SickleBuddy vs My SCD Track
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SickleBuddy
This app helps children and adolescents learn about and manage sickle cell disease. It provides easy-to-understand information, health tips, and a quiz to reinforce learning. Designed with input from young people, it aims to empower them to understand and care for their condition.
- Information on sickle cell disease
- Health tips for managing the condition
- Ideas for staying healthy
- Interactive quiz
- Child-friendly design
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SickleBuddy is an App for children to learn and live with sickle cell disease. Sickle Cell Disease is a red blood cell illness that some people are born with. Young people may need some help to understand sickle cell disease and look after themselves. SickleBuddy is an App for children and adolescents with sickle cell disease to help them learn about their condition. This App was made by talking to them and finding out how it should be designed. The App has different sections with pictures that make it easy for young people to understand. As a start, the Facts section gives information about sickle cell disease, and how it affects children and adolescents including pain and other problems. There is a section for keeping Healthy with Tips about medicines and other things doctors and nurses usually tell young people with sickle cell disease to do. Another section has Ideas about things that can be done to keep Healthy such as eating well, and taking it easy when worried or unhappy. The App also has a Quiz to help make it easier to remember the important things about sickle cell disease that have been learnt.
My SCD Track
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Take Control of Sickle Cell. Every Day. SCD Track is a powerful app designed to help you understand your sickle cell journey, giving you daily insights to improve your wellbeing and share with your care team. With SCD Track, you can: Track pain and symptoms: Log VOCs, fatigue, hydration, medication, mood and more. Discover what triggers your crises and what helps you recover faster. Understand your patterns: View your data through clear graphs and insights that highlight trends over time, helping you notice early warning signs before a crisis. Built by Sanius Health in collaboration with patients and clinicians, SCD Track helps you transform your daily experiences into knowledge that powers better outcomes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SickleBuddy at 8.0 against My SCD Track's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | SickleBuddy | My SCD Track |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kofi Anie | Sanius Health Ltd |
In-app purchases
SickleBuddy
No in-app purchases
My SCD Track
No in-app purchases






