Parkinson’s UK

Tech Guide

My Moves Matter

Free

Company:My Moves Matter

Page updated: 10 February 2025

My Moves Matter is an app created by someone with Parkinson’s. They aim to empower everyone who has Parkinson’s to live their best lives through understanding their individual needs and being able to share those needs to get the right care. It is the only app that tracks Parkinson’s symptom changes across the menstrual cycle. But it’s not only for women.

By providing you with detailed insights into how your medications, exercise routines, menstrual cycle and menopause affect your Parkinson’s symptoms, the app empowers you to make informed decisions about your health.

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Features

  • Created by someone with Parkinson’s
  • Monitor the progress and fluctuations of both motor and non-motor symptoms
  • Track your medication intake and timings to understand its impact on your symptoms
  • Track periods and exercise: see how hormonal changes and physical activity influence your health
  • Learn from other people with Parkinson’s and professional therapists
  • Journaling feature supports text, voice-to-text and video entries
  • Share your insights with your neurologist, nurse or therapists so they can optimise your treatment
  • Is it a registered medical device? No

Categories

Product type
  • App
Helps with
  • Doing physical activity
  • Recording my progress
  • Taking my pills
  • Understanding my condition

Panel review

Quick overview

A simple self-care companion app with innovative multimedia journal features and period tracking but can be difficult to navigate around and setting up medication records can be challenging.

Highs

  • Developed by someone living with Parkinson’s.
  • Journal feature allows you to log activities and symptoms using multiple methods including text, video and voice memo.
  • Can track menstrual cycle alongside Parkinson’s symptoms.
  • Free and available on all Apple and Android smartphones.

Lows

  • Medication set up can be challenging.
  • It can be hard to use the scrolling selectors for medication and symptom tracking.
  • Offers limited insights.

Background

My Moves Matter is a self-care companion app designed to help people living with Parkinson’s take control of their health. It was developed by Richelle Flanagan after she and her team won the DayOne Health Hack 2021 with their idea to create an app that could track the fluctuation of Parkinson’s symptoms during the menstrual cycle with the help of some sort of technology.

First impressions

Setting up the app was “fairly easy” for most of our reviewers. The app uses large, easy-to-tap buttons to get around, making navigation to different screens simple. All our reviewers had some navigation issues. They complained that the app involved too much scrolling, especially when it came to using the medication and symptom tracking features.

Features

My Moves Matter allows women to track their Parkinson’s symptoms alongside their period. All our reviewers felt this unique feature was important but some were not sure how helpful it would be for getting support.

Questions

Is there any connection between My Moves Matter and Parkinson’s UK?

Richelle Flanagan (the creator of My Moves Matter) has spoken at Parkinson’s UK events but, no, there is no commercial or financial relationship between us.

We have a series of policies and practices in place to make sure that our review is independent of any existing relationship between our organisations or staff. If you’d like to find out more about this, you can read about it in our transparency statement.

Background information on My Moves Matter

None yet available.

Other frequently asked questions

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Details

Cost
  • Up front: Free
  • Subscription: Free
Size
  • 33.1
Version
  • 1.6.1
Phone type
  • Android and iOS