About famtic
A weekly tic diary for families
My son started having tics. Small movements at first, barely noticeable. Then, about a year in, sounds started too. Nothing dramatic on its own, but enough that I started keeping notes in my phone.
The notes were a mess. Some in my Notes app, videos in a WhatsApp group with my wife, more clips saved in the Photos app. By the time I got to an appointment, I was jumping between apps trying to show the neurologist a video here, a note there. I couldn't tell the story coherently.
I searched for something structured. Something I could use once a week, look back on after a few months, and bring to a neurologist without having to reconstruct everything from scattered memories. I couldn't find it. So I built it.
I'm still figuring this out alongside my son. famtic is the tool I wished I had when we started.
Yassine, A dad, and the person who built famtic
famtic is a weekly tic diary for families. Once a week, away from your child, you note what you've been observing: which types of tics showed up, how often, how intense they felt overall. It doesn't diagnose anything. It doesn't treat anything. It organizes what you're already noticing.
Daily tracking can make things harder. Research on tic observation suggests it draws attention to something that's better left unacknowledged in the moment. Weekly is the right cadence. It captures real patterns over time without becoming a burden. The famtic check-in takes about 5 minutes, once a week, done without your child in the room.
Tic data is sensitive. I didn't want it in a cloud database I don't control. Everything you log stays on your device. No account. No sync unless you choose to export.
If you're evaluating famtic: the diary is informed by the Parent Tic Questionnaire structure, so your patients' observations are organized in a format you already recognize. When they export, you get weekly totals across motor and vocal tic categories. Questions or want to see what the report looks like?
Questions?
beta@famtic.app