Comparison

FIREFLY Technology vs my aprevo®

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

Head to head
About

FIREFLY Technology

This app facilitates communication and case management for medical professionals involved with FIREFLY® products. It allows users to initiate cases, approve surgical plans, receive status updates, and manage schedules and inventory. The platform is designed to enhance the safety and efficiency of spine surgery.

Highlights
  • Initiate surgical cases
  • Approve surgical plans
  • Receive case status alerts
  • Review case schedules
  • Track screw inventory
  • Archive past cases
  • Access product resources
Features
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This mobile app is for the friends of FIREFLY®: our surgeons, distributors, and sales representatives. Features of this app that will help you appreciate the value of FIREFLY® are: - initiate cases - approve surgical plans with the push of a button - receive case status alerts - review case schedules from interactive calendar - track screw inventory intraoperatively - archive past cases - access product resources - HIPAA and GDPR compliant Please share your mobile app user experience with us so we can continue to improve your experience as we accelerate the safety and efficiency of spine surgery.

About

my aprevo®

This app allows surgeons and healthcare professionals to review patient-specific implant designs for surgical planning. It utilizes patient data and proprietary technology to create personalized spine fusion devices, aiming to improve surgical outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.

Highlights
  • Review surgical plans
  • Patient-specific implant designs
  • Personalized spine fusion devices
  • Utilizes patient data
  • Proprietary digital technologies
Features
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The my aprevo® mobile app enables surgeons and healthcare professionals to review surgical plans with proposed patient-specific implant designs. Carlsmed, Inc. was founded in 2018 with the mission is to improve outcomes and decrease the cost of healthcare for spine surgery and beyond. The company’s aprevo® devices are personalized to improve the standard of care for the surgical treatment of adults with spinal malalignment. Carlsmed uses patient data and proprietary digital technologies to create optimal surgical plans and personalized aprevo® spine fusion devices to align with the surgeon’s goals for each patient.

Screenshots

FIREFLY Technology4 screens
my aprevo®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: my aprevo® at fortnightly against FIREFLY Technology's every 3 months. my aprevo® also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 2). FIREFLY Technology's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FIREFLY Technology against 5.0 for my aprevo®. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: my aprevo® has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FIREFLY Technology ships an update every 3 months, my aprevo® fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FIREFLY Technology versus my aprevo®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFIREFLY Technologymy aprevo®
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings216 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB124 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFortyAUCarlsmed, Inc.

Customer experience

FIREFLY Technology

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

my aprevo®

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FIREFLY Technology

No in-app purchases

None

my aprevo®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FIREFLY Technology free?
FIREFLY Technology is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is my aprevo® free?
my aprevo® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FIREFLY Technology or my aprevo®?
FIREFLY Technology and my aprevo® are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 16 ratings respectively.
Do FIREFLY Technology or my aprevo® have ads?
Neither FIREFLY Technology nor my aprevo® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FIREFLY Technology or my aprevo®?
FIREFLY Technology ships an update every 3 months, and my aprevo® fortnightly. Most recently, FIREFLY Technology was updated on October 7, 2026 and my aprevo® on October 10, 2026.

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