Ribbonside, for the practical side of breast cancer.

A private phone organiser for appointments, medications, questions, photos, documents and treatment information that is too important to lose.

See how it works

Created from lived experience. Available on the App Store and Google Play.

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Inside the app

Ribbonside home screen showing next appointment, medications and daily check-in

A clearer todaySee what needs attention next without digging through notes.

Ribbonside records screen with treatment journey, care team, appointments and medical records

Records in plain sectionsFind treatment history, appointments and contacts later.

Ribbonside Surgery and Recovery screen showing surgery details, pre-op questions, drain tracking and recovery milestones

Surgery & recoveryKeep surgery details, pre-op questions, drain updates and recovery milestones together.

Who it's for

For the mental load that comes with breast cancer.

Ribbonside is for people who want a calmer way to organise treatment, recovery and appointment notes on their phone.

During treatment

Keep chemo, radiation, surgery, medications and appointments easier to find later.

Between appointments

Save questions, side effects, notes and photos before the week blurs and the next visit arrives.

When things get scattered

Bring notes, photos and treatment reminders out of scraps of paper and your camera roll.

Today

A quieter first screen.

Open Ribbonside and see what needs attention today, without hunting across notes, emails and screenshots.

01

Next appointment

Keep the next date visible so it is easier to prepare before you leave.

02

Medication snapshot

See whether medications are saved and where reminders sit.

03

Today's check-in

See whether you have logged how you are feeling today.

04

Chemo card prompt

Keep emergency chemo card pages together for hospital staff if you need them.

Appointments & Notes

Prepare for the next appointment.

Keep dates, notes, questions and care-team contacts together before the next visit.

01

Appointments

Save doctors, scans, pathology, follow-ups and the notes around them.

02

Notes & questions

Keep what was said, next steps and questions you want ready for the visit.

03

Care team

Save specialists, nurses, clinics and contact notes manually in your records.

04

Plain-English terms

Your Ribbonside subscription includes up to 3 What does this mean? explanations per day, capped at 10 explanations per month.

Check-in

Notice the day-to-day patterns.

Track the patterns that are easy to forget later, then bring them back when they help a conversation with your care team.

01

Daily check-ins

Log how you’re feeling, symptoms, scores and notes for yourself or your care team.

02

How you're feeling

Record fatigue, nausea, pain or aches, mood, appetite and sleep quality.

03

Symptom tags

Add the symptoms and side effects you choose to track that day.

04

Notes to remember

Use the free-text field for notes for yourself or your care team.

Health Hub

Records you can actually find.

Ribbonside is designed for patient-entered records and everyday organisation, not as a clinical record or replacement for your care team.

01

Diagnosis profile

Keep cancer type, stage, receptor status and key facts close by.

02

Medications

Save names, doses, notes and reminder times you choose to add.

03

Documents

Add referrals, forms and files so they are not scattered across apps.

04

Photos and milestones

Keep relevant photos, milestones and saved files in one private vault.

Share

Share only what you choose.

Ribbonside keeps records private by default. When you need to bring information somewhere else, use exports or the records you choose to send.

01

Records PDF

Create a readable PDF summary with an active Ribbonside subscription. Photo and document files are listed but are not embedded in the PDF.

02

Data export

Export Data (JSON) is available to every signed-in Ribbonside account and includes raw records and available photo and document attachment data, subject to safety and size limits.

03

Keep a separate copy

Save exports securely somewhere outside your phone. Neither PDF nor JSON can currently be imported back into Ribbonside.

04

No background sharing

Ribbonside does not automatically give carers or anyone else access to your records. Exports only happen when you choose.

Settings

Clear controls, no mystery.

Privacy, subscriptions, local vault controls, optional Apple Health access on iPhone, and account deletion are surfaced in the app so you can make changes when you need to.

01

Local vault

Core health records, photos and documents are stored on your device.

02

Privacy and consent

Review legal notices, consent choices, exports and deletion controls.

03

Apple Health on iPhone

Connect optional read-only Apple Health activity signals on iPhone, then revoke access at any time in iPhone settings.

04

Store subscriptions

Manage paid access, cancellations and refunds through the store where you subscribed.

Vanessa during chemotherapy treatment

My Story

Why I built Ribbonside.

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2025. After that came two surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation and now hormone blockers.

What I struggled with most was the amount of information I had to take in. There were protocols to follow, medication times to remember, appointments to prepare for, care team details to keep track of, questions to ask, and the constant anxiety that I would forget something important.

Chemo brain and fatigue made it harder. I was scribbling things everywhere. My camera roll, which used to be full of family photos, quickly became photos of healing issues, treatment issues and appointment reminders.

The idea for Ribbonside started during chemotherapy. In May 2026, with no tech experience, I began building it with AI and have funded it myself the whole way because I wanted a practical organiser for people going through this.

Private records on your device

Core health records, photos and documents you add are stored only on your device in Ribbonside's encrypted local vault. Ribbonside does not currently provide automatic backup or restore. Export your records regularly and save them somewhere outside your phone.

Plain-English help

What does this mean? is limited to short typed questions and general explanations. It is not personalised medical advice.

Clear user control

Delete local records, export your data, manage subscriptions through your app store, and revoke Apple Health access on iPhone at any time.

Support and contact.

For app support, privacy, subscriptions or general Ribbonside questions.

support@ribbonside.com.au
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