CANImmunize vs NHS Now
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CANImmunize
Securely store and manage your Canadian vaccination records digitally. Receive timely reminders for upcoming immunizations and stay informed about provincial schedules and disease outbreaks. Access trusted health resources and educational content.
- Digital immunization record storage
- Vaccination reminders
- Provincial schedule updates
- Customized vaccination schedules
- Outbreak information
- Trusted health resources
- Educational games and comics
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CANImmunize is a digital immunization record for Canadians that securely stores your vaccination records and helps you get vaccinated on time. Use CANImmunize to: * Track childhood, adult, and travel vaccinations for yourself and your family members * Receive reminders about upcoming vaccinations right to your home screen. * Stay up-to-date with the vaccination schedule of your Canadian province or territory * Create customized vaccination schedules for family members receiving travel or other types of vaccines * Learn about outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in your area * Access information and resources about vaccination from trusted Canadian health sources * Have fun learning about vaccinations with games, videos, and the Immunity Warriors comic book
NHS Now
Find local NHS services like GP practices, pharmacies, and urgent care centers, with real-time opening hours and directions. Access self-care advice and emergency contact information directly within the app.
- Real-time local NHS service finder
- Opening hours and directions
- GP, pharmacy, and dentist information
- Urgent care and A&E locations
- Self-care advice access
- Map and list view options
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NHS Now allows users across East Leicestershire and Rutland to get self-care advice or find their nearest, most appropriate and most convenient local health service currently open to them at any time of the day or night. The App is time and location aware. This means that users get real-world, real-time details, opening times and directions to a range of their local NHS services. For each type of service, users can ask to see either all locations or those that are open for service at the specific time of using the App. The range of services include: • GP Practices • Pharmacies • Dentists • Urgent Care • A&E Users can choose to see all or only emergency pharmacies. For dentists, users can choose between all or emergency dentists and/or to see only those currently accepting new NHS patients. NHS Now provides information either in a List View ranked by proximity or on a Map. Driving and walking directions can be launched in the device’s native Maps app. For each service, NHS Now provides details of: • Address • Phone Number • Website • Opening Times NHS Now also provides access to self-care advice from the official NHS Choose Better site without leaving the App itself. From the home screen, Users can call 999 or speak to the NHS 111 service for “when you need medical help fast, but it’s not an emergency”.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CANImmunize at 29% against NHS Now's 0%. NHS Now's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 12.0). 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.
CANImmunize ships an update every 3 weeks, NHS Now every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CANImmunize | NHS Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (46 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 7.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CANImmunize Inc. | Vidatec Ltd |
Customer experience
CANImmunize
NHS Now
Bugs and requests
CANImmunize
Reported bugs
21 issues- App crashes when opening records
- App crashes on startup
- App crashes after update
- Cannot open app on older iPhones (iOS 12)
- Login errors
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- Logs out frequently
- Password reset link not working
- Information disappeared
- Duplicate entries after reinstall
- Cannot access account after update
- Data not being saved
- Spikevax bivalent vaccine changes to paediatric
- COVID booster shows as paediatric
- Wrong drug showing in record
- App freezes on 'Loading'
- Upload button not working
- UI sections overlap on iPhone
- Cannot access account or reset password after update
- Data lost after update
- Lost all immunization records after update
- Lost all data after upgrade
Requested features
10 requests- Option to add medical conditions
- Ability to upload PDFs
- Transfer adult child's data to their account
- Sync with Apple HealthKit
- Option to add documentation (medical exemptions)
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- Add RSV vaccine and COVID XBB boosters
- Option to add vaccine product not in database
- Save password or tie to Touch ID/Face ID
- Upload to all public health units in Canada
- List/filter vaccines by name
NHS Now
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CANImmunize
No in-app purchases
NHS Now
No in-app purchases






