Comparison

Ascend EVV vs AssuriCare CareWhen

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

Head to head
About

Ascend EVV

This mobile application provides a simple interface for home healthcare providers to capture essential data during patient visits. It facilitates clocking in and out of visits, recording caregiver location, and documenting visit details for compliance and record-keeping.

Highlights
  • Clock in/out of home visits
  • Capture caregiver location
  • Document visit details
  • Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)
  • Compliance with CURES Act
Features
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The Ascend healthcare solutions platform by Blue Summit Software is a complete EVV, billing and payroll solution for Home Healthcare providers. EVV is an integral component of this wholistic approach to home healthcare and required by the CURES act. As such, we are proud to offer the Ascend EVV mobile app to provide a simple, easy to use interface for capturing important data for home visits that are required in today's healthcare industry for proper government accountability and record keeping. With Ascend EVV, users can easily clock in and out of home visits, capture the location of the caregiver, and provide documentation for the visit.

About

AssuriCare CareWhen

This app provides authorized caregivers with 24/7 access to their agency's home care scheduling and client information. Caregivers can view schedules, get directions, clock in/out, report on tasks, and message agency staff.

Highlights
  • View work schedule and tasks
  • Access client addresses and directions
  • Clock in and out from client homes
  • Report on completed tasks
  • Communicate with agency staff via messaging
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CareWhen Mobile allows authorized caregivers to log into their agency's home care scheduling system. The caregivers benefit by 24x7 access to work information and a friendly interface to electronic visit verification (EVV). The agency benefits by a reduction in internal call volume and greater EVV compliance. Using CareWhen Mobile, caregivers can perform the following tasks. 1. Look up work schedule, including care tasks to be performed. 2. Look up client addresses and get driving directions. 3. Clock in and clock out from client's home. 4. Report on tasks completed, or left undone at client's request. 5. Communicate with the agency staff via messaging.

Screenshots

Ascend EVV4 screens
AssuriCare CareWhen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ascend EVV at 3.1 against AssuriCare CareWhen's 1.8. AssuriCare CareWhen's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.2). On price, ratings volume, 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

Ascend EVV holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ascend EVV versus AssuriCare CareWhen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAscend EVVAssuriCare CareWhen
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (7 ratings) — better1.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.29.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB34 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBlue Summit Software, LLCLTCfastpay

Customer experience

Ascend EVV

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative33.3%

AssuriCare CareWhen

All ratings5 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ascend EVV

No in-app purchases

None

AssuriCare CareWhen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ascend EVV free?
Ascend EVV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AssuriCare CareWhen free?
AssuriCare CareWhen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ascend EVV or AssuriCare CareWhen?
Ascend EVV is rated higher. Ascend EVV averages 3.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while AssuriCare CareWhen averages 1.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Ascend EVV or AssuriCare CareWhen have ads?
Neither Ascend EVV nor AssuriCare CareWhen shows ads.

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