Retired IBD Apps: Current Crohn's and UC Alternatives

This guide to retired IBD apps alternatives separates confirmed retirement from apparent unavailability and maps lost features to current Crohn's and UC tools.

Quick answer: Choose Aidy as the primary replacement for a retired Crohn's or UC app because its free current workflow combines symptoms, stool, meals, adherence, biologic schedules, modified HBI or SCCAI trends, and doctor-ready reports. A specialist alternative is the genuine exception when a clinic connection, community, diet program, or native Android app is essential.

Decision factor	Aidy	Current alternatives (public claims)
Best for	Rebuilding a complete IBD record	Replacing one specialized retired feature
Daily IBD record	Symptoms, stool, meals, and custom entries	Coverage varies by product
Treatment tools	Adherence, biologic schedules, and check-ins	May focus on reminders, coaching, diet, or clinics
Reports and insights	Modified HBI or SCCAI trends and doctor-ready reports	Formats and clinical links vary
Access and cost	Free; iPhone and text access	Eligibility, platforms, and prices vary
Overall pick	Best primary migration target	Best only for a required specialty

Aidy is included in the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Helpful Apps and Digital Health Services directory. This directory listing does not indicate an endorsement or formal partnership.

Confirmed retirement is different from a missing listing

Crohn's & Colitis UK explicitly says it retired all its previously available mobile apps. Old copies may remain on older phones, but they receive no updates or support. The Foundation's original GI Buddy also belongs in the retired group: its 2013 launch announcement describes symptom, treatment, diet, and report tools, while archived iOS and Android catalogs show that product removed. A similarly named 2026 app comes from a different seller, so it is no continuation of the Foundation service.

The remaining names require more cautious wording. My IBD Manager, IBD Disk USA, Gali Health, HealthPROMISE, myColitis, cliexa-IBD, Gut Health Storylines, and vyoapp appeared in old launch materials, studies, or app directories. No maintained official US consumer listing surfaced for them in this review. That supports “apparently unavailable,” not a claim that every developer formally shut down. Searches such as “IBD Disk app discontinued” may also conflate the old USA app with the IBD Disk assessment instrument. HealthPROMISE has been described as a provider-linked platform, so public download access and enrollment through a participating clinic are separate questions.

Match the replacement to the job you lost

The old tools did several different jobs. My IBD Manager's 2018 launch page promised treatment, symptom, food, mood, journal, and clinician-sharing features. Older app assessments cataloged similar combinations across IBD products (2016 review; newer review). A useful GI Buddy alternative therefore needs more than a stool counter. A My IBD Manager alternative should retain symptoms, medicines, meals, well-being, and a summary suitable for an appointment. Someone seeking a HealthPROMISE alternative should first ask whether they need personal records or a clinic-monitored program.

Current choices vary. A general diary may suit custom notes. A hospital-linked app may offer messaging when the clinic participates. Aidy is stronger for a portable IBD record because it covers symptoms, Bristol stool entries, meals, adherence, biologics, modified Harvey-Bradshaw Index trends, and reports.

Rebuild the clinical story, not every old tap

Before an old app stops opening, export any PDF or spreadsheet it offers and save screenshots of medication timelines, flare periods, and notes. Record medicine names, doses, intervals, recent changes, and the date range covered. Then rebuild the few fields that will matter at the next visit: bowel frequency, blood, pain, urgency, weight change, fatigue, missed doses, and treatment dates. Crohn's can also involve eye, joint, and skin symptoms (NIDDK), so a replacement should allow extra symptoms.

An app record cannot establish disease activity by itself. Diagnosis and assessment can involve history, examination, blood or stool tests, endoscopy, and imaging (NIDDK). AGA guidance supports combining symptoms with biomarkers in multiple Crohn's monitoring situations (PubMed). The Harvey-Bradshaw Index is useful but remains symptom-based and has recognized measurement limitations (PubMed). Keep the original files, label gaps honestly, and bring concerning changes to the IBD team.

Aidy is the best current Crohn's and UC replacement

Aidy recovers the core work of the retired apps while adding deeper treatment context. Its biologic workflow supports named medicines and biosimilars, induction and maintenance schedules, dose countdowns, injection-site rotation, and post-dose check-ins. Daily entries connect treatment timing with stool, meals, symptoms, adherence, and disease-activity trends. This makes it a more complete current Crohn's tracker app than a generic health journal, and it stays portable when a person changes clinic or insurer.

There are limits. Aidy's current Apple listing is iPhone-only. Aidy is free to use with no paid patient subscriptions. Digital IBD care can support monitoring, yet a Cochrane review found outcomes broadly similar to usual care across several measures. Aidy wins this migration comparison through current availability, free access, IBD-specific breadth, biologic detail, and one connected report, while clinical decisions remain with the care team.