Health tracking, made calm
Keep your health in one calm place
Salve is a private app for tracking medications, vitals, and how you're feeling, with gentle reminders and a helpful companion named Sage one tap away. It runs right in your browser, with no app store, and you can look around without even signing up.
A gift for Caring Curator readers: 60 days of Premium, free
Why I built Salve
It started with someone I love
I built Salve for my partner. She lives with chronic pain and several disabilities, and just keeping track of medications, symptoms, and appointments had become its own exhausting job. I wanted one calm, private place that did the remembering for her.
It helped, so I kept building, and started sharing it with other people carrying the same load. Calm mode is the latest step: it pares the app back to large text and simple choices, so it's useful even for someone who would find a typical health app overwhelming or too technical.
I'm always working to make it gentler and more intuitive. Salve is made by Austin, who also curates Caring Curator.
New · Calm mode
A calmer way to see your day
Calm mode is Salve at its simplest: larger text, bigger buttons, and only the essentials on screen. It trades the detailed charts for a clear, uncluttered view that's easier to read and far less intimidating.
It's a single switch, on when you want it and off when you don't. Turn it on for yourself on a tiring day, or set it up for someone who finds most apps busy, hard to read, or simply too much to take in.
It's the view to reach for:
- when small text and buttons are a struggle
- for anyone who finds a full app overwhelming
- when you're setting things up for a parent or someone you care for
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In Calm mode, recording a vital is a couple of large, clearly labeled taps. -
The daily check-in: tap how you feel, add a note if you like.
What it helps with
It does the busywork, so you don't have to
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Medications
Log your doses, get reminders, and see the next one at a glance. As you type a medication, Salve fills in the details for you.
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Vitals
Track blood pressure, sleep, weight, and more with simple charts. Connect Apple Health or a wearable, or enter readings by hand.
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A daily journal
Note your mood, symptoms, and what helped, in seconds. Salve can even draft the day from a short, friendly chat.
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One private place
Everything is encrypted and yours. Nothing is sold, there are no ads, and you can start without an account.
Meet Sage
A knowledgeable companion, one tap away
Sage answers questions in plain language, gently flags changes worth noticing (a dip in sleep, a dose that was missed), and keeps the nudges to a quiet minimum, never a flood of alerts.
Sage can also stand in your corner with insurance. It helps you make sense of a denial letter or an explanation of benefits, and walks you through appealing a charge. That's the kind of paperwork that wears families down, and it's exactly where a calm guide helps most.
Easy and private by design
Built to be quiet until you need it
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Works anywhere
Runs in any web browser on a phone, tablet, or computer. Nothing to download from an app store.
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Private and encrypted
Your information is locked to you. No ads, and nothing is ever sold.
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Easy to read and use
Built for accessibility: clear labels, large readable text, and full keyboard support.
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Try before you commit
Explore a full demo without making an account, then sign up when you're ready.
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Gentle by default
At most one quiet notification a day, with quiet hours and per-topic mute.
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Connects to your devices
Bring in readings from Apple Health and popular wearables, or enter them yourself.
60 days
of Premium free
Try everything Salve offers, free for two months. No card needed to start, and you can look around without even signing up.