Comparison

CareVen vs BB Care Notes

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

Head to head
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
Read full description

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

About

BB Care Notes

Features
Read full description

progress note generator Save time writing notes with our progress note generator. Our task sheets guide you to write notes easily and spend more time with your clients. Document everything from activities of daily living to mental health and clinical notes with ease. It is designed to improve the efficiency when completing documentation by using the task sheets that automatically create progress notes and summaries. How it works 1. Pick your client 2. Complete a task sheet 3. Generate progress note

Screenshots

CareVen4 screens
BB Care Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CareVen at every 6 weeks against BB Care Notes's every 4 months. CareVen also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.6). 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

CareVen ships an update every 6 weeks, BB Care Notes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CareVen versus BB Care Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCareVenBB Care Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVchar3 LLCbuilding bridges behavior therapy llc

In-app purchases

None

CareVen

No in-app purchases

None

BB Care Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CareVen free?
CareVen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BB Care Notes free?
BB Care Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CareVen or BB Care Notes have ads?
Neither CareVen nor BB Care Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CareVen or BB Care Notes?
CareVen ships an update every 6 weeks, and BB Care Notes every 4 months. Most recently, CareVen was updated on September 27, 2026 and BB Care Notes on October 5, 2026.

Other comparisons