Ascend EVV vs CoxHealthNow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Clock in/out of home visits
- Capture caregiver location
- Document visit details
- Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)
- Compliance with CURES Act
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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.
CoxHealthNow
Access your CoxHealth patient portal for real-time health information. Schedule appointments, find doctors, message providers securely, and conduct virtual visits.
- Access patient portal
- Schedule appointments
- Find doctors
- Secure messaging with providers
- Virtual visits
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CoxHealthNow helps you take a more active role in your health with real-time, easy access to your CoxHealth patient portal. Here, you'll see your latest health information, plus be able to: • Schedule an appointment • Find a doctor • Securely message with your provider • Have a Virtual Visit • And more Start living your healthiest life today with CoxHealth and the CoxHealthNow app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ascend EVV at 58% against CoxHealthNow's 8%. Ascend EVV also leads on rating (3.1 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 16 months). CoxHealthNow's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). 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.
Ascend EVV holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CoxHealthNow has 55 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Ascend EVV's written reviews are positive against 8% of CoxHealthNow's.
Ascend EVV ships an update every 5 weeks, CoxHealthNow every 16 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Ascend EVV | CoxHealthNow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (7 ratings) — better | 2.5 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 55 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Blue Summit Software, LLC | Lester E. Cox Medical Centers |
Customer experience
Ascend EVV
CoxHealthNow
In-app purchases
Ascend EVV
No in-app purchases
CoxHealthNow
No in-app purchases
