Comparison

Atom5 vs ixicare

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

Head to head
About

Atom5

This platform enables remote patient monitoring, collecting data to quantify patient well-being, function, and treatment response. It's used across various patient groups for new outcome measures.

Highlights
  • Remote patient monitoring
  • Digital endpoint data collection
  • Quantifies patient well-being
  • Measures treatment response
  • Supports various patient areas
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.​

About

ixicare

Features
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ixicare is the alarm app for care staff. When a resident presses their call button or a device raises an alarm, ixicare tells you who needs help, where they are and how long they have been waiting, so the right person gets there fast. SEE WHO NEEDS HELP, AND WHERE • Every open alarm at a glance, with the resident's name, alarm type and time elapsed • Live location on your own floor plans, down to the room • Alarms sorted by urgency: critical, urgent, manual and informative RESPOND AS A TEAM • Accept or decline an alarm in one tap, so colleagues know it is being handled • Request backup or call directly from the alarm • Resolve the alarm when you are done, and look back at everything resolved in the last 24 hours ALARMS THAT GET THROUGH • Alarms raise your phone's volume so they are never missed • Choose which teams and sites you handle alarms for • Set your status (online or occupied for a while) to share the load KEEP THE SYSTEM HEALTHY • See which wearables and beacons are missing, offline, outdated or low on battery • Maintenance scanning: walk the building and check nearby beacons and gateways • Scan devices to link or place them BUILT FOR PHONES AND TABLETS Carry ixicare on your phone during your round, or mount an iPad at the nurses' station for a large, clear alarm overview with a calm screen when all is well. ixicare is used in care homes and assisted living facilities. You need an account from your care organisation to sign in.

Screenshots

Atom54 screens
ixicare4 screens

Verdict

The call

Atom5 and ixicare are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Atom5 ships an update monthly, ixicare every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Atom5 versus ixicare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAtom5ixicare
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB55 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAparito Ltdixicare

In-app purchases

None

Atom5

No in-app purchases

None

ixicare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Atom5 free?
Atom5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ixicare free?
ixicare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Atom5 or ixicare have ads?
Neither Atom5 nor ixicare shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Atom5 or ixicare?
Atom5 ships an update monthly, and ixicare every 6 weeks. Most recently, Atom5 was updated on November 3, 2026 and ixicare on October 24, 2026.

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