iStayHealthy versions 1 And Beyond

After recent upgrades to iStayHealthy this is what's going to happen next:

• localised versions. My initial plan is to bring out a German version, followed by French and Spanish.
• how to sync your iStayHealthy data with other devices? Let's be honest: in today's market we hardly stay with one device for more than 2 years (if that long). Also, we may have more than one. So how can I share my iStayHealthy data with all new and extra mobile devices? Part of the answer lies in Apple's recent announcement of iCloud. Apple being Apple, iCloud promises to sync data/documents from iPhone (iOS) apps seamlessly . The other part of the solution is to choose another cloud service, that makes users independent from Apple's services - e.g. in case they want to move to say Android.
• Talking of Android: yes, there will be an Android version of iStayHealthy. Anticipated launch will be towards the end of this year.

Version 1.1.1 available for download

The new version (1.1.1) for iStayHealthy is now available for download.

iStayHealthy 1.1.1 Submitted today

I submitted a new maintenance release of iStayHealthy today. This addresses the following issues:

1. 'Undetectable' Viral Loads didn't show up in the viral load charts. Fixed.
2. 'Undetectable' text font changed in charts to make it more readable.
3. Adding a non-HIV drug in 'Other Meds' - the start date cell didn't work. Fixed.
4. Adding an alert - changing the label text reverted to the original after changing Repeats or Sounds. This is fixed, and the label text remains.
5. Changing the alert: the sound file name had its file extension (.caf) added. This could lead to multiple additions, e.g. xylophone.caf.caf. This has been fixed, and no extension is added.

iStayHealthy 1.1 available on iTunes

The new version (1.1) of iStayHealthy is now available for download from iTunes. As mentioned before the new version has a number of improvements:

• medication list (HIV drugs) is completely reworked. Each medication is listed with a photo for ease of identification. Users can also select all the combination drugs they have been prescribed in one.
• Make a note in case you forget to take your medication. Simply click on your HIV drugs in the HIV drugs tab and enter the date when you forgot to take them. A feature you hopefully won't need to make use of.
• CD4 % is now listed as well as CD4 count and Viral Load.

Known issues:

There are 2 minor issues that crept into the last version.

1. undetectable Viral Loads will not show up in the charts.
2. when adding other (non HIV) medication the Date cell doesn't bring up the date selector.

I fixed both issues and will submit a maintenance release (v1.1.1) to Apple iTunes within the next couple of days.

Version 1.1 of iStayHealthy Submitted

A new version of iStayHealthy (v1.1) has been submitted to Apple AppStore today. I am now waiting for the app to be reviewed.

As announced earlier the new app will have a number of new features

1. add CD4% values to your results
2. users can now edit the results even after they entered them. Reason for this is that sometimes results don't arrive all at the same time.
3. HIV Medication table is completely reworked and lists all licensed HIV drugs with pictures.
4. In the HIV Drugs section, users can click on their selected drugs and make a note in case they forget to take them. THis will also show up in the charts.
5. Also updated the layout of all views and charts

Let's wait and see what Apple will say.

iStayHealthy tips

iStayHealthy has powerful features to help you monitor your health

1. Rotate your device to look at CD4 and Viral Load together

• In standard (portrait) mode click on CD4 or Viral in the chart to look at the charts separately

• Don't forget to take your meds. Touch the 'Alerts' tab and add an alarm from a list of licensed anit-HIV drugs.

News on iStayHealthy

iStayHealthy - the iPhone app for HIV positive people is getting some traction.

• check out this announcement (www.massage33.com)
• an ad will be placed in QX Magazine (UK) - 12 May edition with a release in QX's newsletter

Here is the final list of new features/fixes for the forthcoming iStayHealthy upgrade v1.1

HIV Drugs Menu

• The medication selection has been completely revamped. Instead of the 'wheel' users will be able to select from a list of medication, each entry containing an image of the medication, the full drug name as well as commercial name. Drugs will be divided into types such as 'combination tablets', protease inhibitors, nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI/NtRTI) etc.
• Users will be able to tap on their current medication and make a note in case they miss a dose.

Other Medication Menu

• When creating a new 'other medication' entry, users will also be able to enter a dose in mg.
• The list with 'Other Medication' has been redesigned as some of the longer drug names got truncated.

Results Menu

• Users will be able to enter the CD4 percentage (CD4/CD8 ratio) as well as the CD4 cell count result

Charts Menu

• the chart section in portrait mode will show 3 sections, CD4, CD4% and Viral Load.
• in landscape mode users will be able to select between CD4/Viral Load and CD4%/Viral Load.
• the Viral Load vertical axis will get an indicator for 'undetectable'. The maximum value for Viral Load will be limited to 1000000 (instead of 10000000).

Info Menu

• Completely revamped and redesigned. Will include a number of additional info instead of just CD4 and Viral Load.

The new version is currently being finalised and tested and should be submitted to the Apple AppStore end of May.