Wellstar vs Northside Health Network
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wellstar
Easily manage your healthcare from anywhere. Find nearby doctors and locations, and schedule appointments seamlessly within a single platform.
- Find doctors and locations
- Book in-person visits
- Stay connected to healthcare
- Manage healthcare on the go
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Whether you’re at home or on the go, the Wellstar app makes it easy to stay connected to your healthcare. With just a click, you can access your chart or navigate one of our campuses on foot.
Northside Health Network
This app helps members of a specific medical network find participating healthcare providers. It features a straightforward search tool to locate doctors and facilities within the network.
- Provider search tool
- Network participation filter
- Locate healthcare providers
- Member access
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Northside Health Network is a narrow preferred provider medical network. The Northside Health Network app contains a simple search tool for members to find health care providers participating in the network.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wellstar at 48% against Northside Health Network's 0%. Wellstar also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (378 vs 6). Northside Health Network's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Wellstar holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wellstar has 378 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Wellstar's written reviews are positive against 0% of Northside Health Network's.
Wellstar ships an update every 6 weeks, Northside Health Network every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wellstar | Northside Health Network |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (378 ratings) — better | 1.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 378 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Wellstar Health System, Inc. | Northside Hospital, Inc. |
Customer experience
Wellstar
Northside Health Network
Bugs and requests
Wellstar
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashing
- Login failures
- Update issues
- Cannot make oncology appointments
- Cannot cancel or go backwards on screens
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- Urgent care booking not recorded
- No record of bookings
- Spinning login screen
- No medications listed for refill
Requested features
4 requests- Accommodate older iPads
- Improve appointment visibility
- Allow cancellation of appointment requests
- List all medications for refill requests
Northside Health Network
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wellstar
No in-app purchases
Northside Health Network
No in-app purchases
Questions
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