Living with chronic pain

A chronic pain symptom tracker for pain that has outstayed its cause

A chronic illness tracker and gentle companion that already knows what chronic pain can involve — so you do not have to explain it from scratch.

What chronic pain can involve

Pain that lasts beyond three months stops behaving like an injury and starts shaping everything around it: sleep, mood, what you agree to, what you quietly stop doing. It is often invisible, frequently doubted, and difficult to describe on demand, because the question how bad is it out of ten flattens something that changes hour by hour.

A record kept over weeks says more than any single score. It shows the pattern between a busier day and the two that followed, what sleep did, and how much of the week actually worked. That is the part worth bringing to an appointment, and the part hardest to reconstruct from memory when you are tired and in pain.

How a day can feel

If your days sound anything like this, taluvu was made with you in mind.

  • “Out of ten is a stupid question and I still have to answer it.”
  • “I paid for that afternoon for three days.”
  • “Sleep and pain feed each other and I cannot break the loop.”
  • “People stopped asking, which is almost worse.”
  • “I am not being difficult, I am being careful.”

These are the kinds of things taluvu invites you to say in your own words — never a checklist of what anyone “should” have.

What taluvu helps you keep track of

Choose Chronic pain and it starts you with a palette, not a blank form.

These are things people living with chronic pain often want to keep an eye on. Remove any you do not need, add your own, and check in with a few taps on the days you have very little to give.

  • Pain
  • Fatigue
  • Poor sleep
  • Low mood
  • Stiffness
  • Reduced mobility
  • A journal in your own words, not a score
  • A plain-English week view of what stands out
  • A Doctor Summary you own and can print
  • Your care team’s details in one place

taluvu never claims one thing caused another. It shows what is worth noticing and leaves the medicine to your doctor. See how a check-in works.

A calm, colour-coded week view of someone's health story in taluvu, showing gentle patterns rather than a raw score.

Trusted information and support

Places we point people to for chronic pain.

The same sources and communities taluvu links to inside the app. They are independent of us; please check anything important with your own care team.

Information sources

Communities

Questions people ask

Chronic pain and taluvu, in plain answers.

Short, honest answers about what taluvu does and does not do for chronic pain. Nothing here is medical advice.

Is taluvu a chronic pain tracker?

Yes. Chronic pain is built into taluvu with a starting palette of pain, fatigue, poor sleep, low mood, stiffness and reduced mobility. You can add your own, and describe a day in your own words rather than only scoring it.

Do I have to score my pain out of ten?

No. You can record what happened and what it stopped you doing instead. A number on its own loses the shape of a day, and taluvu is built so the words matter as much as any scale.

Can I see what happens after a busier day?

You can see what you recorded, day by day, including the days after. taluvu notes what repeats in plain words and is careful to say that a pattern may be coincidence. It never claims one thing caused another.

Will this help me get taken seriously?

It gives you something concrete instead of trying to describe months from memory. The Doctor Summary is written from your own notes and counts the days you did not record anything, rather than pretending they went well.

Getting taluvu

Carry chronic pain with a little more company.

taluvu is an iPhone app. A membership comes with a free trial, and the price and terms are shown in full before you are ever asked to pay.

Download on the App Store See how taluvu helps See a real Doctor Summary

Other conditions

taluvu understands more than one thing at once.

Over a hundred conditions are built in, including living without a diagnosis yet. Choose as many as apply.

taluvu is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Nothing on this page is a substitute for advice from your own doctor or care team. taluvu helps you organise and describe your own experience — see the Medical & AI Disclaimer.

If you are in crisis or need urgent help, contact your local emergency services or a crisis line. In the UK, call 999 in an emergency, NHS 111 for urgent advice, or Samaritans free on 116 123.