Comparison

CareGenie vs CareVen

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

Head to head
About

CareGenie

This app helps manage the health and well-being of family members. It allows users to track medications, appointments, vital signs, and care activities. Facilitates communication among caregivers through shared care circles.

Highlights
  • Medication tracking
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Vital signs monitoring
  • Care activity logging
  • Family care circles
  • Communication tools
Features
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CareGenie is a family care tracking app designed to track medications, appointments, cares, and vitals for you and your loved ones. Create care circles, so you can stay connected and easily communicate with everyone involved in the caring for you or a loved one.

About

CareVen

Manage your family's healthcare with a consent-based platform. Track various health conditions, manage medications with reminders, and utilize an AI assistant for medical queries. Securely share data with authorized caregivers and doctors.

Highlights
  • Health condition tracking (Cancer, Cardiac, Chronic, Mental, Elder)
  • Medication management with reminders
  • AI-powered symptom checker and medical advice (Ask Nani)
  • Secure data sharing with authorized caregivers
  • Integration with Apple Health Kit
  • Caregiver task management
Features
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CareVen provides a consent based platform for managing your families health care needs. CareVen was started with a personal journey of taking care of an elderly parent and a cancer survivor. Our goal for CareVen has been to enable families to manage and control their own health care data. HEALTH TRACKERS: CareVen provides trackers for:
 * Cancer * Cardiac Health * Chronic Disease(s) * Mental Health * Elder Care Trackers help you manage your health conditions, share the information with your doctor(s) and/or care provider(s), view your health data in chronological order as well as see and monitor the trends over time with easy to view charts and tables. This app also allows you to have all of your health information in one convenient and reliable place. CareVen offers pre-built integrations with Apple Health Kit for Blood Pressure, Diabetics, and fitness data. ASK NANI: Ask Nani is an AI assistant powered by ChatGPT. Use Ask Nani to * check on symptoms * Get advice about various medical terms, diseases etc. * get advice on best options to provide care for your loved ones MEDICATIONS: Manage all of your medications in one place
 * Easy entry of all of your medications either manually or by using your phone's camera * Get automatic reminders when it is time to take your medication(s) * Track both prescription(s) and over-the-counter (OTC) medication(s) * View all of your medications and your adherence * Share your medication list with your doctor(s) during your in-person or virtual visit(s) CARE MANAGER: Care Manager provides easy and secure access to care data
 * You control who and to which level has access to your healthcare information. * With a single click, you could turn off or grant your caregiver(s) access to your healthcare information. * Only an authorized person(s)/organization(s) who is a part of your Care Circle has access to your healthcare data. * Use Care Circles to create your circle of care providers. * Create ToDo lists to help manage care. Assign ToDo tasks to other Caregivers. HEALTH APP INTEGRATION: CareVen shows you the following data from the Health app (HealthKit). The following data from health Kit is available for viewing thru CareVen. iPhone App: - Steps - Walking + Running Distance - Flights Climbed (Floors) - Blood Pressure - Blood Sugar ( Diabetics) -------------------- PRIVACY POLICY SUMMARY: Your data is stored in the CareVen App and is available for your caregivers who you can authorize using the Consent Manager. Only you can decide who has access to it and can revoke the access at any time. We DO NOT sell your personal information. We use your personal information as follows: - to operate, maintain, and improve our products, and services. - to provide our products and services to you. - to send periodic reminders to you about your “appointments and medications - to respond to comments and questions and provide customer service. See full privacy policy for more details on how this data we collect is used. https://www.vchar3.com/privacyPolicy.html

Screenshots

CareGenie4 screens
CareVen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CareGenie at 5.0 against CareVen's 3.9. CareVen's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). 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

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

CareGenie holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CareVen has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CareGenie ships an update every 2 months, CareVen every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CareGenie versus CareVen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCareGenieCareVen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB41 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperExtended Care Professional, LLCVchar3 LLC

Customer experience

CareGenie

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CareVen

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

CareGenie

No in-app purchases

None

CareVen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CareGenie free?
CareGenie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CareVen free?
CareVen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CareGenie or CareVen?
CareGenie is rated higher. CareGenie averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while CareVen averages 3.9 from 7 ratings.
Do CareGenie or CareVen have ads?
Neither CareGenie nor CareVen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CareGenie or CareVen?
CareGenie ships an update every 2 months, and CareVen every 6 weeks. Most recently, CareGenie was updated on November 3, 2026 and CareVen on November 3, 2026.

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