Both apps organize health records for families. KeepMD connects to 40,000+ providers via FHIR and stores records on your device. Family Stork builds a lifelong timeline from your child's first heartbeat — records flowing in through one email address every clinic already knows how to use. Here's how they compare in 2026.
KeepMD is a private health records organizer with FHIR provider sync. It connects to 40,000+ providers (Epic, Cerner, and major health systems) to auto-import labs, visit notes, and prescriptions. It also offers OCR scanning for paper records, KeepMD Intelligence™ AI to ask questions about your history, and visit transcription to capture what the doctor said. Records stay on your device by default — no KeepMD cloud database.
Family Stork is a lifelong family health timeline built around one email address. Every person gets a private @familystork email. Give it to any clinic, lab, or hospital — they email records and the timeline files them automatically. Snap paper records and AI does the data entry. Ask the record questions: "When was her last flu shot?" "What did the allergist say in March?" The timeline answers. $99/year or about $10/month.
FHIR provider sync. Connect Epic, Cerner, and 40,000+ providers. Labs, visit notes, and prescriptions auto-import. Availability varies by provider, region, and platform.
KeepMD Intelligence™ AI. Ask your health history questions in plain English, privately, on your device.
Visit transcription. Record your appointment; KeepMD turns it into a searchable transcript. No more half-remembered instructions.
On-device storage. Records stay on your phone. No KeepMD cloud to breach.
OCR scanning. Photograph paper records; text gets extracted and searchable.
Lab trend charts. Track values over time and flag out-of-range results.
Family profiles. Separate profiles for kids, parents, and aging relatives (Plus plan).
Free starter tier. Core features for one person at no cost.
Records-inbox email. Give the address to any clinic. Visit summaries arrive and file themselves on the timeline.
AI data entry. Snap paper records — the AI reads dates, values, and details so you don't type anything.
Ask the record questions. "What vaccine is due next?" "What did the dermatologist say?" Answers grounded in your child's actual records.
One timeline from birth. Checkups, growth, vaccines, allergies, milestones — chronological, every provider, every year.
Emergency card. One tap — shareable, printable, revocable.
Ownership at 18. The record transfers to your child when they're ready. Their history, their hands.
The first year of a child's life produces a remarkable stack of records — well-baby visits every few months, vaccines, growth measurements, maybe a specialist referral or two. By school age, add allergy tests, sports physicals, immunization forms, dental records.
KeepMD now auto-imports from 40,000+ providers through FHIR. If your hospitals and clinics are in that network, records flow in without scanning. For everything else, OCR handles paper. KeepMD Intelligence™ lets you ask questions across the whole history, and visit transcription captures what the doctor said in real time.
Family Stork's approach is different: one email address, and every clinic can use it — no FHIR enrollment, no checking whether your provider is in the network. The small pediatric practice, the urgent care visit on vacation, the specialist your insurance sent you to once — they all just email. And then you can ask the timeline anything, just like KeepMD.
The practical question: are all your family's providers FHIR-connected? If yes, KeepMD's auto-sync is seamless. If you see a mix of providers, including smaller practices that haven't adopted FHIR yet, the email mechanic catches everything. For a deeper dive, read KeepMD vs Family Stork: FHIR sync or email mechanic?
Adult children managing records for an aging parent face a specific challenge: their parent sees many doctors, has years of history scattered across hospitals, and may not be able to manage portal logins themselves. KeepMD now has a dedicated aging-parent page (keepmd.org/caring-for-aging-parents) — here's how the two apps compare for that use case.
FHIR import from major health systems. KeepMD connects to 40,000+ providers. If your parent's hospitals participate, labs and visit notes import automatically.
Document scanning. Photograph discharge papers or old records; OCR extracts the text into searchable entries.
Ask your records questions. KeepMD Intelligence™ lets you query the record in plain English — "what medications is my father on?" — privately, on-device.
Family profiles (Plus plan). Manage separate profiles for a parent alongside your own record.
Caveat: FHIR availability varies by provider, region, and platform. Small practices, specialist clinics, and out-of-network providers may not be connected. Paper and non-FHIR records require manual scanning.
One private address per person. Give your parent's Family Stork address to any clinic — their primary care, cardiologist, orthopedics, urgent care, the hospital. Records are emailed to it and file themselves. Every provider, every visit, without checking a network directory.
Hospital discharge papers. The paperwork that piles up after every stay arrives at their address and files to the timeline. No more managing folders of paper.
Emergency card. Medications, allergies, and care contacts — one tap, always current, shareable with the ER when you can't be there.
Sibling access. Every family member helping with care can see the health record — as much or as little as the family decides to share.
$99/year. Covers every record in your family — children, yourself, and a parent — in one subscription.
For more on managing a parent's records: Family Stork for caregivers · hospital discharge papers guide · siblings sharing a parent's record.
Updated October 2026: KeepMD now has a dedicated "MyChart Alternative" page (keepmd.org). MyChart alternative comparison section added below.
KeepMD's core promise is local-only storage. There's no cloud database of your medical files. If you want your records to exist nowhere but your device, this model delivers that.
Family Stork holds your family's data so it can work across devices, answer questions, and receive records from clinics. That data isn't sold, isn't shared with advertisers, and isn't used to train AI models. Your child's health story is yours.
Local-only means no syncing across devices, no automatic record intake, and no AI-powered questions. Cloud-based means trusting your provider with the data. Both are valid choices — it depends on what matters more to your family.
KeepMD now has a dedicated "MyChart Alternative" page and is actively marketing to families frustrated with one MyChart per hospital. Here's the honest comparison on that specific angle.
FHIR from 40,000+ providers. Connect to Epic, Cerner, and major health systems. Labs, visit notes, and medication lists auto-import. One record instead of three separate patient portals.
On-device storage. Records live on your phone. No KeepMD cloud to breach.
KeepMD Intelligence™ AI. Ask questions from your unified record once portals are connected.
Caveat: FHIR availability varies by provider, region, and platform. Smaller practices, specialist clinics, and urgent care may not be connected — those records still require manual scanning.
One address, every clinic. The private Family Stork address works with any clinic that has email. Small specialist, urgent care, the lab your insurance sent you to once — they don't need to be in any network. They just email.
Supported portal connections. Family Stork connects to supported patient portals (including MyChart Connect) for clinics that allow it — FHIR records come in too, alongside email records.
One family, one subscription. $99/year covers every family member's record — children, yourself, and an aging parent — not one hospital at a time.
Related: Family Stork vs MyChart · why MyChart is not a family health record · MyChart from three hospitals: keeping one family record
KeepMD and Family Stork have converged on a similar vision — both auto-import records and both let you ask questions with AI. The difference is the import path. KeepMD syncs from 40,000+ FHIR-connected providers; availability varies by provider, region, and platform. Family Stork uses one email address that works with every clinic that has email — no network check required.
If your providers are all in major health systems with FHIR support and you want everything on-device, KeepMD is a strong fit. If your family sees a mix of providers — including smaller practices, urgent care, and specialists — and you want records to arrive without checking a provider directory, Family Stork's email mechanic catches everything. For more on why one timeline matters, see what to look for in a family health record app, or read the detailed KeepMD vs Family Stork comparison.
KeepMD uses FHIR connections to sync records from 40,000+ providers — if your doctor supports FHIR, records pull automatically. Family Stork uses a private email address that any clinic can send records to, regardless of their technology. FHIR reach varies by provider; email works everywhere.
Both solve the MyChart fragmentation problem — one MyChart per hospital, nothing portable. KeepMD connects via FHIR APIs. Family Stork uses email — clinics send records to one address that works with every clinic. Family Stork also supports MyChart Connect for portals that allow it. The right choice depends on whether all your providers are in a major FHIR network.
Both work for aging parents. KeepMD syncs through FHIR connections (availability varies by provider). Family Stork gives the parent one private email address — any doctor's office can send records to it without installing anything. If your parent sees many specialists across different systems, including small practices, the email mechanic works with all of them.
Yes. Family Stork uses email, which every clinic already knows how to use. The private address works with any clinic regardless of their EHR system or FHIR support — no network check required.
Family Stork is $99/year (about $10/month) for your whole family — every member's record in one subscription. KeepMD has a free tier for one person; family features are on a paid plan. Check keepmd.org for current KeepMD pricing.
Every person gets one private @familystork email address. Give it to any clinic, lab, or hospital. They email records to it — visit summaries, test results, vaccine updates — and the timeline files them automatically. No portal logins. No uploads. Nothing for the clinic to learn.
Give any clinic your child's private @familystork address. They send records; the timeline builds itself. No portal logins, no uploads, nothing for the clinic to learn.
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