BiliBuddy vs Nutricia for professionals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Calculates phototherapy threshold
- Displays on nomograms
- Calculates infant age
- Views risk factors
- Supports US and SI units
- Tracks bilirubin measures
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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.
Nutricia for professionals
This application offers healthcare professionals access to detailed product information and educational resources. It includes professional tools to enhance patient care delivery in daily practice.
- Detailed Nutricia product information
- Educational content for HCPs
- Professional support tools
- Designed for healthcare professionals
- Supports high-quality patient care
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This app is intended exclusively for healthcare professionals; it is not for general public. It provides access to detailed information on Nutricia products, alongside educational content and professional tools designed to support HCPs in delivering high-quality care in their daily work.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BiliBuddy at 85% against Nutricia for professionals's 0%. BiliBuddy also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (258 vs 1). Nutricia for professionals's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. BiliBuddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nutricia for professionals asks for nothing beyond the download.
BiliBuddy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. 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. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of BiliBuddy's written reviews are positive against 0% of Nutricia for professionals's.
BiliBuddy ships an update every 4 weeks, Nutricia for professionals every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BiliBuddy | Nutricia for professionals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (258 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 258 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Covenant Data Systems, LLC | CodeIT doo |
Customer experience
BiliBuddy
Nutricia for professionals
Bugs and requests
BiliBuddy
Reported bugs
4 issues- Video/audio ads won't shut off
- App crashes
- Text boxes sometimes don't respond
- Link to further information doesn't work
Requested features
3 requests- Add or manage hours of phototherapy treatment
- Make scrolling between risk levels more obvious (e.g., more dots)
- Display low, intermediate, and high intermediate risk zones
Nutricia for professionals
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BiliBuddy
- Remove Ads$6.99
Nutricia for professionals
No in-app purchases
Questions
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