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Bladder diary guides and app updates
Short, practical answers to the questions people ask before a urology appointment, and what's new in the app. No norms, no diagnoses: how to keep the record, and what the doctor does with it.
App updateBladder Diary: Fluid Balance 1.2 is on the App Store
1.2 adds an urge rating on output entries — five levels, in the diary, the PDF report and the CSV — plus reminders only on days with no entries, easy access to yesterday, and four new languages.
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GuidePaper bladder diary vs app: what the studies say
Compliance, memory and accuracy in paper versus electronic diaries, what app reviews found lacking, and how to choose without switching halfway through.
GuideBladder diary for overactive bladder and leaks: what to write down
Urgency, leaks, pads and what you were doing: how clinic forms ask for them, how to score them the same way every time, and where they go in a plain diary.
GuideBladder diary for nocturia: how to record night-time trips
A nocturia diary: where the night starts and ends, how the first morning void is counted, and what to write down so your doctor can read the night pattern.
GuideWhat does a bladder diary show? What your urologist reads
The things a clinician reads in a bladder diary: frequency, voided volumes, night-time output, intake and completeness. Without norms or self-diagnosis.
GuideBladder diary example: one full day, line by line
One full example day from a bladder diary: fifteen lines with drinks, trips, a not-measured tick and a night trip, and what each line tells the clinician.
GuideHow to measure urine output at home for a bladder diary
A measuring jug, a toilet hat or an estimate: three ways to record how much you pass, what to do when you did not measure, and how to keep the times right.
GuideBladder diary: how many days is enough?
What NICE, the ICS and clinic leaflets ask for, whether the days must be consecutive, and why a complete short diary beats a long patchy one.
GuideHow to keep a bladder diary: what to record, step by step
What a bladder diary records, how to fill it in, a worked example, and what to bring to the appointment. Written by an app developer, not a doctor. App updateBladder Diary: Fluid Balance 1.0 is on the App Store
The first release, 29 August 2026: a bladder diary for iPhone and Apple Watch. Two taps per entry, a PDF report for your doctor, nothing leaves your phone.Keep the diary on your phone
Two taps per entry, a PDF report at the end. No account, no server, nothing leaves your phone.
