A shared log that shows a child's therapist which sensory strategies help
TL;DR Calmtrack is a simple logging app for children whose occupational therapist has suggested sensory strategies. Parents and teachers record, in a few taps, what happened and what they tried, and the therapist sees which strategies seem to help that child. Therapy centres pay per child and offer it to families.
Children with autism, ADHD and other developmental conditions often react strongly to noise, touch or crowded rooms. Occupational therapists suggest strategies for home and school, like a movement break, ear defenders or a different seat. Then the child walks out of the clinic and the therapist hears almost nothing until the next session.
The stakes are financial too. One large therapy chain lists one month of a single therapy service at ₹25,999, offered at ₹14,499 until late October 2026[1]. If a family pays that much then they deserve to know which home strategies are worth continuing.
The evidence base is also unsettled. The American Academy of Pediatrics advised in 2012 against treating sensory processing disorder as a stand-alone diagnosis and called the research on sensory integration therapy limited and inconclusive[2].
What it does, in regulatory terms: record-keeping and progress summaries for a qualified therapist's own plan. Calmtrack does not screen, diagnose or recommend treatment. Every strategy in the app comes from the child's occupational therapist, a profession recognised under the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act 2021[3].
The therapist sets up a child's plan with three to six strategies. Parents and the class teacher or special educator get the same short list on their phones. When something happens (a meltdown at assembly, a calm morning after a swing session) they log it in under 30 seconds. The therapist's view shows, strategy by strategy, how often it was tried and what followed, across home and school.
I reframed the seed, which pitched AI that adapts learning to sensory needs. Given the AAP's caution, and evidence for broad sensory interventions that is still described as emerging[4], software that personalises treatment would be selling an unproven claim. Honest measurement is the useful product here.
The therapy centre or independent OT pays a monthly fee per active child, which they can absorb or pass on to families. My pricing is an assumption to test, as I found no public price for comparable tools in India. Families already pay ₹14,499 or more a month for one service at a big chain[1], so a small add-on is plausible. Schools with special educators are a second buyer.
The NCAHP Act of 2021 lists occupational therapists as a recognised allied health profession[3], which strengthens the case for therapist-led tools. The DPDP Rules notified in November 2025 spell out guardian consent for children and for persons with disabilities who need support to decide[5]. And therapy chains are expanding - that same chain claims more than 100 centres[1].
I found no public figure for India's paediatric occupational therapy market or for therapy software spending. The narrowest signal is usage at existing providers. One ABA therapy provider reports more than 3,40,000 sessions and 4,500 parents enrolled[6], and the big therapy chain claims 31 million sessions delivered[1].
Both figures are self-reported and cover all therapies, not sensory work alone.
A Gurugram ABA provider runs therapy at centres, at home and online, with an app that produces more than 17 report types[6]. Its focus is behaviour therapy though, not sensory strategies across home and school. National therapy chains run large centre networks with an online portal[1]. General therapy practice software exists abroad.
I didn't find an Indian tool built around OT strategy logs shared by parents and teachers.
| Difficulty | Moderate (44/100) |
| Starting capital | ₹45–85 L |
| Time to launch | 5–8 months |
The app is simple. The hard parts are keeping parents and teachers logging after the first fortnight, handling sensitive data on disabled children properly and persuading busy therapists to change how they work. Teachers are the weakest link, since a class of 35 leaves little time for logging one child's morning.
The app itself needs no licence as long as it only records a therapist's plan. Its users are regulated though, and so is any feature that drifts into clinical territory.
Building this outside India? The categories above usually have a local equivalent, so check with your own regulator.
AI should never suggest a new strategy, a diagnosis or a change in therapy. This is record-keeping for a qualified therapist's plan, and the OT makes every clinical call.
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I'd back an occupational therapist or special educator with product skills, or a founder with one such co-founder. If you plan to market sensory cures then stay away, honestly. Prove two things first - 30 families keep logging at least four times a week for a month, and their therapists change at least one plan because of it.
Plan for roughly ₹45–85 L, mostly on the app, data protection work and selling to therapy centres.
Not while it only records a therapist's own plan. Strategies must come from a qualified OT, children's data needs parental consent, and screening or treatment features would raise medical-device questions.
Yes. The logging problem is the same anywhere OTs see children once a week. Check your local health-data and medical-software rules before you sell.
The free Calmtrack validation kit has the line-by-line capital breakdown, the effort scoring, the professional and data-protection checklist, a 14-day validation sprint with pass/fail targets, a 90-day launch plan, 10 interview questions for therapists and parents, and 5 assumptions to test. Download the kit →
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