Guides and comparisons
Plain, honest answers to the questions people ask before organizing their medical records: how Cellar compares to the tools you already use, and how to bring your history into one place.
Comparisons
Cellar vs MyChart (and other patient portals)
MyChart shows the records from one health system. Cellar holds your records from every provider and country in one timeline you own and can share with any doctor. How they differ, and why most people use both.
Cellar vs Apple Health
Apple Health is strong for device and wearable data on iPhone. Cellar reads your actual medical documents, labs, scans, and visit notes, from any provider or country, and shares them with any clinician. How they compare, and how they work together.
Cellar vs a folder of PDFs (Google Drive, Dropbox)
A folder in Google Drive or Dropbox stores your medical files. Cellar reads them: it extracts your labs, builds a timeline, trends your biomarkers, and shares a read-only summary with any doctor. Storage versus understanding.
Cellar vs PicnicHealth
PicnicHealth and Cellar both gather your records from every provider into one place with an AI assistant. They differ on price and business model: PicnicHealth's full membership is paid and the company runs a clinical-research business; Cellar is a subscription that never sells your data.
How-to guides
How to organize medical records from multiple doctors
A practical way to bring records from different doctors, labs, and hospitals into one place you can search and share. Gather, add, and organize your full history, then keep it current.
Managing a parent's medical records
How to keep an aging parent's medical records organized, current, and ready to share with their doctors, with their consent. A practical approach for caregivers.
Zero-knowledge medical records: what it means, and what Cellar does instead
Zero-knowledge means the company holding your records keeps no key to read them. Cellar is not built that way, and explains why plainly: how your records are encrypted, why they are never sold or used to train AI, and how you can take them and leave, or erase them permanently, at any time.
How to track your lab results over time
When labs come from several clinics, hospitals, or countries, the trend is invisible. How to bring them into one place, normalize the units, and see each biomarker move over time, then share it with any doctor.
How to share your medical records with a new doctor
How to bring an organized history to a new doctor or specialist: create a read-only packet, send a private link that is time-limited and revocable, and let the clinician open it without an account.
Personal health record vs patient portal: what is the difference?
A patient portal is run by one health system and holds only that system's records. A personal health record is yours and holds records from every provider. What each is for, and why most people use both.
Private AI for your medical records: how Cellar reads them, and what stays private
How Cellar uses AI to read and organize your medical records without advertising or profiling you: documents are read under binding no-training terms, you can turn AI off, and Cellar is precise that this is not zero-knowledge.
How to prepare your records for a second opinion
A second opinion is only as good as the history the specialist can see. How to gather your labs, imaging, and notes, organize them into one timeline, and share a focused read-only packet before the appointment.
The best way to organize medical records from multiple doctors and countries
What to look for in a way to organize records from several doctors, labs, and countries: it should read the documents, normalize across labs, let you share read-only, and keep the originals. How Cellar fits.