myVCA vs Fireside Rx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myVCA
This app provides 24/7 live chat with veterinary professionals for your pet's health needs. It offers medication reminders, appointment booking, and access to personalized pet care information. You can also order pet food and supplies directly through the app.
- 24/7 Live Chat with Vets
- Health & Medication Reminders
- Appointment Booking
- Pet Food & Supply Ordering
- Personalized Pet Care Info
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myVCA is your tailor-made guide to raising a healthy and happy pet. · 24/7 Live Chat with Licensed Veterinary Professionals · Get health care and medication reminders · Quickly book appointments · Order pet food, treats, and more · Access personalized pet care information Not a VCA client? Find a hospital near you at vcahospitals.com/find-a-hospital. Learn more about CareClub at VCACareClub.com.
Fireside Rx
Easily order, track, and manage your prescriptions. This app provides secure and reliable access to your local pharmacy team for convenient healthcare management.
- Order prescriptions
- Track prescription status
- Manage prescriptions
- Access local pharmacy team
- Secure and reliable
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Order, track, and manage prescriptions with Fireside Pharmacy-fast, reliable, and secure access to your local pharmacy team.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Fireside Rx at none against myVCA's shown. Fireside Rx also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). myVCA's advantage is ratings volume (42K vs 8) and chart position (#86 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for myVCA against 5.0 for Fireside Rx. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myVCA has 42K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of myVCA's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fireside Rx's.
myVCA ships an update fortnightly, Fireside Rx weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myVCA | Fireside Rx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (42K ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #86 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | VCA ANTECH Inc | firesidepharmacy |
Customer experience
myVCA
Fireside Rx
Bugs and requests
myVCA
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen freezes or fails to load
- Inability to delete old medication reminders
- Inconsistent display of pet life stage information
- Notifications that cannot be dismissed or cleared
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to update medication schedules and dosages
- Option to copy information from chat conversations
- More diverse representation in app visuals and content
- Improved appointment scheduling and availability display
- Integration with online pharmacy for medication refills
Fireside Rx
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myVCA
No in-app purchases
Fireside Rx
No in-app purchases
