Endive - IBS Food Diary

I downloaded and tested 7 apps for tracking food, stress, and environmental triggers. I used all of them for 4 days and kept only this one. The format is simple, but comprehensive and I have already learned useful things to solve the IBS that affects me.

Exquisitely designed! Can track food, symptoms, and triggers all in one place. Easily see everything together. I really like getting to see the food and symptoms all in one area. This makes it easier to understand what is happening. Also able to customize symptoms and triggers. I need to track a few things that are not listed. This feature has made it simple to track. There was a recent update and the chart is so much easier to read now for symptoms. This app has helped me so much.

Simple and efficient I like it so far

This has a decent looking interface and I like the concept, but it needs more depth and customizability to be useful. You pretty much have one page, no ability to take a step back or gleam a broader view using analytical tools. You can't get more granularity than a 1-5 scale, and if you aren't having immediate symptoms or are tracking more than 2 or 3, it's hard to get a good understanding of what is causing what.

This tracker is simple and works great. After years of struggling with disordered eating/diet culture/tracking every calorie, I had finally broken up with myfitnesspal. However, only a few months later I began going through stomach issues, ulcers, etc. Working with a doctor, I knew I needed to start tracking foods again to identify my triggers but was really nervous I would fall back into using MFP. This app is exactly what I needed, tracking just the food, a timestamp, and symptoms as they arise throughout the day.

I’ve had stomach issues for years and I had high hopes for this app. Unfortunately, you can’t track symptoms separate from meals, so it’s not very useful. For example, if you wake up with a stomach ache you have to add a meal and it tracks it with the meal, which makes it look like the food gave you a stomach ache.

Easy to use and track symptoms

So clear and easy to use, been using for a week and already a helpful picture of what my triggers are. Only thing would make it better is even more food listed but it’s still great as can make your own entries and add specific items you ate in the meal!

I’ve just upgraded to the paid version and can’t see how this tells you which foods trigger your symptoms. Can anyone help explain please?

Using this to do a food diary, not bad considering I'm using the free version. Unlikely to upgrade. A bit clunky in places and limited info on symptoms but I'll stick with it.