Althea Smart EHR vs Medz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Althea Smart EHR
This comprehensive electronic health record system integrates practice management, patient portal, and revenue cycle management. It offers a streamlined interface for doctors with extensive charting capabilities, patient communication tools, and secure document handling.
- Integrated EHR, Practice Management, Patient Portal, RCM
- Single-page access to comprehensive patient data
- Smart charting with voice recognition, macros, and templates
- Patient messaging and appointment/reminder text messaging
- Cloud-based faxing
- Customizable user views
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Althea Smart EHR is a game changing EHR using the best of what Apple technology has to offer to deliver unique user experience for doctors. Features: One single solution EHR, Practice Management, Patient Portal and RCM services. Single page access to Appointments, Chief Complaint, History of Present Illness, Immunization, Health Maintenance, Current Allergies, Current Medications, Current Problems, Family History, Social History, Surgical History, Review of Systems, Vitals, Physical Exam, Diagram, Assessments, CPOE (Medications, Labs, Imaging, Referrals), Procedures, Patient Education, Implanted Devices, Care Plan, Transition of Care, CCDA, Document Center Other features include: Smart charting with Voice recognition, using macros and templates; copy previous notes; save a note as a template for future use; send messages to patients and referrals; text messaging to patients for appointment reminders, health maintenance reminders and Immunization reminders; import and export CCDA; download / reconcile current medications, allergies, problems; built in cloud based fax both inbound and outbound; smart diagrams; customize view by user.
Medz
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Medz is a reminder app. It allows you to schedule alerts and notifications. It keeps track of dosage/pill, refill quantities and automatically sends an alert when your remaining quantities reach your set customized level. Date and time of the most recent scheduled medication taken is stored and displayed on the main page. All your medications are conveniently stored in one customizable list. You may use an image from your photos library or camera to customize your list. A note pad is available for storing additional information. No ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Althea Smart EHR at Free against Medz's $1.99. Althea Smart EHR also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Medz's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On 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
Althea Smart EHR is free to download; Medz costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Althea Smart EHR ships an update every 9 days, Medz every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Althea Smart EHR | Medz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (127 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 127 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 228 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Althea Care, LLC | YourStoreCentral.com LLC |
In-app purchases
Althea Smart EHR
No in-app purchases
Medz
No in-app purchases
Questions
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