PursueCare RESET® vs BMC MAT Quick Start
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PursueCare RESET®
This prescription digital therapeutic offers interactive lessons and skill-building exercises to support substance use disorder recovery. It helps users track cravings and triggers, earn rewards, and strengthen coping strategies, all accessible on their smartphone or tablet.
- Interactive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy lessons
- Skill-building exercises for everyday situations
- Rewards system for recovery support
- Craving and trigger tracking
- On-demand therapy support
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RESET® is a Prescription Digital Therapeutic—a new type of therapy prescribed by doctors designed to help with treatment. It lets you continue the work you’re doing in recovery on your smartphone or tablet, so you can build new skills and get support—anytime, anywhere. Get therapy on demand: Interactive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy lessons help you learn new skills you can use in everyday situations to support your recovery (2). Strengthen coping strategies: Questions at the end of each lesson help you remember important ideas and practice skills to stay in treatment (2). Earn rewards: Use an evidence-based rewards system designed to support your recovery and treatment (2). Track your cravings and triggers: Record substance use, cravings, and triggers with just a tap, so you and your therapist or doctor can better understand how you’re doing (2). Recovery can be a challenging, ongoing process - especially in between therapy sessions, when you may not be able to access a counselor or doctor but still need support. RESET® is a 12-week prescription digital therapeutic for patients with substance use disorder, who are currently enrolled in outpatient treatment under the supervision of a clinician. RESET® is the first FDA-authorized treatment shown to increase abstinence and retention over the 12-week trial duration (1,2). Important Safety Information Warnings/precautions: Do not use RESET® to communicate any emergency, urgent or critical information. RESET® does not include features that can send alerts or warnings to your clinician. If you have feelings or thoughts of harming yourself or others, please dial 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. RESET® is intended for patients whose primary language is English or Spanish, who have access to a compatible tablet or smartphone and are familiar with the use of smartphone applications (apps). You should be able to upload data periodically, i.e. have internet/wireless connection access. RESET® requires you to enter a user name and password prior to use. Please do not share your user name and password with others. RESET® may contain and transmit protected health information and/or personally identifiable information. RESET® is not intended to be used as stand-alone therapy for substance use disorder (SUD) and does not replace care by your provider. RESET® is not a substitute for your medications. You should continue to take your medications as directed by your provider. The long-term benefit of treatment with RESET® on abstinence has not been evaluated in studies lasting beyond 12 weeks (90 days) in the SUD population. The ability of RESET® to prevent potential relapse after treatment discontinuation has not been studied. The safety and effectiveness of RESET® has not been established in patients enrolled in opioid treatment programs. Please see the Patient Brief Summary Instructions for RESET® in the app. 1. FDA permits marketing of mobile medical application for substance use disorder. News release. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration. September 14, 2017. Accessed May 18, 2020. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-permits-marketing-mobile-medical-application-substance-use-disorder 2. RESET® Patient Directions for Use. PursueCare, 2024.
BMC MAT Quick Start
This app provides healthcare providers with evidence-based guidance for treating opioid and alcohol use disorders. It offers step-by-step clinical decision trees and resources for initiating medications like buprenorphine and naltrexone, and managing pain in patients on these treatments.
- Buprenorphine initiation guides
- Naltrexone initiation guides
- Pain management protocols
- Clinical decision trees
- Medication withdrawal symptom management
- Patient messaging tools
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This app offers healthcare providers the latest evidence-based guidance for treating opioid and alcohol use disorders (OUD and AUD) assisting in the initiation of medications such as buprenorphine and naltrexone. This is an essential tool for those starting patients on these medications, providing step-by-step clinical decision trees and valuable resources for managing not only AUD and OUD but acute and chronic pain for patients already on buprenorphine or naltrexone. With interactive tools, treatment protocols, and patient messaging features, this app empowers clinicians to deliver life-saving care while improving while improving treatment outcomes for substance use disorders. More than 46 million people aged 12 or older (or 16.5% of the US population) met the DSM-5 criteria for having a substance use disorder (SUD) in the past year based on the latest data from the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). However, only about 6% of people received any treatment for their SUD. Providing addiction treatment, including the use of FDA- approved medications and behavioral health therapies, has been shown to save lives and increase retention in treatment. The interactive clinical algorithms in this app walk you through each step of the clinical decision- making process to help you care for patients with an OUD or AUD. The clinical algorithms are also available in PDF format for easy viewing along with ability to securely text message patient tools to get started on buprenorphine. Additionally, several other clinical tools and resources related to SUD are included. BMC MAT QUICK START FEATURES: CLINICAL ALGORITHMS * Buprenorphine Initiation Guide: Decision trees for starting patients with an opioid use disorder on buprenorphine who are not currently physically dependent on opioids, opioid-dependent and not yet in withdrawal, and opioid-dependent and in active withdrawal. * Initiation of Extended-Release Injectable Buprenorphine: Guidance for starting a patient on new weekly and monthly formation formulations of extended-release injectable buprenorphine. * Naltrexone Initiation for Alcohol Use Disorder: Guidance for starting a patient on naltrexone for the treatment of alcohol use disorder. * Naltrexone Initiation for Opioid Use Disorder: Guidance for starting a patient on naltrexone for the treatment of opioid use disorder. Includes strategies for managing opioid withdrawal during the required “washout period” prior to starting naltrexone and avoiding precipitated withdrawal. * Pain Management While on Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder: Guidance for managing acute and chronic pain in patients already on buprenorphine for opioid use disorder. * Pain Management While on Naltrexone: Guidance for managing acute pain (both anticipated and unanticipated) and chronic pain in patients already on naltrexone for opioid use disorder. * New! List of medication classes to assist in the management of opioid withdrawal symptoms. CLINICAL TOOLS * DSM-5 criteria for diagnosis of an opioid use disorder * Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) to measure the severity of opioid withdrawal * Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) to identify risky drinking patterns PATIENT HANDOUTS * Buprenorphine Initiation Guide: A guide to give to patients who are starting buprenorphine in the home or community setting. Note: This app is designed exclusively for the use of healthcare providers. This app is not intended for use to diagnose a disease or to cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent any condition or disease. It is the responsibility of the treating clinician to rely on their own experience and knowledge about their specific patient to determine dosages and the best treatment for that patient.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BMC MAT Quick Start at 5.0 against PursueCare RESET®'s 3.2. BMC MAT Quick Start also leads on iOS requirement (13.6 vs 15.6). PursueCare RESET®'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
BMC MAT Quick Start holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 28 respectively.
PursueCare RESET® ships an update every 2 months, BMC MAT Quick Start every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PursueCare RESET® | BMC MAT Quick Start |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PursueCare | Boston Medical Center Corporation |
Customer experience
PursueCare RESET®
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In-app purchases
PursueCare RESET®
No in-app purchases
BMC MAT Quick Start
No in-app purchases
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