Comparison

Weave vs USDA AHS

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Weave

This app provides a comprehensive mobile solution for managing a practice remotely. It allows users to view schedules, communicate with patients via text and calls from an office number, process payments, and collaborate with team members. It also offers features for managing office hours, voicemails, and faxes.

Highlights
  • Manage online schedule requests
  • Text and call patients from office number
  • Message templates for faster communication
  • Accept contactless payments via Tap to Pay
  • Send customer review invites
  • Team chat for collaboration
  • Manage voicemail remotely
Features
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Manage your practice remotely with Weave's mobile app. Weave gives you a full view of your office, including patients scheduled and their appointment types allowing you to call or text any patient from an office number (protecting your private phone number), manage emergency call forwarding, change phone hours, and much more. Key Features: - Manage online schedule requests(pending/reviewed). - Watch out your schedule for the day's booking and their appointment type. - Reliably text and call your patients from an office phone number, protecting your private phone number. - Message Templates lets you send messages even faster with precomposed messages. - Download images sent/received in message conversation. - Make internal call(calls within the same tenants/phone system). - Payment history lets you check all payment activities anytime & from anywhere. - With Text to Pay save time & simply text a secure payment request to your patients. - Turn your mobile device into a payment terminal with Tap to Pay and accept contactless payments from physical cards and digital wallets. - Send invites(via text) to your customers for adding reviews to your business. - Team chat keeps you in touch with your co-workers to increase collaboration with communication. - Change office & break hours with smooth & easy time selector. - Manage call forwarding. - Select media from gallery or record high quality greeting for Voicemail Override. - Now fax supports multiple file types. - Monitor office phone call history and activity. - Access full patient lists and relevant patient information. - Manage voicemail remotely with additional capabilities to mark as unread(after listening) and download to device. - Listen to recorded calls.

About

USDA AHS

This app allows accredited veterinarians and animal health officials to search for animal premises and their contacts. Information can be saved for offline use, requiring a specific government account for access.

Highlights
  • Search animal premises and contacts
  • Save information for offline reference
  • Accredited veterinarian tool
  • State and Federal animal health official tool
  • Requires eAuthentication Level 2 or Login.gov account
Features
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The USDA APHIS Veterinary Services Animal Health Services (AHS) mobile application is a tool to allow Accredited Veterinarians, State and Federal Animal Health Officials to search for animal premises and their contacts via various search criteria and save that information to their app for off-line reference. An eAuthentication level 2 account or Login.gov account is required to utilize the app.

Screenshots

Weave4 screens
USDA AHS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Weave at 4.4 against USDA AHS's 3.5. Weave also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 2) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). USDA AHS's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Weave holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weave has 1.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Weave ships an update every 9 days, USDA AHS monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Weave versus USDA AHS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeaveUSDA AHS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.2K ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews71.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB607 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWeave CommunicationsUSDA MRPBS IT

Customer experience

Weave

All ratings1,241 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral3.9%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews144 reviews
Positive71.5%
Neutral7.6%
Negative20.8%

USDA AHS

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Weave

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezes when accessing patient tab
  • Calls and notifications not consistently received
  • Texting and messaging features not working reliably
  • Login issues and frequent log-outs
  • Syncing issues between mobile and desktop versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Horizontal iPad support
  • Individual voicemail boxes
  • Customizable templates and automation
  • Improved desktop app functionality
  • Better integration with practice management software

USDA AHS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Weave

No in-app purchases

None

USDA AHS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weave free?
Weave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is USDA AHS free?
USDA AHS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Weave or USDA AHS?
Weave is rated higher. Weave averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while USDA AHS averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Weave or USDA AHS have ads?
Neither Weave nor USDA AHS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Weave or USDA AHS?
Weave ships an update every 9 days, and USDA AHS monthly. Most recently, Weave was updated on November 1, 2026 and USDA AHS on October 17, 2026.

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