Comparison

PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor vs Secure Conversations

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

Head to head
About

PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor

This application offers personalized pneumococcal vaccination guidance based on patient age, vaccination history, and medical conditions. It aligns with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' recommendations for U.S. immunization schedules.

Highlights
  • Patient-specific vaccination recommendations
  • Age-based guidance
  • Vaccination history tracking
  • Underlying medical condition prompts
  • U.S. immunization schedule compliance
Features
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This is the PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor App created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with the Georgia Tech Research Institute. PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor provides patient-specific pneumococcal vaccination guidance consistent with the pneumococcal vaccination recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Vaccination providers enter a patient’s age and respond to prompts about the patient’s pneumococcal vaccination history and underlying medical conditions. The app then displays patient-specific pneumococcal vaccination recommendations consistent with the recommended U.S. immunization schedule.

About

Secure Conversations

This HIPAA-compliant app enables secure messaging between healthcare providers within senior living environments. It facilitates enhanced communication and collaboration for faster response times and improved decision-making related to patient care.

Highlights
  • HIPAA-compliant messaging
  • Secure communication
  • Care team collaboration
  • Resident-specific conversations
  • Company directory access
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The HIPAA-compliant PointClickCare Secure Conversations application seamlessly integrates with the PointClickCare SaaS-based senior care platform. It provides clinicians with anytime access and communication with other care teams as it relates to patient care or general questions for overall improved decision making within Senior Living Environments. Using your iPhone or iPad, you can securely and conveniently message physicians, nurses, and staff members. Key benefits include: * enhanced communication and collaboration between care team members. * faster response times between healthcare providers through resident-specific or general conversations. * participation in HIPAA-compliant resident-specific and general conversations. * access to company directory to search contacts. To learn more about PointClickCare, please visit: http://www.pointclickcare.com/

Screenshots

PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor2 screens
Secure Conversations4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Secure Conversations at 4.7 against PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor's 3.4. Secure Conversations also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 27%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). 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

Secure Conversations holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Secure Conversations has 364 ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor's written reviews are positive against 41% of Secure Conversations's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor ships an update every 3 months, Secure Conversations monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor versus Secure Conversations: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPneumoRecs VaxAdvisorSecure Conversations
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (60 ratings)4.7 (364 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.9% of reviews41.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings60364 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB72 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCenters For Disease Control and PreventionPointClickCare

Customer experience

PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor

All ratings60 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative38.3%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive26.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative61.5%

Secure Conversations

All ratings364 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive41.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative58.6%

Bugs and requests

PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Secure Conversations

Reported bugs

45 issues
  • Notifications do NOT work
  • No badge indicator
  • Notifications not classified as Time Sensitive or direct messages
  • Notifications are slipshod at best
  • Notifications don't work
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  • Only get half the notifications
  • Worse after update
  • Member leaves group chat, receive notification
  • Any time a member leaves a group chat I receive a notification
  • See messages from all kinds of other facilities
  • Unless specifically added to a thread, no way to see conversations only for my specific facility/patients
  • Does not work with my work iPad device
  • Providers are unable to receive any conversations from the staff at the home
  • Receive the notifications but the next screen is blank
  • Glitching when opening the program
  • Login process is too long
  • No way to know of new message on iPhone
  • Cannot copy and paste information needed
  • Unable to see clearly what messages are resolved/read
  • Unable to create a rounding list to follow up on messages for patient care
  • Can no longer send secure photo messages
  • Constantly getting error
  • Constantly crashes
  • Can't log in or access
  • Constantly having to reinstall it
  • The audio notifications are slipshod at best
  • It should allow me to cut and paste
  • It should incorporate medical terms on key board memory
  • It should allow us to create smart phrases
  • I wish there’s a search bar when I looked for “Other”
  • It would be better if I can search on the other messages and add on instead of making a new one
  • Still have concerns about messages open and another residents chart
  • Works ok. Notifications do not work which mostly defeats the purpose.
  • This app is not user friendly, it’s cumbersome to use, I don’t see why you have to sign in so often when my phone has a password to get onto it, and it seems that I only get half the notifications that I have a new message.
  • When creating a new message it should save which building I’m apart of, not make me input it every time.
  • It got worse. Can’t copy and paste information needed. Adds liability to all people in conversation when you end and create a progress note. Unable to see clearly what messages are resolved/read. Unable to create a rounding list to follow up on messages for patient care.
  • Can no longer send secure photo messages. Constantly getting error. Old app was much better and user friendly.
  • Please bring back the old version- this app constantly crashes, can’t log in or access and constantly having to reinstall it.
  • Ever since the recent update, any time a member leaves a group chat I receive a notification via the app. Previously I would only be notified when a new message was sent to me. Now I get dozens of notifications per day for my nursing home practice. This is extremely redundant, irrelevant and annoying. Please fix this right away. Thank you
  • This was supposed to be an upgrade for instant, secure messaging for PointClickCare but it really stinks!! There is no way to search, I am able to see messages from all kinds of other facilities, and unless I am specifically added to a thread, there is no way to see conversations only for my specific facility/patients. It doesn’t work with my work iPad device—I have to use a separate app to see the messages. This is absolutely terrible! Bring back the old Tiger Text capability!!
  • I am a medical director at a nursing home. My providers are unable to receive any conversations from the staff at the home. We receive the notifications but the next screen is blank. This is dangerous! Our administrator called for support and they told us just to delete and reinstall the app. Of course this didn’t resolve the issue. Please fix this quickly!
  • This is the second time I’m having to uninstall and reinstall this program due to glitching when opening the program. The older way was way more efficient and didn’t interrupt workflow. Now, I have to open another app while I’m trying to do med reconciliations or ordering/changing medications if I see that I have new notifications that need addressed instead of staying on the same screen. Keeping the messaging program within PCC was better overall.
  • A long way off from being user friendly. Question if the developers even tested or use the app regularly. For the developers to fix: 1- Login. Way too log of a process on my already secure device. I have to enter my 14 character password each time; pw used to be 8 characters or a 4 digit PIN. Better yet, like tiger text, omit the unnecessary login altogether (should have permanent long in if not “logged off, closed app, or similar). 2- Need notifications NOW. I used badges to notify of new messages. There is no way to know of new message on iPhone. Now I have to login each time, over bearing login process as a above, to “check” IF new messages. Nurses end up personally texting me to notify of new “secure” conversation. Have set my time management to only checking conversations am and pm, to avoid timely, unnecessary, ridiculous process. 3- No stored password ability on app to quickly sign on. Issue above. 4- No “return” button on text pad to sort out paragraphs or bullet orders. 5- Has emoji left corner button, but really can’t send emojis. Positives 1- slightly better than nothing. 2- voice record button works.
  • Unbelievably bad. I can’t imagine how this company feels this is functional. Much worse than previous version. Our facility may not even be able to use this.
  • Point click care previously utilized tiger text as a secure messaging platform. Secure conversations is a terrible replacement! Tiger text was efficient secure and easy to use. Secure conversations is an intuitive, difficult to message with, and requires frequent logins.

Requested features

12 requests
  • Option to send photos
  • Allow cut and paste
  • Incorporate medical terms on keyboard memory
  • Create smart phrases
  • Search bar for 'Other' messages
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  • Ability to search on other messages and add on instead of making a new one
  • Dark mode option
  • Permanent login if not logged off or app closed
  • Badge indicator for new messages
  • Save building when creating a new message
  • Return button on text pad for paragraphs or bullet orders
  • Ability to send emojis

In-app purchases

None

PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor

No in-app purchases

None

Secure Conversations

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor free?
PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Secure Conversations free?
Secure Conversations is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor or Secure Conversations?
Secure Conversations is rated higher. PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor averages 3.4 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Secure Conversations averages 4.7 from 364 ratings.
Do PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor or Secure Conversations have ads?
Neither PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor nor Secure Conversations shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor or Secure Conversations?
PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor ships an update every 3 months, and Secure Conversations monthly. Most recently, PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor was updated on August 28, 2026 and Secure Conversations on September 19, 2026.

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