Kidney Navigator is one place for your numbers, your medications, your appointments, and the questions you want to ask your care team. Built for people living with chronic kidney disease and the families and caregivers beside them.
Point your camera at a lab report or a menu, or upload your records. Kidney Navigator reads them and organizes what it finds, and you stay in control of what gets saved.
Photograph a lab report or upload the PDF. Kidney Navigator reads the values and explains them in plain language, so you are not typing numbers in by hand.
Photograph a restaurant menu and see the dishes that fit your kidney diet. Look up foods for potassium, phosphorus and sodium when you plan a meal.
Upload a document, a PDF or a photo, and Kidney Navigator organizes what it finds into your health record. Keep your medication list, with doses and timing, in the same place.
Four free tools you can use right now. They run in your browser and nothing you enter is saved or sent anywhere.
Type in your eGFR to see which stage range it falls in, in plain language, with questions to bring to your care team.
Try it free →Answer three quick questions and get a printable checklist of questions for your nephrologist, dietitian or care team.
Try it free →Enter the daily limits your care team gave you and see how much room you have left as you log what you drink and eat.
Try it free →Filter recipes by low potassium, low phosphorus and low sodium, with links to full recipes from the American Kidney Fund.
Try it free →Chronic kidney disease can develop quietly. Knowing your own numbers is where taking control begins.
US adults has chronic kidney disease — about 35.5 million people.
Each dot is 1 of 100 adults; 14 are highlighted. Source: CDC, National Kidney Foundation.
adults with CKD may not know they have it. Even among people with severely reduced kidney function, 40% are unaware.
Red = may not know. Source: CDC, “as many as 9 in 10.”
Share of new kidney failure cases. Bar length is out of 100%.
Source: National Kidney Foundation.
people start dialysis for kidney failure every day in the US
CDC
US adults is at risk for kidney disease
National Kidney Foundation
spent in 2022 treating Medicare beneficiaries with CKD
CDC
| Figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| US adults with CKD | About 35.5 million (more than 1 in 7) | CDC; NKF |
| Adults with CKD who may not know | As many as 9 in 10 | CDC |
| Severely reduced kidney function, unaware | 40% | CDC |
| New kidney failure cases: diabetes | About 44% | NKF |
| New kidney failure cases: high blood pressure | About 29% | NKF |
| People starting dialysis each day | 360 | CDC |
| US adults at risk for kidney disease | 1 in 3 | NKF |
| 2022 Medicare cost of treating CKD | $95.7 billion | CDC |
Statistics are from the CDC (Chronic Kidney Disease Basics, last updated May 15, 2024) and the National Kidney Foundation (Kidney Disease Fact Sheet). They describe the US population and are not a diagnosis or a prediction for any individual.
You were probably handed a thick binder full of instructions, or told to keep track of your labs with no real way to do it. Kidney Navigator is the app for that.
Send a family member or caregiver a time-limited, read-only link to a safety summary. They do not need an account.
Weight, labs, fluid intake, symptoms and blood pressure, with trend charts so you and your care team can see what is changing.
Ask about your numbers, your options, or what to bring up at your next visit, and get plain-language answers. Educational information only.
Medications, appointments and your care team kept in one place, so less energy goes to paperwork and more goes to living.
Core tracking is free, permanently. Here is what you get when you create an account and add your own information.
Log fluid, weight, blood pressure, labs, symptoms and dialysis sessions, with twelve-month trends and plain-language summaries.
Photograph a lab report or a restaurant menu, or upload your records, and have it read back in plain language. Unlimited for 30 days, then 3 free scans every month.
Look up foods for potassium, phosphorus and sodium so meals are easier to plan around your care plan.
Keep a shareable medication list your care team can use, with doses and timing in one place.
Store your providers’ contact details, track appointments and keep referral letters organized.
Log how you feel and get simple guidance on when to keep an eye on something and when to call your care team.
A read-only summary paramedics or ER staff can open instantly, with no login required in an emergency.
Send family or a caregiver a time-limited, read-only link to a safety summary. No account needed on their end.
Ask about your numbers, your options or what to raise at your next visit. Educational information, not medical advice.
Most tools do one thing well, like food or fluid. Kidney Navigator keeps the whole picture together and brings your care circle in.
Runs in your browser on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac. Add it to your home screen and skip the app store.
The Emergency card opens without a login, so the people helping you in a crisis get what they need fast.
Caregivers view a read-only, time-limited link. Nobody has to sign up to help you.
Log dialysis sessions and dry weight, keep an eye on daily fluid limits, and track the labs your care team watches.
Export your records as CSV and print your Emergency card as a PDF to share with your care team.
Use Kidney Navigator in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
No cost and no card required. Your data syncs across your devices.
Enter your numbers, medications, providers and appointments, or photograph a lab report. Nothing comes pre-filled. It is your record.
Watch your trends, ask questions before your visit, and share a read-only summary with family or your care team when you choose.
Want it on your home screen? Open the app on your phone, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. There is nothing to download from a store.
The core app is free for everyone, permanently. Premium is only for people who want unlimited photo scanning.
A simple monthly subscription with no long-term commitment. Cancel any time and you simply go back to 3 free scans a month. Your account and data are unaffected. HSA/FSA eligibility depends on your plan administrator, so check before assuming coverage.
Up to three profiles with everything in Premium. Join the waitlist through the app.
Volume licensing for care organizations, with centralized billing and onboarding. Contact us.
Keep your numbers, medications and questions in one place instead of a binder.
See what is going on and stay ready with a read-only summary you are invited to view.
Get the safety summary you need through a time-limited link, no account required.
Patients arrive with organized labs, medications and questions. Get in touch to talk about working together.
Caring for someone with kidney disease means keeping track of a lot. Kidney Navigator lets the person you care for share exactly what you need, when they choose.
Michael Moore is the founder of MAVTG, an author and a platform builder based in Tampa, Florida. After more than 20 years as a network security engineer protecting large organizations across North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe, he now builds practical technology for health, education and small business.
Kidney Navigator is part of that work: one organized, private place for the numbers, medications and questions that come with chronic kidney disease. Security is built in from day one, the same standard he applied for two decades on the other side of breaches.
Enterprise security across North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe.
A free tracker for people living with chronic kidney disease, their families and caregivers.
Custom websites and web apps for small businesses, built security-first.
A nonprofit backing kidney-disease awareness, prostate-cancer awareness and education scholarships. Learn more.
Plain-language reading for people facing kidney disease and the families beside them. Published by Moore Legacy Press. Available now on Amazon, with the complete guide coming soon.
The all-inclusive resource guide for patients, families and caregivers: kidney disease explained in clear, plain language so you can make informed decisions with confidence. It is the book companion to the Kidney Navigator app.
Prices as listed on Amazon and may change.
Invite Michael Moore to speak with your community, conference, clinic or organization. Choose a topic below, or tell us what your audience needs.
Understanding chronic kidney disease, early detection and taking part in your own care.
Preparing for appointments, organizing your information and speaking up for yourself.
How simple, private tools help patients and families stay organized.
Practical cybersecurity for small businesses and health-related organizations.
Kidney Navigator provides educational information and tracking tools. It is not medical advice, and MAVTG is not a licensed healthcare provider. Always speak with your nephrologist, primary care doctor or dietitian about your own results. In an emergency, call 911.
Yes. Core tracking is free permanently, including logging, trends, the Emergency card and the care team directory. AI photo scanning is unlimited for your first 30 days and then continues at 3 free scans every calendar month. If you want more, Premium is $4.99 a month with no long-term commitment, and typing entries in yourself is always free.
Nothing you have logged goes away, and manual entry keeps working exactly as before. You move from unlimited scans to 3 free scans every calendar month, at no cost.
Yes. Premium is a simple monthly subscription. Cancelling returns you to the 3-free-scans-a-month tier, and your account and data are unaffected.
A center’s portal shows what your center records. Kidney Navigator is where you keep your own daily numbers, medications and questions, and share what you choose with the people helping you. Use both.
No. Open the app in your browser and add it to your home screen. On iPhone or iPad, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
No. It provides educational information and tracking tools only. Please talk with your nephrologist, primary care doctor or dietitian about your own results, and call 911 in an emergency.
You can. Family or caregivers can view a read-only summary only when you send them a time-limited link. The Emergency card is a read-only summary that emergency staff can open without logging in.
English, Spanish (Español) and Portuguese (Português).
Use the Request a Feature form inside the app, or call or email us using the contact details below. Please do not include health details in your message.
Create your free account and start tracking in a few minutes.
