Comparison

Ascend EVV vs MyChildrensMercy

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

MyChildrensMercy

Easily manage your child's health records through a secure patient portal. Access medical details, schedule appointments, and communicate with your care team. View lab results, immunizations, and educational materials.

Highlights
  • Access patient portal
  • View health records
  • Manage appointments
  • Communicate with care team
  • View lab and radiology results
  • Track immunizations
Features
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"Keeping track of your child’s health information is easier with the MyChildrensMercy app. This app allows you to access everything in your child’s patient portal, the secure online home for your Children’s Mercy Kansas City health records. Find important details You can see information like medication lists, allergies, immunization history and lab results. You can also manage scheduling details, such as making an appointment request and pre-registering for an upcoming visit. Keep in touch with your care team The messaging feature allows you to communicate easily with your Children’s Mercy care team. Your care team can also add things like clinic notes and educational materials about your child’s health. Participating providers can also allow you to add your HealthKit data to your electronic medical record. Use the MyChildrensMercy app to view: -Demographic information -Appointment information -Messages to and from your health care providers -Health summary information (allergies and problems) -Immunizations -Clinic notes -Education materials -Medications -Procedures -Vital signs -Lab results (including Pathology and Microbiology) -Radiology results As a reminder, the messaging features in this app are for routine health-related inquiries only. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911 and do not use online messaging."

Screenshots

Ascend EVV4 screens
MyChildrensMercy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ascend EVV at 58% against MyChildrensMercy's 0%. Ascend EVV also leads on rating (3.1 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 15 months). 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 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Ascend EVV's written reviews are positive against 0% of MyChildrensMercy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ascend EVV ships an update every 5 weeks, MyChildrensMercy every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ascend EVV versus MyChildrensMercy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAscend EVVMyChildrensMercy
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (7 ratings) — better2.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews58.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings711 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.2 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB36 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBlue Summit Software, LLCChildren's Mercy Hospital

Customer experience

Ascend EVV

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

MyChildrensMercy

All ratings11 ratings
Positive27.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative72.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ascend EVV

No in-app purchases

None

MyChildrensMercy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ascend EVV free?
Ascend EVV is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyChildrensMercy free?
MyChildrensMercy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ascend EVV or MyChildrensMercy?
Ascend EVV is rated higher. Ascend EVV averages 3.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while MyChildrensMercy averages 2.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Ascend EVV or MyChildrensMercy have ads?
Neither Ascend EVV nor MyChildrensMercy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ascend EVV or MyChildrensMercy?
Ascend EVV ships an update every 5 weeks, and MyChildrensMercy every 15 months. Most recently, Ascend EVV was updated on October 3, 2026 and MyChildrensMercy on September 20, 2026.

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