About Crono Care Coach

Crono Care Coach is an app for people with chronic conditions who want to learn to manage their limited energy. Whether you have long covid, asthma, fibromyalgia, COPD, acquired brain injury or another condition where energy management is important - the app helps you gain insight into your patterns and limits.

Why this app?

Many people with a chronic condition cannot be cured, they must learn to deal with the limitations. In other words: pacing and staying within the limits of your ability (and different each day). Why? To distribute your energy for that day over the day, so that you're not too tired in the evening and sleep poorly.

But how do you do that? How much energy do you actually have? Which activities cost more than you think? And how do you know if you're slowly making progress when recovery is so slow that you don't notice it yourself?

Crono Care Coach makes this concrete. By tracking daily how you feel and what you do, patterns emerge. You learn your limits, see which triggers worsen your condition, and can go to your healthcare provider with concrete data instead of vague complaints.

Built on proven methods

The app is not just invented, but based on methods that have been used in healthcare for years. The developer, Pieter-Jan Nefkens, had to learn these methods himself, and has bundled these methods in a clear app. The spoon theory helps you understand and better deal with the limited energy you have; by tracking daily you gain insight into where your energy limits lie. A 0-10 scale makes fatigue & intensity of the day measurable. The color diary comes from action plans for chronic conditions. These proven approaches are made practical in the app, so you can apply them without it costing extra energy.

Privacy as foundation

Unlike many health apps, Crono Care Coach doesn't require an account and doesn't store data in the cloud. Everything stays on your own phone. You decide what you share and with whom. Your condition is personal, and your data should be too.

Who is the app for?

Crono Care Coach is developed for people with chronic conditions where energy management plays a role. Think of long covid, severe asthma, COPD, fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, acquired brain injury, and similar conditions. The app is also valuable for partners and family who want to understand what their loved one is going through