Parkinson's ON vs BeechBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parkinson's ON
This app assists individuals with Parkinson's by managing medication schedules, tracking daily symptoms and activities, and providing educational content from specialists. It offers a dashboard to visualize adherence and symptom trends, helping users stay in control of their health.
- Medication schedule management
- Symptom tracking
- Activity logging
- Interactive dashboard
- Specialist content access
- Medication adherence tracking
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Designed by a person with Parkinson’s and their partner, Parkinson’s ON helps you take control by keeping you ON Time, ON Track and ON Top. Stay ON Time with your medication schedule with a simple setup, alerts that remind you of what to take and when, and one click logging that records the time taken Stay ON Track by completing daily check-ins, rating your motor & non motor symptoms and recording daily activities Stay ON Top by viewing an interactive dashboard showing your own medication adherence, symptom and activity trends Plus get access content from Parkinson’s specialists including a ‘Yoga for Parkinson’s’ series, exclusive bonus episodes of the hit podcast ‘2 Parkies in a Pod’ and the latest news from Parkinson’s research.
BeechBuddy
This wellness application syncs with a wearable device to help users reset their edge. It offers features designed to mimic the activity of the companion hardware, promoting a balanced lifestyle. Access additional information and support through provided links.
- Wellness application
- Mimics wearable device activity
- Syncs with iPhone and Apple Watch
- Lifestyle reset features
- Companion app for BeechBand
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BeechBuddy is a iPhone + watchOS app designed as a wellness application to help you feel calmer, clearer, and more capable, that mimics the activity of the BeechBand wearable device. We want everyone to give BeechBuddy a proper opportunity to work. Based on our customers’ experience, BeechBuddy is most effective when used for 8 hours a day over a period of at least 12 weeks. For more information, see www.beechbuddy.org. Support: https://www.beechband.com/pages/help-support Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.beechbuddy.org/pp/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Parkinson's ON at 4.3 against BeechBuddy's 3.8. Parkinson's ON also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). BeechBuddy's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. BeechBuddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Parkinson's ON asks for nothing beyond the download.
Parkinson's ON holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Parkinson's ON's written reviews are positive against 50% of BeechBuddy's.
Parkinson's ON ships an update every 3 months, BeechBuddy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parkinson's ON | BeechBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Parkinson's ON | BeechBand |
Customer experience
Parkinson's ON
BeechBuddy
In-app purchases
Parkinson's ON
No in-app purchases
BeechBuddy
- BeechBuddy Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- BeechBuddy Yearly$44.991 Year
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