Comparison

Buzz vs BloomText

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

Head to head
About

Buzz

This secure messaging platform facilitates HIPAA-compliant collaboration for healthcare teams and patient communication. It offers features like real-time chat, document editing, video conferencing, and integration with trusted medical knowledge bases to improve patient care and satisfaction.

Highlights
  • HIPAA-compliant secure messaging
  • Real-time chat and group chats
  • Video conferencing and private calls
  • Document editing and e-signatures
  • Trusted medical knowledge integration
  • Caller ID protection
  • API framework for EMR linking
Features
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Skyscape’s Buzz is a HIPAA-secure platform for care team collaboration and patient communication, offering rich capabilities including real-time chats, document edit, and signatures, group chats with polling feature and broadcast capabilities, video conferencing, private calls with caller ID, fax number, dictation, audio/video, images, trusted medical knowledge integration, report sharing and a robust API framework enabling linking with external systems such as EMR solutions. Buzz is intuitive and easy to use. Complying with HIPAA rules and regulations doesn't need to be burdensome, and Buzz proves it with its time-saving features. Your patient’s data is private and accessible only to authorized users. Whether consulting with another healthcare provider or the patient you will never need to worry about security. Buzz platform includes added organization-level security to manage users within an enterprise securely. The best part is that the seamless collaboration between healthcare participants improves patient care as well as patient satisfaction. Buzz provides in-context integration within conversations to get Lightning™ fast answers via Skyscape's comprehensive portfolio of gold-standard medical information trusted by over 1 million healthcare professionals. Buzz has a strong track record in home health, & physical therapy as well as medical clinics & hospitals, and other agencies handling the transition of care. Buzz is a recommended platform for any individual provider or organization that needs to quickly and securely exchange private, HIPAA-compliant messages. Customer case studies show improvements in patient experience, enhanced provider satisfaction, as well as a reduction in hospital readmission rates. Providers can communicate with patients and their families using secure texting, secure email, phone calls, and video channels, helping to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction. Here are some of the features better described by our customers in their own words! ** Telehealth to the forefront ** “We rely on Buzz Video for our telehealth needs as it’s easy to use, requires no app download by the patient, and is HIPAA-secure” – VP, Clinical Operations, Home Health & Hospice Agency ** Protect your Cell phone numbers with versatile Caller ID ** “Now with Buzz, I can make my calls and know that the patient won’t get my personal number.” – ** Team Collaboration ** “Buzz allows for seamless collaboration and communication between healthcare professionals with all common methods (audio, video, pics, etc.) of desired content” – App Store Review ** Ease of use ** “User interface is very simple yet elegant with great performance and speed” – App Store Review ** Best in its class ** I’ve used a lot of different messenger products throughout my professional career. Buzz is by far the most versatile, user-friendly, and forward-thinking platform available” Features that you will find useful in your daily workflow: - Send and receive secure text, attachments (PDF/MS Office documents), audio/dictation, video messages - Send a Fax using BuzzFax™ - View, Annotate, Sign documents with BuzzFlow™ (Adobe PDF®, Images, or Microsoft Office documents ) - Get your unique Buzz Phone number - Select your Caller ID (e.g. clinic, office) when calling patients - Create groups/teams to collaborate with and share previous messages with newly added group members - Manage your organization’s users easily - Search messages to find the information you are looking for - Mark messages for priority viewing and get delivery confirmation. ‘Nudge’ users who haven’t viewed the message - Message management: Edit, Delete, Reply to create thread, Forward - Buzz Lightning™ - AI integration to work smarter, not harder - Buzz Locomotion™ - EVV (Electronic Visit Verification) providing accurate &reliable data for billing and federal EVV compliance. - Customized Linking to Practice EHR through chatbot and API interfaces

About

BloomText

A secure, HIPAA-compliant messaging platform for healthcare teams. Facilitates communication with colleagues and patients while keeping sensitive health information within the app. Designed for ease of use and organizational efficiency.

Highlights
  • HIPAA-compliant communication
  • Automatic Business Associate Agreement (BAA)
  • Secure messaging for PHI
  • Team and patient chat
  • Device-agnostic access
  • Easy staff management
Features
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BloomText is a simple, secure way to message your team, other healthcare professionals, and your patients from one app. Use it instead of personal texting, WhatsApp, or iMessage, and keep protected health information (PHI) protected. FREE TO START, BAA INCLUDED • Every plan includes a signed BAA at no cost. Sign it right after you sign up. • The free plan covers up to 5 coworkers and unlimited outside collaborators. • Upgrade inside the app whenever you need more. TEXT PATIENTS, NO APP DOWNLOAD • Send secure messages, images, and files to a patient's phone or email. • Patients don't need an app or a password: they reply by text or a secure link. • Patients who want an app can sign in to BloomText with a one-time code to see their care team's chats in one place. • Text from your practice's own phone number (Patient SMS add-on). • Send a broadcast text to a group of contacts for reminders and updates. SECURE TEAM CHAT • Message coworkers and care partners at other organizations. • Read receipts and notifications on every message. • See who on your team is talking with each patient. • Pin important chats and mark chats unread so nothing slips. SCAN AND SHARE FILES • Scan insurance cards and documents with your camera. • Share images, PDFs, and links securely. KEEP PHI OFF PERSONAL PHONES • Staff can use their own phones. Messages and files are never stored permanently on the device. • Remove a departing staff member in one tap, and their access ends right away. • Admins can manage users, set permissions, and audit conversations. • Anyone can delete their account from the app's settings. BUILT FOR HIPAA FROM DAY ONE • Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. • Every access to PHI is logged. WORKS EVERYWHERE Use BloomText on iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows, and the web. Your conversations stay in sync on every device. Trusted by dental, mental health, ABA therapy, home health, physical therapy, senior living, addiction treatment, and maternal health teams. Download BloomText and set up your team in minutes. Questions? Email support@bloomtext.com

Screenshots

Buzz4 screens
BloomText4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BloomText at none against Buzz's 4. Buzz's advantage is ratings volume (117 vs 18). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Buzz sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. BloomText asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Buzz against 4.5 for BloomText. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buzz has 117 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Buzz's written reviews are positive against 100% of BloomText's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buzz ships an update monthly, BloomText every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Buzz versus BloomText: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuzzBloomText
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (117 ratings) — better4.5 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews96.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings117 — better18
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size345 MB68 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSkyscape Medpresso IncBloom

Customer experience

Buzz

All ratings117 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral0.9%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive96.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.3%

BloomText

All ratings18 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Buzz

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Font size and boldness adjustment issues
  • Group message creation limitations

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to enlarge font and make letters bold
  • Improved group messaging functionality

BloomText

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Buzz

Subscriptions4
  • Standard Access - Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Professional Access - Monthly$18.991 Month
  • Standard Access - Yearly$91.991 Year
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  • Professional Access - Yearly$194.991 Year
None

BloomText

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buzz free?
Buzz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BloomText free?
BloomText is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Buzz or BloomText?
Buzz is rated higher. Buzz averages 4.6 out of 5 from 117 ratings, while BloomText averages 4.5 from 18 ratings.
Do Buzz or BloomText have ads?
Neither Buzz nor BloomText shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buzz or BloomText?
Buzz ships an update monthly, and BloomText every 4 weeks. Most recently, Buzz was updated on November 6, 2026 and BloomText on November 6, 2026.

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