Renew Scleroderma vs SELF by LFA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Renew Scleroderma
This app supports individuals with scleroderma in managing fatigue and improving overall well-being. It offers health coaching from peer mentors, educational resources, and tools for setting and tracking weekly goals and activities.
- Fatigue management
- Wellbeing enhancement
- Health coaching from peer mentors
- Scleroderma information
- Weekly goal setting
- Activity tracking
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Renew Scleroderma helps people with scleroderma manage their fatigue and enhance wellbeing. It involves health coaching from trained peer mentors. Renew Scleroderma allows users to read information about scleroderma and to set and track weekly goals and complete activities relevant to these goals. Development of this application was supported by the LiveWell App Factory to Support Health and Function of People with Disabilities funded by a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under (Grant # 90DPHF0004).
SELF by LFA
This app helps individuals manage lupus symptoms, stress, and medications. It offers tools, trackers, and information to improve energy and mood, and connect with a supportive community. Get customized tips to take control of your health journey.
- Symptom and medication tracking
- Stress management tools
- Energy and mood pattern discovery
- Customized self-management skills
- Community connection and Q&A
- Personalized tips via text
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SELF is a free app developed by the Lupus Foundation of America in partnership with ProChange Behavior Solutions to help people with lupus live their best lives. Rather than being controlled by lupus, you can feel in control. SELF is customized to help you better manage your lupus symptoms, stress, and medication --and work with your health care team. Whether you’re newly diagnosed or have been living with lupus for some time, SELF can help you: - Explore easy to use tools, trackers, information and support - Discover patterns that will improve your energy and your mood - Choose what self-management skills to work on - Create a new path on your self-management journey - Connect with your peers in the lupus community and get your questions answered by the Lupus Foundation of America’s health education specialists - Get customized tips via text
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SELF by LFA at 50% against Renew Scleroderma's 0%. Renew Scleroderma's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Renew Scleroderma holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Renew Scleroderma's written reviews are positive against 50% of SELF by LFA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Renew Scleroderma | SELF by LFA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The University of Michigan | Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
Renew Scleroderma
SELF by LFA
In-app purchases
Renew Scleroderma
No in-app purchases
SELF by LFA
No in-app purchases
