Frequently asked questions

No. Steady Belly is a self-tracking and educational tool to help you notice patterns in your own symptoms, meals, and recovery. It doesn't diagnose, treat, or replace your doctor. Always talk to a qualified healthcare provider about your symptoms and before changing your diet, medication, or care.

If the app's dashboard shows a "when to get help" warning — or you notice things like a high fever, severe or worsening abdominal pain, or persistent vomiting on your own — contact your doctor. If it feels like an emergency, call 911 or go to urgent care. Steady Belly's warnings are meant to prompt you to check in with a real clinician, not to tell you what's wrong.

Three ways, all on the Log tab: type a description and tap Identify for an instant nutrition and fiber estimate; tap Snap Photo and let AI estimate it from a picture; or tap Scan Barcode for packaged food, which looks up real nutrition facts and just estimates the soluble/insoluble fiber split. All three land in the same place — review what it found (portion size is adjustable if it looks off), then tap Save today's entry.

Yes — tap Speak your entry at the top of the Log tab and talk naturally, the way you'd describe your day to a friend: "had oatmeal for breakfast, pain's about a 3, feeling bloated." Tap Stop when you're done, and you'll see exactly what it heard on screen first — fix anything that got misheard, or type it instead if voice didn't work well, before anything is analyzed.

Once you confirm, it fills in whatever you mentioned — meal and nutrition, pain level, flare status, stool type, individual symptoms, stress, sleep, alcohol, NSAID use, weight — directly into the form. It only fills in what you actually said; anything you didn't mention is left alone. Nothing saves until you review the form and tap Save today's entry, so it's always a chance to double-check before it's recorded.

Say as much or as little as you want — one detail or your whole day at once both work. Voice input needs Chrome, Edge, or Safari (Firefox doesn't support it) and a working microphone.

Steady Belly Plus is $7.99/month or $49.99/year, and unlocks the weekly AI summary, unlimited doctor-report exports, and caregiver sharing. We're still finishing billing setup — nothing is being charged yet, so these features are free to use in the meantime.

Go to Settings → Subscription. You can pause instead of canceling if you just want a break — your data and history stay exactly as they are, and everything picks back up when you resume.

Yes — any Steady Belly Plus charge is covered by a 14-day, no-questions-asked refund. Email support@steadybelly.app within 14 days of being charged. See our full Refund Policy for details. A refund ends your Plus access but never touches your logs or data.

Go to Settings → Your data and download a PDF (clinical-style report, good for a doctor visit) or an Excel spreadsheet (everything you've logged). Both cover your full history, not just a recent window, and you can do this as many times as you want.

Go to Settings → Danger zone → Delete my account. You'll be asked to confirm, and you can export your data first if you want to keep a copy. Deletion removes your logs, profile, and Google sign-in access — it can't be undone, and no email is required.

A meal photo is downscaled and sent to Google's Gemini API to estimate its nutrition and fiber — only the resulting numbers and a small thumbnail are kept with your log. A spoken entry is turned into text by your browser (not by us) and that text is analyzed the same way a typed entry would be. Neither is used for anything beyond generating your log entry.

No. We don't sell your data or use your health information for advertising, ever. See our full Privacy Policy for exactly what we collect and why.

Email support@steadybelly.app — billing, deletion, a bug, or anything else. One person reads that inbox and answers within 72 hours. If you're asking for a refund, what counts is the date you email us — send it inside your 14-day window and it's covered, however long we take to reply.