Comparison

PatientGO vs Atom5

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

Head to head
About

PatientGO

This app aims to reduce the burden of clinical trial participation for patients and their families. It offers solutions for travel arrangements, expense reimbursements, and other support to prevent trial dropouts due to avoidable reasons.

Highlights
  • Travel management for hospital visits
  • Fast expense reimbursements
  • Patient support solutions
  • Reduced clinical trial dropouts
  • Duty of care for patients
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PatientGO is dedicated to lessening the impact of clinical trial participation on patients and their families. By taking care of travel to and from the hospital, managing fast expense reimbursements and providing a suite of innovative solutions, we help avert drop-outs that happen for avoidable reasons. This relieves pressure on clinical research hospitals and provides a duty of care to those who matter most, our patients. Welcome to PatientGO!

About

Atom5

This platform enables remote patient monitoring for various medical conditions, collecting data to quantify patient well-being and treatment response. It offers new outcome measures for assessing how patients feel, function, and react to therapies.

Highlights
  • Remote patient monitoring
  • Digital endpoint data collection
  • Quantifies patient well-being
  • Measures treatment response
  • Outcome measures for patient function
Features
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Atom5™ is a digital platform originally designed for paediatric and rare disease remote patient monitoring, but as Aparito has grown has been deployed in a wide range of adult and other patient areas. Data on digital endpoints quantify how a patient feels, functions and responds to treatment with new outcome measures.​

Screenshots

PatientGO3 screens
Atom54 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Atom5 at 2.2 against PatientGO's 1.0. Atom5 also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and ratings volume (13 vs 3). 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

Atom5 holds the better App Store score, 2.2 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of PatientGO's written reviews are positive against 40% of Atom5's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PatientGO ships an update every 2 months, Atom5 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PatientGO versus Atom5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatientGOAtom5
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings)2.2 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings313 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB101 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperIllingworth ResearchAparito Ltd

Customer experience

PatientGO

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Atom5

All ratings13 ratings
Positive23.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative69.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

None

PatientGO

No in-app purchases

None

Atom5

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PatientGO free?
PatientGO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Atom5 free?
Atom5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PatientGO or Atom5?
Atom5 is rated higher. PatientGO averages 1.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Atom5 averages 2.2 from 13 ratings.
Do PatientGO or Atom5 have ads?
Neither PatientGO nor Atom5 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PatientGO or Atom5?
PatientGO ships an update every 2 months, and Atom5 monthly. Most recently, PatientGO was updated on October 3, 2026 and Atom5 on October 9, 2026.

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