Bearable vs How We Feel
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Bearable
Symptom and mood tracker that links health to daily habits
Where they differ
- Bearable starts at $34.99 per year (about $0.10 a day). How We Feel is free.
- Bearable also covers habit tracking and goals.
At a glance
| Bearable | How We Feel | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $34.99 per year (about $0.10 a day) | Free |
| Free plan | Free: unlimited symptom, mood, sleep, medication and factor tracking, reminders, CSV export and 30 days of trend reports. Goals and experiments are limited in number. | The whole app is free and funded by donations. The US App Store listing shows a price of Free with no in-app purchases, and no account is needed. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of Premium (the site's wording is "7 free trial"); no charge if cancelled before it ends. | None listed |
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Bearable Ltd | The How We Feel Project, Inc. |
| Price read from | bearable.app | apps.apple.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Who each one suits
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
How We Feel
- People who want a mood journal with no subscription or in-app purchases
- Learning more precise words for emotions and spotting patterns in them
- Therapy clients who want to capture feelings between sessions
Worth knowing
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.
How We Feel
- Phone only: the App Store listing says it is only for iPhone, alongside the Android app; no iPad, Mac or web version is listed.
- The App Store listing gives English and Spanish as the only languages.
- The iPhone app requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- The vendor describes it as a wellbeing journal, not a replacement for therapy or professional care.
Key features
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.
How We Feel
- Mood Meter check-ins
- Each check-in starts with choosing a word for how you feel from a color-coded grid of emotions split into quadrants, which is meant to build a more precise emotional vocabulary.
- Tags, journal notes and photos
- A check-in can carry tags, a written journal entry, photos and a body sensation map, so the situation around a feeling is kept with it.
- Pattern analysis
- An Analyze tab and a weekly review chart check-ins over time. On iPhone the app reads sleep, exercise and other health trends through HealthKit to set beside them.
- Video regulation strategies
- Step-by-step videos, some as short as a minute, are grouped under four themes: Change Your Thinking, Move Your Body, Be Mindful and Reach Out.
- Sharing with friends
- The Friends feature shares how you feel in real time with people you choose. Check-ins stay private unless you decide to share them.
- On-device data
- Data stays on the device unless you opt in to send an anonymized copy of your check-ins for research. The iOS app can sync to iCloud, and no account is required.
Plans
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.
How We Feel
Free$0
Every feature: emotion check-ins, journal notes and photos, pattern charts, video strategies and sharing with friends.
Ways to pay less
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.
How We Feel
No public discounts listed.
