Why track health diary in ClinicalTools
Doctors make better decisions with a timeline. "When did it start? How often? What makes it worse?" are questions a diary answers precisely and memory answers vaguely. The Health Diary in ClinicalTools is built for exactly those notes.
Each entry has a title and a body, a mood emoji, and a tag — General, Symptom, Gratitude, Goal, Question or Note — so you can keep symptom tracking, questions for your doctor and a gratitude practice in the same journal without them blurring together. Attach a photo to document a rash, a swelling, a wound healing or a medication label.
Full-text search finds the entry from months ago when you had "that same dizziness", and the chronological list gives your doctor the timeline they asked for.
Three steps, every time.
Write the entry
Title, what happened, how you feel, and a tag. Add a photo if it helps.
Keep going
Daily, or just when something happens — the diary works either way.
Search when it matters
Find every entry mentioning a symptom, a drug or a food in seconds.
What the Health Diary tool does
Six tags
General, Symptom, Gratitude, Goal, Question and Note keep different kinds of entries organised.
Photo attachments
Attach a picture to an entry — invaluable for skin changes, swelling, wound healing and medication labels.
Full-text search
Search titles and bodies across every entry to build a timeline of a recurring symptom.
Mood on every entry
A quick emoji alongside the text, complementing the numeric Mood Journal.
Questions for your doctor
Tag questions as they occur to you, then search the tag before the appointment.
Private by design
Entries and photos are stored on your device and are never uploaded to any server.
For diagnosis journeys, chronic illness and caregivers
People waiting for a diagnosis — migraine, autoimmune conditions, IBS, allergies — often spend months trying to describe a pattern; a dated, searchable diary with photos does it for them. Caregivers use it to record a parent's symptoms between visits. And the Gratitude tag is there for the days you want to note something good.
Your health diary data stays yours.
No account, no login, no server run by us. Data lives on your iPhone or iPad. Every export and share is something you start.
Health Diary — common questions
Is the health diary free?
Health Diary is part of ClinicalTools Pro, a one-time $9.99 purchase with no subscription.
Can I add photos?
Yes. Each entry can include a photo, stored privately on your device with the entry.
Can I search old entries?
Yes. Full-text search covers every entry, so you can find all mentions of a symptom or medication.
How is this different from the Mood Journal?
Mood Journal is a one-tap numeric rating with tags, designed for trends. Health Diary is free-form writing with photos, designed for detail. Many people use both.
Is it private?
Yes. Diary entries and photos stay on the device where you wrote them and are never sent to us or any third party.