Comparison

PHENOMS Study App vs CareGene

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

Head to head
About

PHENOMS Study App

This medical application is exclusively for participants of the PHENOMS Study at Stanford University. It facilitates digital phenotyping for Multiple Sclerosis research.

Highlights
  • Digital phenotyping for MS
  • Exclusive to PHENOMS Study participants
  • Stanford University research tool
  • Multiple Sclerosis data collection
Features
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This application is limited to those enrolled in the PHENOMS Study at Stanford University.

About

CareGene

This app provides a centralized, private diary for managing a child's complex medical journey. It allows for logging symptoms, medications, and appointments, and offers an AI assistant to answer questions based on your child's record. It also facilitates secure sharing with care teams and generates appointment briefs.

Highlights
  • Unified medical timeline
  • Symptom and dose logging
  • AI-powered record search
  • Appointment preparation briefs
  • Care team collaboration
  • Offline emergency card
  • Data import from portals
Features
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We built this because we needed it for our son. For a long time, Anita and I were the only continuous record of his care. When a specialist asked which tests he'd already had, I honestly didn't know. Some were in MyChart, some in a folder, some in a year-old email. We ordered several again. Nobody hands you a system for this. Anita is an engineer, so she built one, and we ran it on our son's records for three months before letting another family near it. This isn't a startup idea we found. It's the thing we couldn't find. ONE TIMELINE FOR EVERYTHING Notes, labs, documents, photos, videos, voice notes. One private diary you control. Search it, filter it, export it to Excel anytime. LOG IT WHEN IT HAPPENS Doses, symptoms, sleep, mood, feeds. Hold the button and say it out loud. About twenty seconds. Because the nights you most need to log are the ones with one hand free. REMINDERS THAT BECOME THE RECORD Set a reminder once for anything on a schedule. One tap logs it. No forms. SAGE, AND WHERE IT GETS ITS ANSWERS Ask in plain language: what did the neurologist say about the MRI? Sage answers only from your child's record and names every source. If it can't show you where an answer came from, it won't answer. It also builds a three-page brief before each appointment: recent symptoms, current medications, what's changed, and your questions. Three pages instead of your memory. BUILT FOR REAL CARE TEAMS Import your hospital portal records and Apple Health data, so you start with what already exists. Invite a partner, grandparent, aide, or clinician. Each sees only what you allow, and caregiver entries don't join the timeline until you approve them. Share records that expire (two hours to seven days) and revoke anytime. An offline emergency card holds conditions, meds, allergies, and contacts, for the moments you won't be composed enough to remember them. WHAT SAGE WILL NOT DO It won't diagnose your child, or tell you to start, stop, or change a dose. It won't guess when your record is thin. It will say so. Insurance appeals and IEP documents aren't built yet. We'd rather tell you that now. YOUR DATA Encrypted in transit and at rest, on US infrastructure, with providers under Business Associate Agreements that never train on your data. Nothing goes to Sage until you've seen exactly what's sent and switched it on, and you can switch it off. Mask sensitive fields, lock it behind Face ID, download everything as one file, anytime. We don't want your child's data. We want your child's record to be useful to you. If something's missing or broken, write to us. We read every message. Built for one child. Yours. Basanta & Anita

Screenshots

PHENOMS Study App4 screens
CareGene4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: PHENOMS Study App at 6 against CareGene's 1. PHENOMS Study App also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CareGene holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PHENOMS Study App has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PHENOMS Study App ships an update every 4 weeks, CareGene every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PHENOMS Study App versus CareGene: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPHENOMS Study AppCareGene
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB62 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperStanford UniversityCaregene, Inc.

Customer experience

PHENOMS Study App

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

CareGene

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PHENOMS Study App

No in-app purchases

None

CareGene

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PHENOMS Study App free?
PHENOMS Study App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CareGene free?
CareGene is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PHENOMS Study App or CareGene?
CareGene is rated higher. PHENOMS Study App averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while CareGene averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PHENOMS Study App or CareGene have ads?
Neither PHENOMS Study App nor CareGene shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PHENOMS Study App or CareGene?
PHENOMS Study App ships an update every 4 weeks, and CareGene every 3 weeks. Most recently, PHENOMS Study App was updated on October 14, 2026 and CareGene on October 9, 2026.

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