SELF by LFA vs Rheumera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Rheumera
This app facilitates better communication between rheumatology patients and their healthcare providers. It enables a consistent flow of feedback and review, helping to quickly identify effective treatments and areas needing adjustment. The platform is built on the collaborative belief that shared insights lead to improved care.
- Patient-provider information sharing
- Feedback and review cadence
- Identify treatment effectiveness
- Respond to changing needs
- Collaborative health insights
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Our app empowers patients and providers to dramatically improve the frequency, accuracy, and quality of the information they share. By creating a robust and ongoing cadence of feedback and review, physicians and patients are able to quickly identify and respond to what’s working and what needs to change. Our team of Rheumatologists, Patients, Clinical Staff, and Technologist came together through a common belief - we are better together. Consider this our invitation to join us. We can’t wait to meet YOU.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rheumera at 57% against SELF by LFA's 0%. Rheumera also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (117 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.
Rheumera holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rheumera has 117 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of SELF by LFA's written reviews are positive against 57% of Rheumera's.
SELF by LFA ships an update every 2 months, Rheumera monthly. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SELF by LFA | Rheumera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 3.8 (117 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 56.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 117 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc. | Rheumera Inc |
Customer experience
SELF by LFA
Rheumera
In-app purchases
SELF by LFA
No in-app purchases
Rheumera
No in-app purchases
