Comparison

Birdie care vs SimpleLung

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

Head to head
About

Birdie care

This app offers essential tools for carers, including rotas, guided care delivery, and messaging. It provides offline access to visit notes, tasks, and medication schedules, with the ability to raise concerns directly to the office.

Highlights
  • Person-centered client profiles
  • Seamless handover notes
  • Raise concerns to office
  • Interactive medication management
  • Transparency into worked hours
  • Real-time messaging
  • Offline functionality
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Birdie’s easy-to-use app provides everything a carer needs, from easy-to-read weekly rotas, guided care delivery, contextual messaging and more. Over 50,000 carers use the Birdie app, which works seamlessly offline to provide access to visit notes, tasks, digital body maps, medication schedules and more! If they need extra support, carers can raise any concern straight to the office, directly from the app. Features: - Person-centered profiles - Gain a deep understanding of clients, so you can build strong relationships and break the ice - Seamless handovers - Access previous visit notes, so you know what the previous carer has done - Raise a concern - Raise any concern straight to the office, so they can act on it in real-time - Clear medication tasks Interactive body maps and PRNs make sure medication is being administered exactly where and when it's needed - Transparency into worked hours - Get a clear breakdown of time, mileage and travel, ahead of payroll - Real-time messages - Get updates, from rota changes to company news, throughout your busy day - No signal? No problem! - Birdie’s been designed to work in areas or no or low signal - Live chat support - Get help and ask questions to our friendly support team - And more!

About

SimpleLung

Features
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This app helps you stay one step ahead of flare-ups by analysing trends from your Apple Watch. By tracking patterns in key biometrics, the app provides early insights that may indicate worsening symptoms, helping you take action sooner and have more informed conversations with your clinician. Important: This app is designed to support, not replace, professional medical care. The insights it provides are not a diagnosis and should never be used on their own to make medical decisions. Always consult your doctor or another qualified healthcare professional about your symptoms, and seek their advice before making any decisions about your treatment or care. If you experience a medical emergency, contact emergency services immediately.

Screenshots

Birdie care3 screens
SimpleLung3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Birdie care at every 9 days against SimpleLung's every 5 months. Birdie care also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Birdie care ships an update every 9 days, SimpleLung every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Birdie care versus SimpleLung: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBirdie careSimpleLung
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB4 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBirdie Care Services LimitedLAWRENCE FLYNN PETTIFER

Bugs and requests

Birdie care

Reported bugs

25 issues
  • App becomes stagnant after update
  • Sliding tasks doesn't work half the time
  • App stopped working after update
  • Travel time and mileage not recorded
  • 2FA does not work for US phone numbers
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  • App no longer shows upcoming visits
  • App icon present but no content after iOS update
  • Frequent outages and 'access restricted' messages
  • App drains device battery significantly
  • Photo upload is glitchy
  • Text size became very small after update
  • Dictation is not accurate
  • Emergency phone line is never answered
  • Support agents are not knowledgeable about the system
  • Communication with Birdie staff is non-existent
  • App clashes sometimes
  • App uses excessive mobile data
  • Categories are not differentiated well
  • Medication category is not easily accessible
  • Care plans are not updated promptly
  • App runs slow when data is low
  • Cannot amend reports after submission
  • Cannot see who you are working with on the day
  • No option to call or get phone number of colleagues
  • 4-digit code can be swiped away unsafely

Requested features

21 requests
  • Biometric access (Face ID/fingerprint)
  • Two-way communication tool
  • Ability for carers to ask family questions
  • Ability for family members to ask carers questions
  • Authenticator-based 2FA
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  • Ability to see more than 3 upcoming visits
  • Display end time of visits
  • Show and calculate hours worked
  • Record blood sugars for diabetes
  • Inform clients when next visit is
  • Improve categories (food vs. fluids)
  • Direct access to medication category
  • Messaging rubric with the office
  • Real-time messaging with families
  • New section for 'positional changes'
  • Time alarm/timer for carers
  • Ability for carers to amend reports after 24 hours
  • Option to ring or get phone number of colleagues
  • Merge two different agency accounts
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

SimpleLung

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Birdie care

No in-app purchases

None

SimpleLung

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Birdie care free?
Birdie care is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SimpleLung free?
SimpleLung is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Birdie care or SimpleLung have ads?
Neither Birdie care nor SimpleLung shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Birdie care or SimpleLung?
Birdie care ships an update every 9 days, and SimpleLung every 5 months. Most recently, Birdie care was updated on November 11, 2026 and SimpleLung on November 10, 2026.

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