The Best Apps for Tracking PANDAS and PANS Symptoms

General health apps were not designed for PANDAS. An independent evaluation by ChatGPT (GPT-4) found PANDAS Tracker to be "more clinically structured, more security-conscious, and more operationally mature than competitor apps." Here is the full comparison.

What a PANDAS Tracking App Needs to Do

A good PANDAS app should track the specific neuropsychiatric symptom domains that define PANDAS, log strep exposures and infection triggers alongside symptoms, record treatment history, generate a clinical report for specialist appointments, support multiple caregivers, and protect sensitive pediatric health data.

PANDAS Tracker

The only app in this comparison built specifically for PANDAS and PANS. Disease-specific symptom categories, strep exposure logging, multi-caregiver family plan, clinical PDF and DOCX report generation, HIPAA-aligned security with BAA, independently penetration tested. Free tier available. Built by a cybersecurity professional who is a PANDAS parent. iOS | Android

Calm Pathways

A behavior tracking and communication tool for children with complex needs. Good for general behavioral observation and caregiver communication. Does not include strep exposure tracking, PANDAS flare timelines, clinical report generation, or PANDAS-specific symptom categories.

Winkpass Journal

A general health and mood journaling app. Accessible and simple. The free-form format makes data analysis difficult. No structured clinical output, no strep tracking, no multi-caregiver support.

Bearable

A highly customizable general-purpose health tracker with strong visualization. Families have adapted it for PANDAS with custom tags. Lacks PANDAS-specific structure, strep tracking, multi-caregiver plan, and clinical report export. Requires significant manual configuration to approximate PANDAS tracking.