Ask anything about your health
Advoca is a health chat built by doctors. Ask any question about your own health and get clear answers drawn from your appointments, journal and trusted medical sources, with every answer showing where it came from so you can trust it.
4.8 across 35 ratingsA health chat that knows your own care
Advoca's chat is a health assistant you can ask anything, from "what did my doctor mean by that?" to "is this symptom worth worrying about?". It answers from two places: your own record (your recorded appointments, summaries, journal entries and planned visits) and trusted medical sources, not the open web. Every answer shows where it came from, so you can check it for yourself rather than taking it on trust.
40–80% of medical information given by healthcare practitioners is forgotten immediately, and almost half of what is remembered is incorrect.
Trusted answers that show where they came from
When you're told a term or a treatment option you don't recognise, the open web can be hard to judge, especially when advice is written for another country or makes big promises. Ask Advoca instead. It answers from trusted charities, patient-information sites and medical sources, not the open web, and shows you the source cards behind every answer so you can read them yourself. It's a starting point for understanding and a question to bring to your doctor, not personal medical advice.
- Answers from sources you can trust: charities, patient-information sites and medical bodies, not the open web.
- See where it came from. Every answer shows its sources, so you can check for yourself.
One chat that holds your whole record
Health information gets scattered fast across appointments, letters, results and notes you made at the time. Advoca's chat brings it together. Ask "what did my doctor mean by post-exertional malaise?" or "have I had this symptom before?" and it pulls from your own recorded appointments, summaries, transcripts, journal entries and planned visits to answer, showing the parts of your record it used. No more re-reading old notes or re-explaining your story from scratch.
- Ask about your own care. "What did my doctor mean?" pulls from your recorded appointments, summaries and transcripts.
- Stop repeating your story. One chat holds your appointments, journal and plans, so you don't re-explain it from scratch.
Turn a messy history into a clear letter or report
Explaining months of symptoms, appointments and results to a new clinician is exhausting, especially when you're unwell. Ask Advoca to draft a report or letter for your care team, and it pulls together the relevant appointments, journal entries and results into a clear, structured document you can review, edit and share. It's the difference between handing over a pile of notes and handing over a story that makes sense.
- Draft it in seconds. Advoca pulls your appointments, journal and results into a clear, structured report.
- Bring a story, not a pile of notes. Review, edit and share it with your clinician or carer.
Answers in your words: simple or detailed
Health information is often written for professionals, not for you. More than 4 in 10 adults struggle to understand health content written for the public, and 6 in 10 struggle when it includes numbers. Advoca lets you switch every answer between Detailed (all the facts, in patient-friendly language) and Simple (just the essentials, written for a reading age of 11). Share the Simple version with a parent or partner who finds the jargon hard, and keep the Detailed one for yourself.
- Switch in one tap. Detailed gives you all the facts; Simple keeps it to the essentials, at a reading age of 11.
- Share it so it's understood. Give the Simple version to a relative who finds the jargon hard.
From question to a trusted answer in three steps
- 1Ask in your own wordsType any question about your health, from a confusing test result to a symptom you're unsure about. Soon you'll be able to speak it too. There's no form and no right way to phrase it.
- 2Get an answer from your record and trusted sourcesAdvoca draws on your own appointments, summaries, journal and planned visits, plus trusted medical sources, and writes a clear answer. It shows the sources and the parts of your record it used, so you can check them for yourself.
- 3Save it, share it, or pick up laterKeep the answer in your chat history, ask a follow-up whenever you like, draft a report for your care team, or come back to it before your next appointment. Your whole conversation is saved.
Great for whatever you're facing
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When the pieces finally fit
This app has been acting almost like a virtual counsellor as it's piecing together my medical journey and explaining it in a way that no other doctor has… Knowing this is helping me to process and understand the trauma I have felt from not understanding or knowing truly what had happened.
Why Advoca instead of Dr Google or a generic chatbot
Most health chatbots answer from the open web and nothing else. Here's how Advoca is different.
| Advoca | Dr Google / generic chatbots | |
|---|---|---|
| Based on your own record | Yes. It draws on your appointments, summaries, transcripts, journal and planned visits. | No. It answers from the open web, with no knowledge of your care. |
| Every answer cited | Yes. It shows the trusted sources and parts of your record behind every answer. | Rarely. Most give no sources, or link to whatever ranked first. |
| Doctor-built & safety-checked | Built by two NHS doctors, with built-in safety checks that flag self-harm and urgent risks. | Usually built by a tech company, with no clinical oversight. |
| Drafts reports & letters for your care team | Yes. It turns your history into a clear, structured letter or report you can share. | No. Most only answer questions; they don't produce documents. |
Your questions, answered
Is Advoca's health chat free?
Yes. Everything you need to ask questions, understand your care and manage your health is free when you join our research community. Joining means letting us share your fully anonymised data to help advance research into conditions like yours; you use the app exactly as normal, and when your data is matched to a study, you share in the reward. You can opt out at any time. If you'd rather not take part, our optional premium tier gives you full access without joining, and also unlocks extra features like research-paper search.
Are my chats private? Is my data safe?
Yes. Your data is encrypted in transit and held on encrypted servers in the UK and EU, and you don't need to share any identifying details to use Advoca. Your conversations are part of your record, and you can export or delete them at any time. Appointment recordings stay on your own device — the audio is never uploaded to our servers.
Does Advoca replace my doctor?
No. Advoca supports your care — it never replaces it. It helps you remember, understand and organise what your healthcare team tells you, and answers questions from trusted sources, but it does not diagnose or make treatment decisions. Always follow the advice of a qualified professional.
How accurate are the answers?
Advoca answers from trusted medical sources and your own record, and shows you the sources and the parts of your record it used so you can check them. It's built and overseen by doctors and tested on over 1,000 appointment transcripts. It isn't perfect, and it can occasionally get things wrong, so we always recommend checking anything important with your clinician.
What happens if I ask about something urgent or worrying?
Advoca is not a mental health service or an emergency service. If your message suggests self-harm, suicide or harm to others, Advoca pauses and points you to urgent help in your region. In the UK, that's NHS 111 for urgent advice or 999 in an emergency. In the US, it's the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for call, text or chat, or 911 in an emergency. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, always contact your local emergency number.
More ways Advoca helps you
Health journal
Log symptoms, medications, mood or results by typing or chatting, and see how you're doing over time.
Learn more →Trusted answers
Get cited, plain-language answers from trusted medical sources, not the open web.
Learn more →Appointment recording
Record your doctor's appointments and get a clear, sectioned summary with the jargon explained.
Learn more →Advoca helps you record, understand and organise your care. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, and it does not diagnose conditions or make treatment decisions — always speak to a qualified healthcare professional.
Advoca's assistant transcribes, summarises and explains your health information, grounded in trusted medical sources and overseen by our clinical team. It does not diagnose or replace your doctor — and, like any AI, it can occasionally get things wrong, so we always show you the sources and full transcript behind its answers.
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