A calm, private migraine diary. Log an attack in under a minute, then see your own intensity over time, how you rated each medication and dose, and a doctor-ready PDF of what you recorded.
All three are free, always. No account. Your health data never leaves your iPhone.
Rate an attack 0–10 and you’re done. Or add where it hurt on a tappable head map, the triggers you noticed, your symptoms, the medication you took and a note — every field optional, nothing ever required.
The same record then powers your trend, your medication view and the doctor report.
These are the reason Respite exists. They are not a trial, not a teaser and not a first taste of something you have to buy — they are the free app, and they always will be.
Every attack you rate becomes a point on your own line, by month or across all of it. No more rebuilding a year of history in a spreadsheet the night before an appointment.
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Log what you took, how much and how it went. Respite shows it back exactly as you recorded it — 100 mg and 50 mg kept apart, with the number of uses each figure rests on.
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One tap turns the period you choose into a clean PDF — attack days, intensities, medications, triggers — ready to hand to your GP or neurologist. It prints legibly in black and white.
Included freeRespite only ever shows you what you put in. Nothing is inferred and nothing is added. That is what makes it your record, rather than somebody’s guess about you.
Respite is not a medical device, and it never guesses about your health. It shows you what you wrote down and leaves the reading of it to you and your doctor.
What you log about your migraines is some of the most private information you have, and the law treats it that way too. The safest way for us to look after it is not to have it at all — so Respite has no server, no account and no sync.
No email, no password, no sign-in wall. Open the app and start logging. There is no profile of you anywhere because there is nowhere to keep one.
Attacks, medications, symptoms and anything Respite reads from the Health app stay on your phone. Exports and backups are files you make yourself — they go where you send them, and nowhere else.
Erase everything from Settings at any time, or simply remove the app. Because nothing was ever copied off the device, deleting really is deleting.
Nothing leaves your iPhone. Respite has no analytics, no tracking and no advertising identifier — not a single usage event is sent anywhere. There is no account, no server and no sync, so there is simply no copy of anything to collect. Read the full privacy policy.
Every feature, for everyone, at no cost — no subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads, no account. A tool that helps people through pain shouldn’t put the help behind a payment.
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No account, no trial, no expiry, no upsell.
No data
for sale
The usual “free” trade — your data as the product — is exactly what Respite refuses.
Yes. Your intensity over time, how you rated each dose, and the PDF report are the free app. You do not have to pay to see any of it, and you will not be asked to.
No, and it never will. Respite shows you what you have already recorded — counts, averages and plain summaries. It does not forecast attacks, score your risk or interpret your data on your behalf.
That is on purpose. An app that predicted attacks or named a condition would be making a medical judgement about you, and that is your doctor's job, not your diary's.
It stays on your iPhone. There is no Respite server, no account and no cloud sync, so there is no copy of your record for anyone — including us — to read, lose or sell.
The only thing that leaves your device is anonymous usage counts, which contain no health information. The privacy policy lists exactly what that covers.
Not yet. Respite starts clean, and your trend line begins with the first attack you log. Bringing old logs across is something we are looking at — if it matters to you, tell us, because it helps us know how much it matters.
Only if you turn it on, and only for the optional views that show what else you had logged on your attack days. With your permission Respite reads Sleep and Cycle Tracking so it can show when those were recorded alongside your attacks. It reads on your device, writes nothing back, and uploads nothing. You can withdraw the permission in iOS Settings at any time, and the rest of the app carries on working exactly as before.
An iPhone running iOS 17.4 or later. Respite works fully with no permissions granted at all — notifications and Health access are both optional, and neither is requested before you have logged anything.
Not on the App Store. The app is built and being tested ahead of submission, and this page will link to it the day it is live. If you would like to try the beta or hear when it ships, get in touch.
Respite is a personal record-keeping app. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Everything it displays is a summary of what you entered. Always speak to a qualified healthcare professional about your symptoms, your medication and any decision about your care.