Comparison

MyPrevea vs The Tick App

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

Head to head
About

MyPrevea

Access your personal health information on the go. Schedule appointments, view medical records, and communicate securely with your care team. Manage prescriptions, track immunizations, and even pay bills.

Highlights
  • Schedule appointments
  • View health summary and medications
  • Secure messaging with care team
  • Request prescription refills
  • Track immunization history
  • Pay bills and get price estimates
  • Manage family health records
Features
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MyPrevea App Access your personal health information anytime, anywhere. • Schedule appointments • View your health summary, current medications and test results • Exchange secure messages with your care team • Request prescription refills • Track your immunization history • Pay a bill • Obtain a price estimate • Manage your family’s health care with MyPrevea Proxy Access* • Use eCheck-in to register for an appointment • Sign up and manage text alerts • Upload health and fitness data, including data from the Apple Health app, when enrolled in self-tracking programs To access these benefits, you must first create a MyPrevea account. You can do so at https://myprevea.com. Have feedback on the app? Email us at mypreveahelp@prevea.com

About

The Tick App

This app helps prevent tick encounters and tick-borne diseases by allowing users to report tick sightings. It also provides educational resources on tick identification, removal, and prevention, and allows for tick submission for expert identification.

Highlights
  • Report tick encounters
  • Prevent tick-borne diseases
  • Tick identification guides
  • Tick removal instructions
  • Submit ticks for identification
  • Research collaboration
Features
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Help prevent tick encounters and tick-borne diseases. By sharing when and where you encounter ticks you will help researchers at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University to better prevent tick-borne diseases. The Tick App also provides information on tick identification, tick removal and other prevention ideas. You can also submit ticks for identification by university staff. The Tick App was developed as part of a collaborative research study between the Midwest and Northeast Centers of Excellence in Vector-borne Disease.

Screenshots

MyPrevea4 screens
The Tick App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MyPrevea at 4.2 against The Tick App's 3.9. MyPrevea also leads on ratings volume (268 vs 24). The Tick App's advantage is review sentiment (43% vs 29%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

MyPrevea holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyPrevea has 268 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of MyPrevea's written reviews are positive against 43% of The Tick App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyPrevea ships an update every 4 months, The Tick App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MyPrevea versus The Tick App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyPreveaThe Tick App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (268 ratings) — better3.9 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings268 — better24
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.3
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB98 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperPrevea Clinic, IncUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Shared Apps

Customer experience

MyPrevea

All ratings226 ratings
Positive79.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral28.6%
Negative42.9%

The Tick App

All ratings24 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative20.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

MyPrevea

No in-app purchases

None

The Tick App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyPrevea free?
MyPrevea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Tick App free?
The Tick App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyPrevea or The Tick App?
MyPrevea is rated higher. MyPrevea averages 4.2 out of 5 from 268 ratings, while The Tick App averages 3.9 from 24 ratings.
Do MyPrevea or The Tick App have ads?
Neither MyPrevea nor The Tick App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyPrevea or The Tick App?
MyPrevea ships an update every 4 months, and The Tick App every 2 months. Most recently, MyPrevea was updated on November 6, 2026 and The Tick App on November 2, 2026.

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