What Reddit Says About Symptom Board Apps
We compiled 19 Reddit discussions about Symptom Board apps from 10 subreddits. Here's what real users recommend, complain about, and debate.
Reddit Threads
r/ChronicIllness
Bearable App. Source: I made it after dealing with my own health conditions. ... Seconding Bearable. I have the paid version (it’s relatively inexpensive) and it has been so incredibly helpful. I love seeing my symptom averages arranged in ways that show clear patterns and trends.
r/ChronicIllness
The app "beautiful mood" has been helpful for me, you can customize the categories as well as add custom things to track. I use it to track my symptoms, triggers, moods, and activities.
r/disability
I track my mood and symptoms, and any activities I do that might affect those symptoms. I've since learned so much about how the things I do affect them (both negatively and positively) ... Bearable app is amazing! It tracks symptoms, factors (weather, activity, sources of stress, etc), ...
r/TheGirlSurvivalGuide
Has all (and I really mean ALLLL) the symptoms listed so you can check which apply for each day. I add times to the notes aswell. There's also flow level and you can add your medicines, mood, weight, temperature and water consumption daily at no extra cost ... So far this one has looked the bes...
r/ChronicIllness
I don’t actually get migraines very often and need something that can focus on full body symptoms but thank you. I’m glad you’ve found something that works for you! ... Flaredown was the best I could find when I was also tracking triggers. That was a while ago. ... Track and Graph on Android. I use ...
r/Fibromyalgia
I have spent a few months trying out different apps so here are my thoughts on those i have experience with: Guava - super customizable and lets you track literally anything - the interface is clean and not overwhelming - free version is pretty solid. Juno - lets you just type or vent and it records...
r/cfs
Bearable and Guava are both good answers already. I'll toss in one more with the caveat that I built it, so obvious bias: the Trace health symptom tracker app for iPhone is free, no account, and everything stays on your phone.
r/eds
It's the same reasoning for why the Guava "insights" (paid feature) aren't very insightful, because there are just unfortunately too many factors. ... Yeah. Only ever used the free version, too ...
r/ChronicIllness
MyDataHelps Symptom Shark was nice except for the fact that I could only do a daily check in. Not as detailed for figuring out triggers but useful if you need something very basic.
r/rheumatoidarthritis
You can track your pain in different areas multiple times a day. Track food, weather, blood labs, sleep... ... I used Guava to monitor symptoms after finding myself with serious organ involvement and starting a new biologic.
r/ChronicIllness
Happy Poop: Very cute, colourful app to log details of bowel movements, pee and menstruation 🩸. It's super fun and has games you can play while stuck on the loo.
r/ChronicPain
I guess my one recommendation is that many chronic pain people have little energy and mental capacity to work with, so unless it's extremely easy to use, it probably won't be. Have you tried all the other tracking apps out there? There's a ton and it's hard to imagine it hasn...
r/PsoriaticArthritis
My problem with this app: it is painfully slow, at least running on my phone (galaxy note 9). I couldn't imagine having the patience required to use it everyday and accurately track my symptoms. Conclusion: Super recommend Bearable IF you're ok with the subscription price or with exporting...
r/ChronicIllness
Both allow you to export symptom summaries you can give your doctor. I have sent the ones from mySugr electronically to my doctor. ... I use the Visible app (free version).
r/CrohnsDisease
If there were a single app that combined the graphing system of CaraCare with the food database and trigger algorithm of mySymptoms, that would be the penultimate IBD app! As it stands, I'm happy enough with mySymptoms and am considering upgrading from free to premium. *Edited to include that b...
r/ChronicIllness
I like Guava. I needed specifically to track my blood pressure, and it's easy to use, easy to set up logging reminders, and I was able to export the data and send it to my doctor's portal app right before the appointment. Now I use it for tracking a lot more symptoms, plus tracking my med ...
r/ChronicIllness
I want to get an app, or if I need multiple to help me with my chronic illness. I'd prefer if they were cute designs but I get it there aren't many. ... Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Share ... I used to use Bearable and really liked it for tracking ...
r/ChronicIllness
I've realized that using one makes me focus too much on my symptoms and not enough on everything else. I get stressed out, and then my assumptions get worse. Just my two cents. ... I have started using Guava (symtom & medication tracker) to understand a new chronic sinusitis (in attempts to...
r/ChronicIllness
It’s also great for helping me remember to stretch and log my symptoms. Goodnotes - technically a fancy notes app, I think for me it was $9.99 a year, but I use it as a customizable diary to vent about my symptoms of bipolar/autism/chronic pain/severe asthma
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