Press kit for journalists

Fact sheet

Six numbers for the fact box

All figures verifiable — sources linked where public. No projections.

Story angles

Five hooks for coverage

Each hook stands on its own — no bundling required. Quotes are free to use (Michael Prechtel, founder).

1. GDPR alternative to Cara Care

   The most popular IBS app in the DACH region has been majority-owned by US investors since 2023 and sends telemetry to third parties. DarmKompass is the lean European answer: same diary function, no trackers, no ads, no offshore data processing.

   «Wer ein Reizdarm-Tagebuch auf dem Handy hat, sollte nicht erst die Datenschutzerklärung lesen müssen, bevor er eine Bristol-Stuhl-Skala antippt.»

2. Open source as of Q2 2026

   DarmKompass is opening up its source code under MIT/AGPL — as a credibility anchor and so that doctors, data protection officers and patient associations can audit the code. This is not industry standard: no German IBS diary is open source today.

   «Wenn wir Patient:innen bitten, uns ihre intimsten Gesundheitsdaten anzuvertrauen, müssen sie hineinschauen dürfen — und mit ihnen jede Datenschutzbeauftragte.»

3. 11 million IBS sufferers — and barely a solution

   The DGVS S3 guideline estimates IBS prevalence in DACH at around 11 million. For many, the only realistic alternative is a paper diary or an expensive DiGA selling therapy before the pattern is even visible. There is a gap in between.

   «Die meisten Reizdarm-Patient:innen brauchen keine Therapie-App, sondern ein ehrliches Logbuch — drei Wochen sorgfältig geführt, dann sieht der Gastroenterologe in Sekunden, was sonst Monate dauert.»

4. Solo founder vs. the DiGA ecosystem

   DiGA apps must fund studies and pass certifications — costs that ultimately fall on health insurers. DarmKompass deliberately positions itself against this: not a DiGA, no insurer billing, no therapy promises. Instead, a diary that costs nothing and claims nothing.

   «Ich will keine 200 Euro pro Quartal aus dem Topf der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung. Ich will ein sauberes Tagebuch, das jedem hilft — auch dem, der nie eine DiGA-Verschreibung bekommen wird.»

5. IBS diary meets cloud architecture

   The founder works full-time as a cloud architect at Oracle. He applies the same discipline — data that must never end up in the wrong hands — to health data. Encryption, EU data residency, no third-party tracking: that is cloud standard, not marketing copy.

   «In Cloud-Engineering ist Datenschutz ein Architektur-Problem, kein Marketing-Versprechen. Genau diesen Reflex bringe ich in DarmKompass mit.»

About the company

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clearTime GmbH is a Munich-based software company founded in 2017, registered with the commercial register at Munich Local Court under HRB 226190. Its core product is DarmKompass — a private IBS diary that helps patients structure symptoms, food intake and stress levels and generate a PDF report for medical consultations. The app is deliberately not a medical device and not a DiGA: no diagnosis, no therapy, no physician role. Instead, it offers deterministic pattern recognition based on the patient's own diary data. Hosting and data processing are exclusively in the EU. clearTime does not use ad cookies, trackers, data sales or VC funding. Managing directors: Michael Prechtel (cloud architect) and Peter Prechtel.

Legal identifiers

clearTime GmbH

Operator

clearTime GmbH

Managing directors

Michael Prechtel · Peter Prechtel

Address

Hechtstraße 16, 81825 Munich, Germany

Commercial register

Amtsgericht München · HRB 226190

VAT ID

DE306623694 (§ 27 a UStG)

Founding year

2017

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