Compare Apple Health alone
Plume vs Apple Health alone
Plume is a health journal you write in your own words, while Apple Health is the place on your iPhone that stores measurements from your devices and apps.
Apple 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.
How do Plume and Apple Health alone differ?
| Plume | Apple Health alone | |
|---|---|---|
| What it records | What you say: food, how you slept, mood, energy, anything else | Measurements from iPhone, Apple Watch and other apps and devices, such as steps, sleep and heart rate |
| How data gets in | You write, talk or take a photo | Mostly automatically, from devices and apps you connect |
| Food | A sentence or a photo is enough | Stores nutrition data that other apps write to it |
| Looking back | Patterns across what you wrote and what your devices measured, in sentences | Charts, trends and highlights for each kind of measurement |
| Where it lives | On your iPhone until you agree in the app; then processed on Plume’s servers, as the privacy policy describes | On your iPhone, with iCloud sync if you turn it on |
Who is Apple Health alone better for?
- What you want is an accurate record of what your devices measure, with nothing to write.
- You prefer your health data to stay within Apple’s apps and services.
- You already use other apps that fill in the rest for you.
Who is Plume better for?
- You want to record the things no sensor measures: what you ate, how you felt, what kind of day it was.
- You want those notes and your measurements looked at together.
- You want something to point out patterns instead of reading charts yourself.
Can you use both?
Yes, and that is how Plume is meant to be used. With your permission Plume reads summaries from Apple Health, such as sleep, steps and workouts, and shows them next to your entries. Plume never writes to Apple Health. The Privacy Policy lists exactly what is read.
What should you know before choosing?
Plume does not take measurements itself. Anything measured comes from Apple Health and the devices you have connected to it.
Plume is free and runs on iPhone (iOS 17 or later). It is for adults, 18 and older.
This page describes Apple Health alone as a category. Features change, so check each product’s own pages for what it does today. Plume is not affiliated with Apple; product names belong to their owners. If something here is out of date, write to help@plumeapp.net.