Capzule

I love this little app for keeping up with my records. I’ve always digitized my own records and have each one of them as .pdf files, photos, etc. And I love that I can organize them in this app by date and find them quickly when I need to refer to them for whatever reason. This app is almost perfect!! Then only thing that annoys me to no end is the fact that I have to use a computer to get my files onto my iPad. I know the instructions say you can add files from “other apps” but every time I try to pull in a document from my iPad “Files” folder, the process crashes every single time! If somebody could figure out how to fix that, it would make life a lot easier. Also, I’m getting used to just dumping my documents into Capzule’s File section but it would really be cool if I could actually store all the files with the actual appointment so I’m not having to look in multiple places to find information about a single incident. For example, today I had a Drs visit, a chest X-ray, and a prescription pickup (because of the X-ray results). It would be nice if I could store all of those together (with the original visit notes) since they relate to a single incident instead of having to figure out why I had to get this particular prescription or what made me have to get a chest X-ray. All of that would have been explained in the initial doctor’s visit notes, eliminating the need for all the extra record research. But other than that, this app is just what I need to stay on top of keeping good track of my own medical information (rather than always depending on my practitioners to do it for me)

Read the reviews carefully. The early version was great. I told all my relatives to use the app. The current version 2.0.10 is a major disappointment. Functions that used to work do not work now. In version 1.x I entered data on my linked Windows PC to update Capzule on my iPhone. The current version links but I cannot transfer data to my iPhone. I have tried for 5 hours too transfer data from one iPhone to another iPhone. The instructions for Share Data do not match the screens of Version 2.0.10. I could not get Merge/Copy between the iPhones to work. I thought that I could backup to Google drive and then Restore. Google warns that “Google hasn’t verified this app. Until the developer verifies this app with Google you shouldn’t use it.” Summary: it is now difficult to enter data, you must renter the same data into each device, the instructions do not help, and you cannot contact the developer. The original design was good. Unfortunately, the developer has not been able to continue developing this app.

I have just completed transitioning all my records from the MyMedical app (which I’ve been using for years, but is no longer supported) to Capzule. The good news is that I was able to Import the majority of the data and manually enter data that couldn’t be imported. It took about 30 hours over a couple weeks to get myself setup. Now that I’m more comfortable with the app, I’m hoping the transition for my family will go faster. I really like the timeline view, but it would be great if there was a way to go from an individual entry to the full detail record. Right now, a double click just pulls up form/date reference…. Not the underlying information. This forces one to leave the timeline and go to individual forms. It would also be good to have a search function available from there.