I couldn’t find a symptom diary app which was private, easy to use, and powerful
So I made one.
James Allen - app developer and “spoonie”
The symptom diary we deserve
Made by someone who lives with chronic pain and fatigue every day
Make chronic pain visible
Private, simple to use and fully exportable
Record symptoms, factors (things you think are affecting your symptoms), vitals and medications
Quick-record symptoms using a Wear OS smartwatch or Apple Watch
Record pain on a range of 3D manikins
View your Apple Health, Fitbit and Google Fit activity data alongside your symptoms
Export everything to PDF and spreadsheets
Health data collection is strictly anonymous and opt-in
MAKING CHRONIC PAIN VISIBLE
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Axial spondyloarthritis
is a painful auto-immune condition affecting the spine, hips, neck, shoulders and other joints
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Fibromyalgia
is a disorder of the nervous system which causes pain all over the body
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Migraine
is caused by over-stimulated nerves which leads to a cascade of chemicals to be released, causing pain and nausea
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Endometriosis
is caused by cells similar to the ones in the uterus lining growing elsewhere in the body, causing inflammation, pain and the formation of scar tissue
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Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
are a group of conditions which cause the body’s connective tissue to become fragile and stretchy, causing pain and other symptoms
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Psoriatic arthritis
is an auto-immune condition affecting the skin and joints, causing pain, stiffness and inflammation
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Chronic back pain
is a wide-spread problem, causing moderate-severe pain in an estimated 10-15% of western societies
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Chronic pelvic pain
is more intense than ordinary period pain and lasts longer. It affects around 1 in 6 women.
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... AND MANY MORE
there are hundreds of long-term health conditions which cause chronic pain for millions of people around the world
Anonymous by design
Many apps make money by collecting data which is linked to you personally (for example, by the email address you use to sign into the app) and selling it to 3rd parties.
Chronic Insights is different.
No health data is collected. No ads. No trackers. No personal details. No email address. No account required.
My story
James Allen - app designer, developer, spoonie and founder of Chronic Insights“Living with chronic pain is hard. But there’s one thing that I’m grateful for - it made me really think about what I’m doing with my life, and question what I’m really passionate about. That’s what made me create a better symptom diary app, and it’s the best thing that I’ve ever done.”
My name is James Allen, and I’ve lived with axial spondyloarthritis for most of my life. It changes every day, but pain is always there - in my spine, hips, shoulders, neck, ribs, and sometimes other joints too.
One thing that makes living with chronic pain difficult is how hard it is to describe, and to objectively recall how it has changed over time. So when it comes to seeing a doctor, it’s almost impossible to articulate in words how you’ve been feeling over the past several months, or to recall all the ups and downs and flare-ups.
Even worse, it can be difficult to judge if you’re getting better or worse over time, or if a new medication is helping or not, because all you’re thinking about is getting through each day at a time.
One thing that I found helped was recording my symptoms. But I didn’t like any of the symptom diary apps I tried - they didn’t have the features I wanted, they had shocking privacy policies, or they just didn’t work.
That’s why I decided to make a better, more private symptom diary which really lets you express how it feels to be you, living with chronic pain.
