Notes on noticing, recovering, and remembering.
Short, calm pieces on keeping track of how you and the people you look after feel — and what to bring to your doctor or practitioner.
The app that began with a cold
How a week under the weather — and a notes app full of half-remembered symptoms — turned into Underweather.
Why Underweather never tells you what to take
It will hold your notes and help you prepare for a visit. What it won't do is hand you a diagnosis.
Why everything stays on your device
Health notes are about as personal as it gets. Here's the plain version of where yours live.
What to write down when your child is unwell
When a child is sick, the days run together. A few notes make the picture clearer.
Hay fever season: keeping a simple diary
When the pollen rises each spring, a few notes show you what your season looks like.
Keeping track of someone else's medications
When you're the one who remembers — for a parent, or anyone you look after.
Keeping a gentle recovery diary after an operation
The weeks after surgery are slow and blurry. A small daily note keeps the shape of it.
How to keep a symptom diary
A few lines a day, kept honestly, tell you more than a fortnight of remembering.
Keeping a record of an ongoing condition
When it lasts years, the useful record is the shape across seasons.
Noting sleep, energy and mood
Not ill exactly — but something has shifted, and a few weeks of notes will show it.
A nudge, not a nag
Reminders that leave you alone, and a record of what was actually taken.
What to note before you see a doctor or practitioner
A short, calm list of the things worth writing down before an appointment.