Comparison

PatientEngine vs BallotDA

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

Head to head
About

PatientEngine

Streamline patient communication and appointment scheduling with automated text messaging and a visual lead pipeline. Convert leads, re-engage past patients, and reduce no-shows with efficient, automated follow-ups.

Highlights
  • Automated text message follow-ups
  • Campaigns for past patients
  • Lead conversion tools
  • Google review generation
  • Appointment scheduling and confirmation
  • Visual lead pipeline management
  • Auto-booking calendar widget
Features
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Schedule Patients, on Demand. In todays world no one is is picking up the phone. Yet, “90% of people read a text message within the first 3 minutes” and 89% of your patients prefer them to phone calls and emails. So the next time your friend tells you they’re “just seeing this now” a day later, they’re lying. Take our word for it. We make texting easy, including enabling your current business phone number to text patients. With PatientEngine, you’ll be able to: Automatically follow up with leads via text, email, live call transfers, voicemail drops and Facebook messenger Create campaigns to bring back past patients Convert leads into patients Build Google reviews from satisfied customers Schedule and confirm appointments Save Time & Money Still making phone calls to confirm appointments or reach out to new customers? Today, phone calls are inefficient, and worse, ineffective. PatientEngine allows you and your patients to quickly exchange messages, without having to wait for a time when both parties are free. PatientEngine clients quickly see upwards of 50% time savings per staff member when using text vs the phone. Manage and Automate Your Lead Pipeline Tired of using messy spreadsheets to track all your leads? Or even worse you don’t know which lead came from which source and what part of the customer journey they’re in? Use our drag and drop, visual pipeline management tool to easily see what stage of the customer journey your leads are in, what source they came from as well as be able to automate follow up messages based on what stage they’re in! Calendar to Manage and Auto Book your Leads and Patients No longer do you have to chase leads to book their appointment. Now you can use our native calendar widget to have leads book themselves through your advertising campaigns and/or place it on your website so you can book more appointments from your website visitors. All of the confirmation and reminder messaging can now be completed automated and you can even create a voicemail reminder. This alone will drastically reduce your no show rates while simultaneously saving your staff hours per week of chasing and remind patients about their appointments!

About

BallotDA

Features
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Poll Workers are people that work at the polling places on election day. Empower your poll workers with a personalized App where they can watch training videos on-demand and complete Assessments online. BallotDA helps Poll Managers to assign Poll Workers to precincts and easily communicate with poll workers via Audio or Message.

Screenshots

PatientEngine4 screens
BallotDA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PatientEngine at every 2 months against BallotDA's every 5 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PatientEngine ships an update every 2 months, BallotDA every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PatientEngine versus BallotDA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatientEngineBallotDA
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size341 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMedSpa Advertising LLCSonline LLC

In-app purchases

None

PatientEngine

No in-app purchases

None

BallotDA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PatientEngine free?
PatientEngine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BallotDA free?
BallotDA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PatientEngine or BallotDA have ads?
Neither PatientEngine nor BallotDA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PatientEngine or BallotDA?
PatientEngine ships an update every 2 months, and BallotDA every 5 months. Most recently, PatientEngine was updated on October 3, 2026 and BallotDA on October 2, 2026.

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