For registered dietitians · IBD clinics · patient organizations

The ulcerative colitis dashboard your patients keep between visits.

One file that opens in any browser. A food guide that keeps research, clinical practice, and patient lore apart. A meal planner built from what's actually in the kitchen. A lab tracker in U.S. units. No account, no server, nothing leaves the patient's device.

Get the professional license — $199 Request the demo One-time payment. Covers your whole practice and every patient under your care.

Built by a patient who is also a nurse. I'm Xavier, a French registered nurse, and I've lived with ulcerative colitis for years. I built this for my own flares and remissions first. It has been rewritten for American patients, American labs, and American insurance — and it is licensed to clinicians who want to hand their patients something better than a photocopied food list.

Colitis Compass food guide, dark theme: counts of foods to lean on, with caution, and to avoid during a flare, and the first food cards

What's inside

Six tabs, written to be read by a patient and checked by a professional.

Food guide

238 foods, rated for a flare and for remission

Written for the American table: grits, bagels, corn tortillas, sweet tea, Gatorade, ranch, rotisserie chicken, coffee creamer. Every rating shows its level of evidence — research, clinical, or anecdotal — and the three are never merged. Regional tags, because the U.S. does not eat one way.

Meal planner

Seven days from what's in the kitchen

The patient checks what they have. The tool builds a week of meals compatible with the current phase, hides red foods, and says what is missing instead of inventing.

Labs & markers

27 markers, conventional U.S. units

Typical reference range, how often it's checked, what it measures, why it matters in UC, and the interpretation trap. Entry, trend lines, CSV export, male/female ranges. A CRP unit selector, because U.S. labs report it in mg/L or mg/dL.

Treatment classes

15 plain-English cards, no doses, no rankings

From 5-ASAs to investigational drugs: how the class works, when it's typically used, what it means for prior authorization, step therapy and biosimilar switching, and what gets monitored.

Research digest

19 dated, sourced entries

PubMed-indexed journals and trial results, each with a "what it changes" paragraph, automatic archiving after two years, favorites saved in the file.

How to use this

Ground rules and the full terms

How to read the evidence levels, how to test a food on yourself one variable at a time, the warning signs that mean "call today," and the complete terms of use.

Labs and markers tab with a fecal calprotectin trend — Labs & markers: values, trend line, and the trap that comes with each test.

Meal planner with a generated week — Meal planner: check the kitchen, generate a week, print it.

Treatment classes tab with the anti-TNF card open — Treatment classes: mechanism, typical use, insurance realities, monitoring.

Why it's different

Most UC apps ask for an account, send data to a server, and blur the line between a trial and a forum post. This does the opposite on all three counts.

Nothing leaves the device. No account, no server, no analytics, no cloud. The patient saves a copy of the file with their values inside it. HIPAA does not enter the picture, because no one but the patient ever handles the data.

Three evidence levels, never merged. A randomized trial, a dietitian's bedside consensus, and a histamine-elimination protocol from a forum are three different kinds of knowledge. Each food rating says which one it is. Patients see the difference; clinicians can defend it.

American units, American labs, American insurance. mg/dL, K/µL, ng/mL, CBC and CMP vocabulary, the CRP unit trap spelled out, and treatment cards that explain what prior authorization and step therapy will mean before the patient meets them.

Honest about its limits. No claim that diet controls inflammation. No dose. No ranking of drugs. Every card sends the patient back to their gastroenterologist, and the terms of use are a full page, not a footnote.

Pricing

One price, one payment, no subscription.

Professional license

$199one time

Use on every device in your practice
One copy for each patient under your care, no limit
Printed excerpts for your patients
Perpetual on the delivered version
No resale, no public posting, no changes to clinical content

Buy the license Licensed, not sold. Sales tax added at checkout where applicable. Digital download, delivered immediately with the license agreement and a two-minute READ-ME. Organizations: one license per site or program.

Try it first

Ask for the demo: food guide, meal planner, labs, and ground rules complete; research digest and treatment classes shortened. Run it on your own computer, show it to a patient, judge for yourself.

hello@colitiscompass.com · Two-page offer (PDF) · License agreement

Your program's name on it

Patient organizations and structured nutrition programs can have the "anecdotal" level carry their program's name, by written agreement, as long as the other two levels and the warnings stay untouched. Write to discuss.

Questions

Is this medical advice?

No. Colitis Compass is an educational and organizational tool. It is not medical advice, not a medical device, and has not been evaluated by the FDA. It does not diagnose, treat, or prescribe. Every card points the patient back to their gastroenterologist, and clinicians remain responsible for the advice they give.

How does a patient save their entries?

By clicking "Save my values into a copy of this page." The browser downloads an identical HTML file with their values written inside it. They replace the old file with the new one. No account, no sync, no cloud: the file is the database.

What about HIPAA?

The tool never transmits or stores anything outside the patient's device, and its author never receives any data. There is no covered entity or business associate relationship to create. If you keep copies containing patient information in your practice, you handle them like any other patient record.

Does it work on phones and tablets?

Yes. It's a single HTML file: it opens in Safari, Chrome, Edge, or Firefox on any device, works offline, and prints cleanly. Dark and light themes.

Will it be updated?

The license covers the delivered version, with no update obligation. The research digest has a monthly update pipeline and new versions may be offered separately; license holders hear about them first. Corrections reported by clinicians go into the next version.

Can I get a refund?

As a digital file delivered immediately, the license is non-refundable except if the file cannot be opened in a current major browser and that cannot be fixed within 14 days. That is why the demo exists: try it first.

Who made this, and why should I trust it?

Xavier Pingenot, a French state-registered nurse living with ulcerative colitis, who built the tool for himself before licensing it. Every research entry links to its source. Every food rating shows its evidence level. Every clinical statement is written to be checked by a professional, and the author asks clinicians to report what they find wrong — that feedback is the product's main quality process.

If you are a patient reading this: Colitis Compass is licensed to clinicians, who hand it to their patients. Ask your dietitian or IBD nurse about it. If you have more than 6 bloody stools a day, a fever above 100.4°F, a racing heart, or severe abdominal pain, contact your doctor today or go to the emergency room. If you think you are having a medical emergency, call 911.