HLTH vs Sidebar Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HLTH
This app is the official mobile companion for a major health innovation and transformation event. It connects professionals across the healthcare ecosystem, focusing on the industry's leading innovation event.
- Official event app
- Health innovation focus
- Healthcare ecosystem connection
- Event information
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This is the official mobile app of HLTH 2025 in Las Vegas October 19-22. HLTH (health) is the leading platform bringing together the entire health ecosystem, focused on health innovation and transformation. Join Healthcare's #1 Innovation Event!
Sidebar Chat
This app connects you with high-achieving peers for small group coaching. It aims to help you become a better leader, manager, and person by fostering trusted advisory relationships.
- Small group coaching
- Peer advisory matching
- Leadership development
- Managerial skill enhancement
- Personal growth support
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We provide small group coaching to help you do your greatest work—and we match you with high-achieving peers who become your most trusted advisors. Our mission is to help you become the best leader, manager, and human being that you can be.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sidebar Chat at 5.0 against HLTH's 4.0. Sidebar Chat also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 1). HLTH's advantage is ratings volume (230 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sidebar Chat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HLTH has 230 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HLTH ships an update every 2 weeks, Sidebar Chat monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HLTH | Sidebar Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (230 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 230 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HLTH, LLC | Sidebar Technology, Inc. |
Customer experience
HLTH
Sidebar Chat
Bugs and requests
HLTH
Reported bugs
19 issues- Login issues / authentication failures
- Cannot cancel or change appointments
- QR code not loading / not working
- Information not saving / reverting
- App doesn't work on desktop
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- Help services not functional
- User authentication doesn't work
- UI is problematic
- App is broken
- Double booked due to no calendar sync
- Cannot search for exhibitors effectively
- Crashes or redirects unexpectedly
- Significant battery drain
- Messages arriving very late
- Difficult to navigate
- No agenda or maps
- Cannot find live video
- Get logged out almost every day
- Trouble scheduling meetings / finding scheduled meetings
Requested features
5 requests- Exhibit layout easily findable
- Interoperability with calendar apps
- Better spelling similarity search for names
- Ability to save/bookmark specific people
- Search for exhibitors and show their location
Sidebar Chat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HLTH
No in-app purchases
Sidebar Chat
No in-app purchases
