01 · Begin with purpose
Do not track everything simply because you can.
The most valuable record is not the biggest one. It is the one that is consistent enough to answer a real question.
Choose a question before choosing a card
Examples: “Is my home blood pressure settling after a medication change?”, “How often does this pain interrupt my work?”, “Is alcohol affecting my sleep?”, or “What should I bring to my next review?” Your question determines the tracker, the context worth recording, and how often you need to look at the trend.
Use the smallest useful set
For many people, three or four active cards are enough. Blood pressure, blood glucose, weight, and sleep are available as a practical starting set for new profiles, but you should keep only what serves your situation. Vices and reproductive trackers remain opt-in.
02 · Your first week
Build trust in the record before looking for conclusions.
- Choose one focus. Decide what you want to understand over the next seven days.
- Set up only the relevant cards. Review units, reminders, and personal goals where they apply.
- Record at a comparable time or situation. Consistency often matters more than frequency.
- Add context that changes meaning. Meal timing, posture, symptoms, or an unusual event can matter more than a long generic note.
- Review after several entries. A single point is a record, not a trend or diagnosis.
03 · Navigate with confidence
The five areas answer five different questions.
| Area | Use it when you want to… |
|---|---|
| Today | See the latest state of your active cards and add a new entry quickly. |
| History | Find the exact chronology, filter to a category or tracker, and inspect an individual entry. |
| Add | Choose manual or supported voice entry, create a personal card, or import an original document. |
| Insights | See tracker-aware trends and summaries made only from your saved data. |
| Records | Manage Medical ID, medicines, vaccinations, stored reports, backups, and clinician PDFs. |
04 · Create reliable entries
Enter → Review → Save.
That short rhythm is the foundation of the app. Enter the value and relevant context, review the proposed record, then save only when it reflects what actually happened.
Use manual entry when precision matters
Manual forms are structured for the selected tracker. Blood pressure keeps systolic, diastolic, and optional pulse separate. Glucose keeps meal context. Alcohol keeps beverage, number of drinks, volume, and confirmed ABV separate instead of guessing a regional “standard drink.”
Correct the time when needed
Every entry has an exact timestamp. If you are recording something that happened earlier, adjust the date and time rather than leaving a misleading “now.”
Keep notes selective
A short note is helpful when the circumstance may explain or identify the reading. Avoid copying sensitive information that does not help you use the record.
05 · Assisted voice
Speak naturally, then verify the transcript and values.
Voice entry currently supports six standard measurements—blood pressure, glucose, heart rate, oxygen saturation, temperature, and weight—and eligible personal cards that you explicitly enable.
- Select the card you want to fill.
- Read and enable secure transcription for that recording.
- Speak one complete reading in your own words.
- Edit the transcript if recognition made a mistake.
- Check the proposed value and save explicitly.
Voice is a convenience, not an authority. If the transcript and the device disagree, use the device reading.
06 · Personal cards
Track something the ready-made library does not cover.
You can create up to five active personal templates inside each of Vitals, Vices, Well-being, and Reproductive. Choose a value type—Number, Count, Duration, Rating, Yes/No, or Text—then add an optional unit and useful context choices.
When voice works with a personal card
If you enable voice for a supported personal template, the same reviewed voice flow becomes available. It records one value plus optional context or note. It does not invent a complex multi-field form from arbitrary speech.
A good personal-card example
“Pain level” can use a 0–10 rating, optional location, and situational context. That creates a chartable record without pretending that the number alone is a diagnosis.
07 · History and Insights
Chronology tells you what happened. Insights helps you see shape.
History preserves every individual event and timestamp. Free shows the latest 30 days; Premium can show all time. Start with All categories when you want the complete visible chronology, then narrow by tracker or date.
Insights adapts to the tracker. Blood pressure keeps systolic and diastolic separate. Glucose keeps fasting, before-meal, and after-meal contexts distinct. Counts and durations can total across the day. Weight uses the latest reading for a day rather than averaging unrelated weigh-ins.
08 · Records and documents
Keep originals organized without promising unreliable extraction.
Import a PDF or image from Files or Photos, or photograph a paper document. Add its category, date, title, source, and note, then save it to the app’s private local storage. Blood work, body composition/BMI, prescriptions, vaccination records, imaging, visit notes, discharge summaries, and other documents can all live in the repository.
There is no app-imposed document-count limit. The practical boundary is your device’s available storage. Duplicate-file detection helps prevent storing the exact same imported file twice.
Repository, not automated medical interpretation
The V1 Records experience is intentionally a searchable, categorized repository. General-purpose report extraction and comparison are not presented as reliable launch features. Open the original when exact source evidence matters.
09 · Prepare for an appointment
Create a focused clinician PDF—not a data dump.
From Records, choose a period and the sections worth sharing: Medical ID, measurement summaries, medicines, vaccinations, and a document index. Measurement summaries group populated trackers, show counts and descriptive statistics, and include compact trends where appropriate.
Control the detail
Keep the detailed-reading appendix off for a concise summary, include the latest 20 readings, or include all readings when the recipient truly needs them. Original stored documents are not silently attached.
Open, verify, then share
The PDF is generated on the device and opens immediately. Read it before sharing. Up to five generated clinician PDFs can be retained in the app; delete one before generating a sixth. Sharing begins only when you choose the operating-system share action.
A structured JSON export is also available for portability and backup. It does not embed the original PDF or image files.
10 · Make it sustainable
A small weekly rhythm is enough.
During the week
- Record close to the event.
- Use comparable conditions.
- Correct mistakes instead of duplicating entries.
- Add context only when it helps interpretation.
Once a week
- Look for gaps or surprising changes.
- Check whether a personal card still earns its place.
- Review—not overreact to—individual outliers.
- Prepare questions for care when needed.
11 · Safety and privacy
Know what the app can—and cannot—do.
- Vitals & Vices is a personal record and reflection tool, not a medical device or diagnosis service.
- Displayed statuses are informational and depend on the selected reference or personal goal.
- Do not delay urgent care because of an app label or trend.
- Saved records and imported documents currently stay on the device; keep important originals elsewhere.
- Removing the app may remove its locally stored data.
- Review every transcript, extracted candidate, export, and shared record for accuracy.
Read the full privacy policy or visit Support for troubleshooting.