icompanion is a free (no in-app purchases, no advertisement) app and webplatform (icompanion.ms) that helps you with the home monitoring of your condition. In between your doctor’s visit, a lot of information is lost: how you feel, which symptoms you experience, how strong these are, how your disability, fatigue and cognition are changing, etc. The app is currently available in English, German, French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish.
For all of this, you’ve got a companion in me! Unlike most of the other health apps, icompanion is a registered medical device. Hence, the information you monitor with icompanion can be used by your doctor to make decisions on your health. If you log-in at icompanion.ms with the same account information, you can share your icompanion information with your doctor. This can lead to more productive conversations and there is more information at hand for your doctor on how you’ve been doing.
icompanion is very easy to use, yet full of relevant information for you. In only a few minutes a day, you will have an overview of:
- Your daily mood
- Any notes you wish to add
- All your treatments, therapies, etc
- The symptoms you’re experiencing over time
- The severity of these symptoms
In addition, icompanion contains clinical tests that have been developed by the largest academic centers and that are used worldwide to monitor Multiple Sclerosis. These tests evaluate:
- Your level of disability, through the patient reported ‘Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)’
- Your cognitive abilities, through the neuro quality of life (neuro-qol) questionnaire on cognition
- Your level of fatigue, through the neuro quality of life (neuro-qol) questionnaire on fatigue
Furthermore, icompanion allows you to upload your MRI scans to the webplatform (icompanion.ms). In this way, you can easily store all your medical scans in one secure and central space. You can scroll through your own brain scan in several directions and learn about what MRI can show (and what it doesn’t).
icompanion also includes a knowledge center, with relevant information that is explained. All of this together will help you to prepare for your doctor’s visit.
Finally, icompanion uses Apple Healthkit to collect daily steps and sleep data.
Take charge of your condition, monitor how you feel, track your health: let icompanion be your companion.
The icompanion team wants to learn your story and your ideas! Share them via support@icompanion.com.
So appreciate your switching from yellow on a white background to dark blue. Still getting used to the so. like the journal function because I can use the microphone. Some of the icons are still a little difficult to see because of contrast That’s the only reason for not five stars.
Yawn.
Vickie2u
Registering was easy after I finally found the email confirmation link the app sent me in my junk mail folder (where nothing ever goes). So far, like the other MS monitoring apps I’ve tried, it’s just a way to list how you’re feeling today, what your symptoms are, what medication you’re on...In other words, the same stuff you can enter into a private notebook without the worry of having your personal medical information hacked into on the internet. Frankly, after one day I’m already bored with it.
Developer Response
Dear Vickie,We want to reassure you that your data is secure, which is guaranteed by our ISO27001-certified environment. Our goal is to offer a way to easily track your MS, with the possibility to safely share this data with your physician. Our aim is to meet the current needs of someone living with MS as much as possible. icompanion is still evolving, and we are constantly looking for new relevant functionalities such as medication reminders, an in-app MRI viewer… Hence we would love to hear which functionalities would make your life easier!-The icompanion team
Has potential
Corran731
Not a bad app but basically worthless to me if I can’t add an entry the next day or edit past posts.
Developer Response
Hello there! On the calendar page of the app you can edit/add the data of the past days. This can be done up to 14 days in the past. We hope you will give the app another chance. Feel free to email us any more questions/requests at support@icompanion.ms, we are here to help you and make your experience as valuable as possible. - The icompanion team
No big updates here - we're just preparing for a study that will use icompanion. We hope you're doing well and enjoy using icompanion!
Version 2.2.4
The developer, Icometrix, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
Health & Fitness
Contact Info
User Content
Identifiers
Usage Data
Sensitive Info
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Icometrix inc.
Size
86.2 MB
Category
Medical
Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
