MyBCH vs Sandstone Care
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyBCH
Access your health records and connect with your care team securely 24/7. Manage lab tests, imaging, and communicate with primary care providers and specialists through your computer, tablet, or smartphone.
- Secure health record access
- 24/7 availability
- Connect with care team
- Lab and imaging integration
- Specialist access
- HealthKit integration
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MyBCH is a secure online connection to your health care team and important information from your electronic medical record — available 24/7 on your computer, tablet or smartphone. This app also connects you to BCH services such as lab tests and imaging along with your primary care provider and multiple specialists including cardiologists, internal medicine and more. MyBCH integrates with the Health App and Healthkit Privacy policy: https://www.bch.org/Patients-Visitors/Patient-Services/Compliance.aspx
Sandstone Care
Connect with peers and coaches for support throughout your recovery journey. Share updates, ask questions, and access inspiring content like videos and articles. Participate in discussions and join virtual events to stay engaged.
- Connect with peers and coaches
- Real-time posts in private groups
- Daily inspiration content
- Explore recovery videos, podcasts, articles
- Participate in discussions
- Join virtual events
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Share updates, ask questions, support others, and stay connected with others throughout your recovery. This community is a tool to help you in recovery and receive support when you need it the most. Connect with: * Peers and coaches to share updates, ask questions, and offer support. * Your recovery program to receive inspirations, updates for onsite events, and ways to be involved. Key Features: * Real-time posts: This private group allows you to stay connected to fellow alumni in real-time. * Daily inspirations help to center your thoughts and actions. * Recovery Content: Explore videos, podcasts, and articles to help you as progress in your recovery. * Discussions are a way for you to share your voice and inspire others on recovery topics. * Join virtual events directly from the app * Privacy: You control what information you share. For clients of Sandstone Care, you will be added to a private group consisting of peers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sandstone Care at 100% against MyBCH's 51%. Sandstone Care also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). MyBCH's advantage is ratings volume (366 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Sandstone Care holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyBCH has 366 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of MyBCH's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sandstone Care's.
MyBCH ships an update every 5 months, Sandstone Care every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyBCH | Sandstone Care |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (366 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 366 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Boulder Community Health | Sandstone Care Holdings, LLC |
Customer experience
MyBCH
Sandstone Care
Bugs and requests
MyBCH
Reported bugs
13 issues- Pop-up at login screen prevents login
- App goes modal and cannot be exited to complete paperwork
- Billing section does not open
- Unable to see numbers on passcode screen
- Messages disappear after viewing
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- App won't open and requires update, but App Store shows 'open'
- Login does not follow standard convention of showing typed word
- Email link brings up browser instead of app
- App does not allow staying logged in
- Login is painful and difficult
- App thinks all appointments are for mammograms
- Messaging is broken ('no one to message at this time')
- Country selection missing 'US'
Requested features
8 requests- Add a badge number for unread messages
- Allow exporting test results
- Improve medication list functionality (alphabetical, editing dosage)
- Option to skip repetitive forms if nothing has changed
- Improve visibility of selected answers in multiple-choice questions
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- Allow adding dates for procedures done at other facilities to reset reminders
- Make the app more accessible for elderly users (e.g., simpler 2FA)
- Improve the country selection during registration
Sandstone Care
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyBCH
No in-app purchases
Sandstone Care
No in-app purchases
Questions
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