GEMS vs Ampath
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GEMS
Manage your health and medical aid account with ease. Track personal health activity, receive reminders, update your plan, order a new card, and find providers. Submit claims and view authorizations all from your mobile device.
- Personal health activity tracking
- Health reminders
- Account management
- Provider finder
- Medical aid card ordering
- Claims submission
- View authorizations
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GEMS is committed to YOUR health, and now allows you to track your personal health activity on your GEMS App and show important health reminders via event information. Managing your account is hassle free when you can update your preferred plan, order a new card and find your local service provider all on your mobile phone. All of the features you will find on the GEMS App are designed give you a hassle free medical aid experience. Application Features: • Personal profile – 360° member view • Find your provider • Order a new medical aid card • Initiate and submit claims • View your authorisations
Ampath
Access your personal pathology test results directly on your mobile device as soon as they are ready. Secure registration requires your South African ID or passport number and mobile number verification.
- View test results
- Results available as soon as ready
- Secure registration
- ID/Passport number verification
- Mobile number verification
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The Ampath app displays your personal Ampath pathology test results as soon as they are available. You need your South African ID number or a valid passport number to register. You also need to verify your mobile number to complete the app registration process.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ampath at 5.0 against GEMS's 3.5. Ampath also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). GEMS's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Ampath holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GEMS has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of GEMS's written reviews are positive against 15% of Ampath's.
GEMS ships an update fortnightly, Ampath every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | GEMS | Ampath |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.4% of reviews | 14.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GEMS: Government Employees Medical Scheme | Ampath Laboratories |
Customer experience
GEMS
Ampath
In-app purchases
GEMS
No in-app purchases
Ampath
No in-app purchases
