LimbTape

About this app

What LimbTape does

Every lymphedema therapist gives the same advice: keep an eye on your limb between appointments, because small changes matter most when they are caught early. The method they use in clinic is simple and standard — a tape measure, circumference readings at fixed landmarks every 4 centimeters, and a volume calculation that turns those numbers into one figure you can compare over time. Yet at home, most people are left with a paper notebook, a column of centimeters, and no way to tell whether 1.5 cm more at the elbow actually means anything. LimbTape is the measurement notebook that finally does the math. Set up a limb once — arm or leg, left or right — and the app walks you through a guided measuring session at the same landmarks your therapist uses. Enter each circumference and LimbTape instantly computes limb volume with the standard truncated-cone formula — the same published arithmetic clinics use. Measure both sides and LimbTape shows the affected-versus-unaffected difference as a clear percentage. Record a baseline on a good day, and every future session is compared against it automatically. You choose a personal change threshold — many people use the figure their own therapist suggests — and the app quietly flags any session that crosses the line you set, so you can decide whether it is time to call your clinic. LimbTape never diagnoses anything; it keeps your numbers honest so the conversation with your care team is grounded in data instead of guesswork. Because living with lymphedema is more than centimeters, LimbTape also logs the daily context: compression garment wear, garment age and replacement dates, and how your limb feels — heaviness, tightness, aching — on a simple scale. When your next appointment arrives, generate a clean PDF report of sessions, volumes, and trends to hand to your therapist in seconds. Everything lives on your device. No account, no pump vendor, no clinic portal, no server. Your body, your tape measure, your records. • Guided measuring sessions at standard 4 cm landmarks, arms and legs • Automatic limb-volume calculation using the truncated-cone formula • Side-to-side percentage difference and baseline comparison on every session • A personal change threshold you set yourself, with clear session flags • Compression garment wear log with replacement-date reminders • Symptom notes for heaviness, tightness, and skin changes • One-tap PDF report for your therapist or clinic • Fully offline, private, no account required