# NannaLife vs Apple Health Records

> NannaLife turns the lab reports you already have into one private, source-linked health timeline, with an AI that answers from your own results.

This is the Markdown version of https://nannalife.com/vs/apple-health-records.

## The short answer

Apple Health Records receives lab results from healthcare organizations that participate in Apple's programme and shows them in the Health app on an iPhone. NannaLife does the opposite: you upload the report, whatever lab it came from, and it normalizes the markers across labs into one timeline with every value linked to its source. They solve different problems and can be used together.

## Where Apple Health Records is better

- Nothing to upload: once an organization is connected, records arrive on their own.
- Fully automatic, so there is no upkeep habit to break.
- It sits inside the Health app alongside activity, heart rate, and sleep data.
- It can carry more than lab work from a connected organization.
- It is free and needs no new account.

## Where it cannot help

- Participation is required, and availability varies by country and organization.
- It needs an iPhone; there is no Android or browser equivalent.
- It cannot take a file: a PDF you downloaded or a photo of a printed report has no route in.
- Records are presented per organization, so a marker reported by two labs arrives as two organizations' records rather than one normalized series.
- Nothing explains what a marker measures.
- You cannot ask it questions about your own results.
- Family members require separate devices.

## Side by side

| What matters | Apple Health Records | NannaLife |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Platform | iPhone, Health app | Any modern browser, mobile or desktop |
| How results arrive | From participating organizations | You upload the report |
| Works with any lab | Only participating ones | Any lab, any region |
| Accepts a PDF or photo you have | No | PDF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, up to 50 MB |
| Cross-lab normalization | Records stay as supplied | Names and units |
| Trend for a single marker | Not across labs | Across all reports you upload |
| Explains what a marker means | No | Per biomarker |
| Ask questions of your own results | No | With NannaDoc |
| Family members | Separate devices | Separate profiles in one account |

## The honest recommendation

**Use Apple Health Records if** you are on an iPhone, your hospital or lab participates, and you want results to arrive automatically inside the Health app.

**Use NannaLife if** your reports are files or photos, your labs do not participate, you are not on an iPhone, or you want one comparable series per marker with explanations and source links.

If both apply, use both.

## Questions

**Does NannaLife sync with Apple Health?**
No. There is no Apple Health integration. Reports are uploaded as PDF, PNG, JPEG, or TIFF files, up to 50 MB each.

**Can Apple Health Records import a PDF I already have?**
No. It receives records from participating organizations, so a file or printed page has no route in. That is the gap NannaLife fills.

**Which is better for tracking one marker over years?**
NannaLife: it normalizes names and units across labs and shows each biomarker's history across every report you upload.

## Links

- [Compare hub](https://nannalife.com/vs/)
- [Homepage](https://nannalife.com/)
- [FAQ](https://nannalife.com/guides/faq)