Comparison

Discovery vs Rehab Guru

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

Head to head
About

Discovery

Access all your Discovery products in one app. Manage health, rewards, finances, insurance, life policies, and investments. Earn Vitality points for workouts and track your progress.

Highlights
  • Access membership card
  • Find healthcare professionals
  • Track claims and rewards
  • View transactions and balances
  • Manage insurance and life policies
  • View investment portfolios
  • Earn Vitality points for workouts
Features
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Access and experience all your Discovery products wherever you are.

 Application features:

 Discovery Health: Access your membership card, find a healthcare professional, submit and track your claims, get your tax certificate and more. Discovery Vitality: See your Vitality points and status, track your Vitality Active Rewards goal and more. Discovery Card: 
View your transactions and balances, spend your Discovery Miles in store and more. Discovery Insure:
 Request emergency assistance, submit a claim, track your Vitalitydrive points and Active Rewards and more. Discovery Life:
 View your policy information including financial adviser details. Discovery Invest:
 View your portfolio (including fund balances) and request to have a document emailed to you. Members on the following medical schemes will also have access to their scheme information: MMED, Naspers, LA Health, Tsogo, TFG, Quantum, Anglovaal, Retail Medical Scheme, UKZN, BMW, Malcor, Wits
 & SAB
. User notes:
 The application is available for anyone to download, but you have to be a Discovery member with at least one active Discovery product and must register on the Discovery website (www.discovery.co.za) before you can log in on the Discovery app. You will use the same username and password for the app as for the Discovery website.

 Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. This App reads / writes data from Apple’s Health App with your permission. Earn Vitality points for your workouts from the Health App.

About

Rehab Guru

Access your personalized rehabilitation exercise program, track your progress, and provide feedback on pain and wellness. High-definition videos and images guide correct technique to help you recover faster and achieve your goals. Integrates with Apple HealthKit for comprehensive health tracking.

Highlights
  • View exercise training programs
  • Provide feedback on pain and wellness
  • Track progress
  • High-definition exercise videos and images
  • Set exercise reminders
  • Integrates with Apple HealthKit
Features
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Rehab Guru guides every step of the way. Rehab Guru is the patient companion app for clinicians using Clinic Guru - the professional rehabilitation platform trusted by physiotherapists, sports therapists and rehab specialists worldwide. Your clinician sends your personalised exercise programme straight to the app. You get clear HD video, step-by-step guidance and audio narration to help you perform every exercise with confidence — at home, at the gym, or wherever your recovery takes you. What you can do • Follow your prescribed programme with HD video and step-by-step instructions • Log pain, wellness and exertion in seconds - your clinician sees it instantly • Track outcomes and watch your progress unfold over time • Use built-in timers, sets and reps so you stay on tempo • Set reminders so you never miss a session • Sync with Apple Health to bring steps, heart rate, sleep and activity into your recovery picture • Stay motivated with streaks, weekly activity and progress trends Built for real recovery Rehab Guru connects you to your clinician between appointments. Every check-in, every completed session, and every outcome score flows back to your clinical team, so the care you receive is informed by real data, not guesswork. Apple Health integration Rehab Guru Client uses Apple HealthKit to read activity data from your iOS device, giving you and your clinician a richer view of your overall health alongside your rehab progress. Reminders You can set reminders to perform your exercises by time and day. Need an account? Rehab Guru is designed to be used alongside care from a clinician using Clinic Guru. If your physiotherapist or rehab professional uses Rehab Guru, ask them to send you a programme to get started. If you're a clinician interested in using Rehab Guru in your practice, visit rehabguru.com.

Screenshots

Discovery4 screens
Rehab Guru4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rehab Guru at 60% against Discovery's 22%. Rehab Guru also leads on device support (3 vs 1). 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

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

Discovery ships an update every 10 days, Rehab Guru every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Discovery versus Rehab Guru: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiscoveryRehab Guru
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.6K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.3% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.6K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size486 MB39 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperDiscovery LimitedREHAB GURU LIMITED

Customer experience

Discovery

All ratings3,601 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral5.2%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive22.3%
Neutral10.1%
Negative67.6%

Rehab Guru

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Discovery

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Workouts not syncing correctly
  • Login and authentication problems
  • Rewards and points not updating properly
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved syncing with fitness trackers and health apps
  • Simplified navigation and user interface
  • Customizable dashboard and reporting
  • Ability to easily view and redeem rewards

Rehab Guru

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Discovery

No in-app purchases

None

Rehab Guru

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Discovery free?
Discovery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rehab Guru free?
Rehab Guru is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Discovery or Rehab Guru have ads?
Neither Discovery nor Rehab Guru shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Discovery or Rehab Guru?
Discovery ships an update every 10 days, and Rehab Guru every 3 weeks. Most recently, Discovery was updated on November 10, 2026 and Rehab Guru on November 2, 2026.

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