WakeMed vs Petfolk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WakeMed
Easily connect with healthcare services, providers, and locations. Find doctors, schedule appointments, get directions, and check wait times for urgent care. Access your health records and virtual care options.
- Find doctors and services
- Schedule appointments
- Turn-by-turn directions
- Check ED/Urgent Care wait times
- Access WakeMed MyChart
- Virtual Urgent Care
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At WakeMed, patients and families are at the heart of everything we do, and the WakeMed All Access app offers easier connection to our services, providers and locations than ever before. Through our app, you can: • Find a doctor or a service • Schedule an appointment • Get turn-by-turn directions from your home or office all the way to your point of care and back to your exact parking spot • Check Emergency Department and Urgent Care wait times • Contact us • Access WakeMed MyChart • Link to delivery resources for pregnant patients • Keep up with the latest news from the only health system based in Wake County and much more • WakeMed Virtual Urgent Care Plus you can get the care you need now, quickly, efficiently and from providers you know and trust by accessing WakeMed Virtual Urgent Care. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of our community by providing outstanding and compassionate care to all – and we look forward to caring for you and your family.
Petfolk
This app offers a new model of veterinary care, integrating on-site and virtual services for pets. It allows easy access to medical professionals, appointment management, and pet health profiles, aiming to simplify pet care for owners and improve pet well-being.
- Real-time chat with medical professionals
- Book and manage appointments
- Create pet health profiles
- Virtual care access
- On-site veterinary services
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Petfolk is a new model of veterinary care, built by vets who love pets. Petfolk integrates everything pets and their parents need in their journey — from scheduled on-site to access-anywhere virtual care. We believe the easier the experience is for the parent, the healthier and happier the pet. The Petfolk mobile app gives pet parents easy access to the best care for their best friend. Features include: Chat in real-time with medical professionals Book and manage appointments via the app Create your pet’s profile to manage your pet’s health Now open in Charlotte and Raleigh, NC, and expanding rapidly across the east coast to bring best-in-class care to more pets & their parents soon! To learn more about Petfolk, find us at www.petfolk.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WakeMed at 83% against Petfolk's 50%. Petfolk's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Petfolk holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Petfolk has 368 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of WakeMed's written reviews are positive against 50% of Petfolk's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
WakeMed ships an update every 4 months, Petfolk every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WakeMed | Petfolk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (32 ratings) | 4.9 (368 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 368 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WakeMed Health & Hospitals | Petfolk Inc. |
Customer experience
WakeMed
Petfolk
In-app purchases
WakeMed
No in-app purchases
Petfolk
No in-app purchases
