AcheMap vs the alternatives Manage My Pain and Bearable, compared honestly
AcheMap, Manage My Pain, and Bearable compared on logging style, platform, medication tracking, pattern features, reports, and privacy. Updated for 2026.
Disclosure: we make AcheMap. InnovaLabWorks builds and sells AcheMap, so read this as a maker's comparison. Every claim about Manage My Pain and Bearable sticks to their well-known public traits, and their own sites remain the source of truth for their current features and pricing.
Pain diary apps mostly agree on the goal, a record your care team can actually use, and disagree on the method. Manage My Pain is the structured daily record with clinician-oriented reports. Bearable is the broad factor tracker: symptoms, mood, sleep, and habits side by side. AcheMap, the app we make, starts from the body: tap where it hurts on a front or back body map with 24 named regions, rate it, and the map itself becomes the record. Everything you enter stays on your device.
| Feature | AcheMap | Manage My Pain | Bearable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free to download. Free includes the body map, every body area, your first 2 entries, your latest 14 diary days, flares, the day journal, search and filters, the current month heatmap, the seven day snapshot, and the area ranking. Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase; the App Store shows the current price. | Free tier with paid options, per their site. | Free tier with a subscription, per their site. |
| Platform | Native iOS app. Everything you enter stays on your device. | iOS, Android, and web, per their site. | iOS and Android, per their site. |
| Logging model | Body-map first: tap the exact area, front or back, across 24 named regions, then rate intensity from 1 to 10, pick quality chips like sharp, dull, burning, throbbing, or stiff, and note the duration. One-tap repeat with Same as last time. | Structured records designed for quick daily entry and reflection, per their site. | Broad daily factors tracked side by side: symptoms, mood, sleep, and habits, per their site. |
| Medication tracking | No, by design. AcheMap tracks pain, non-physical aches (stress, anxiety, fatigue, head fog), flares, and hand-noted activity and weather, not medication. | Included, per their site. | Included among its tracked factors, per their site. |
| Patterns | A month heatmap for every area, a ranking of where it hurts most, a trends chart with a 7 day line, and honest correlation cards that only appear after five or more entries on each side of a comparison. AcheMap describes your own logs; it never interprets or diagnoses. | Reflection and reporting features, per their site. | Correlation across tracked factors is a core feature, per their site. |
| Reports and export | The Specialist Visit Summary PDF puts your body-map summary, pain by area, flare list, and observed patterns on one shareable page. CSV export of entries and flares, and backup and restore as a plain file you keep. | Clinician-oriented reports are a known strength, per their site. | Export and report options per their site. |
| Privacy | No account, no cloud, no analytics, no tracking. Your record leaves the device only when you export it yourself. | Account and cloud features; see their privacy policy. | Account and cloud features; see their privacy policy. |
The core difference
The apps differ on what a pain entry is. Manage My Pain centres a structured daily record. Bearable centres the widest possible picture of your day. AcheMap centres the body itself: the map shades each of the 24 regions by your worst pain, so a month of entries becomes a picture a specialist can read at a glance, and flares are tracked as what they are, multi-day episodes tied to an area with suspected causes and an active or resolved status.
What AcheMap is built around
AcheMap is built on three decisions. First, location first: pain has a place, and tapping that place is faster and more precise than describing it. Second, honesty in the numbers: correlation cards appear only after five or more entries on each side of a comparison, comparisons are stated without interpretation, and the app never suggests a diagnosis. Third, privacy as the default: no account, no cloud, no analytics, no tracking, with the Specialist Visit Summary PDF and CSV export as the only ways your record leaves the device, both started by you.
When Manage My Pain is the right pick
Pick Manage My Pain if you want a structured daily record with clinician-oriented reporting and multi-platform access including the web, and medication tracking matters to your routine.
When Bearable is the right pick
Pick Bearable if your question is broader than pain: you want symptoms, mood, sleep, medication, and habits tracked together and correlated across your whole day.
When AcheMap is the right pick
AcheMap is the better fit if pain has a location and you think in places rather than spreadsheets: tap the spot, watch the month heatmap shade where it hurts most, track flares as episodes, and hand your specialist a one-page summary. It is also the fit when privacy is the deciding factor, because nothing you enter leaves the device unless you export it.
AcheMap is a personal logging tool for informational use. It does not diagnose or treat any condition, and neither the app nor this page is medical advice. Always consult your healthcare professional.
Frequently asked questions
Is AcheMap free to use?
AcheMap is free to download. Free includes the body map, every body area, your first 2 entries, your latest 14 diary days, flares, the day journal, search and filters, the current month heatmap, the seven day snapshot, and the area ranking. Pro unlocks unlimited entries and full history, activity and weather overlays with correlation cards, the trends chart, the Specialist Visit Summary PDF, CSV exports, and backup and restore, as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase.
Does AcheMap diagnose anything?
No. AcheMap is a personal logging tool for informational use. It describes your own entries, never a diagnosis, and it does not treat any condition. Always consult your healthcare professional.
Does AcheMap track medication?
No, by design. AcheMap focuses on where it hurts, how much, and when: pain by body area, non-physical aches, flares, and hand-noted activity and weather. If medication tracking is central for you, keep your existing tool for that part.
Where does my pain data live?
On your device. AcheMap has no account, no cloud, no analytics, and no tracking. Your record leaves the device only when you export the PDF, the CSV, or the backup file yourself.
Can I share my record with my doctor?
Yes. The Specialist Visit Summary PDF puts your body-map summary, pain by area, flare list, and observed patterns on one shareable page, and CSV export covers the raw entries and flares for a spreadsheet or your clinic.
Try AcheMap before you decide
AcheMap is free to download. Run it on a real week of use and decide based on the output. The App Store shows the current local price for every upgrade before you confirm.
Try AcheMap on the App Store ↗If describing your pain from memory in a twelve minute appointment keeps failing you, a record helps, whichever app you choose. AcheMap's free tier includes the full body map and the current month heatmap, which is enough to see whether map-first logging matches how you think about your pain.