WakeState

A private wake-state journal for people with narcolepsy. Check in, log naps and cataplexy, see the shape of your days.

Narcolepsy shows up as sleepiness, fog, cataplexy and naps that are hard to recall at an appointment. WakeState gives you a 30-second check-in and event logs, so the patterns are visible before you talk with your care team.

Google Play: in review

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On the store

The listing, frame by frame

The eight App Store frames. Real captures from the iOS build on an iPhone 17 Pro Max simulator with a sample journal, October 2026. No real person, no real health data.

Portfolio lens

What this project demonstrates

Product move

Designed a health journal that keeps the data on the phone and the judgment with the care team.

Signals

Health UX · privacy by architecture · non-diagnostic product framing · store launch

Constraint

Nothing in the app may look like a diagnosis, and a check-in has to fit into a sleepy 30 seconds.

Inside the project

01
Check in, about 30 seconds
Five quick scales for how awake you are, plus last night’s sleep as a rough snapshot.
02
Log naps and cataplexy as events
Planned or unplanned, refreshed or not, severity and trigger. Logged as they happen, not as sliders.
03
See the shape of it
Patterns by day, week, month and year, then a readable summary to bring to your care team.

What to know before starting

WakeState is a personal journal, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat or give medical advice. Your journal stays on your phone with no account and no upload, and it is not encrypted by the app, so export a backup to keep a copy. Android is in Google Play review.