The Problem
AS is complex. Existing tools treat it as simple.
Over 2 million Americans live with Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the spine that typically begins in a person's early twenties. Effective disease management depends on understanding a web of personal factors: diet, sleep, stress, environment, activity levels, and treatment response. And those factors interact differently for every individual.
No existing app is built to untangle that complexity for AS patients. Generalist arthritis apps miss the condition's specificity. General health trackers produce data without meaning. Most patients arrive at rheumatology appointments with incomplete pictures of their own condition or nothing documented at all.
2M+
Americans living with AS symptoms, many without a formal diagnosis
7–10 yrs
average time to AS diagnosis making consistent early tracking critical
0
dedicated iOS apps with correlated, predictive insights for axSpA management
What It Does
Track everything that matters. Understand what it means.
MyAxSpa correlates disease activity with the full range of lifestyle and environmental factors that drive it diet, sleep, stress, physical activity, weather, and therapies. The app doesn't just collect data. Over time it identifies the patterns specific to each user: what precedes a flare, what supports a better week, what their body is actually responding to.
It launches as a freemium model. The core tracker and basic reporting are free. Premium unlocks the AI-driven insight layer predictive analytics that transform logged data into personalized, actionable understanding plus automatic sync with existing wearables and health platforms.
Free Core Tracker
- Disease activity logging tailored to axSpA
- Diet, sleep, stress, and activity tracking
- Environmental and medication logging
- Morning stiffness duration tracking
- Basic PDF export for appointments
Premium Insight Engine
- AI-generated personalized insight reports
- Correlated lifestyle-to-symptom pattern recognition
- Predictive flare trigger identification
- Automatic wearable and health app sync
- Rheumatology-ready longitudinal summaries
Why It's Different
Built from inside the community.
MyAxSpa isn't an outsider's interpretation of what AS patients need. The founder is embedded in the AS community that lived understanding shapes every product decision, from which data points matter to how insights are communicated without overwhelming a person already managing a demanding condition.
AS-specific
Designed around axSpA disease patterns not adapted from a generic chronic illness or wellness template.
Holistic tracking
Diet, sleep, stress, environment, and activity logged together because flares rarely have a single cause.
Correlated insights
The app connects what you track to what you experience, revealing the individual patterns that matter most.
Predictive intelligence
Premium AI layer identifies likely flare triggers before they happen, based on your personal data over time.
Wearable-native
Syncs with existing wearables and health platforms automatically no manual re-entry of data you already have.
Doctor-ready
Longitudinal reports formatted for rheumatology visits giving your care team the context they need.
Where We Are
In development, with a clear path to launch.
MyAxSpa is currently in active development. The product vision is grounded in real community feedback, and the business model is being refined through the beta process. We're building deliberately validating the core experience before scaling the intelligence layer.
Q3 2026
Beta Program
Focused group of AS patients and controls. Core tracker validation, GTM refinement, and community feedback.
Q4 2026
v1 Public Launch
iOS launch with free core tracker and PDF export. Premium insight engine to follow as the next milestone.