Symptom And Diet Tracker Phone App

[KCG91]

Just wanted to share an app I've found to be useful for keeping a food journal and symptom diary (if anyone else, like me, never remembers to write things down on paper!)

 

'symple' is free and so far hasn't hassled me with any 'upgrade' options. You fill in a journal, symptoms and other factors (eg. exercise, medicine) for each day. Symptoms and factors are chosen from lists you create yourself and you can rate the symptoms based on how extreme they've been that day, which are then shown on a little graph so you can track how you're doing. You just write in the journal bit as normal. I've tried a few food diary things that I haven't liked but this seems much better so I thought I'd share! Hope it helps. 

[bburmeister0407]

I have been looking for something like this! Thank you for sharing!

[Adalaide]

I'm not knocking this app, it looks awesome. But I'd like to point out for anyone who pokes their nose in here who doesn't have an iphone that there are similarly awesome apps for android people.

[Pegleg84]

Yeah, do you know if there's an Android version, or a good recommended app? I really need to get on that tracking thing as well.

[Adalaide]

That app isn't available for android. I use mySymptoms though which is. It seems to be pretty similar, although it isn't free. It's $2.99, which isn't a lot to pay and I finally caved with my new phone and got a paid for app for the first time ever. I really like it. And it tracks everything, and I mean everything. Right down to the Bristol scale for your poop. What I like most about it though is that after you use it long enough if you're having a particular symptom you can't pinpoint a cause for yourself, you can tell it to tell you the most likely causes. And it does a pdf you can take to your doctor too.