Comparison

Children's Mercy vs Ascend EVV

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

Head to head
About

Children's Mercy

Manage your child's healthcare needs with this app. Save your spot at urgent care, message your care team, and access health records. Prepare for appointments and find helpful resources all in one convenient place.

Highlights
  • Save spot at urgent care
  • Message care team
  • Access health records via MyChart
  • Prepare for appointments
  • Access helpful resources
  • Apple Health integration
Features
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The Children’s Mercy App helps make caring for your family’s health simpler and more connected. Save your spot at urgent care, message your care team, prepare for visits, and access helpful resources—all in one place. The app integrates with MyChart, so your child’s health information is always at your fingertips. Save My Spot: Find the nearest urgent care location, see wait times and save your spot in line, all without leaving home. Make the living room your waiting room. We’ll text you when to head in for your scheduled time. Log into MyChart: Stay connected with your care team and manage health care tasks with ease. Use MyChart in the Children’s Mercy App to message your care team, view health records, schedule appointments, see test results, request prescription refills, and more. Prep for a visit: From where to park to what to pack, we have everything you need to feel prepared for your child’s next Children’s Mercy visit. Review visitor guidelines, on-site amenities and more. Get helpful tools: Swipe through to services to help your family during your health care journey. Request a child life specialist, find parent support, access health libraries, get insurance information and more. Apple Health Integration: Upload health and fitness data, including data from the “Apple Health app,” when enrolled in self-tracking programs.

About

Ascend EVV

This mobile application provides a simple interface for home healthcare providers to capture essential data during patient visits. It facilitates clocking in and out of visits, recording caregiver location, and documenting visit details for compliance and record-keeping.

Highlights
  • Clock in/out of home visits
  • Capture caregiver location
  • Document visit details
  • Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)
  • Compliance with CURES Act
Features
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The Ascend healthcare solutions platform by Blue Summit Software is a complete EVV, billing and payroll solution for Home Healthcare providers. EVV is an integral component of this wholistic approach to home healthcare and required by the CURES act. As such, we are proud to offer the Ascend EVV mobile app to provide a simple, easy to use interface for capturing important data for home visits that are required in today's healthcare industry for proper government accountability and record keeping. With Ascend EVV, users can easily clock in and out of home visits, capture the location of the caregiver, and provide documentation for the visit.

Screenshots

Children's Mercy4 screens
Ascend EVV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Children's Mercy at 4.5 against Ascend EVV's 3.1. Ascend EVV's advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 33%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Children's Mercy holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Children's Mercy's written reviews are positive against 58% of Ascend EVV's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Children's Mercy ships an update every 2 months, Ascend EVV every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Children's Mercy versus Ascend EVV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChildren's MercyAscend EVV
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (18 ratings) — better3.1 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews58.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB44 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperChildren's Mercy HospitalBlue Summit Software, LLC

Customer experience

Children's Mercy

All ratings18 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Ascend EVV

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Children's Mercy

No in-app purchases

None

Ascend EVV

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Children's Mercy free?
Children's Mercy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ascend EVV free?
Ascend EVV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Children's Mercy or Ascend EVV?
Children's Mercy is rated higher. Children's Mercy averages 4.5 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Ascend EVV averages 3.1 from 7 ratings.
Do Children's Mercy or Ascend EVV have ads?
Neither Children's Mercy nor Ascend EVV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Children's Mercy or Ascend EVV?
Children's Mercy ships an update every 2 months, and Ascend EVV every 5 weeks. Most recently, Children's Mercy was updated on October 16, 2026 and Ascend EVV on October 20, 2026.

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