If a healthcare professional has asked you to keep a bladder diary, you’ll know it involves more than jotting down a trip to the loo. You may be asked to note when and how much you drink, when you urinate and the amount. The exact instructions vary, so follow the timescale and details requested by your own care team.
Paper charts are familiar and can work well. They can also be easy to leave at home, awkward to fill in when you’re out, and fiddly when you want to check a total later. A phone can make the record easier to carry and update, provided it stays quick to use.
Make the amount easier to record
Most of us think in cups and bottles, not millilitres. Pee & Pour lets you save the containers you use, give each one a name and enter its measured capacity. That might be your favourite mug, a water bottle or a measuring jug. For urine output, you can save a measuring container too.
Once your kit is set up, you can choose a saved item when adding an entry. You can also adjust the amount and edit an entry later if you need to correct it. The aim is to reduce repeated typing while keeping the actual amount visible in the journal.
Log from your iPhone or Apple Watch
The iPhone app has quick actions for drinks and wees. The Apple Watch companion offers the same basic choices from your wrist, with the Digital Crown available for changing the volume. New Watch entries are sent to the paired iPhone using Apple’s WatchConnectivity framework; the iPhone remains the journal’s main record.
This can be handy when your phone isn’t in reach. It doesn’t mean every entry arrives instantly in every situation: delivery depends on the connection between the Watch and iPhone.
See what you recorded, without a score
Pee & Pour brings drinks and urine output together in its Fluid Balance view. You can review the entries, totals, averages and time patterns shown by the app. It describes the information you logged; it doesn’t decide whether a pattern is healthy, set a fluid target or diagnose a condition.
If you’ve been given particular instructions about what to record, how long to keep the diary or how to manage your fluid intake, use those instructions. The app is there to keep a record, not replace advice from your healthcare professional.
A journal you choose to share
When you want a copy outside the app, you can create a PDF journal yourself and save or share it using the options on your iPhone. It includes the entries and summaries available in the journal. It’s a shareable record, not a clinically reviewed report, and your healthcare professional can tell you whether it has the information they need.
The diary is stored locally on your iPhone and no Pee & Pour account is required. Sharing a PDF or choosing an available backup is your decision. See the privacy page for more about where information goes.
A more manageable routine
A bladder diary can ask you to pay close attention to an everyday routine. The software shouldn’t add unnecessary friction or make the entries feel like a judgement. Pee & Pour is designed to make the record easier to keep, while leaving interpretation and care decisions with you and your healthcare team.
Take a look at how Pee & Pour works, or explore the bladder diary features.