A First Look at Private Laboratory Records in My Bio Age

Your Apple Watch records everyday patterns. A laboratory report gives you a different kind of record, often tucked away in a PDF. For version 1.0.23, we’re working on a private place to keep those reports and review their results inside My Bio Age. This feature is in development and has not been released or clinically validated.

Import, check, keep

The planned flow starts with a PDF you choose in Files. The app reads its text locally, using on-device text recognition for scanned pages. You can compare extracted rows with the original report, correct them, remove them or add a missing result manually.

Initial automatic table recognition targets Belgian CMA/Fidlab and AZ Klina layouts. Other PDFs can remain reviewable originals, with manual entry when a table is not recognized. A successful import does not mean every value was read correctly: the report and individual results each need confirmation.

• Check the collection date, rather than the date the PDF was printed.
• Compare the value, unit and specimen with the original row.
• Keep qualifiers such as “less than” with the result.
• Keep your original reports even after importing them.

A separate Laboratory PhenoAge estimate

An eligible, reviewed blood report can support Laboratory PhenoAge, using the published blood-based model described in Levine and colleagues’ research. This uses laboratory measurements and age. It is distinct from the DNA methylation model discussed in the same research, and importing a PDF is not an epigenetic test.

In the current implementation, the estimate requires nine reviewed blood biomarkers from one report: albumin, creatinine, glucose, CRP, lymphocyte percentage, MCV, RDW-CV, alkaline phosphatase and white blood cell count. Values need to be exact numbers in supported units. The app does not fill gaps from a different blood draw or substitute urine results.

The current eligibility rules require a confirmed collection date, age at collection of at least 20, confirmation that the person was not pregnant, and a report no more than six months old. The six-month limit is an app policy. Reports that cannot produce an estimate can still be useful records.

Your wearable Index keeps its own meaning

Laboratory PhenoAge will appear alongside the MyBioAge Index™. It will not be blended into the weekly Index, its confidence, your Watch score or Pace of Aging. The two estimates use different inputs and methods; agreement or disagreement between them does not establish a diagnosis or prove that one measures your true biological age.

Private processing, with clear storage limits

Import, text recognition and storage happen on your iPhone. If you select a cloud-hosted file, your Files provider may first download it. My Bio Age does not send the imported report to an external AI service or write its results to Apple Health.

Stored reports use iOS file protection and are excluded from device backups, so retain the originals somewhere you control. Deleting a report in My Bio Age removes the app’s copy and reviewed results; it does not delete the file you originally selected.

General wellness information, not medical advice. Discuss laboratory findings with your clinician. For the rest of the planned release, see our 1.0.23 preview.

While laboratory import remains in development, you can explore the current app’s Apple Health dashboard. Download My Bio Age free on the App Store. The iPhone app is completely free, with no in-app purchases, subscription or account required. Your health data is processed privately on your iPhone.