START WITH A COMPLIMENTARY TRIAL WHEN YOU JOIN BALANCE!
Finding wellness while living with chronic illness, chronic symptoms, fatigue, or inflammation can feel overwhelming — especially when your body has “good days” and flare days. The Balance App is here to make it simpler. Created by Board-Certified Integrative & Functional Nutrition Practitioner and Exercise Physiologist Kristie Calise, who has personally navigated chronic illness herself, Balance: Chronic Illness Care is a lifestyle app built for people managing conditions like MCAS, POTS, autoimmune disease, MS, mold illness, Lyme, and more.
This is not another “no-rest-days” fitness app. Balance is symptom-friendly and flare-friendly, combining low-impact workouts, gentle movement, foundational healing habits, nervous system support, and anti-inflammatory nutrition—so you can build consistency without burnout.
WHAT’S INSIDE BALANCE
-Balance Tracker: 6 built in habits to support energy, inflammation + fewer symptoms
-Weekly low-impact, gentle workouts released every Sunday at 5pm EST (strength, mobility, barre, recovery, bodyweight)
-Flare-friendly movement library with beginner options and symptom-sensitive sessions
-Reset tools for nervous system regulation: meditation, breathwork, gentle yoga, calming practices
-Recipe Vault: anti-inflammatory recipes and whole-food meals with filters for therapeutic diets and food sensitivities (including paleo, low histamine, gluten-free, dairy-free options)
-Supportive community spaces with people who truly get chronic conditions
WHY BALANCE WORKS
Because when you’re living with chronic illness, you don’t need more pressure — you need a plan that adapts to your real life. Balance meets you where you are on both flare days and good days, with gentle movement, nervous system support, foundational habit tracking, and anti-inflammatory nutrition to help you feel more steady, more confident, and more like you again — one small win at a time.
TRIAL & MEMBERSHIP DETAILS
-Complimentary trial available for new members
-Choose from monthly, 3-month, or 6-month subscription options
-Cancel anytime — no penalties or hidden fees
Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your membership anytime in your device account settings.
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Whether you’re a beginner or beginning again due to some health challenges… this app is great!The simple daily tracker is a great way to concentrate on simple daily changes that can make a big difference!Another bonus to this app is being able to choose between meditation, yoga, stretching, gentle movement, too challenging workouts depending on how you and your body are feeling that particular day! Highly recommend!
Developer Response
Thank you so much for this sweet review! It means so much to hear that Balance is supporting you whether you’re just getting started or starting again through health challenges. I’m so glad you’re enjoying the daily tracker and the flexibility to choose what your body needs each day. Thank you for being here and for sharing this! 🖤
Not what I expected
mommasbubblybee
The app being titled “balance: chronic illness care” gave me expectations of things like symptom trackers, maybe resources for symptom relief, accessible workouts for different chronic illnesses, recipes inclusive for all dietary needs, etc and this is more like a healthy living app than a chronic illness care app. I gave it 3 stars because it isn’t a bad app, just not at all what I expected when I read “chronic illness care” and see tags of my diagnoses, like MCAs pots fibro dysautonomia, I just don’t see how this app would help me to better track symptoms and care for myself therefore it isn’t really useful in my daily lineup
Developer Response
Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. I’m so sorry the Balance App was not what you expected.I completely understand where the disconnect came from. Balance is not meant to be a symptom-tracking app, as there are already several tools out there that do that well. Our goal is to provide the next step: supportive resources to help individuals with chronic illness implement the lifestyle pieces that can help minimize flares and better manage the day-to-day, including gentle movement, nervous system support, foundational habits, and nourishing recipes.The Balance Tracker is designed around 6 core daily habits we recommend focusing on to support the body, rather than customized symptom logging. We’re also continuing to build out the app’s libraries, and we’ve recently added options like Gentle Bed Stretch and Seated Shoulder Strength to better support flare days and conditions like dysautonomia and POTS. The recipe vault can also be filtered for needs like gluten-free, paleo, and low histamine.Your feedback is incredibly helpful and shows us that we need to make our messaging even clearer about what the app is — and is not. Balance was created from both professional expertise and lived experience with chronic illness, and our heart is truly to support this community well. Thank you again for sharing your experience!
Easy to use
TmurphBJ
I love how easy this app makes working out! You don’t need a separate timer if you need to switch a workout for something else you can it. Don’t know how to do a move there’s a gif right there to show you. I love the added feature where it shows you what’s up next too! Just press start and you’re good to go.
Developer Response
Thanks so much for your positive feedback! We love having you in the Balance Community!
A complete week of workouts at your finger tips!
pandanoy522
I’ve been using Kristie’s #Balance app for several months now and I LOVE it more and more with every week! No more struggling to figure out what to do…I log in and within about 30 minutes, I’ve completed a fantastic, easy to follow, work out! Love this! #BalanceLife
Developer Response
Thanks you so much for your positive review! I'm so happy to hear that the #balance workouts and community are helping you find that balance at home!
- Improved onboarding
- Improved video library
Version 8.1.0
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