Visible App: Supportive Symptom Tracker for Chronic Illness

there's a subtle but important difference here between visible, created by and for chronically ill people, and other symptom tracking apps. at least in a small way, i feel i am part of a community. it's not just a depressing track record of my symptoms. it's quite helpful to have an external voice telling me to slow down and take care. and now that there's an option to participate in studies, i am able to give something to my community.

Amazing app! Can't wait for the wearable device to be released.

Great app to help me monitor my Long Covid symptoms. The developer team is really responsive and are continually improving functionality and reliability of the app.

It is the most supportive app I have ever used. Didn't even know an app could be supportive. Thanks, btw.

an excellent app for tracking symptoms of ME/CFS and Long Covid. It also measures your HRV alongside your symptoms to help you pace

Useful for tracking hrv and baseline through symptoms. Would really like a second check in to see if my hrv changes by evening 😃

This app is wonderful for managing my ME/CFS. This app has done so much to help me figuring out pacing. Being able to see trends in my symptoms and heart rate variability has saved my life. The support is amazing for this app. I have only had one issue with the app not displaying my data. I thought all of it was lost, but I was able to promptly contact support and get help. I just needed to log off and back in.

UPDATE: the amazing people behind this app are extremely responsive. They addressed the issues quickly and worked with me on its improvements. this app was spectacular. Except that the range of categories is too small. A scale of four doesn't give enough data points to give a reliable long term tracking.

Great App, I'm using the free version & have had no issues with the app & it's completely accurate tracking my heart rate & letting me know it might be time to pace myself. I have Long Covid & ME/CFS.

I've had ME/CFS since 2005. I've always had days where I seem to crash for now reason and without warning. This app is the first time I've ever been able to get a heads up on when those crashes are coming.

Love this app!App developer's are great at responding to emails about questions and problems. Great way of tracking symptoms and knowing baseline for the day

Just starting to use this app I have a Pixel 6 Pro, which is known to have an issue with the attempted use of the led to illuminate the fingertip. I found that using an external light source such as outdoor light through a window, even on an overcast day, is sufficient to take readings. Please supply a setting to disable use of the led. One can cup the other hand over the LED and finger/camera area, which provides enough illumination to measure, but may affect first seconds of measurement.

Been using this app for ages and it's helping me to pace myself. Tracking my symptoms has been very useful for building on my improvements and noticing trends. Bravo to the development team, I would be lost without this app.

I'm finding this app really useful & interesting as a Long Covid sufferer. You can customise the symptoms to track those which are relevant to you, rather than just having to constantly pick from a generic list. The support is great too - I logged an issue I was experiencing with the app & had a very quick response & fix to it from a friendly & helpful tech bod! 😀

I have ADHD and recently, I suffered what appears to have been a burnout. With this app, I am learning to rest and not feel guilty about it. I recommend it to neurodivergent people like me who struggle to relax and rest. I have recovered enough to resume exercise, but I am taking it slowly to ensure that I'm looking after myself.

I've tried SO many apps to track symptoms/recovery for long haul COVID and ths is the best app! I really like the simplicity and ease of use with overall effectiveness for tracking. I'm so happy I came across this. The only thing I would add that could really take this to the next level would be tracking tools/treatments tried and effectiveness over time rather than just noting medications taken. but still- If you have long haul COVID/PEM, get this app!

Visible Plus- Connectivity issues, bugs keep changing my settings. Data is not consistent or reliable, seemed to be a promising app, been using since Feb but still waiting for it to improve. Expensive monthly subscription for something that doesn't deliver.

It's been quite useful, but I feel I need more information. If I do 2 readings in the morning, it usually gives different results, even if I'm in the same position and only moments between them. I can change my breathing to affect my hr, and hrv, and I think that may be a problem. Also, it puts a lot of emphasis on my baseline, which I think must change when I'm having a good day, so I get a score of two because my hrv is a bit higher than usual, but I have a day that feels like a 4 or 5.

One of my most-used apps, and the first symptom tracker that I've been able to make part of my routine. I really like that it offers so many symptoms to track, and the option to add or take away symptoms so I don't get overwhelmed. I like the in-app reminders for tracking at the same time everyday for consistency.

The free Visible app is worth having as it tracks symptoms and HRV and gives a morning stability score based on these readings. The Visible Plus subscription version needs a lot of work to make it a useful and value for money add-on to the free app. Visible Plus is buggy and frequently loses Bluetooth connection (and data) with the Polar Verity Sense armband rendering the app useless until it is manually reconnected. Great idea but not worth paying for in its current form.

I'm having trouble with the heart monitor. I'll change my review after this issue was resolved I tried using a different phone and it didn't record my evening check in. I had to go back to using the one phone I was using before. Also my internet is okay so it's not the internet. It's also hard to be still for more than 10 s while I am trying to monitor for my heart. It takes a long time for the monitor to record my heart rate.

Fantastic app. It really helps me keep track of my many Long Covid symptoms. App is very clear and easy to use. Esoecially useful if hard to remember things. New functionality dye to be added soon .Thank you.

Good for fatigue it predicted me feeling off colour in the morning

Really appreciate this app and the people behind it

Since last update having trouble opening application. It's like it's looking for Internet connection and the timing is out of sync. It now completely crashes when opening.