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About this tool
Log pain on a face-based 0-10 scale over time, with averages, severity bands and a timeline children and carers can use.
The Wong-Baker Pain Scale Tracker records pain on the six-face 0-10 scale that Donna Wong and Connie Baker introduced in 1988 for children old enough to point but too young to reason about a number line, and adds a dated log so single readings become a trend. Each reading is mapped to the standard numeric rating scale bands — 0 none, 1-3 mild, 4-6 moderate, 7-10 severe — and the summary reports the average, the highest and lowest readings and how many sat at 6 or above. The person in pain chooses the face; the log is only a record of what they report.
Open Wong-Baker Pain Scale Tracker on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
Add your input to the workspace.
Adjust the options until the result looks right.
Copy or download the output and put it to work.
Every face carries its 0-10 value and a plain description, so a carer can translate the choice into a number for a clinician.
The log reports the average, the highest and lowest readings and the change since the previous entry.
Readings are held in the page only; there is no account, no upload and no storage after you close the tab.
It was designed for children from about age three upwards — old enough to point at a face and understand that the faces get more uncomfortable from left to right. It is also widely used with adults who find a numeric scale hard, including people with communication difficulties or a language barrier.
The six faces sit at 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 on a 0-10 scale. On the standard numeric rating scale used in pain assessment, 0 is no pain, 1-3 is mild, 4-6 moderate and 7-10 severe, so the faces at 8 and 10 fall in the severe range.
The person in pain. Pain is what the person says it is, and carer estimates are known to differ from a child's own rating in both directions. Ask the person to point, describe each face plainly if needed, and record what they choose rather than what you would have chosen.
Not necessarily. The scale records how much something hurts, not how much damage there is — a paper cut can be rated high and a serious internal problem rated low. Use the log to show a pattern to a clinician, and seek medical help for sudden severe pain, pain with fever or breathlessness, or pain that keeps climbing despite treatment.