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Getting started22 August 2026
What to write down when you do not know what is wrong yet
q.buzz team22 August 2026
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You write your own questions, answer them in a few taps, and see what comes of it over time.
It sits somewhere between a survey app and a habit tracker. Like a survey, you decide what gets asked — a scale, a yes or no, a number, a few words, a photo, a place, or a tap on a body map. Like a habit tracker, it can remind you, and it keeps everything you have already answered.
You do not have to invent it all from nothing. There are over 100 example questions and check-ins to start from, and you can change any of them later.
People use it for symptoms, sleep, mood, workouts, productivity, and cat feedings. Most start with one thing they are trying to understand.
Coming soonLive exports to Google Sheets.
We're a small team of designers and developers based out of the US, Vietnam, and New Zealand. We believe strongly that users should have better tools to control and understand the data behind their everyday lives.
The team is led by Jake Hartman, a former NASA astrophysicist and Google engineer, who built the first iterations of q.buzz as his personal accountability tracker. He found it so useful that he put together a team to build the app available today. It's our sincere hope that you will find it helpful too.
Download q.buzz from Google Play or the App Store.
You can use q.buzz on multiple devices. Data is stored in the cloud, so you will always have your latest questions and responses.
Start with one thing you want to understand
Pick one thing, give it a month, and see what turns up. Free to start, nothing to cancel.