Meal check-ins

One small question, a few hours later.

About two to six hours after a meal, Damson asks how it sat, and your answer becomes part of your own record of what suits you.

Damson's Today screen asking how did breakfast sit, for lentil soup, salad and bread eaten about two hours ago, with four answers to tap: settled, full, tired and craving.

Real screens from the app, some with demo data.

Damson is on the App Store.

Free to download, and the record is free to keep. No ads, and nothing to cancel later that you did not choose.

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What does the check-in ask?

One question: how did it sit? There are four words to choose from, settled, full, tired and craving, and one tap is enough. If you want to say more, there are optional scales, among them satisfaction, fullness and cravings. Most days, one word will do.

With PCOS, now also called PMOS, what a meal is made of is only half of the story. The other half is how it sat with you, two or three hours later, and that is the half that is easiest to forget. The question is asked once and never nags. Skip it and nothing is lost.

Does Damson remember how a meal sat last time?

Yes. When a similar plate comes back, Today shows what you said about it last time, and what was different. A line such as the wholegrain bread was bigger then is small, and it is the kind of detail you would never write down yourself.

This is the read that remembers. It does not tell you what to eat. It puts your own past answer next to your plate, so the next choice is made with your own experience in view.

None of this needs a perfect record. A handful of check-ins on the meals you eat most often is already more than memory keeps, and every one you answer makes the next comparison a little more yours.

Damson's Today screen with a photo of a lentil soup. The card recalls her check-in after a similar meal on July 29, 2026, with her scores out of five, notes that the plate carried protein, fibre and an unsaturated fat, and says the wholegrain bread was bigger then.

Where do my answers go?

Next to the meal, in your own record. The Meals diary marks each plate whose check-in you saved. Over weeks, those answers are what patterns are drawn from, and they appear on the appointment page if you choose to include meals and check-ins.

Every answer stays on your iPhone and syncs to your own iCloud. Check-ins are free, for good.

Damson's Meals diary for late July: lentil soup, salad and bread; rice, black beans and greens; yogurt, berries and walnuts; and an egg, tomato and cucumber plate, each with the foods listed and a mark that the check-in was saved.

Questions about meal check-ins

How do I track how food makes me feel with PCOS?

Log the meal, then answer one small question a few hours later. In Damson, an iPhone app for PCOS, now also called PMOS, the check-in asks how the meal sat, and each answer is kept next to the meal in your own record.

When does Damson ask about a meal?

A few hours after you eat it, roughly two to six. The question is asked once.

What are the answers?

Four words: settled, full, tired and craving. You can also add optional scales, among them satisfaction, fullness and cravings.

Will Damson keep reminding me?

No. Each check-in is asked once, never nagging. If you skip one, nothing is lost and nothing is held against you.

Are check-ins free?

Yes. Check-ins, like meals, your cycle, symptoms and notes, are free for good.

Why does Damson ask hours later instead of straight away?

Because how a meal sits is rarely clear at the table. Asking a few hours later, roughly two to six, catches the afternoon rather than the first impression, and that is the part of a meal you would otherwise forget.