Comparison

Family Stork vs Patientic:
same idea, different mechanic.

Both give you an email address for medical records. That's where the similarity ends. Patientic asks you to forward emails into it. Family Stork gives clinics an address they email directly — no forwarding, no setup, nothing for you to remember to do.

The Core Difference

Who sends the email — you or the clinic?

Patientic gives you a forwarding address at @inbox.patientic.app. When you get a lab result in your regular inbox, you forward it to that address and Patientic files it. That's a real improvement over manual filing — but you still have to take an action every single time a record arrives.

Family Stork gives your child one private @familystork address. You hand it to your pediatrician, your allergist, the urgent care — once. After that, when the office finishes a visit, they email the summary to that address. It files itself. No forwarding. No inbox-checking. No remembering.

The practical difference: With Patientic, you are the forwarder. With Family Stork, the clinic is the sender. One puts the task on you; the other removes it.
Side by Side

How they compare

PATIENTIC

What it does well

Forwarding inbox. Forward any medical email and it files automatically under the right category.

Record categories. Visits, labs, imaging, dental, vision, medications, immunizations, allergies — each with attachments and notes.

Family accounts. Add a child, partner, or aging parent under your account.

Provider directory. A list of your doctors linked to the records they produced.

Activity log. Every change is logged; download a full PDF at any time.

Privacy-first. No ads, no data brokers stated on their site.

FAMILY STORK

What it does well

Clinic-direct email. Give one @familystork address to any clinic. They email records to it. You do nothing after that.

How the address works: Every person gets one private @familystork email address. Hand it to any clinic, lab, or hospital — once. When the office finishes a visit, they email the summary directly. The timeline builds itself. No forwarding, no uploads, nothing to remember.

One timeline from birth. Vaccines, growth charts, milestones, allergies — a continuous record from the first checkup forward.

Paper records. Snap photos of paper documents; the AI extracts dates, values, and details automatically.

Ask the record questions. "When was her last tetanus shot?" The AI answers from your child's actual records.

Emergency card. Shareable, printable health summary — ready for urgent care or the school nurse.

Ownership transfers at 18. Your child takes their full health history into adulthood.

$99/year — or about $10 a month.

The Honest Detail

What "forwarding inbox" means in practice

Patientic's approach works — but it requires you to be the connector between your clinic's email and your record. When the pediatrician sends a visit summary to your Gmail, you forward it to Patientic. When the lab sends results, you forward those too. Every record requires a deliberate step from you.

Most parents are good at this for a week or two. Life happens. A result arrives on a busy Tuesday. You mean to forward it later. Six months later, your child's record is missing three lab results and a specialist visit.

Family Stork removes that step entirely. The clinic has your child's address. They send directly to it. Whether you're traveling, at work, or just having a hectic day — the record files itself.

The scenario that shows the difference: You're at urgent care on a Saturday afternoon. The doctor sees your child, sends a visit summary. With Patientic, that summary lands in your inbox and waits for you to forward it. With Family Stork, the clinic emails your child's address and it's on the timeline before you're home.
Where Each One Fits

Different people, different needs

Consider Patientic if:

You're an adult managing your own records and are comfortable setting up forwarding rules. You have a small number of providers and a manageable volume of incoming medical email. You prefer to review and approve every record before it files.

Consider Family Stork if:

You're managing health records for one or more children — with pediatricians, specialists, dentists, and urgent care all in the mix. You want a timeline that builds itself from birth. You want the clinic to be the sender, not you. You want to ask the record questions and get real answers.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about both apps

Does Patientic work for children's records?

Yes — Patientic allows you to add family members, including children, under your account. The difference is that managing a child's records still requires you to forward each document you receive. Family Stork is designed around the clinic-direct model from the start, with a separate @familystork address per person and a timeline built for pediatric milestones from birth.

Does Family Stork have a forwarding inbox too?

Family Stork takes this a step further. The @familystork address isn't a forwarding inbox you fill from your Gmail — it's the address clinics email directly. You give it to your pediatrician the way you'd give them a phone number. They put it in the system; records come to it without any action on your part.

What if a clinic won't email records directly?

Most clinics can email records — it's a standard function in any EHR system. If a specific provider won't, Family Stork also lets you photograph paper records and upload portal exports manually. The @familystork address handles the majority; the manual path handles edge cases.

Is Family Stork only for children?

No. Every person in your family gets their own @familystork address and their own timeline — children, adults, aging parents. One account, one dashboard, everyone's story in one place.

What does Family Stork cost?

$99 per year — or about $10 a month. That covers your whole family.

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

Give any clinic your child's private @familystork address — once. They send records; the timeline builds itself. No forwarding. No uploads. Nothing to remember.

$99/year — or about $10 a month.

Start your child's record — free