Comparison

BiliBuddy vs PediTools

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

Head to head
About

BiliBuddy

This app helps healthcare professionals determine the need for phototherapy or exchange therapy in newborns based on their age, bilirubin levels, and risk factors. It utilizes the latest American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines and displays results on interactive nomograms. The app also tracks infant data and provides links to relevant research.

Highlights
  • Calculates phototherapy threshold
  • Displays on nomograms
  • Calculates infant age
  • Views risk factors
  • Supports US and SI units
  • Tracks bilirubin measures
Features
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BiliBuddy supports clinicians assessing neonatal jaundice in infants born at 35 weeks of gestation or later. Use Quick Check to compare a total serum bilirubin reading with American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2022 phototherapy, escalation-of-care, and exchange-transfusion thresholds. Enter age in hours, gestation, and additional neurotoxicity risk factors. View the result and threshold charts in mg/dL or µmol/L. Track infants locally to review reading history, plot trends, and calculate the rate of rise. A date-and-time calculator helps determine age at measurement. Share a text result summary using the device's share sheet. The 2022 guideline is selected by default. An optional legacy AAP 2004 pathway is available in Settings, with its supported chart range clearly identified. Reference material and links to source guidelines are included. Clinical entries are stored on the device. Usage analytics is optional and off by default. Advertising and crash diagnostics use third-party services described in the in-app Privacy Notice. An in-app purchase removes ads, and Restore Purchases restores an eligible prior purchase. For clinician use. BiliBuddy does not replace clinical judgment, clinical assessment, or consultation of the source guideline. It is not an electronic health record. Do not use outside the supported age and gestation ranges.

About

PediTools

This medical app calculates gestational age and other related dates for obstetricians, neonatologists, and pediatricians. It allows users to input various dates and ages to determine due dates, age corrected for prematurity, and more.

Highlights
  • Flexible gestational age calculations
  • Calculate due dates
  • Determine gestation at birth
  • Calculate chronologic age
  • Age corrected for prematurity
  • Retinopathy of prematurity exam date
Features
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Designed for clinicians, this is the most flexible gestational age calculator available, ideal for obstetricians, neonatologists, and pediatricians. Enter any available dates, ages, or gestations, and other values will be calculated. Example use cases: • for obstetricians, enter the date of the last menstrual period, and the due date will be calculated. By default, the current gestational age will also be displayed. • for neonatologists, enter the due date and the date of birth, and the gestation at birth will be calculated. A date of interest can also be entered (defaults to current date), and the age and postmenstrual age will also be displayed. Also, the date of the initial exam for retinopathy of prematurity is shown. • for pediatricians, entering the date of birth, gestational age at birth, and current date will yield the chronologic age and age corrected for prematurity. Ideal for developmental pediatricians to assess milestone acquisition. Feedback appreciated!

Screenshots

BiliBuddy1 screens
PediTools3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PediTools at none against BiliBuddy's 1. PediTools also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). BiliBuddy's advantage is ratings volume (258 vs 1). On price, rating and device support 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. BiliBuddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PediTools asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for BiliBuddy against 5.0 for PediTools. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BiliBuddy has 258 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BiliBuddy versus PediTools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiliBuddyPediTools
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (258 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings258 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.111.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB7 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperCovenant Data Systems, LLCJoseph Chou

Customer experience

BiliBuddy

All ratings258 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.4%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%

PediTools

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BiliBuddy

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$6.99
None

PediTools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BiliBuddy free?
BiliBuddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PediTools free?
PediTools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BiliBuddy or PediTools?
PediTools is rated higher. BiliBuddy averages 4.9 out of 5 from 258 ratings, while PediTools averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BiliBuddy or PediTools have ads?
BiliBuddy shows ads; PediTools does not.

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