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My COPD Buddy

A calmer way to manage COPD, one day at a time.

A patient- and caregiver-facing companion for adults living with COPD — medication tracking, guided breathing, an Action Plan you keep close, and calm, plain-language education. Built for older adults, low tech literacy, and days when breathing is hard.

3 days fully unlocked · then $6.99 once, no subscription

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Navigation

Five areas. Nothing to get lost in.

Everything nests inside five primary tabs — no maze of buttons, no clutter.

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Today

A simple check-in and your day at a glance.

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My Medications

Your med list, reminders, and an inhaler coach.

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Breathe & Move

Pursed-lip breathing, huff cough, and seated movement.

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Learn

Plain-language answers, written for patients.

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My Care

Your Action Plan, trackers, and care resources.

How it works

Check in, get coached, stay ahead

1

Check in

A quick daily check-in — never an auto-diagnosis, just a way to notice how today compares to your usual.

2

Get coached

One tap for guided pursed-lip breathing, inhaler-and-spacer technique, or a seated movement routine.

3

Stay ahead

Your COPD Action Plan, medications, and appointments stay organized and easy to find when you need them.

What's inside

Built for real COPD days

Every feature is scoped to education, organization, and coaching — never diagnosis or prescribing.

💊 Inhaler & Spacer Coach

A step-by-step technique flow for using an inhaler with a spacer, plus a separate guide for nebulizer setup and care.

📋 COPD Action Plan

Stores the Green/Yellow/Red plan your clinician gives you. The app only ever surfaces what they entered.

🌬️ Guided Breathing

Pursed-lip breathing, controlled breathing, huff cough, and paced breathing — one tap away from anywhere in the app.

🌎 Air Quality

Air Quality Index by ZIP code on the US EPA scale, with pollutant-level detail — never tied to medication changes.

🌤️ Today's Weather

Current conditions, today's high and low, humidity, and wind, alongside air quality and a daily breathing tip.

📅 Health Calendar

Appointments, pulmonary rehab, medication refills, vaccines, and more — color-coded and all in one place.

📈 Catch Changes Early

A simple checklist to notice what's different from your normal — breathing, cough, mucus, energy — with a clear next step if something's off.

🌷 Buddy Garden

A quiet garden that grows with your care — breathing, movement, medications, check-ins, and learning each help a flower bloom.

Our approach

Education, not a diagnosis

My COPD Buddy is an education, organization, coaching, and resource-navigation tool. It never diagnoses a flare-up, prescribes or changes medications, changes oxygen or CPAP/BiPAP settings, or replaces urgent or emergency care. Guidance always stays conservative, and the app never tells you to ignore worsening symptoms.

Medical content is sourced from current GOLD, ALA, ATS, ERS, AARC, CDC, FDA, NIH, EPA/AirNow, Alpha-1 Foundation, and manufacturer guidance — never from unsourced sites or unverified AI claims.

Your health data — medications, symptoms, oxygen readings, and appointments — stays on your device. There's no account and no backend. The only information that ever leaves your phone is a ZIP code, used to look up your local air quality.

Availability

Coming to the App Store

Coming soon

Your first 3 days are fully unlocked — every feature, no paywall. After that, the free version keeps its full feature set for good, and everything else is a one-time $6.99 Buddy Plus unlock. No subscription. No accounts, ever. No ads, tracking, or analytics — your health data stays on your device, launch and always.

Free

My COPD Buddy

Every core feature, no cost

  • Daily check-in and your day at a glance
  • Full medication list, dosing, and an inhaler/spacer technique coach
  • Reminders for one medication at a time
  • Pursed-Lip Breathing and Positions for Breathlessness
  • Every article and guide in Learn
  • Breathlessness, oxygen, and flare-up logging — most recent 7 entries each
  • Plan My Appointment, Air Quality, and the Health Calendar
  • Your Buddy Garden's first flower, start to finish
Buddy Plus

Everything, unlocked

$6.99 once — no subscription

  • Your full COPD Action Plan, stored and always at hand
  • Mucus/Sputum tracking
  • The rest of Breathe & Move: Controlled Breathing, Huff Cough, Paced Breathing, Move with Buddy, and Everyday Activity Tips
  • Unlimited history in every tracker
  • Reminders for every medication, not just one
  • A one-tap Visit Summary to bring to your doctor
  • Your Buddy Garden keeps growing, bloom after bloom

Everyone gets the first 3 days fully unlocked. After that, Buddy Plus is a one-time purchase through the App Store — never a subscription, never a recurring charge — and nothing you've already logged is ever hidden or lost if you stay on the free version.