Have you been having a lot of headaches lately?

I’ve had migraines my whole life. My mom has them, and so does my grandmother. Mine aren’t as debilitating as others can be, but they knock me out well enough anyway. A recurring theme at home is me having another migraine and my wife saying: “It feels like you’ve been having a lot of them lately?” followed by me shrugging and replying, “Yeah, maybe..” but I can’t remember.

I decided to start keeping track, so I downloaded a headache tracker app to help me with that. I didn’t like how it was designed, and I kept forgetting to reopen the app after my attacks had ended to tell it to stop tracking. I’d open the app because I got a headache, and it would say, “Hello, you’ve been having a migraine for 25 days!”, still counting.

Then I would try to start logging a new attack, and it would require me to fill out a ton of details:

• Which of these 19 parts of your head does it hurt in?
• Is it pounding pain, throbbing pain, or pulsating pain?

It went on and on. I’d be like, STOP, I DON’T KNOW, MY HEAD HURTS! I can’t be going through a survey on my phone during a migraine attack. I don’t even want to look at the phone.

I decided to make my own headache tracker app, Headaches. It integrates with Siri, so I can tell Siri my head hurts and leave it at that. If I want to add symptoms, I can add them later when I feel better. I also integrated it with Live Activities and Apple Watch, so I can tell it’s tracking right on the home screen, in Dynamic Island, or on my arm. It supports App Intents and Shortcuts, so you can create automations, like having it dim your lights when an attack starts. It also works with Apple Intelligence.

Headaches is on the iOS App Store now, and it’s free! If you’ve been having a lot of headaches lately, try this app. It won’t bother you, I promise. If you like it and want to help me, leave a positive review. Reviews really help.❤️