Comparison

Family Stork vs MyIR Mobile:
state registry viewer or lifelong health record?

MyIR Mobile gives you digital access to your immunization records stored in participating state immunization registries. Family Stork keeps your child's entire health story — vaccines, checkups, growth, allergies, and every provider visit — in one timeline built for families. Here's how they compare.

The Core Difference

Registry viewer vs. universal health record

MyIR Mobile is a state immunization registry portal. It connects you to the official immunization information system (IIS) in participating states — currently Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. You register, verify your identity against the registry, and then view and print the immunization records the state has on file for you and your family members. It can also issue SMART Health Cards for digital vaccine credentials in supported states.

Family Stork is a lifelong family health timeline. Every person gets one private @familystork email address. Give it to any clinic, lab, or hospital — they email records to it, and the timeline files everything automatically. Vaccines are one part of the record, alongside checkups, growth data, allergies, prescriptions, and specialist visits. It works with any provider in any state.

The honest version: If you live in a MyIR-participating state and need official immunization records from the state registry — especially digital vaccine credentials — MyIR Mobile is the direct connection. If you want one record that holds your child's entire health story across every provider, not just the vaccines the state has on file, Family Stork takes a wider approach.
Side by Side

Where each one fits

MYIR MOBILE

What it does well

Official state records. Pulls directly from your state's immunization information system — the authoritative source.

SMART Health Cards. Digital vaccine credentials in supported states — verifiable proof of immunization.

Family access. View immunization records for yourself and family members linked in the registry.

Print anytime. Generate printable immunization records on demand — useful for school enrollment.

Free. No charge — funded as a public health tool through partnerships with state programs.

Identity-verified. Records are matched against the registry using identity verification, ensuring accuracy.

FAMILY STORK

What it does well

Records-inbox email. One private @familystork address per person. Any clinic emails records to it; the timeline files them. No manual data entry, no portal logins.

How the email works: 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.

Full health timeline. Vaccines, checkups, growth charts, allergies, lab results, specialist visits — all in one place.

Any state, any provider. Not limited to participating states — works anywhere a clinic can send an email.

Built for families. Parents manage children's records. Ownership transfers at 18.

Paper + digital. Snap photos of paper records; the AI files dates, values, and details.

Ask your record. "Is she up to date for kindergarten?" Answers grounded in actual records.

$99/year — or about $10 a month.

The Real Question

What if you move — or your state isn't on MyIR?

MyIR Mobile is available in six states: Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. If you live elsewhere, MyIR can't show you anything. And if you move from a participating state to one that isn't on the platform, your access to those records through MyIR may not follow.

Family Stork doesn't depend on which state you live in or which registry your state uses. The @familystork email address works with any provider anywhere. Move across the country, and the record moves with you — because it was never tied to a state system in the first place.

For military families, families that relocate for work, or anyone whose kids see providers in multiple states, the portability difference is significant.

Complementary, Not Competing

You might use both

MyIR Mobile and Family Stork aren't necessarily either/or. MyIR gives you access to your state's official vaccine registry — that's authoritative documentation you might need for school enrollment or compliance. Family Stork keeps the broader record — the checkups, the growth data, the allergy list, the specialist visits.

Think of it this way: MyIR tells you what the state knows about your child's vaccines. Family Stork keeps everything the state doesn't track — plus everything you want to remember.

The bottom line

MyIR Mobile is the right tool when you need official immunization records from a participating state's registry. It's free, authoritative, and can issue digital vaccine credentials. But it's limited to six states and covers only immunizations.

Family Stork is for families who want the whole picture — one health story per child, from first heartbeat, across every provider and every state. One email address per person, records flowing in automatically, a timeline that grows with your family. Tired of managing health records for yourself and everyone you love? Family Stork organizes them for you automatically.

A note about trademarks: MyIR Mobile is a product of STChealth. Family Stork is not affiliated with MyIR Mobile or STChealth. Family Stork informs the conversation with your doctor; it never replaces it.

One health story. One email address every clinic already knows how to use.

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.

Start your child's record — free