Free cancer-care tracking for patients and caregivers between appointments.
Photo credit: Soothe Note
Soothe Note is a free consumer app for cancer patients and the people who support them. It is meant for the days between oncology visits: daily check-ins (mood, energy, medications, hydration, meals, rest, movement, one small win), symptom logs with intensity and body location, medication schedules, appointment questions, post-visit notes, and a private journal that caregivers cannot see.
Teddy Aaron (caregiver side) and Brynn Forlizzi (two-time teen cancer survivor) founded the product in Greenwich, Connecticut in 2026 while still in high school. The operating entity named in the privacy policy is Teddy Aaron Ventures LLC. Patients can link trusted caregivers with a sharing code and revoke access; linked caregivers get read-only updates, support pings, and their own burnout check-ins. Before a visit, Health Hub can turn those logs into printable reports and AI-assisted drafts that the patient is told to review, because they are not medical advice.
The app is local-first: signed-out data stays on device; an optional account syncs through Supabase. The site lists iPhone availability, Android under Google Play review, 15 languages (including Arabic RTL), an advisory group of seven oncology/palliative/advocacy professionals, and coverage in 25+ outlets. Core patient and caregiver features are free; Soothe Note Plus is an optional paid layer. The company says it does not sell health data or run ads.
Impact is organizational, not clinical. Soothe Note does not diagnose, treat, pull hospital records, or operate under a HIPAA business associate agreement. It sits in the gap patient portals leave: what happened at home, what the patient wants to ask, and how a caregiver can stay informed without interrogating the patient after every hard day.
The mechanism is capture plus control. Short check-ins and symptom logs reduce reliance on memory weeks later. Patient-controlled sharing (code in, revoke anytime; private journal stays private) is the social-impact layer for caregivers. Visit-ready reports and optional Groq-powered summaries are conversation aids, with an explicit review-before-use warning. The business constraint the founders have stated publicly is that essential patient/caregiver tools stay free and that health information is not an advertising or resale asset.
* Founded 2026 in Greenwich, CT by Teddy Aaron and Brynn Forlizzi (soothenote.com/about-soothe-note)
* Legal operator: Teddy Aaron Ventures LLC, Greenwich, CT (privacy policy, updated 10 August 2026)
* Cost: free for patients and caregivers; optional Soothe Note Plus billed via Stripe
* Platforms: iPhone (App Store id 6759452796); Android listed as under Google Play review
* 15 interface languages, including Arabic with right-to-left layout
* Caregiver sharing via a randomly generated code; private journal text and saved journal audio stay off the caregiver view
* Local-first storage; optional cloud sync on Supabase; in-transit and at-rest encryption; extra encryption for journal/private notes in the cloud
* AI transcription/summaries via Groq with zero data retention for those inputs/outputs (company privacy policy); users must review outputs
* Advisory board: seven professionals across oncology, palliative care, pediatric cancer care, patient advocacy, and caregiver support (company homepage)
* Press: 25+ outlets cited on-site, including News 12, CURE, NBC, FOX, WTNH, CT Insider, WSHU, and Healthcare IT Today
* Consumer app, not a hospital EHR: no claimed HIPAA BAA; no automatic send of records to providers
* No public user-count, revenue, or fundraising total as of this profile
Built for the days between visits
Daily check-ins, symptoms, medications, and questions live in one place so patients are not reconstructing weeks of treatment from memory in the exam room.
Patient-controlled caregiver sharing
A sharing code links trusted caregivers to read-only updates. Access can be revoked; private journal entries stay private.
Visit-ready reports, not a diagnosis
Health Hub organizes logs into printable reports and optional AI drafts to review before appointments. The product does not replace clinicians.
Free core experience
The company positions essential patient and caregiver tools as free and says it will not monetize by selling health information or running ads.
Privacy designed for treatment life
Local-first by default, encrypted sync when you sign in, no third-party ad trackers in the stated stack, plus export and deletion controls in settings.
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