Comparison

Family Stork vs Magnus Health:
the school's tool vs. the family's tool.

Magnus Health is what schools buy to manage student health records. Family Stork is what parents use to organize their child's health timeline — so the records are ready when the school (or camp, or doctor) asks.

The Core Difference

They solve different problems — on different sides of the relationship

Magnus Health is school health management software sold to K–12 districts and schools. Nurses, administrators, and coaches use it to store student immunization records, manage medication administration, track health visits, and send compliance reminders to families. The school buys it. Parents interact with it only because their school chose it.

Family Stork is a lifelong health timeline built for families. Every person in the family gets one private @families.familystork.com email address. Any clinic, lab, or hospital emails visit summaries to that address — and the health story builds itself. No portal logins, no uploads, nothing for the clinic to learn. Parents always have a complete, organized record ready for any school, camp, or specialist that asks.

One sentence: Magnus Health sits at the school. Family Stork travels with your child, from every clinic and lab, for their whole life.
Side by Side

What each tool is actually built for

MAGNUS HEALTH

School-side health management

Who buys it: School districts, K–12 campuses, school nurses.

What it does: Stores student health records inside the school system. Manages immunization compliance, medication dispensing, nurse visit logs, and health screenings for enrolled students.

Parent access: Parents submit forms and view school-held records through the portal their school provides. Access is tied to school enrollment.

Scope: One school or district. Records don't automatically follow the child when they change schools or graduate.

Integrations: Connects to Student Information Systems (SIS) and state immunization registries.

Enterprise SaaS — purchased by schools, not parents.

FAMILY STORK

Family-side health timeline

Who buys it: Parents. $99/year or about $10/month.

What it does: Keeps a lifelong health timeline for every person in the family — checkups, vaccines, growth charts, allergies, lab results — across every provider, not just one school or clinic.

How records arrive: Each family member gets a private @families.familystork.com address. Clinics email visit summaries to it. Records file themselves — no manual uploads, no portal logins.

Scope: Lifelong. From the first well-child visit through adulthood. Not tied to any one school, clinic, or insurer.

School forms: Because the record is always current, filling out any school health form takes minutes. Pull exactly what the school needs, in the format they ask for.

Consumer app — for families, not institutions.

The Real-World Scenario

What happens when school health forms are due

School registration opens. The nurse's office sends home a stack of forms — Certificate of Immunization, physical exam record, emergency contact, allergy action plan. Some schools use Magnus Health portals; some still take paper.

Either way, the bottleneck is the same: you need the actual records. Magnus Health helps the school process what you send — but it doesn't help you find, organize, or present what you have.

Without Family Stork: Dig through the folder, find the vaccine card (maybe), call the pediatrician's office, wait for a fax, log into MyChart to download a PDF, format it, bring it in. Two trips, three calls, one week.
With Family Stork: Every visit summary from the pediatrician arrived automatically via the @families.familystork.com email address. Open the app, pull the records, hand the school a complete immunization history. Done.
The Email Mechanic

One address. Every clinic already knows how to use it.

Every person in your Family Stork account gets a private @families.familystork.com email address. When the pediatrician, allergist, or urgent care sends a visit summary, it goes to that address — and the health story builds itself.

No portal login. No upload. Nothing for the clinic to learn — they already know how to send email. The record is complete before you even open the app.

Your child's @families.familystork.com address goes with them everywhere: new school, new state, new doctor. The health story travels with the child, not with the institution.

Frequently Asked

Questions about Magnus Health vs Family Stork

Is Magnus Health for parents or for schools?

Magnus Health is purchased by schools and school districts. Parents interact with Magnus Health portals only when their school has chosen it. Parents don't subscribe to Magnus Health independently.

What do parents use to organize their child's health records?

Family Stork is built for families. It keeps your child's complete health timeline in one place so records are ready when any school, camp, or specialist asks.

Can Family Stork work with schools that use Magnus Health?

Yes. Family Stork gives you the organized, up-to-date records to submit into any school system — including those using Magnus Health. Your child's @families.familystork.com address keeps records current from every clinic automatically.

Does Magnus Health replace the need for a family health app?

No. Magnus Health manages school-held records. It doesn't collect records from other providers, track a child's history across clinics, or hold records after the child leaves the school. A family health app fills that gap.

Family Stork

Every person gets one health story, and one private Family Stork email address every clinic already knows how to use.

Tired of managing health records for yourself and everyone you love? Family Stork organizes them for you automatically — $99/year, or about $10/month.

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