PatientSpot vs Tel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PatientSpot
Empower individuals with chronic diseases to participate in research by tracking symptoms, health metrics, and medications. Securely share your health data with care providers and family. Available on smartphone and web.
- Symptom tracking
- Health and wellness monitoring
- Validated patient outcome questionnaires
- Biosensor data capture
- Medication tracking
- Medical history logging
- Secure data sharing
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The PatientSpot registry was developed to empower people with chronic diseases to fight back by participating in real-world, patient-centric research. With this app, you will be able to track YOUR symptoms, health and wellness using surveys, completing validated patient reporting outcomes questionnaires and using data captured by your phone (biosensor data) to monitor well-being. PatientSpot enables participants to also track medications, medical history and to share health information with care providers, family members, etc. at their discretion. PatientSpot has the ability to run on a smartphone App and on the web for PCs, giving participants the ability to stay connected whenever they want. Come join the fight and help others as you help yourself, track your health and use your data to help combat chronic illness.
Tel
This iPad application complements a web-based EHR and practice management system for dermatology. It offers intuitive use, offline capabilities, and built-in billing expertise for dermatologists.
- Native iPad compliment to web application
- Intuitive and easy to use
- No setup required
- Complete dermatology knowledge base
- Smart learning and customizable
- Offline work capability
- Auto coder for billing
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Please note that the Tel-eDerm requires a username and password into the eDerm Systems, LLC subscription based web application. eDerm is a leading EHR and practice management system empowering dermatology practices. Designed by dermatologists for dermatology. The Tel-eDerm is the native iPad compliment to the web application. Here are just a few of the eDermEHR iPad features: # Training in 1 Day, Intuitive and Easy to Use # No Setup Required, Complete Dermatology Knowledge Base # Smart Learning and Completely Customizable, Learns What You Do # Work Offline, No Waiting # Auto Coder, Billing Expertise Built-In
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tel at 5.0 against PatientSpot's 3.3. PatientSpot's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PatientSpot has 35 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PatientSpot ships an update every 2 months, Tel every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PatientSpot | Tel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Global Healthy Living Foundation | eDerm Systems LLC |
Customer experience
PatientSpot
Tel
In-app purchases
PatientSpot
No in-app purchases
Tel
No in-app purchases





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