Ability8 vs Manage My Care
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ability8
This app empowers individuals to manage their disability care and activities. It allows users to control their profile, coordinate with carers and therapists, and track schedules and payments. Users can also securely store important documents and media related to their care.
- Manage personal profile
- Coordinate carers and therapists
- Plan and share schedules
- Track shifts and timesheets
- Manage payments and claims
- Store care-related documents and media
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Ability8 created a tool that allows you to be in control of your own care and activities. It integrates several key aspects of disability support and assistance in a user-friendly app... Manage your own profile, manage your carers and therapist, plan and share your schedule Allow your carers and therapists to track their shifts and complete their time sheet online within the app.. Self-managing? Track all your payments and claims Store all of your documents, images and videos relating to your care or disability that puts you in control of your own life.
Manage My Care
This app allows patients and their carers to digitally manage WA Health public outpatient appointments and referrals. Users can track appointment details, update personal information, and for participating clinics, request rescheduling or cancellations. It also provides notifications and essential information for upcoming appointments.
- Track appointments and referrals
- Update patient information
- Reschedule or cancel appointments
- Receive appointment notifications
- View appointment details and instructions
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Manage My Care gives you access to outpatient appointment and referral information at all WA public hospital and health services. It lets you: • view dates and times of future appointments as well as referral information • update your contact details (e.g. address and phone numbers) • request to reschedule or cancel upcoming outpatient appointments for participating clinics • receive notifications about appointments and referrals • view directions, location, instructions and requirements for upcoming appointments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ability8 at 100% against Manage My Care's 21%. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Ability8 ships an update every 7 months, Manage My Care every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ability8 | Manage My Care |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 21.1% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ability8 Pty Ltd | Metropolitan Health Service Department of Heath |
Customer experience
Ability8
Manage My Care
Bugs and requests
Ability8
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Manage My Care
Reported bugs
85 issues- Doesn't remember login details
- Requires 2FA every time
- Useless notifications
- Emails lack change details
- App stopped working
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- Locks you out
- PIN won't communicate
- Password reset doesn't work
- App keeps logging out
- Cannot log in
- Won't send code
- Clunky app
- Fields don't auto-fill
- Doesn't adjust to screen size
- Issues logging in, goes to webpage
- Buttons missing on webpage
- Terrible when it doesn't work
- Won't let me log in
- Hours wasted on login
- Not all appointments show
- Manual addition needed
- No Face ID/biometrics
- Requires PIN every time
- Cannot log in without calling
- Password reset impossible without phone
- Doesn't upload referrals
- Referrals lack info
- Cannot add children
- No ultrasounds/radiology shown
- Inaccurate appointment details
- Slow and inconsistent
- Login issues, PIN incorrect
- Password incorrect after reset
- Information delayed
- Inputting PIN not working
- Internal error on login
- Referrals are missing
- Very glitchy
- Upcoming appointments don't display
- Only some appointments show
- Difficult to set up
- PIN not correct after months
- Cannot log in, won't send code
- PIN issues, not accepted
- Password always wrong
- Cannot log in for months
- PIN correct but says incorrect
- Information not kept up to date
- Response to appointment not shown
- Reverts to email/password login
- Deleted account for no reason
- Dropped PIN/password
- Reset code not received
- Holding page, doesn't load info
- Thinking error after PIN
- More hassle than worth
- Reschedule functions don't work
- Login is a nightmare
- Bugs need fixing
- Interface not usable
- Bad design
- Date picker broken
- Web-ui implementation garbage
- Difficulty adding DOB
- Rejecting passwords, impossible to log in
- Cannot open app
- Wasted taxpayer money
- Poorly designed child info addition
- Code incorrect after reset
- Improperly designed app
- App will not open
- Inaccurate information
- Random login validation
- Email link often doesn't work
- Appointment details incomplete/inaccurate
- Setting up is a nightmare
- App doesn't like pressing enter after PIN
- Cannot change/cancel/confirm appointments
- Harmed care by discontinuing treatment
- Confirm button disappears
- User interface not for mobile
- Controls pop up off screen
- Badly made webpage zoom
- Notification update, no visible change
- Cannot see changes or confirm appointments
Requested features
25 requests- Remember login details and use biometrics
- Add notifications for new appointments
- Ability to add appointments manually
- Include mechanism/contact details for appointment makers
- Facial recognition login
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- Ability to reschedule all appointments
- Auto reminder if a year passes without appointment
- Expand to all hospitals
- Export appointments to email client
- Add 'add to calendar' button for Apple and Google Calendar
- Upgrades to appointment scheduling and notifications in real time
- Changes to engagement with carers post 16 years
- Increase sections displaying times and dates for vision issues
- Add patient name to text messages
- Include clinician, location, and notes section
- Expand across the whole of WA health
- Fix date picker and web-ui implementation
- Improve adding DOB for dates past the second line
- Improve adding child info, screen scrolling
- Fix bug where year is on third line for DOB
- Fix bug where days are only first two rows
- Fix bug where confirm button disappears
- Improve user interface for mobile phones
- Fix controls popping up off screen
- Fix webpage zoom behavior
In-app purchases
Ability8
No in-app purchases
Manage My Care
No in-app purchases
