NYP Connect vs Ambra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYP Connect
Access medical care and services conveniently through a mobile app. Connect with healthcare experts for virtual urgent care, video visits, and manage your health records. Find doctors, schedule appointments, and stay informed about health news.
- Virtual urgent care
- Video visits with physicians
- Find a doctor by specialty/location
- Access medical records
- Schedule appointments
- Message your doctor
- Hospital navigation tools
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NYP Connect is a health app that brings medical care and services right to your fingertips. NYP Connect connects you with experts from Weill Cornell and Columbia, 7 days a week, for health needs such as virtual urgent care, video visits with physicians, medical chart and record information, and more all on your mobile or tablet device. APP FEATURES: Find a Doctor: Looking for a new health care provider? Find medical care based on specialty, location, health insurance, and even language. Connect to the NYP Patient Portal: Already a patient? Virtually manage your health care. Schedule doctor appointments, access your medical records, message your doctor, check test results, pay bills, and more. Virtual Urgent Care: For non-life-threatening illnesses or injuries, connect with one of our Emergency or Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians from Columbia or Weill Cornell Medicine through a live video chat 7 days a week between 8:00 AM and Midnight. Video Visits: Skip the trip to the doctor’s office and video chat with your doctor instead. Telehealth visits are a quick, convenient way to communicate with your healthcare team to address your medical needs. Health Matters: Stay up-to-date on the latest science and medical breakthroughs, care and wellness news taking place at NewYork-Presbyterian. Hospital Guides: Enhance your visit or stay at any NewYork-Presbyterian hospital. Access important phone numbers, transportation & patient guides, navigation tools to help you find your way around, and more.
Ambra
View and share medical images securely from your mobile device. This app allows users to zoom, pan, and rotate images for better visualization. Facilitates collaboration by enabling direct sharing with other healthcare professionals and patients.
- View medical images on mobile
- Zoom, pan, and rotate images
- Secure image sharing
- Radiology tooling
- Collaboration with physicians and patients
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Access Ambra Health's award-winning medical image management suite right from the palm of your hand. Users can effortlessly view imaging from anywhere, scroll through a series, and utilize radiology tooling like zooming, pinching, and rotating all from the palm of their hand. While not intended for diagnostic use, imaging can be securely shared directly from within the app to other physicians, administrators, and patients for enhanced communication and collaboration.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NYP Connect at 4.1 against Ambra's 1.7. NYP Connect also leads on review sentiment (30% vs 3%). Ambra's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
NYP Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 330 and 269 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of NYP Connect's written reviews are positive against 3% of Ambra's.
NYP Connect ships an update every 6 weeks, Ambra every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | NYP Connect | Ambra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (330 ratings) — better | 1.7 (269 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.5% of reviews — better | 3.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 330 — better | 269 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #67 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | Ambra Health |
Customer experience
NYP Connect
Ambra
User reviews
NYP Connect
From 330 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 👍 Great for finding doctors and facilities
- 👍 Useful for virtual appointments
- 👍 Good for accessing medical records
- 👍 Helpful for navigating hospitals
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently doesn't work
- 🐛 Requires constant deletion and reinstallation
- 🐛 Blames users for issues
- 🐛 App is unusable with alerts
- 🐛 Frozen at 'more features!' screen
Ambra
From 269 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Able to view results
- ⭐ Worked on desktop
Room to improve
- 🚫 Cannot login or access images
- 🤯 Extremely difficult to use
- 🤔 Unclear how to navigate
- 🔍 Limited provider options
- ⏱️ Slow loading times
Bugs and requests
NYP Connect
Reported bugs
35 issues- App doesn't work every other day
- App unusable with latest alert
- Page frozen at 'more features!'
- App requires upgrade to OS 18, but iPad is iOS 17
- App requires iOS 18.1, older iPhones can't use
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- App crashes to home screen when Voiceover is enabled
- App won't open
- App keeps crashing and shutting down
- Latest update causes app to crash (white screen then closes)
- Crashes after last update
- Cannot save password
- Does not interface with Apple Pay
- Cannot send ECG results to doctor
- Virtual visit gives error message and logs out
- Technical support doesn't answer
- No filters for finding primary care physicians
- No way to find doctor in particular zip code
- Extra fees not clearly stated
- Multiple logins required for different functions
- Cannot view child's medical records
- Send message to doctor function doesn't work
- Buttons not aligned on touchscreen
- Virtual appointments don't load
- App does not rotate
- App freezes
- Confusing navigation
- Website not working for bill payment
- Cannot scroll down to register
- Last name field bug during intake
- Login errors: 'Password can't be empty'
- Requires customer support password reset assistance
- Server Error in '/' Application
- Bill pay does not work
- Buggy and broken after redesign
- Exit arrow on iPhone X doesn't respond
Requested features
22 requests- Add messaging as an option
- Request update on admitted patient
- Add 12 language options
- Simplify the app
- Add a feature to suggest doctors based on conditions
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- Allow sending ECG results as PDF
- Improve search filters for doctors
- Add Apple Pay integration
- Allow saving passwords
- Improve bill payment functionality
- Add ability to view child's medical records
- Fix 'send message to doctor' function
- Improve button alignment
- Add virtual chair loading for virtual appointments
- Allow app rotation
- Improve navigation clarity
- Add emergency room wait times
- Make it easier for pharmacy/patient to contact about RX issues
- Add more physicians from other hospitals
- Improve user interface for older iPhones
- Offer alternative for older OSX versions
- Improve accessibility for Voiceover users
Ambra
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues
- Unable to view images
- Inconsistent functionality across platforms
Requested features
4 requests- Improve login and account creation process
- Expand provider options
- Enhance user interface and navigation
- Optimize performance and stability
In-app purchases
NYP Connect
No in-app purchases
Ambra
No in-app purchases
