Meals. Symptoms.
The whole day,
together.

The Get Regular App Store version history describes food entry by photo or text, alongside symptom logging. The purpose of a meal record is simple: leave enough detail that tomorrow you can tell what you meant. A label such as lunch may be less useful than the foods, drinks and additions you remember.

Photo-assisted analysis is an estimate. A picture may miss ingredients, preparation methods or portion sizes. Review the description rather than assuming an image captures every detail. Choose the entry method that fits what you are comfortable sharing.

A food-and-symptom diary is easier to revisit when descriptions are consistent. Use ordinary language for what happened and preserve uncertainty: around lunchtime is more honest than an exact time you cannot remember. A day with no symptoms is useful context too.

These are diary prompts, not a claim that each item has its own field in the current app. Use the available entry options, and keep any extra details in a form you can bring to an appointment.

• What: the meal or drink, including additions you would otherwise forget.
• When: the meal time and when you first noticed the symptom.
• Experience: the symptom in your own words and how it affected your day.
• Context: a bowel movement, an unusual routine or another detail you want to discuss.

Illustrative example — fictional diary notes, not an app screenshot or a typical result. These entries leave room for what is unknown instead of assigning a trigger.

For example, coffee at breakfast and bloating later that morning are two observations. The timing can prompt a question, but it cannot isolate coffee from the rest of breakfast or everything else happening that day. Keep an observed sequence separate from an explanation.

Use the record to describe what repeats and what varies. A qualified clinician or dietitian can help interpret it in the context of your symptoms and history. NIDDK notes that dietary approaches for IBS differ between people and may involve a dietitian; an app pattern is not a reason to prescribe yourself a restrictive diet.

The app's AI-assisted insights can offer a starting point for review, not proof of an intolerance. If keeping a diary becomes burdensome or distressing, discuss a more suitable approach with your healthcare professional.

If you are keeping a diary alongside IBS care, the same food, symptom and bowel record can help you describe what changed between appointments. Keep the symptom in your own words, when you noticed it and any context you want to discuss. You do not need to label a day a flare or assign an IBS subtype to record it.

NIDDK describes IBS diagnosis as a clinical assessment of symptoms and history, with examination and sometimes tests. A diary supports that conversation; it cannot confirm IBS-C, IBS-D or IBS-M, exclude another condition or tell you which treatment is appropriate.

The public release history also describes period logging and notes. Check the controls available to you rather than assuming there are separate fields for stress, sleep, urgency or symptom severity. Our IBS food-diary guide covers the recording task without making a PDF export or an app subscription a requirement.