Comparison

ERA Congress vs Patient Thread

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

Head to head
About

ERA Congress

Features
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The official app of the 63nd ERA Congress will help you plan your visit at ERA26: it’s an essential tool to get the best of this year’s event. Use it to access a range of essential Congress resources: scientific sessions, educational opportunities, exhibition area, industry symposia, and much more. Start planning your experience now.

About

Patient Thread

Features
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Patient Thread brings your kidney care into one secure, beautifully designed app, keeping you informed, involved and connected to your clinical team between appointments. FOR PATIENTS β€’ Your results, explained. View your latest eGFR, blood pressure, ACR, and other lab results as soon as they're available, with trend charts so you can see how your kidney health is changing over time β€’ Know your risk. Your 5-year kidney failure risk score (KFRE) is calculated automatically and updated with every new result β€’ Your medications. See your current medications and any recent changes, reviewed and updated by your clinician β€’ My Diagnosis. Understand your KDIGO CKD stage, underlying cause, and other conditions, verified by your specialist β€’ Secure messaging. Message your clinical team directly, without waiting on hold or leaving a voicemail β€’ Documents. Access your clinic letters and upload your own documents, including results from other providers β€’ Health tips. Personalised reminders about medication safety, sick day rules, and staying well with kidney disease FOR CLINICIANS Patient Thread includes a full clinical dashboard for nephrology teams. Manage patient records, review and enter results, generate clinic letters, track transplant patients, calculate rejection risk, and communicate securely with your patients, all from one platform. SECURITY & PRIVACY Patient Thread is built for healthcare. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Staff access requires multi-factor authentication and sessions time out automatically after inactivity. Patient Thread is built and operated by Patient Thread Ltd, a UK software company registered with the Information Commissioner's Office, in accordance with UK GDPR and NHS data security standards. Your clinic remains the controller of your clinical record. Patient Thread is provided to patients through participating clinics. If your clinic uses Patient Thread, your care team will give you your registration details. TERMS AND PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://patientthread.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://patientthread.com/privacy Subscriptions (Connected, Complete) are billed to your Apple Account, renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings.

Screenshots

ERA Congress4 screens
Patient Thread4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ERA Congress at none against Patient Thread's 2. Patient Thread's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Patient Thread sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $15.00 per month. ERA Congress asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ERA Congress ships an update every 6 months, Patient Thread monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
ERA Congress versus Patient Thread: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterERA CongressPatient Thread
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 β€” better15.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size12 MB31 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperM Events Cross Media GmbHPatient Thread Ltd

In-app purchases

None

ERA Congress

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Patient Thread

Subscriptions2
  • Connected$15.001 Month
  • Complete$25.001 Month

Questions

Is ERA Congress free?
ERA Congress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patient Thread free?
Patient Thread is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ERA Congress or Patient Thread have ads?
Neither ERA Congress nor Patient Thread shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ERA Congress or Patient Thread?
ERA Congress ships an update every 6 months, and Patient Thread monthly. Most recently, ERA Congress was updated on October 25, 2026 and Patient Thread on October 28, 2026.

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