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Chronic illness has already stolen enough of your life. It doesn’t need your social calendar too.
This is Plan-ISH, my submission for the @Base44 Challenge on @Contra. A FREE app for people with an invisible chronic illness who are sick of choosing between having a life and spending the next week recovering from it. I built it with Base44, step by step: design, planner, automations and voice.
I’m living this myself. I know what it’s like to want to do something completely normal, like a dinner, a wedding or Christmas, and first have to calculate whether my body can handle it. Sometimes you just stop making plans. Not because you don’t want to go, but because the aftermath feels like too much.
Sometimes I just want to go to a bloody dinner and have a good time. So I built Plan-ISH.
What it does:
➔ Plans the days before, the event itself and your recovery afterwards, around the energy you actually have
➔ Helps you ask for what you need, and writes the awkward message to the host
➔ Works with your voice, because some days typing is an Olympic sport
➔ Turns your symptoms into one clear page for your doctor
➔ Sends reminders and check-ins on its own
➔ Has a low-light mode for migraine days, and comebacks for every “but you don’t look sick”
Will it guarantee you won’t have a flare-up? Absolutely f*cking not. But it can help you prepare better, respect your limits and actually enjoy the things you love.
We deserve more than managing our illnesses. We deserve to live.
Get your account or send it to someone who needs it: https://ishly.base44.app
This is such a thoughtful build. Planning the days before, the event and the recovery around real energy is the kind of feature only someone living it would think to design.
💯 and the recovery is probably the most important one for the event planning. Thank you Timothy for your kind words.
Awesome job, Stephanie! With a myriad of issues in our old age, this totally resonated! Having the one clear page for the doctor is super helpful.
Thank you 🙏🙏. The doctor page is going to be so helpful for many.
It's not just an app; it's about how you've designed its functionality to improve people's lives. Integrating voice features is a smart move to make the experience even more accessible and convenient. Good luck with the project!
Thank you 🙏 🙏 voice option is a life saver when people are in fatigue.
This hit me hard Stephanie! "Chronic illness has already stolen enough of your life" - what a powerful opening. Plan-ISH sounds like such a needed app, that balance between having a life and managing an invisible illness is so real. Love that you're making it FREE and...
Thank you Sagar, your kind words made my day! Appreciate the support!!
So glad it made your day Stephanie! Your story really resonates - keep inspiring! ❤️
So glad it made your day Stephanie! Your story really resonates - keep inspiring! ❤️
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