# GI Buddy > Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) symptom and treatment tracker with health reporting. (iPhone/iPad app by Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, Inc.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gi-buddy/id579320415 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/579320418) - Category: Medical, Education - Price: Free - Rating: 2.40/5 from 16 App Store ratings · 50 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 8.0 · 12 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2012-11-29 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gi-buddy/id579320415/reviews.md ## What is GI Buddy? GI Buddy is designed to help you easily and conveniently track important aspects of your inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and create comprehensive views of your health to share with your healthcare team. Log your Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms. Stay on top of your IBD treatment. Record the foods you eat. Monitor your overall well-being. And see how everything you’re logging comes together in email reports! By logging this information as often as possible, you can share the total picture of your health with your healthcare team and, together, work to improve your IBD management and quality of life. ## Key features - Track IBD symptoms - Log food intake - Monitor well-being - Manage IBD treatment - Generate email health reports ## Recent user reviews (10 of 50) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gi-buddy/id579320415/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Isn’t working *2021-05-04, version 2.3* I couldn’t even get past the sign up screen before it crashed ### 3/5 — Crash *2018-03-24, version 2.3* This app kept crashing when I was trying to set it up for the first time. So frustrating! ### 3/5 — Useful, app needs to be fixed *2018-02-01, version 2.3* If you go Home -> Symptoms -> Add Symptoms, the GUI works fine. If you go Log -> Symptoms -> Add Symptoms, the GUI page that loads doesn’t work. Overall, it’s a great tracker and helped me when meeting with my GI about my Colitis Symptoms. When the doctor would ask how many BMs I have on average, I can only guess because I don’t think about it much. Logging it here helped a lot. ### 2/5 — Wish it would work *2017-12-03, version 2.3* Most of the required fields are frozen so you can’t add anything. The food portion was really all I could add. ### 3/5 — This frustrates me! *2017-08-31, version 2.3* I REALLY want to love this app bc I feel it could be so helpful to those who have IBD like myself, HOWEVER, I'm getting frustrated bc aside from day one, I have been able to add my symptoms or any other important info except the foods I've eaten. When I try to click on the drop down boxes nothing happens!! Like I said, day 1 I was able too, but Everest after it hadn't worked. It's like it's frozen or something. Super annoyed bc I was excited to use this app. So as of right now I've been writing a narrative of my symptoms in the life style tab as it does let me do that. I don't even think that's what it's intended use is for, but it's the only way I can keep track right now. I'm only giving it 3 stars bc I love the idea, other than that it would give it 1 star!! Please FIX!!! ### 2/5 — Just ok... *2017-06-24, version 2.3* It's ok. But it's difficult to add symptoms, diet and other things. Sometimes it just doesn't work at all. Needs to be streamlined somehow. Quite frustrating to try to try to add something and nothing happens, or it won't save. ### 2/5 — Concept is great but super buggy! *2017-06-13, version 2.3* If this app worked consistently it would be amazing!! However there are so many bugs it made the app really frustrating and just not worth it. If they refined it and got all the bugs out it would be my GO TO for recording everything. Until then I'll just stick to journaling. ### 1/5 — Can't log symptoms. Doesn't work *2017-06-06, version 2.3* This app is not easy to use and half of the features don't work. ### 2/5 — Awkward and has problems *2016-09-16, version 2.3* The navigation within be app is a little clunky, but my big issue is that I can't add symptoms from previous days that I forgot to log. Once I figured out how to do it, theoretically, the app wouldn't let me input any data on that screen. Also I tried to email my log to myself to test it and never received the email. This could be a very useful app if the the bugs are taken care of. ### 4/5 — App with GREAT potential... *2016-05-10, version 2.3* This app can play a critical role in being able to log meals, events and symptoms over time - which in turn make it easier to pinpoint our behavior patterns related to flares. What is lacking are ease of use features - one suggestion would be to create ways to "model" set meals. If we can make a common meal record that can be cloned/copied/edited more quickly. Right now I spend too much time micro-managing my diet logging (in the tool) to select 2 eggs, black-bean salsa, salmon and rice, etc. By allowing me to select items from my menu of items would be a huge benefit in time savings! ## Frequently asked questions about GI Buddy ### What does GI Buddy do? GI Buddy helps you easily track important aspects of your inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including symptoms, food intake, and overall well-being. It allows you to stay on top of your treatment and provides comprehensive health views. ### How can GI Buddy help me manage my IBD? By consistently logging your symptoms, diet, and well-being, GI Buddy creates a detailed picture of your health. This information can be shared with your healthcare team through email reports, enabling them to better understand your condition and work with you to improve your IBD management and quality of life. ### Is GI Buddy free to use? Yes, GI Buddy is a free application. There are no costs associated with downloading or using its core features for tracking your IBD and generating health reports. ### What types of IBD can I track with GI Buddy? GI Buddy is designed to help you log symptoms and manage treatments related to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), specifically mentioning Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. It provides a platform to monitor these conditions. ## Version history (last 1 release) ### 2.3 — 2015-11-16 This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. • iOS 9 support ## Apps similar to GI Buddy | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Crohn's Disease by AZoMedical](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crohns-disease-by-azomedical/id718172163) | 2.0 (2) | Free | Medical | | [pooply](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pooply/id1447229581) | 2.4 (14) | Free | Medical | | [Nori Health](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nori-health/id1526463609) | 5.0 (2) | Free | Medical | | [Oshi Health](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oshi-health/id1518331430) | 3.3 (99) | Free | Medical | | [LivingWith™ Ulcerative Colitis](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/livingwith-ulcerative-colitis/id1666298837) | 3.9 (18) | Free | Medical | ## More apps by Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, Inc - [Crohn’s & Colitis Events](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crohns-and-colitis-events/id1525534151) - [We Can't Wait](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/we-cant-wait/id1555000039) - [Power of Two - Mentoring](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/power-of-two-mentoring/id6450351639) All apps by Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, Inc: https://appshunter.io/developer/579320418 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*