Understanding your scores
A score is a summary. Ask what it summarizes.
Read Get Regular’s Gut, Nutrition and Regular Scores alongside the entries behind them. Understand the difference between an app summary, a Bristol type and a diagnosis.
A number can make a dashboard easier to scan. It still needs an explanation: which entries contribute, what is missing and what a change does or does not mean.
Three names are described publicly
The product listing and release history name Gut, Nutrition and Regular Scores. They are app summaries that give you another way to look back at your entries. They are not blood tests, microbiome measurements or diagnostic results.
The published privacy policy describes the Gut Health Score as using the past seven days of entries, with more weight on recent information. The complete formulas and clinical cutoffs are not published in those sources, so a particular number should not be interpreted as a health verdict.
| Name | What the product describes | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Gut Health Score | A daily summary; the policy describes a recent seven-day window. | Look at the underlying entries and the period covered, rather than treating the number as a diagnosis. |
| Nutrition Score | A daily nutrition score and a score for a food being considered. | Food analysis uses estimates, which can miss portions, ingredients or preparation details. |
| Regular Score | A third score shown alongside Gut and Nutrition in the release history. | It is an app label, not a clinical range. Return to your bowel and other records for context. |
| Streak | A separate habit feature described in release notes. | A streak records an app-defined pattern; it is not a complete measure of digestive health. |
Read the underlying entries too
A summary is only as interpretable as its inputs. Before drawing a conclusion from a change, check which days you recorded, whether your logging routine changed and whether the entries match your experience. A gap is unknown information; it should not be read as evidence of improvement or deterioration.
Two people with different logging habits cannot assume that matching scores mean matching health. Nor does a higher score prove that a food, supplement or routine caused an improvement. The same caution applies when comparing two periods in your own record.
- Check the period covered and how much information you entered.
- Look at the specific observation behind a rise or fall.
- Keep symptoms and your own experience in view alongside the number.
- Do not use a score to diagnose a condition or decide that medical care is unnecessary.
Stool-form evidence has a specific scope
The Bristol scale describes stool form; a proprietary app score combines or interprets information according to a separate method. Research supporting the scale cannot establish the validity of that separate method. A claim about a score needs evidence about the score itself.
A higher app score is not proof that a food, supplement or routine has improved your health. This page does not assign healthy ranges or clinical cutoffs to the scores, or prescribe a way to change them.
When the number and your day feel different
Start with the record: did you log the whole period, add an entry later, edit a meal or leave a symptom unrecorded? These questions help you inspect the context without assuming that a particular edit caused a particular numerical change.
If a score conflicts with how you feel, keep your symptoms and experience in view. A dashboard does not override a health concern or the advice of a professional who knows your history. For a software question, contact hello@getregular.com with the app version and feature involved.
Your questions, answered.
Is a score a medical diagnosis?
No. It is an app-generated summary. It cannot diagnose a condition, rule out illness or tell you that medical care is unnecessary.
Is the Regular Score the same as a Bristol type?
No. A Bristol type describes stool form on the seven-type scale. Regular Score is a separate product label; evidence about the Bristol scale does not validate an app’s scoring formula.
Can I compare my score with someone else’s?
Matching numbers do not establish matching health. People can record different information with different levels of completeness. Your own entries and experience provide the context.