march 14, 2026 · tuesday
- onset
- 11:20 am
- pain level
- 7/10
- location
- right temple
- triggers
- skipped breakfast, bright office light
- medications
- 100 mg sumatriptan · 11:35 am
- relief
- ~45 min later
- duration
- 4h 20m total
A diary for headache & migraine
A migraine diary
that respects the migraine.
Migrainely logs onset, duration, triggers, and pain level. Designed to be readable during an attack.
Begin logging free
Dark mode is available, and recommended.
The pain scale
How you might log a Tuesday.
One entry. Not a form. Take as long as you need — or skip to the bare minimum.
This is what your entry might look like. Or shorter. Or just the bare minimum.
Four quiet capabilities
A small set of things, done patiently.
Quick‑log mode
Three taps when you can barely look at your phone. Pain level, location, time — done.
Trigger analysis
Notice patterns over months — sleep, weather, food, screens. Honest correlations, not predictions. (Trigger analysis recognised in NICE/NHS headache-diary guidance.)
Medication tracking
Log dose and timing — sumatriptan, rizatriptan, ibuprofen, propranolol for prevention. For you, and for your neurologist.
Neurologist‑export PDF
Clean, clinical, printable. The kind of summary a doctor can scan in thirty seconds.
The export
This is what your neurologist receives.
Clean. Boring. Useful.
HEADACHE DIARY — SUMMARY
Patient: J. Doe · DOB: 1989‑02‑14 · Period: Feb 14 – Mar 14, 2026 · Generated by Migrainely
Overview
| Attacks recorded | 6 |
|---|---|
| Mean pain level (0–10) | 6.5 |
| Mean duration | 3h 52m |
| Days affected | 6 of 28 (21.4%) |
| Acute medication days | 5 |
Attacks
| Date | Onset | Pain | Location | Duration | Acute med. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16 | 07:40 | 5 | L. temple | 2h 10m | Ibuprofen 400 mg |
| Feb 23 | 15:05 | 6 | Frontal | 3h 30m | Sumatriptan 50 mg |
| Mar 02 | 22:10 | 8 | R. temple | 5h 45m | Sumatriptan 100 mg |
| Mar 07 | 09:30 | 4 | Occipital | 1h 40m | — |
| Mar 11 | 13:50 | 7 | R. temple | 5h 10m | Rizatriptan 10 mg |
| Mar 14 | 11:20 | 7 | R. temple | 4h 20m | Sumatriptan 100 mg |
Most frequent triggers (self‑reported)
| Skipped meal | 4 of 6 attacks (66%) |
|---|---|
| Bright / fluorescent light | 3 of 6 attacks (50%) |
| Disrupted sleep (<6 h) | 3 of 6 attacks (50%) |
| Menstrual cycle (days −1 to +1) | 2 of 6 attacks (33%) |
Preventive medication
| Propranolol 40 mg, twice daily | Adherence 27 of 28 days |
|---|
Page 1 of 1 · Self‑reported diary data. Not a diagnostic record. · Migrainely v1.4
Times New Roman, no marketing, no logo. Print it; staple it; bring it.
A note on darkness
It goes further than a black background.
Migrainely ships with a true dark mode and a low‑light mode that goes even further — a warm, dimmed palette with reduced contrast for the worst of an attack. The whole app — not just the background — adjusts: charts, notifications, the keyboard, the export preview. Push notifications can be silenced for the duration of an active log.
Gently answered
Questions you might have during a good hour.
Will the app be readable during a migraine?
Yes — that is the design constraint, not a feature. Type is set at 18 px with generous leading; the palette is monochrome; nothing flashes, nothing pulses. Low-light mode dims further, lightens the type weight, and removes whatever motion remains.
Is this the headache diary the NHS recommends?
It is exactly that kind of diary. The NHS and NICE advise keeping a headache diary to spot triggers, and patients are often asked to bring one to their neurology appointment. Migrainely is built to be the diary you bring — with a clean PDF export for your GP or neurologist.
Does it integrate with Apple Health or Garmin?
Apple Health: yes, two-way — Migrainely reads sleep and menstrual-cycle data, and writes headache events back. Garmin: we read sleep and stress; not yet two-way. Migraines logged elsewhere can be imported from Apple Health on first launch.
Is my data private?
Your diary stays on your device, encrypted. Cloud sync is optional and end-to-end encrypted. There is no advertising SDK, no analytics on your entries, and no third-party sharing. UK GDPR compliant.
What's actually paid?
Daily logging and the 30-day view are free, indefinitely. Premium (£3.49/month) unlocks the full history, the trigger-pattern analysis, and the neurologist-export PDF.
Is this medical advice?
No. Migrainely is a diary. Bring it to a GP or neurologist who listens.
A note on launch
Not quite shipped yet.
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Quietly try
Available for iOS and Android, soon.
Free with 30-day history. £3.49/month for full history and trigger analysis — or stay free, the daily log is real.
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