Balloon - Gut health app for women with constipation
Balloon tracks your poop, food, and symptoms to help you avoid constipation and better understand your gut. It guides you toward your daily fiber goals, and provides personalised insights to help you build lasting, healthy habits.
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June
@frcbls yep
🚀 Hey Product Hunt!
I’m so excited to launch Balloon, a gut health app designed for women dealing with constipation 💩✨
As someone who’s battled constipation my entire life, I deeply understand the struggle - the discomfort, the effort, and the stigma. It’s been a long journey for me, trying everything out there to feel better. What I’ve learned is that: gut health is a lifelong commitment that depends on daily habits.
So - a year ago, I quit my job, taught myself to code, and built Balloon from scratch - living on my own savings to make it happen. Today, I’m so happy to share it with you!
🌟 What makes Balloon special?
Simple poop tracking: Log your poops with the Bristol Stool Scale (1 = super constipated, 7 = very liquid)
AI-powered food analysis: Take a pic of your meal and get estimated fiber content, FODMAP status, and more! 📸
Constipation alerts: Balloon detects when you’re at risk and provides a toolkit to help you stay regular 🚨
Guided belly massages: Clinically proven techniques to help relieve constipation
Log anywhere, anytime: Use widgets, Siri commands, or the Apple Watch app ⌚
...And it’s just super cute and beautifully designed! 🎈
🚀 What’s next?
I’m already working on Apple Health integrations, cycle & mood tracking, and habit-building features - because gut health is connected to every aspect of your well-being. Balloon isn’t just about tracking - it’s about helping you make lasting, long-term lifestyle changes.
Would love to hear your thoughts & feedback! 💛💬 Let’s break the stigma and make gut health fun! 🎉
@gracechi that is a little left field. I admire your commitment. do you have socials I can check out?
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@taniabell thanks so much for upvoting! Here’s my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-wy-chi!
@shadmannazim great idea! Will build that feature at some point 🙌 thanks for suggesting!
@gracechi @taniabell thats true
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Any health app has my support! Wish you good luck and happy women day!
@busmark_w_nika thanks Nika! Happy women day to you too! 🎈
Congrats with the launch!
Any plans for android app? Also, why the specific focus on women? Just curious
@deffro I’ll be focusing on the ios app for now as there are still so many things i want to build to make the app even better!
Women are actually twice more likely to have gut health issues than men - yet many struggle with these problems in silence. My goal with Balloon is to break the stigma around digestion and create a fun, empowering experience that helps women take control of their gut health!
June
So excited for the Balloon launch! It's been so useful for me to better understand my gut health, the AI features are a game changer. Thank you for making this app Grace!
@vortex_ape Thanks Viny for this!!
June
Love this! Consistent tracking of my poop was step 1 for better gut health for me. It's such an interesting topic. Love the use of AI here too!
@danielbeere thanks Dan!
Orango AI
I'll share it with my girlfriend right now!
btw the UI looks really sleek 🤩
@pederzh Thanks so much Luigi!!! Let me know if she has any feedback 🎈
While maintaining gut health is vital, tracking it in such great detail might give some people the ick. But I think you have made it fun and engaging with cool design, quirky illustrations and vibrant colour themes! Very nicely done. Does it allow period tracking or sync with existing period trackers? It can be a huge factor for changes :)
@aishwaryalohi thanks Aishwarya! Yes period tracking / syncing is on the roadmap!!
@gracechi great to hear, good luck :)
June
Congrats Grace!!! The app is amazing!
@alberto_incisa1 Thanks Albi!!
Intercom
Healthcare app? For women? Upvoted!
This is such an underserved market. Congrats on the launch, and best of luck!
@jesse_thouin Thanks Jesse!! Will continue to improve the app and help more women out there 🎈
Happy Woman’s Day! So glad to see there’s a health app for women and focusing on gut health. Most people have gut health problems to some extent.
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Congrats on launch! Much needed app for so many women. Excited to try it out!
@alliemeng Thanks Allie!!
Stable
This is amazing!!!! The gut biome is so overlooked — and i'd love to see how this could potentially help with indigestion in the future too :)
@minhiam thanks Minh!! Yes super excited to keep improving Balloon and help more people out there 🎈
Excited to start using this! Travel has completely thrown my routine off balance, so this is a nice way of tracking how I'm getting my gut back to a healthy level 🙌
Amazing app! Congrats! Three thumbs up👍👍👍or more direct a three thumbs app! 😜
Happy womens day!
Interesting project! Let me try it out, wondering why it is only for women? Constipation should be general case for men as well?
So cute! Already loving it
Since downloading Balloon, managing my digestive habits has become effortless and insightful. The app’s simple interface lets me log meals, track bowel movements, and note symptoms like bloating in seconds. Within days, it alerted me to my low-fiber diet and suggested easy swaps (like swapping white rice for quinoa). The daily fiber goal was motivating, and seeing my progress over weeks helped me build sustainable routines. Best of all, the data feels personal—no generic advice here. Balloon isn’t just a tracker; it’s a compass guiding me toward a happier gut.