BiliBuddy vs BiliAAP
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.
BiliAAP
This medical app provides a clinical decision support system for managing neonatal jaundice. It offers calculators and algorithms based on established guidelines, with features for risk assessment, trend analysis, and multiple language support.
- Neonatal jaundice management
- Clinical decision support
- AAP and NICE guidelines
- Risk curve by gestational age
- Bilirubin calculations (mg/dl, µmol/L)
- Extended graphs (0-336 hours)
- Multi-language support
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Calculator and Clinical Decision Support Systems based on American Academy of Pediatrics and NICE (2025) guidelines for the management of hyperbilirubinemia in newborns. Features: » Available Languages: English, Español, Português, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Русский » Risk curve by gestational age at birth. » Algorithms for clinical decision making (AAP). » Calculations in mg/dl and µmol/L » Extended graphs from 0 to 336 hours (0-14 Days) » Original and easier-to-interpret graphs » Neurotoxicity risk factors absent, present. » Plot up to 2 time points to assess trends. » Rate of increase between the last two measurements, if this is in danger range. » Age in hours from birth dates to measurements. This application was designed and programmed by Gerson Rodriguez Quintero, Pediatrician. Please contact me if you notice any discrepancies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BiliBuddy at Free against BiliAAP's $3.99. BiliBuddy also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (258 vs 9). BiliAAP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, 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
BiliBuddy is free to download; BiliAAP costs $3.99 up front. BiliBuddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BiliAAP asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for BiliBuddy against 5.0 for BiliAAP. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BiliBuddy has 258 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of BiliBuddy's written reviews are positive against 100% of BiliAAP's.
BiliBuddy ships an update every 4 weeks, BiliAAP every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BiliBuddy | BiliAAP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (258 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 258 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Covenant Data Systems, LLC | Gerson Rodriguez |
Customer experience
BiliBuddy
BiliAAP
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
BiliAAP
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BiliBuddy
- Remove Ads$6.99
BiliAAP
No in-app purchases
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