Comparison

Stanford Children's vs mySCFHP

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

Head to head
About

Stanford Children's

Access comprehensive health information, find doctors, manage your health records, and navigate hospital facilities. This app offers tools for appointment booking, bill payment, and educational resources for families.

Highlights
  • Find a Doctor by location
  • View Doctor Profiles
  • Manage MyChart health account
  • Symptom Checker
  • Call for appointments
  • Pay bills online
  • Hospital navigation
  • Attend classes and view videos
Features
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Using our home app, you can Find a Doctor – Ability to look up all the doctors in our network by geo location and zip code with contact capability and user-friendly search. The app lists by all our locations including the Network locations, with Google map integration. Location detail page is integrated into “Find a Doctor”. Users can view services provided at each location, and directions with Google maps Doctor Profile – Summary of Doctor profile (from Stanford School of Medicine’s CAP profile system) including Doctor’s all available locations, specialties, services provided, conditions treated, board certifications and publications. Patient Portal – Stanford Children's patients and families can manage their MyChart health account and securely access test results, mail their doctors and health information. Symptom Checker - Use this symptom checker to learn what steps you can take to relieve your symptoms at home. Call For Appointment – Easy access to clinics and services with ability to call for appointment with integrated calling number capability. Pay Your Bill - The Online Billing Manager makes your billing and payment process simple and convenient. You can make a payment on a bill without logging into MyChart or having a MyChart account. Navigate The Hospital – Dynamic 3-dimensional way finding and navigation inside the hospital with access to maps and locations on each floor. Attend a Class – Comprehensive classes and online video libraries to enhance the lives of parents, children, and caregivers. Hospital Art – Promoting patient engagement with • Incrediball - A journey through Stanford, • Cafe Mural -Iconic photo-montage of Stanford imagery and • Eco Mural Animals from various ecosystems throughout California SpellBound Interactive Mural - This app provides a real life/augmented reality experience of the eco system animals when viewed through the Eco mural located at the main hospital. Grubhub On-site Food Ordering & Pick-Up – Use Grubhub App you can order food at Harvest Cafe located at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford Our Blog – Promotes Patient and Family engagement. We are improving lives every day. Read our stories and ideas for making yours a healthier, happy life. Patient Health Education – Comprehensive Information on Children’s Health Conditions Other functionality available within the home app - • Learn More – Learn more about StanfordChildren’s. org • Personalize - Settings in the app menu allows the user to customize the apps according to their needs and preferences. The custom settings will enable our users to select only the “Stanford Children’s” apps they need and remove the ones that are not needed as well as re-ordering the apps. • App Information - shows the user which version of our App they are using, and view our terms of use and privacy policy • Push Notifications and Geo Fence Capability – this feature enables custom notifications sent to patients and families, reminders from MyChart etc. including greeting when they arrive at a hospital, or a clinic based on the geo location. Our mobile app will detect and send messages when you arrive at Packard Hospital. Integration with HealthKit allows Stanford Children’s MyChart for iOS to collect data, such as daily steps walked, calorie intake, blood pressure, or blood glucose, from “Health” app and incorporate it into a patient's medical record, providing a more complete picture of the patient's health.

About

mySCFHP

Manage your health plan benefits, claims, and authorizations. Update contact information, request new ID cards, and change your Primary Care Provider. Access transportation services and connect with customer support.

Highlights
  • View benefits, claims, and authorizations
  • Update contact information
  • Request new ID cards
  • Manage Primary Care Provider
  • Request medical transportation
  • Contact customer service
Features
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As a member of Santa Clara Family Health Plan, you can log into mySCFHP to: View your health plan benefits, claims, and authorizations Update your contact information Request a new ID card View or request to change your Primary Care Provider (PCP) Request transportation to medical appointments Get in touch with Customer Service and Case Management and more. In order to complete registration, you will need information from your SCFHP member ID card. Visit our website at www.scfhp.com to stay up-to-date on important information from SCFHP. Santa Clara Family Health Plan (SCFHP) is a local, community-based health plan dedicated to creating opportunities for better health and wellness for all. In partnership with providers and community organizations since 1997, we work to ensure everyone in Santa Clara County has access to equitable, high-quality health care. With a strong commitment to integrity and outstanding service, we serve and support our community through SCFHP Medi-Cal and SCFHP DualConnect (HMO D-SNP) health care plans.

Screenshots

Stanford Children's4 screens
mySCFHP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Stanford Children's at 48% against mySCFHP's 9%. Stanford Children's also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). mySCFHP's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stanford Children's holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stanford Children's has 416 ratings behind it against 72, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Stanford Children's's written reviews are positive against 9% of mySCFHP's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stanford Children's ships an update monthly, mySCFHP every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Stanford Children's versus mySCFHP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStanford Children'smySCFHP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (416 ratings) — better4.2 (72 ratings)
Positive reviews48.1% of reviews — better9.1% of reviews
Number of ratings416 — better72
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size188 MB93 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperStanford Children’s HealthSCFHP

Customer experience

Stanford Children's

All ratings409 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive48.1%
Neutral7.4%
Negative44.4%

mySCFHP

All ratings63 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.9%

Bugs and requests

Stanford Children's

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App crashes when opening visit summary or notes
  • App crashes when writing messages to doctor
  • App crashes when trying to load data
  • No go back button after update on iPhone 13
  • Error message about updated version
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  • Connections to portal missing
  • Login system logs out without saving

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add FaceID support
  • Improve scheduling and planning
  • Connect with Apple Health app

mySCFHP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stanford Children's

No in-app purchases

None

mySCFHP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stanford Children's free?
Stanford Children's is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is mySCFHP free?
mySCFHP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stanford Children's or mySCFHP?
Stanford Children's is rated higher. Stanford Children's averages 4.6 out of 5 from 416 ratings, while mySCFHP averages 4.2 from 72 ratings.
Do Stanford Children's or mySCFHP have ads?
Neither Stanford Children's nor mySCFHP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stanford Children's or mySCFHP?
Stanford Children's ships an update monthly, and mySCFHP every 9 months. Most recently, Stanford Children's was updated on November 6, 2026 and mySCFHP on November 4, 2026.

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