About Chroniqa
Built from the need to understand
Living with chronic illness can mean making daily decisions with an incomplete picture. Symptoms change. Capacity varies. Something manageable one day can feel very different the next.
Chroniqa grew from the wish to bring those experiences together—to make personal records more useful when trying to understand health and plan everyday life.
The person behind Chroniqa
I’m Charity de Vries, the founder and developer of Chroniqa.
I live with severe chronic illness myself. Understanding changes in symptoms and capacity is part of my everyday life, as is deciding where to spend limited energy and how to make space for meaningful moments.
That experience led me to build something that could connect daily observations over time: symptoms, sleep, activities, personal circumstances and the changes that follow.
My experience informs the questions behind Chroniqa, while the app is being developed for people with many different chronic illnesses and circumstances.
Experience across life sciences, language and technology
My professional background includes extensive work with life-sciences and healthcare content, including clinical trials, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
I have also handled the linguistic aspects of software and systems used in life sciences. This work calls for precise terminology, clear instructions and careful attention to how people understand and use information.
Alongside this, my experience in quality management and running businesses has shaped how I approach consistency, responsibility and detail. My full-stack software-development education provides the technical foundation for building Chroniqa.
Together, these experiences influence both how the app works and how it communicates.
The principles behind the product
Make information understandable
An observation is more useful when you can see what it is based on. Chroniqa emphasizes explanations, supporting records and clear wording.
Respect uncertainty
Personal records can reveal associations, but they cannot explain every change. Limited evidence should be presented honestly.
Keep the person in control
You know your experience. The app should help you review and reflect, with room to correct records and question an estimate.
Make room for life
Understanding health has a practical purpose: helping people think about work, rest, relationships and the activities that matter to them.
Build with care
Health information is personal. Decisions about data handling, access and product claims deserve careful attention throughout development.
A broader vision
Chroniqa begins with the individual: a person trying to understand their own health.
Over time, I also want to explore how configurable and white-label versions could support healthcare organizations, patient programs and research teams. Those applications will require their own development, governance and validation.
The guiding aim remains the same: to make personal health information clearer, more useful and easier to work with.
Help shape what comes next
Chroniqa is currently in development. Join the beta waitlist to hear about opportunities to try the app and share your experience.