How it works

Three steps, a quiet mind.

1

Remind

Your interval or fixed times — the app speaks up, even on the lock screen, in the car, on your wrist. At night it stays quiet if you want it to.

2

Log

One tap on the tile with your volume — saved, timer restarted. If you want to capture more: urine colour, Bristol type, signs, medications, fluid intake, catheter supply. Or just scan the package.

3

Understand

Statistics across weeks, alerts when values drift out of range — and a PDF report you simply put on the table at your next appointment, instead of guessing from memory.

Log tab with timer card and quick-capture tiles — Logging — one tap on your volume saves the entry, the timer keeps running.

New entry with volume, color scale and medication picker — Logging — volume, color, and your medication added with one tap.

Statistics view with catheter stock, bowel card and symptom patterns — Statistics — weekly figures, catheter supply, bowel overview and signs.

All features in detail

Bladder

Reminder timerYour own interval, with alerts even on a locked screen.
Two-second entryVolume, time, note — straight from the notification or the widget.
Quick captureOne tap on the tile with your volume — saved, timer restarted, with add-details and undo right on the confirmation.
Urine colourFive levels from clear to cloudy — one tap, and the report carries it along.
Fluid intakeIf you want it: drink volumes in the same log, in and out side by side. Off by default.
Quiet hoursThe app stays silent overnight if you set it to.
AlertsThe app speaks up when values fall out of range — fixed limits or deviation from your own 14-day average.
Catheter supplyFor ISC: counts along with every entry, shows how long your stock lasts, books deliveries and reminds you about your prescription in time — with support for multiple types (own stock, own range, Charrière and material per type). Off by default.
Early UTI alertsLog signs such as odour, burning or spasticity — the app alerts you immediately for blood or fever and flags patterns across days. Not a diagnosis. Off by default.
Palpation checkEstimate bladder filling above the pubic bone in three levels — statistics show your own average volumes per level. Off by default.
Autonomic signsLog goosebumps, sweating, feeling hot or headache as filling signals, with an optional blood pressure field. Off by default.
Suggestions from your dataAlert limits, reminder interval and quick values from your last 30 days — apply with a tap, never automatically. Plus an intake/output balance in statistics.

Bowel

Bristol scaleTap type 1 to 7, with the explanation right there.
Stool amountFive levels with a wink — from 🐜 to 🐘, right in the bowel entry.
Fixed bowel timesIts own rhythm, separate from the bladder timer.
HistoryIntervals and irregularities across weeks.
Bowel statisticsAverage rhythm, last movement and the Bristol distribution in three bands — with a one-line reading.
NotesFor equipment, particulars, or whatever else mattered.

Both

MedicationsSet them up, tap them on an entry, get reminded at fixed intake times.
Package scannerHold the package in front of the camera — barcode and text are recognised, name, Charrière and material filled in automatically. Once scanned, the app remembers the package for next time. Completely offline.
StatisticsDaily, weekly and monthly views with averages.
Report for your appointmentA PDF with averages, a daily overview and every single entry — plus CSV for your own analysis. Both are generated on the device.
ImportRead earlier records back in as CSV, for instance when switching devices.
BackupSave and restore all entries without them passing through anyone else’s server.
German and EnglishFully translated.

Why an app at all

Because schedules are the first thing to sink in daily life.

If you catheterise, do bladder training or keep a fixed bowel routine, you work with intervals. You know them by heart — until an appointment gets in the way. The app takes over the counting. For:

After a spinal cord injury
With multiple sclerosis or spina bifida
After prostate surgery
With IBS or inflammatory bowel disease
During bladder training under medical guidance
For family carers who document alongside

Where it runs

Runs where your day happens.

iPhone with widget, lock screen and Live Activity · Apple Watch · Apple CarPlay · Siri and Shortcuts · iCloud backup — and Android as a direct download.

Android: direct download, no Play Store.

Deliberately outside the Play Store: the app comes straight from this site. Logging, statistics and the PDF report are the same as on the iPhone; widgets, Apple CarPlay and Siri are missing for obvious reasons.

Two things worth knowing: Android will warn you during installation because the file does not come from the Play Store — that is expected, and you can confirm it. And updates will not arrive automatically; new versions appear here on this page.

The current build covers what matters: one-tap quick capture, reminders as an interval or at fixed times, medications with intake reminders, package scanner for catheters and medications, the Bristol scale, a five-step urine color scale, catheter stock with prescription reminder, early UTI warning, palpation and autonomic signs, stool amount, alerts with suggestions from your data, statistics with CSV and PDF export, editable entries and configurable quiet hours.

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The code is open.

Both apps — iPhone and Android — live on GitHub, under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0: reading, building and any noncommercial use are expressly allowed — commercial use is the one thing that is not.

Usability

Built for hands that do not always cooperate.

The app is meant for people whose fine motor control, strength or sensation may be limited. That shaped the design in several places.

VoiceOver reads labels rather than numbers: “300 millilitres”, “Type 4: smooth, soft. Normal”
The daily summary is read as one sentence, not a column of figures
Tap targets at least 44 points high — Apple’s minimum, usable even when you miss slightly
Larger text scales with the system setting without controls disappearing
Siri and Shortcuts: log an entry without touching the screen
Bristol types shown with symbol and label, not distinguished by colour
Dark mode, easy on the eyes at night
Readable on the widget, lock screen and Apple CarPlay without opening the app

If something still gets in your way, write to me. Those are the messages that change the most — a good part of what is listed here came about exactly that way.

Your data stays where it belongs.

What you log here is health data. So there is no account, no server, and no analysis on our side. The app stores everything locally on your device — and, if you want, in your own iCloud backup.

No sign-up, no email address
No trackers, no analytics SDKs
No ads, nothing sold on
Export and deletion entirely in your hands

And the app is free — no subscription, no locked features, no ads.

Read the full privacy policy

Get the app.

Free, no account, no ads — and your data stays on your device.

Get the Android version

Reference

Knowledge about bladder and bowel.

Nine guides to read up on — plainly written, no jargon, and useful whether or not you use the app. All pages also on the overview page.

Bristol stool scale — the seven stool types, explained and drawn.
Bladder diary — what belongs in it, with a printable template.
Intermittent self-catheterisation (ISC) — why, how often, what volumes.
UTIs with a neurogenic bladder — how to recognise one when the burning is missing.
Autonomic dysreflexia — signs, triggers and the immediate steps.
Bowel management — reflex and flaccid bowel, routine, diet.
Bowel management — reflex and flaccid bowel, routine, diet.
Fluid intake with ISC — why drinking less is the wrong move.
Urine colour — what each shade means and when to look closer.
Catheters on prescription — coverage, ordering and stock tracking.
Urine colour — what each shade means and when to look closer.
Catheters on prescription — coverage, ordering and stock tracking.

Common questions

Do I need an account?

No. The app works right after installation, with no sign-up.

Does anything go into Apple Health?

Not at the moment. A Health connection is planned but deliberately on hold until it works cleanly and read-only.

How do I bring my data to an appointment?

Through the PDF report: averages, a daily overview and every entry on one sheet you can print or email. If you would rather work through the figures yourself, use the CSV export.

What happens when I get a new iPhone?

With iCloud backup on, your entries come across during setup. Without it, export first and import afterwards.

Does the app detect a urinary tract infection?

No. It logs your observations — such as odour, burning or cloudy urine — and flags patterns you should have checked by a doctor. It does not make a diagnosis.

Is the app available in English?

Yes — fully, since version 4.4: iPhone, Apple Watch, widgets and notifications follow your system language. The PDF report and CSV export deliberately stay in German so existing exports and imports remain compatible. Since version 2.3, the Android app is fully bilingual as well.

Is there an Android version?

Yes — as a direct download, see Android. Deliberately outside the Play Store.

Accessible out and about

Born from the same everyday life.

The app is part of a small family of projects about life with a spinal cord injury — all free, all built from first-hand experience (in German):

Barrierefrei unterwegs (app) — wheelchair-friendly restaurants, holiday stays, restrooms, disabled parking and live elevator status at train stations across Germany, Austria and Switzerland: curated, works offline, no tracking. Free for iPhone and for Android.
Station elevators — is the elevator working before you set off? Live status covering Deutsche Bahn nationwide plus eight cities from Berlin to Stuttgart — in the app, as an open API for your own projects, and as an MCP connector so AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT can check for you.
ploetzlich-querschnitt.de — the blog: daily life, equipment and travel after spinal cord injury.
barrierefrei-unterwegs.info — everything in one place: the app, the web search for restaurants and holiday homes, lift status at stations, the open API and the connector for AI assistants.
Wheelchair-friendly restaurants — restroom, step-free access and space, honestly rated 1–10.
Wheelchair-friendly holiday homes — listings from ten portals, collected and ranked weekly.

About

Built out of personal need.

The app comes from André M. Bajorat, who writes at ploetzlich-querschnitt.de about everyday life after a spinal cord injury. What went into it did not start on a drawing board but with the question of how to keep track of these times without letting them dominate the day.

Feedback goes straight into the next version — including the small stuff. Just write.

The app is free and will stay that way. If it makes your day easier, you are welcome to say thanks — with a coffee.

A review helps more than you would think.

Hardly anyone talks about this subject, so hardly anyone finds the app. On the App Store, reviews help decide who gets shown it at all. Two sentences are enough.

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A rhythm you don’t have to keep in your head.