Bearable vs Daylio

Bearable

• People tracking a chronic illness, pain, migraines or mental health
• Finding which habits, foods or treatments go with better or worse days
• Bringing a clear symptom record to medical appointments

Daylio

• People who want to log a mood in a couple of taps instead of writing
• Seeing which activities go with better or worse moods over time
• Privacy-minded users who want entries kept on the phone, not a vendor server

Bearable

• No web or desktop version: the support site says Bearable is only available on mobile and tablet devices.
• Built for one device at a time; the vendor warns that staying logged in on two devices can cause data conflicts and data loss.
• Correlation reports in the Impacts tab, report ranges beyond 30 days and unlimited goals and experiments need Premium.
• No lifetime purchase is offered, and the site does not publish the price of the monthly subscription.

Daylio

• No desktop or web version: Daylio says the app is not being developed for computers or the web.
• There is no real-time sync; using a second device means a manual backup and restore each time you switch.
• Advanced stats, automatic backups, PDF export and, on iOS, the PIN lock require Premium.
• Daylio's site publishes no price list; Premium prices appear in the app and on app store listings.

Bearable

Daily health check-in

Rate mood, energy, sleep and symptom severity in a few taps and add notes. Symptoms, emotions and scales are customizable, and the free plan puts no limit on how many you track.

Factors, medication and reminders

Log the things that might affect your health, such as medication, food, activities, weather and significant events, with reminders for doses and entries.

Trends and correlation reports

Free accounts get trend reports and a comparison graph for the past 30 days. Premium adds the Impacts tab, a correlations grid and 60, 90 and 365-day ranges.

Goals and experiments

Goals help with building habits, and experiments test how one habit or treatment changes your health. Free accounts get a limited number; Premium makes both unlimited.

Health data sync

Imports metrics such as steps, sleep, heart rate and weight from Apple Health, Google Health Connect and Fitbit. The sync is read-only: Bearable does not write entries back.

Privacy and export

The vendor says health data is encrypted before it is backed up to its servers and is never sold. You can export everything to CSV or delete it from inside the app.

Daylio

Two-tap entries

A daily entry is a mood plus the activities you did. Notes, writing templates, photos and voice memos can be added, and moods and activities are customizable.

Stats and correlations

Entries feed weekly, monthly and yearly charts, from simple mood lines to correlations between moods and activities. Advanced stats are a Premium feature.

Year in Pixels

A single chart shows the whole year with one dot for each day. It can be exported as a picture and shared with other people.

Goals and reminders

Daily, weekly or monthly goals sit alongside the diary, with achievements for habits. The free version limits the number of goals and reminders.

On-device storage and backups

Entries are stored on the phone and are not sent to Daylio's servers. Backups go to iCloud on iOS or Google Drive on Android; automatic backups need Premium.

Lock and export

The diary can be locked with a PIN, fingerprint or Face ID, and entries export to PDF or CSV. The PIN lock on iOS and PDF export are Premium features.

Bearable

• Free$0

  Unlimited custom symptoms, mood, sleep, medication and factor tracking, reminders, widgets, CSV export and trend reports for the past 30 days.

• Bearable Premium$34.99

  per year (the site quotes it as about $0.10 a day)

  Impacts tab with correlation reports, a correlations grid, 60, 90 and 365-day reports, unlimited goals, experiments and extra notes, and custom health measurements.

• Premium (other in-app prices)$4.49 to $49.99

  billing period not shown on the US App Store listing

  The terms describe monthly and annual subscriptions. The US App Store lists Premium purchases from $4.49 to $49.99 without saying which period each covers.

Daylio

• Free$0

  The core mood and activity diary with no time limit, and caps on the number of moods, goals, reminders and important days.

• Daylio Premium$4.99 to $59.99

  billing period not shown on the US App Store listing

  Unlimited moods and goals, advanced stats, automatic backups, PDF export and custom note templates. The US App Store lists $4.99, $17.99, $23.99, $35.99 and $59.99.

Bearable

• Other savings

  Annual subscription often discounted by up to 76%

  Bearable's support site says the annual subscription price is frequently discounted by up to 76% in the app, and asks users who are not shown a discount to email support.

• Other savings

  Bearable Heroes sponsored subscriptions

  A sponsorship program gifts between 50 and 200 monthly subscriptions each month, paid for by community members and the team. Any recently used account can apply in the app.

Daylio

• Lifetime license

  One-time purchase instead of a subscription

  Daylio's terms describe a One-Time Purchase that grants access without a time limit, alongside monthly and yearly Premium subscriptions. The price is shown in the app.

• Other savings

  Apple Family Sharing for Premium

  On iOS, a Daylio Premium purchase can be shared with family members through Apple Family Sharing once it is set up in Apple settings.