Birdie care vs SimpleLung
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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!
SimpleLung
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | Birdie care | SimpleLung |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Birdie Care Services Limited | LAWRENCE 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
Birdie care
No in-app purchases
SimpleLung
No in-app purchases








