Guide
Check seven things: whether it needs a prescription, what it costs and whether you must sign up, whether an Apple Watch is required, whether it records all day, how it decides a pattern is real, whether it measures how your own doses work, and where your health data goes. The table below shows how Kampa answers each, and what varies among other apps.
| What to check | Kampa | Other apps |
|---|---|---|
| Prescription | Not needed - on the App Store | Some are prescription-only, through a clinic |
| Cost | Free, no subscription | Some charge a subscription or a one-time price, or sell features in the app |
| Getting started | No account, no sign-up - download it and start | Many make you create an account first |
| Apple Watch | Optional - iPhone alone works | Several need one for tremor tracking |
| All-day tremor and dyskinesia | Yes, with an Apple Watch | Common among watch-based apps |
| How findings are made | Fixed statistical tests on your own record - the same data always gives the same answer, and no AI model decides what is real | Some use AI language models, which can state a pattern your data does not support |
| How your own doses work | Each medication measured on your doses, against matched times without one, with the number of doses it rests on | Varies - ask whether findings are tested or only plotted |
| Meals and protein | Records protein and checks it against dose timing | Varies |
| Report for your neurologist | Yes - a PDF made on your phone, to send by email, message or AirDrop, or print | Some offer reports or clinic dashboards |
| Your data | Your health data stays on your iPhone and your private iCloud | Some store data on company servers or use it for research - read the privacy policy |
| Regulatory status | Not a medical device | Some are FDA-cleared medical devices |
Every finding comes from fixed statistical tests run on your phone: enough days, enough readings on both sides of a comparison, measured against matched times, and a difference unlikely to be chance. Run the same data twice and you get the same answer, and each card shows how many days or doses it rests on.
Kampa does not use an AI language model to find patterns. Language models write fluent sentences, but they can also state a confident pattern that is not in your data - and in a health app, a false pattern can lead someone to change what they eat or do. When a finding stops holding up, Kampa retires its card.
An FDA-cleared app has been through a regulatory review for a specific medical use, often tied to a prescription and a clinic. Kampa is a personal tracking tool: it does not diagnose or treat, and it never suggests a medication change. Which fits depends on whether your neurologist prescribes a monitoring program or you want to understand your own days.
Does it ever tell you something made no difference? An app that only shows findings, never misses, is narrating rather than measuring. Kampa reports a null result as a result.
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Kampa is free on the App Store, with no subscription and no account to create. Questions? info@kampa.health reaches the people who build it.
Kampa is a personal tracking tool, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat or give medical advice, and it never suggests a change to your medication.