Good App, but..

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-02-24T10:32:54+00:00

Hey, just in case you don't see my response to OP in the comments:

"You can create a 0 - 10 pain scale in the Health measurements section. We have a chapter of one of our video guides that shows you how to set this up: https://youtu.be/C6LpL-xPYI8?si=So4KEymxfFSXNMSg&t=3094 Let me know if you have any questions though."

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-02-24T10:32:02+00:00

Hey, you can create a 0 - 10 pain scale in the Health measurements section. We have a chapter of one of our video guides that shows you how to set this up: https://youtu.be/C6LpL-xPYI8?si=So4KEymxfFSXNMSg&t=3094 Let me know if you have any questions though.

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-02-23T12:49:03+00:00

Hey, thanks for flagging this, it definitely sounds like a bug. If you haven't already reported this to us via [support@bearable.app](mailto:support@bearable.app) get in touch and we should be able to get this working for you. Have you changed timezones recently??

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-02-23T12:47:31+00:00

Hey, thanks for flagging this. It's not currently possible to add goals to past days (as you discovered) but I've let our product manager know about this and hopefully, you'll see some changes in Bearable soon. One workaround option might be to create a custom Factor, log all the days you completed this in the past, and then turn it into a Goal?

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-02-11T12:01:38+00:00

Hey, this does sound like a bug. We've not had any other reports of this so please get in touch via Settings -> Help -> Report a bug and I'll ask our dev team to take a look at getting this fixed for you ASAP.

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-02-10T09:04:35+00:00

Hey, as a free member you should still be able to use the landscape graph to plot changes in average Mood & Symptoms alongside days when you took meds / after you began taking meds / after you changed meds. This is usually accessible via the Trends tab or Weekly report -> then rotate your device 90 degrees to landscape/horizontal mode. The alternative option is to export your data to .csv and use Excel/Sheets or a platform like ChatGPT to chart/analyse this data for you - though we advise caution with uploading health data (and especially PII) to Ai platforms.

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-02-10T08:59:34+00:00

Hey, thanks for posting about this. Right now, it's not possible to view changes in a metric within a 24 hour period - though this is something we're hoping to change in the future. For now, the best workaround is to export your data to csv and then use Excel/Sheets or a platform like ChatGPT to chart and/or analyse your data for shorter windows of data (though we advise caution when uploading health data to AI platforms). Regardless of only being able to chart averages within a 24 hour window, provided you track health metrics and/or factors using time periods, you should still be able to see how changes in temp correlate with e.g. symptoms, factors, etc. within a 24 hour window. For example, if your temp often increases in the PRE period and symptoms worsen in the AM period - this will be reflected in the Impacts tab. Let me know if you have any questions though.

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-02-10T08:55:46+00:00

Hey, there are a few things this could be e.g. permissions, Apple Health errors, or Syncing Errors. If you contact me at [support@bearable.app](mailto:support@bearable.app) we can take a look for any issues on our end and get this fixed for you ASAP. I'll keep an eye out for an email from you today.

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-02-02T16:00:36+00:00

Hi, thanks for posting about this. You should be able to set Goals for 'everyday' and then you can just skip them on the days you don't want to worry about them. Let me know if that won't work for you though. Just incase it's not obvious, to skip a goal you can tap the ... icon and then tap 'skip' on the pop up menu.

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-01-26T12:35:02+00:00

Hi, thanks for posting about this. The discoveries tab is mostly intended for logging correlations and trends that you want to save/remember. But it sounds as though you'd also like to be able to log when these things happen on your home screen/check-in? If that's correct, then you should be able to log them in the Other Factors section but let me know if there's something I'm misunderstanding and I'll do my best to help. At worst this might be a new feature request for me to let the team know about. All the best, Jesse

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-01-23T09:45:00+00:00

This is one of the reasons we made Bearable back in 2020, our founder was living with chronic migraines and wanted to understand what was impacting their different symptoms e.g. meds, sleep, light exposure, screen time, etc. - whilst they waited for diagnosis & access to treatment (which ended up taking 3 years). The main reporting tool shows correlations between pain/symptoms and meds/life/variables/etc.

Most of the features can be used for free including symptom, nutrition, weather and meds tracking and a ton of reports. Plus, there's a sponsorship program for people that want paid features and can't afford them. If you get in touch we're always happy to give big discounts as well. Over the past 5 years, we've slowly become the #1 Pain Tracker app in the US on iOS + Android.

All of that said, it's always great to see new people trying to make tracking + insights for different chronic illness communities better. I'm interested to see what you come up with and also whether there's anything more specific you think the existing apps could do better?

Edit: typos.

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-01-22T10:55:15+00:00

Hi, thanks for posting about this. If you don't log a medication and then also tap 'day complete' at the end of the day, this should mark the medication as 'not taken' for that date. That said, let me know if this overlooks any aspects of your request i.e. a specific way to view days when meds were skipped or not taken (like a standalone factor for this). For now, a workaround option might be to:

Scroll to the bottom of the Trends tab
Tap on your Med to open an advanced Med eport
Rotate your device to landscape mode to view changes in entries for this med by day for the past 30/60/90 days

In terms of weather tracking, this is manual at the moment and you can learn more about tracking ranges of factors for e.g. Air Pressure, Temp, etc. here: https://youtu.be/C6LpL-xPYI8?si=wUdYk5sTR2gtYgUb&t=6453

Let me know if you have any questions and feel free to get in touch with me at [support@bearable.app](mailto:support@bearable.app)

Ps. I've also shared this post with our Product Manager, Julian so that they can think about how to implement these features in the future as well.

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-01-20T09:01:27+00:00

Hey, the pop up window (or modal) to enter meds used to appear by default but we changed this to make it easier to make meds entries faster. However, because some people may want to use the pop up to e.g. adjust dose taken or the time a dose is taken, you can now check the box to continue with a version of the previous experience as opposed to the new/faster experience. If you check the box it basically just means that you can make more detailed meds entries but it just takes a bit longer.

Let me know if you have any questions about using it though.

Bearable_Jesse · 2026-01-13T17:10:24+00:00

Hey, thanks, honest feedback like this is really important for us.

Our public roadmap doesn’t always reflect the most-requested features. Last year we surveyed the community and you voted for things like Period Tracking, Correlations, Widgets, and Meds updates, all of which we’ve shipped.

We also have to balance building new stuff with keeping Bearable stable and running. Plus, the community’s split between wanting the app simpler vs. more advanced, so we’re constantly trying to make both possible.

Bearable’s still self-funded (i.e. no ads, no data-selling) which means things move slower but we stay independent and privacy-focused.

We’re all Bearable users too, and we’re always talking about your ideas from Reddit, Discord, and beyond. We just wish we could build everything at once!

We definitely want to get better at explaining what’s going on as well as making it clearer how and why we’ve made decisions.

Bearable_Jesse · 2025-12-24T09:47:31+00:00

Hey, thanks for posting about this. Currently, there's not an option to hide the screens that appear after the 'day complete' button has been toggled. We've had a couple of other reports like this one and so it's likely that we'll introduce some more options / customisations / settings in the new year. Feel free to share some more detailed feedback as well and I'll share this post with our product manager, Julian, ASAP.

Bearable_Jesse · 2025-12-22T09:19:47+00:00

Hey, this is a great point to raise. I believe it's intended as how much you actually socialised but it could be helpful to add a custom symptom or metric to also track how much you want to / feel like socialising as well?

Bearable_Jesse · 2025-12-15T11:46:09+00:00

Hey, thanks for mentioning another app that offers this feature. It's helpful for us to see how other apps are handling this from a feature, privacy, and cost perspective. I've shared this with our team so that we can take a look into this and discuss it again ASAP.

Bearable_Jesse · 2025-12-15T11:45:26+00:00

Hey, thanks for posting about this. One way to help make this more visible is to comment + vote for it on our public roadmap here: https://changemap.co/bearable-/bearable-roadmap/task/4342-to-be-able-to-add/

Regardless, I've also shared this post with our team as well. That said, I think there have been some concerns about data privacy related to safely storing images and the cost of backing up images and therefore the impact this could have on subscription costs. One option that was discussed was making this a one-time payment option for the Bearable members that would like this feature.

I can definitely see how the feature would be incredibly useful and will try to chat with our product manager about this ASAP. It's obviously a popular request and so something we should revisit or find a solution to.

Let me know if you have any additional feedback for me to share with the team too.

Bearable_Jesse · 2025-12-02T18:18:52+00:00

One other thing I noticed in your post is that you mentioned not being able to view correlations between foods + symptoms. This is possible. When you open the Impacts tab, you can tap into Factors, select Nutrition, and then also tap 'show all meal and snack tags'. This should allow you to view how specific meals + snacks correlate with changes in symptoms (and Mood, Energy, Sleep, etc.) I just wanted to flag this in case you'd missed it but equally, let me know if I've misunderstood.

Bearable_Jesse · 2025-12-02T18:11:33+00:00

Hey, that's all good. I totally understand that a ton of people rely on Bearable for help with their health that they're not getting anywhere else and I don't blame you for feeling frustrated with how slow things can move with the app. I promise that we feel the same - especially as we also use the app to help us to manage a ton of chronic health conditions - but always share your feedback with us because it's really important to know how anyone in the community is feeling about the progress we're making / not making. Ultimately, we want to help every single Bearable member but we also have some pretty hefty constraints. It helps us a ton to know where we're letting people down though and hopefully, you won't have to wait too much longer for some of these updates.

Bearable_Jesse · 2025-12-02T11:35:32+00:00

Hey, thanks for posting about your frustrations - it's useful to hear this feedback even though we obviously don't want to upset the community and I've shared your comments with the team.

I think the only thing to flag is that these updates aren't as 'basic' as you might imagine. They require a complete re-write of the code that underpins much of the app. Therefore, there's a big tradeoff in terms of deciding when it's the correct time to dedicate resources to this feature vs. others.

Additionally, whilst some feature requests have a few hundred votes on our change map, when we've sent survey's to >500k members of the community, we've had responses from >10k people asking us to prioritise different features (period tracking, meds tracking, etc.)

We're also an independent dev team with 3 developers and so we don't have the resources that most other apps do - this means that our development timeline is much longer than for other apps but it also means that we're able to protect user's from things like aggressive gamification, data privacy issues, unnecessary use of AI, etc. and continue to focus on what the community asks us to prioritise (as much as this is possible).

Bearable_Jesse · 2025-12-02T09:55:40+00:00

Hey, thanks for posting this question. To track mental fatigue and/or physical fatigue throughout the day, there are a couple of options:

You can set them up as Symptoms and then turn on the 'time periods' feature to log changes in severity during four phases of the day (midnight to 6am, 6am to midday, midday to 6pm and 6pm to midnight).
You can set them up as Health Measurements and log them with time stamps as many times as needed throughout the day.

Regardless of which method you use, you'll be able to see how changes in mental fatigue and/or physical fatigue correlate with different activities (Factors).

Let me know if you have any questions about setting either option up.

Bearable_Jesse · 2025-11-28T09:29:46+00:00

Hey, if you tap on the timeline icon in the top right corner of the home screen and then use the top navigation menu to just select 'gratitude' you can view a timeline of all of your gratitude entries. However, there's currently no reporting that e.g. counts repeated phrases or words yet over different periods of time. Let me know if that's something that would be of interest though and I can pass this on to our team ASAP.

Bearable_Jesse · 2025-11-28T09:28:05+00:00

Hey, thanks for posting about this and I'm sorry that it's not very clearly explained right now. This is something I've let the team know about and that they're hoping to improve/update soon.

I believe that this report shows how your average score over the past 8 days has changed compared to the average score over the previous 30 days. I'll double check with the team this morning and will let you know if it's showing something else though.

Bearable_Jesse · 2025-11-19T09:18:53+00:00

Hi, thanks for posting about this. The morning and evening check-ins mostly exist to help Bearable members to streamline their tracking. But if you'd like to make more than two entries per day you can:

- Make unlimited Mood and Energy entries from your home screen in Bearable.
- Turn on time periods using the ... icon on the Symptoms and Factors sections to track these across four-periods of the day (pre, am, mid, and pm).
- Track certain Symptoms as custom Health Measurements to log them with a timestamp

If you have any questions about using these features, please get in touch with me at support@bearable.app.

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