There is no single best migraine app. There is the one that fits how you live with headaches. Someone with chronic migraine who sees a neurologist every three months needs detailed reports. Someone who gets a few bad days a month mainly needs a log quick enough to fill in while the pain is starting. Someone who suspects the weather wants pressure data next to every attack.
Headache charities recommend keeping a record because it can help your doctor make a diagnosis, help you recognize triggers and warning signs, and show whether your medication is working.1 An app is one way to keep that headache diary. If you're still deciding between a notebook and your phone, start with our comparison of a paper diary or an app.
How we chose and compared these apps
We searched the US App Store and Google Play for migraine and headache trackers and picked seven that are actively maintained and widely used, plus one free option from a migraine charity. We compared them on what matters day to day:
- How quickly you can log an attack.
- What you can record (severity, medication, triggers, symptoms).
- Whether you can export or share a report with your doctor.
- Extras such as weather tracking or cycle tracking.
- Platforms and price.
Features and prices come from each app's store listing, checked on October 27, 2026. Prices are from the US App Store, change often, and vary by country and by offer, so check the listing before you subscribe. One of the apps is ours, Headache & Migraine Diary. We've marked it clearly and tried to be as honest about its limits as about everyone else's.
The apps at a glance
| App | Best for | Platforms | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migraine Buddy | Detailed tracking and doctor reports | iPhone, Android | Free, optional subscription |
| Canadian Migraine Tracker | A free, focused diary | iPhone, Android | Free |
| Headache & Migraine Diary (our app) | Fast, simple logging | iPhone, Android | Free for 3 logs a month, then paid |
| Migraine Insight | Finding triggers by timing | iPhone | Free, optional subscription |
| MiG | A low-cost diary with reports | iPhone | Free, optional subscription |
| Bearable | Migraine alongside other conditions | iPhone, Android | Free, optional subscription |
| Pressure Pal | Weather-sensitive migraines | iPhone, Android | Free, optional subscription |
1. Migraine Buddy: best for detailed tracking
Migraine Buddy is the best-known migraine tracker, with more than 42,000 ratings on the US App Store. Its attack recording is customizable: you log triggers, symptoms, medications and relief methods, and the app suggests symptoms and triggers as you go. It shows a 7-day weather forecast with pressure and temperature changes, can record sleep automatically, and has a large user community you can chat with.2
For appointments, it offers a diary export and a structured report designed for neurologists.2 Some features, such as predicting how long a current attack may last and guided coaching, need the premium subscription, MBplus. On the US App Store, annual plans were listed between $69.99 and $89.99.2 It's also on Google Play.3
Who it suits: people with frequent migraine who want the most detail and a report to bring to a specialist. Trade-off: there's a lot in it, and the most advanced tools cost more than most other apps here.
2. Canadian Migraine Tracker: best free option
Built by Migraine Canada with the Canadian Headache Society and Migraine Québec, this app keeps a simple, focused migraine diary. You log headache frequency, triggers, symptoms and how well your medication worked, and you can send reports to your doctor as a PDF, by email or by fax. Its listing also mentions watching for medication overuse and spotting menstrual migraine. It's available in English and French.4
It's free, and its US App Store listing shows no in-app purchases.4 It's on Google Play too.5
Who it suits: anyone who wants a no-cost diary built around what doctors ask about, wherever they live. Trade-off: it's deliberately simple, so there's no weather data, automatic tracking or deeper pattern analysis.
3. Headache & Migraine Diary (our app): best for fast, simple logging
Headache & Migraine Diary is our app, so read this section with that in mind. It's built for logging quickly: you record severity on a 1 to 10 scale, the headache type, location, duration, triggers and medications, and you can add notes. The calendar is color-coded by severity, and the dashboard shows weekly totals, average severity and duration, your top trigger and a 7-day severity trend. You can set several daily reminders, and on iPhone your data syncs through your own iCloud.6
You can log up to 3 headaches a month for free. Pro unlocks unlimited logging and notes; on the US App Store it was listed at $24.90 a year or $34.99 for lifetime access.6 It's also on Google Play.7
Who it suits: people who want a clean, quick log and a calendar they can show their doctor, without setting up an account. Trade-off: it doesn't export a doctor report, track the weather or follow your menstrual cycle yet, and the free tier is too small for frequent headaches. If you need any of those, another app on this list will serve you better.
4. Migraine Insight: best for finding triggers
Migraine Insight focuses on triggers. Its pattern finder looks at the time between when you were exposed to a possible trigger and when symptoms started, since some triggers take days to show up or only matter in combination. It can log weather and barometric pressure, workouts, steps, sleep and location automatically, and it reads data from Apple Health, so readings from devices such as Apple Watch or Oura can feed in. It also produces a report for your doctor.8
The premium tier is a subscription, with several price options listed on the US App Store.8 We didn't find an Android version.
Who it suits: iPhone users who want to dig into headache triggers and already track sleep or activity. Trade-off: the most value comes from feeding it a lot of data, which not everyone wants to do.
5. MiG: best low-cost diary with reports
MiG (Migraine Tracker & Diary) covers the essentials: frequency, duration, severity, triggers, symptoms and aura. It adds charts, a barometric pressure forecast, a doctor export and the MIDAS score, a questionnaire that measures how much migraine affects your daily life.9 It has more than 3,000 ratings on the US App Store, and its yearly Pro plan was listed between $14.99 and $29.99, among the cheapest paid tiers here.9 We didn't find an Android version.
Who it suits: iPhone users who want reports and disability tracking without a high subscription. Trade-off: fewer automatic tracking options than Migraine Buddy or Migraine Insight.
6. Bearable: best if migraine is one of several conditions
Bearable isn't a migraine app first. It's a general symptom tracker that looks for links between your symptoms and your sleep, food, weather, stress, medication and habits. It handles pain and migraine logging, mood and mental health, and, unlike most apps here, symptoms across each phase of your menstrual cycle, which its listing says is useful for menstrual migraine.10 It's on iPhone and Android.11
Who it suits: people managing migraine alongside other conditions, such as anxiety, chronic pain or fatigue, who want one app for everything. Trade-off: because it tracks so much, logging a single attack takes more steps than in a dedicated migraine app.
7. Pressure Pal: best for weather-sensitive migraines
Pressure Pal puts your migraines and symptoms on the same chart as barometric pressure. It shows the current pressure for your location, a 24-hour pressure chart and a 7-day forecast that flags days likely to trigger pain, and after a few months it tells you how many of your migraines followed a pressure drop.12 It's on iPhone and Android.13
Who it suits: people who suspect barometric pressure headaches and want to test that idea with their own data. Trade-off: it's built around the weather, so it's lighter on general diary features.
How to choose the right migraine app
Start with what you'll actually do. The best migraine app is the one you'll still open on a bad day three months from now.
- You see a specialist regularly: pick an app with a doctor report, such as Migraine Buddy, the Canadian Migraine Tracker or MiG.
- You want it free: the Canadian Migraine Tracker is free with no in-app purchases listed.
- You want the fastest possible log: a simpler app, like ours or the Canadian Migraine Tracker, keeps each entry short.
- You're hunting for triggers: Migraine Insight on iPhone, or Bearable if you track other conditions too.
- You think the weather is involved: Pressure Pal, or the weather features in Migraine Buddy and MiG.
- Your migraines follow your cycle: Bearable tracks symptoms across your cycle.
Whatever you choose, make sure it records every dose of pain relief. Counting medication days each month is the simplest way to catch medication overuse headache early. And check the privacy policy: health data is personal, so know where yours is stored and whether you need an account.
Getting started
Try one app for two weeks and log every headache, even the mild ones. If you're still using it at the end, keep going. If you've stopped, the app was too much work, so switch to a simpler one. A consistent record in any app is worth more than a detailed one you abandon. If quick logging is what you need, Headache & Migraine Diary lets you record an attack in a few taps and see your headache days on a calendar.
