How Plume compares

Plume is a health journal for iPhone that you write in your own words and that looks back over your days for you; these pages set it next to three other ways of keeping track.

Each page says what the other kind of app does well and who it suits better. Other products are described as a category, at the level anyone can check on their public pages.

• Plume vs calorie-counting apps like MyFitnessPalA calorie counter gives you precise totals for what you ate if you enter it precisely. Plume gives you a journal of your days that takes one sentence to write, and looks back over it for you.
• Plume vs symptom trackers like BearableA symptom tracker gives you the same fields every day, which makes for consistent records and clear charts. Plume takes whatever you say and does the sorting itself.
• Plume vs Apple Health aloneApple Health holds what your devices measure. Plume holds what you say about your day, reads summaries from Apple Health if you allow it, and puts the two side by side.

What is the short version?

• Choose a calorie counter if you want exact calorie and nutrient totals and do not mind entering each food.
• Choose a symptom tracker if you are following specific symptoms and want the same ratings and charts every day.
• Apple Health alone is enough if what you want is a record of what your devices measure.
• Choose Plume if you want to say what happened in a sentence, without forms or calorie counting, and have something look back over your days for you.