history speaks for itself. Log pain in seconds and spot the patterns you cannot hold in your head.

NO ACCOUNT. NO SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED.

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  • No sign-up, no email, no password. Just install and log.
  • Entries stay on your phone, not on our servers.
  • Doctor reports free, every time. No credits, no export fee.
  • One-time Lifetime option, if you are done with monthly bills.

This app is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition. It is a personal pain diary for tracking symptoms.

PAIN TRACKER: LOG IN SECONDS

  • Tap where it hurts on the body map (front & back, 39 zones)
  • Type "temple", "knuckles" or "heel" and the list finds the spot
  • Rate pain 1-10 with a single tap
  • Mark the day as a flare when it is one, and only then
  • 15 pain words, including tender, tingling, numb, heavy, cold and stinging
  • Thirteen built-in triggers, and three of your own on the free tier
  • Add medications and notes
  • Log pain up to a year back, not only today
  • Under 10 seconds per entry

SAVE THE PATTERN YOU LOG AGAIN AND AGAIN

  • Save the areas and pain types you log together, under a name you choose
  • Tap the name on a new entry and both fields fill
  • Two saved patterns free, unlimited with Premium

DOCTOR REPORTS, FREE

  • Generate a PDF summary of your pain history
  • Your name and the date range on every page
  • Share by email, text, print, or QR code (your doctor gets the app in one tap)
  • Basic 7-day reports are always free, and each draws your body map
  • Page one says how many separate days you actually wrote on
  • Include the full day-by-day log or leave it out
  • Prints on Letter in the US and Canada, A4 elsewhere
  • Premium: advanced reports with charts, area-by-area analysis, and medication tables

YOUR NEXT APPOINTMENT

  • Set the date and time of your next visit
  • One reminder 24 hours before, on by default, off in one tap
  • Your report is ready when the reminder arrives
  • Your last visit stays on record, and a Premium report can run from it

SEE PATTERNS IN YOUR PAIN HISTORY (PREMIUM

  • Pain trends over time, week by week
  • Body map heatmap of where pain is most severe
  • Trigger patterns (stress, weather, exercise, sleep)
  • Which meds you logged, against your pain on those days
  • Sleep quality correlation with flare days

CONDITIONS WE SUPPORT

Fibromyalgia. Rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis. Psoriatic arthritis. Migraine. Cluster headaches. Tension headaches. Chronic back pain. Pelvic pain. Sciatica. Endometriosis. Neuropathy. POTS. Lupus. Crohn's disease. Ulcerative colitis. Chronic fatigue. Post-viral fatigue. Any chronic pain or autoimmune pattern fits here.

BUILT FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS

  • No streaks, no gamification. Chronic illness isn't a game.
  • Offline-first. Works without internet.

PRIVACY AND SAFETY

  • No cloud sync required.
  • Optional iCloud backup (Premium). Your Apple ID only, your control.
  • PDF export is free. CSV export is Premium. Your data is yours to take.

FREE

  • Unlimited daily entries
  • Full body map (39 zones)
  • 7-day history
  • Basic doctor report (7 days)
  • Daily logging reminder
  • One condition, three medications, three triggers of your own

PREMIUM (monthly, yearly, or lifetime

  • Complete pain history (all time)
  • Advanced insights and trends
  • Trigger correlation analysis
  • Advanced doctor reports (any date range, charts, medication tables)
  • CSV data export
  • iCloud backup
  • Unlimited conditions, medications, triggers and patterns

Start your pain diary today.

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Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://pain-journal.app/privacy/

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Questions about Pain Journal

Do I need an account or email to use it?

No. There is no sign-up, email, or password. You install the app and start logging. Entries are said to stay on your phone rather than on the developer's servers.

What does the doctor report include?

The listing says reports are PDF summaries of your pain history with your name and date range on each page. Basic 7-day reports are always free and include your body map. Premium adds charts, area-by-area analysis, and medication tables.

Which features require Premium?

According to the description, advanced reports, pain trend charts, a body map heatmap, trigger patterns, medication correlations, and sleep quality correlations are Premium. Unlimited saved patterns are also Premium, while two are free.

Is Pain Journal free?

Pain Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases.

Is Pain Journal right for me?

Pain Journal is built for recording pain history before a doctor appointment, tracking flare days and triggers for chronic pain or migraine, keeping a pain diary without creating an account. It sits in the pain tracking list on AppTierList.

Is Pain Journal worth it?

Pain Journal is C tier, ranked #4 of 6 pain tracking apps with a score of 60 out of 100, from a 4.6 App Store rating across 7 ratings. 3 apps rank above it in the same list.

How does Pain Journal compare to Manage My Pain?

Pain Journal is C tier at 60; Manage My Pain is C tier at 65. Manage My Pain ranks higher. Pain Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases, Manage My Pain is free to download, with in-app purchases.

How often is Pain Journal updated?

Pain Journal was updated 3 days ago, which counts in its favour.

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All the facts

Ranking

List
Pain Tracking (C tier, #4)
Tier
C (Situational)
Score
60 / 100
Rank in list
#4 of 6
Ranking certainty
early: few ratings or search ranks so far

Ratings

App Store rating
4.6 out of 5, every App Store country
Ratings
7

App

Price
Free + IAP
App Store category
Health & Fitness
Current version
(3 days ago)
Size
64 MB
Requires
iOS 15.6 or later
Age rating
4+
Languages
1
Runs on
iPhone, iPad

Links

Developer pages
Website · Support · Privacy policy
Maker
not verified
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