Features

  • Designed by and with people with Parkinson’s
  • Daily routines for physical, brain, voice and hand exercises
  • Nutrition and supplements advice
  • Meditation, alternative therapy techniques and mental health support
  • Daily Parkinson’s research news
  • Medication reminders
  • AI (Artificial Intelligence) assistant to manage your symptoms better
  • Share your journey with family and carers
  • Make friends with other PD Buddies
  • Learn from others and share your experience of what works best for you
  • Earn points and share your progress
  • Is it a registered medical device? No

Categories

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

Panel review

Quick overview

PD Buddy is an all-in-one app that lets you track Parkinson’s symptoms, set medication reminders, join group chats and get instant help from AI. Our reviewers liked being able to track symptoms and medication, but found the medication alerts to be inconsistent.

Highs

  • Ability to track symptoms and mood is helpful
  • Social Groups let you chat with other people with Parkinson’s
  • AI feature ParkiBot provides instant access to useful information
  • Free to use

Lows

  • Medication reminder notifications were inconsistent for some
  • Customer service did not resolve issues for two reviewers

Questions

Is there any connection between PD Buddy and Parkinson’s UK?

Yes, Parkinson’s UK awarded PD Buddy with £10,000 from its Innovation Fund.

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 PD Buddy

None yet available.

Other frequently asked questions

None yet available.

Details

Cost
  • Total: Free
Size
  • 145.9 MB
Version
  • 1.0.44
Phone type
  • Android and iOS