Summary at a glance
Bearable is a freemium symptom and mood tracker. The free tier already covers unlimited custom tracking; Premium is $34.99/yr or $6.99/mo, frequently discounted to $18.99/yr, with a 7-day trial.
What users praise most is the all-in-one customization and the automatic correlations it surfaces between habits and symptoms.
The dominant complaint is that it feels overwhelming and slow, with two to three check-ins a day.
Paywall friction is a real, recurring theme. Some users churned because insights and older history sit behind Premium.
It suits chronic-illness patients who want deep, hands-on tracking. It does not suit anyone who wants passive, low-effort logging.
This review aggregates publicly available user sentiment. It is not first-hand product testing, and it is not medical advice.
TL;DR verdict
Bearable is one of the most flexible symptom trackers people can find, and its free tier is unusually generous. Users with several conditions say it replaced a stack of other apps apps.apple.com.
The trade-off is effort. The same flexibility that fans love is what makes new users feel overwhelmed, and the app only pays off if you log every day reddit.com.
There is also a fault line around money. Some people love that so much is free; others churned the moment they were asked to pay to read back their own data reddit.comreddit.com.
Chronic-illness patients managing several conditions who want deep, customizable manual tracking and shareable data for appointments.
BearableAcross app-store reviews and Reddit, users consistently rate it the most thorough all-in-one tracker, and praise the automatic correlations it finds between habits and symptoms. The caveat, just as consistent, is that it is time-consuming and only useful with daily logging.
What is Bearable?
Bearable is a symptom, mood and health tracker for phones, made by a small UK team (BEARABLE LTD, London) bearable.app. It was built by a chronically-ill developer, and that origin story matters to a lot of its users.
One Reddit user put it plainly: "Bearable is a great app created by a chronically ill developer. It includes everything mentioned so far!" (as of a 2022 thread) reddit.com.
The core idea is simple. You log almost anything you want to watch, then the app looks for patterns. Mood, symptoms, meds, sleep, energy, bowel movements, cycle, and your own custom factors all live in one place apps.apple.com.
What sets it apart is the analysis layer. It automatically surfaces links you might miss on your own. One App Store reviewer wrote: "the automatic correlations that the app finds between your habits and outcomes is so helpful. I've only been using the app for two weeks, and I can already see that when I go for walks, my weird leg pain improves" apps.apple.com.
The roadmap is public and the team is active in the r/BearableApp subreddit, asking users what to build next reddit.com.
Bearable chronic-illness symptom tracker shown on a phoneWhat does Bearable cost?
Bearable runs on a freemium model, so there is a real free tier and a paid upgrade bearable.app.
The free version is not a stripped teaser. It includes unlimited custom symptoms, moods, factors and meds, weekly reports, the correlation graph, and the last 30 days of history bearable.app.
Premium costs $34.99 a year or $6.99 a month. It is frequently discounted to $18.99 a year, and there is a 7-day free trial bearable.app. Paying unlocks the full insights and statistics reports, unlimited Goals, custom Experiments, unrestricted history, a passcode lock, and extra notes bearable.app.
There is also a program called Bearable Heroes, which sponsors free Premium for people who cannot afford it bearable.app.
The free tier earns genuine goodwill. A Google Play reviewer noted: "many of the other apps had the majority of stuff lock behind paywalls before you could even get anywhere. This has so much available before you even get into the subscription part of the options" play.google.com.
Not everyone agrees, and the disagreement is covered in the complaints below.
Free
Free
Premium
$34.99/yr or $6.99/mo (frequently discounted to $18.99/yr; 7-day free trial)
Bearable Heroes
Free (sponsored)
Free
Unlimited custom symptoms/moods/factors/meds; weekly reports; correlation graph; last 30 days of history
Premium
Full insights/statistics reports; unlimited Goals; custom Experiments; unrestricted history; passcode lock; extra notes
Bearable Heroes
Sponsorship program giving Premium to people who cannot afford it
What users consistently praise
Across app stores, published testers and Reddit, the same handful of strengths come up again and again.
The biggest is that one customizable app can replace several. Reviewers point out you can tame the complexity by hiding what you don't need: "Bearable has a ton of ways to customize that can seem overwhelming, but you can also initially hide those categories and track the most important stuff first and add in other factors and symptoms as time goes on" apps.apple.com.
The correlations are the second big draw. A daily Premium user on Reddit said: "Bearable is the only reason I figured out that Excedrin constipates the hell out of me, and it makes it so much easier to keep time stamps on all my medications" (as of a 2024 thread) reddit.com.
The third is that it produces hard data for appointments. One App Store reviewer wrote: "Now I have EMPIRICAL DATA all gathered in one place that provides an accurate assessment of my moods, symptoms both mental and physical, everything all in one place" apps.apple.com.
Many also trust it because the developer answers directly. As one 2024 Reddit comment put it: "the developers are very responsive and have the app roadmap (new features, etc.) online and also post in the r/bearableapp subreddit asking for opinions on potential features and interface enhancements" reddit.com. Some also value the UK base, noting the team is "less likely to turn over your data to US law enforcement" (as of a 2024 thread) reddit.com.
Bearable app tracking screenBearable
One highly customizable app can replace several separate trackers [S1]
Automatically surfaces correlations between habits and symptoms [S1]
Genuinely generous free tier compared with paywalled rivals [S2]
Produces shareable data that helps in doctor and therapy visits [S1]
Built and actively supported by a chronically-ill developer [S6][S10]
Overwhelming to set up, with two to three check-ins a day [S1][S4]
Insights and older history sit behind the Premium paywall [S6]
Symptoms log into fixed 6-hour blocks, not timestamps [S1]
Sleep sync with Apple Health has been unreliable for years [S1]
Only useful if you log consistently every day [S6]
Common complaints
The praise comes with a matching set of gripes, and they are just as consistent.
The loudest is that it is overwhelming and slow. One critical App Store reviewer wrote: "it's super complex and takes a lot of time to setup and then to do your check in two to three times a day [...] This app just is too complicated, takes a lot of time to setup" apps.apple.com. A professional reviewer at ChoosingTherapy echoed it: "Several people mentioned that they felt overwhelmed by the choices and that it also took them a long time (more than 10 minutes) to log everything" (as of a 2024 review) choosingtherapy.com.
It only works if you keep it up. As one 2024 Reddit user admitted: "It's great, highly recommend it and find it useful but ONLY if you're able to be consistent with logging. I was only consistent for about 2 months which makes it basically useless for me" reddit.com.
Then there is the paywall. A slice of users feel the free tier is hollowed out because the analysis is locked away. One person churned outright: "I had a good experience with it until they wanted me to pay to see the data I recorded and then I peaced out and went elsewhere" (as of a 2024 thread) reddit.com. Another framed the subscription itself as the problem: "Especially since this is a health app, the sickest people who need it the most will have the least money and hiding the most useful features behind a paywall seems a little predatory to me" (as of a 2021 thread) reddit.com. The distrust extends to the trial mechanics: "asking for credit card info for a free trial is sketchy [...] There isn't even an option for monthly" (as of a 2022 thread; a $6.99/mo option now exists) reddit.com.
Power users hit a granularity ceiling. Because entries land in 6-hour blocks, order is lost: "the 6 hour blocks in which things are tracked make it impossible to discover / distinguish for example migraine symptoms vs. migraine warning signs vs. migraine triggers because I don't know in what order they happened, just that they all happened in "MID"" apps.apple.com.
Reliability is the other recurring theme. Sleep sync with Apple Health has a long history of breaking: "Now sleep is not syncing with Apple Health. (Feb '26) [...] This has been on their map for over 5 years and continues to be an ongoing issue" apps.apple.com. And the app itself can stutter, per ChoosingTherapy: "Several users mentioned that Bearable will suddenly freeze, force quit, or will become very laggy as they are tracking their day" (as of a 2024 review) choosingtherapy.com.
Exports are limited too. One detailed reviewer found: "there's no way to get all of your data because it doesn't export when you marked a symptom as "none" [...] I tried to report this as a bug, but it turns out the "Report a bug" button doesn't work either" apps.apple.com.
A smaller, more personal complaint: a few users dislike the app's good/bad framing of their entries. One 2023 Reddit poster wrote: "It makes me feel horrible and gives me major anxiety. I wish this app could just be neutral about my data and not judge it as good or bad" reddit.com. Worth noting the community mostly pushed back, calling the colours accessibility aids and suggesting a neutral toggle, so treat this as a minority view.
Who Bearable is for — and who it is not
Bearable fits one type of person very well.
If you are managing chronic illness or several conditions at once, and you want to hunt for patterns across mood, symptoms, meds and sleep, it is hard to beat. The correlations and the shareable reports are the payoff, and the free tier lets you go a long way before paying apps.apple.complay.google.com.
It also suits people who actually enjoy logging. Fans describe quick per-entry taps once it is set up. As a 2021 tester wrote: "It probably takes me under a minute at a time to record everything because for most sections, I simply need to click a box" despitepain.com.
It is a poor fit if you want passive, low-effort tracking. The whole model rests on you checking in two to three times a day, and users who cannot keep that up say the value collapses reddit.com.
It is also frustrating if you need precise timing. The 6-hour blocks blur the order of events, so short-term interventions and trigger sequences are hard to see apps.apple.com. And if paying a recurring subscription to unlock your own analysis is a dealbreaker, that friction is real and well-documented reddit.comreddit.com.
Bearable mood and symptom tracking on a phone
Every check-in brings you closer to answers. Effortlessly build a clear picture of energy, mood, pain, and sleep over time — so you can see exactly what's improving, what's not, and feel confident you're doing the right things to feel better.
How we researched this review
This review aggregates public user sentiment. We have not used Bearable first-hand; every experiential claim above is quoted from a real reviewer and attributed to its source.
The corpus was assembled on 2026-07-16 and spans five source types:
A note on completeness: there is no Trustpilot listing for bearable.app. Both www.trustpilot.com and au.trustpilot.com return a 404 for that page, which is normal for a pure mobile app that routes reviews to the app stores. No Trustpilot data was used or invented.
Because some threads are older, time-sensitive quotes are date-framed in the text. Pricing, the sleep-sync bug and the login issues were verified as of the 2026-07-16 scrape, not present-tense fact.
FAQ
Is Bearable free?
Yes. The free tier covers unlimited custom symptoms, moods, factors and meds, weekly reports, the correlation graph, and the last 30 days of history. Premium is an optional upgrade bearable.app.
How much is Bearable Premium?
$34.99 a year or $6.99 a month, frequently discounted to $18.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. There is also a Bearable Heroes program that sponsors Premium for people who cannot afford it bearable.app.
What do people complain about most?
That it is overwhelming and time-consuming, needing two to three check-ins a day, and that it only helps if you log consistently apps.apple.comchoosingtherapy.comreddit.com. Paywall friction and long-standing Apple Health sleep-sync bugs are the next most common reddit.comapps.apple.com.
Does Bearable track sleep and periods?
Yes to both. It tracks sleep quality and quantity and syncs from Apple Health and Google Fit, though users report recurring sync bugs apps.apple.com. It now includes a period tracker, and the Play Store lists it as a "Symptom, Mood & Period Tracker" play.google.com.
Who is Bearable best for?
Chronic-illness patients who want deep, customizable manual tracking and shareable data for appointments. It is a weak fit for anyone wanting passive, one-tap logging apps.apple.com.
Sources
Cameron founded aelívra after years of living an unknown no one could answer — navigating chronic health complexity through a medical system that wasn't built for it. That experience became a conviction: everyone deserves to feel truly alive, and no one should have to accept not knowing as a way of life. His work sits at the intersection of data science and functional health and wellbeing, turning the latest trusted medical research across news, health, wearables, biomarkers, and more into advice everyday people can use on their journeys toward feeling better.. Every article is grounded in peer-reviewed evidence and linked to its primary source. This content is for informational purposes only and does not replace medical advice.
