Comparison

Link2Care Clinics vs TickGuard

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

Head to head
About

Link2Care Clinics

Features
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The Link2Care app offers support and information to patients before, during, and after their treatment at Link2Care. GET TO KNOW US The Link2Care app is your digital assistant throughout your treatment journey. By providing you with information, personal guidance, and support, you're always fully informed. We’ll notify you whenever there’s something you need to do or know about your treatment. UNDERSTAND YOUR TREATMENT With the Link2Care app, you receive the right information at the right time, so you're always well-prepared for the next step in your treatment. TRACK YOUR RECOVERY Through regular interaction with your digital assistant, you can track your recovery and receive personalized advice. This gives you more confidence during your recovery process. Important: The app is here to help you, but it does not replace your healthcare provider. You should always follow their advice. For medical guidance, always contact your healthcare provider.

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TickGuard

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TickGuard opens on your own region. It shows when ticks are active near you month by month, which species you are likely to meet, and which diseases matter where you live. Most of it works with no connection at all. YOUR TICK YEAR A twelve month strip marks the current month and shows how busy ticks usually are. Underneath sit the local notes: common species, the diseases worth knowing about, and the precautions that make a difference in your area. A German phone gets Germany, Austria and Switzerland with the FSME risk areas called out. A Japanese phone gets Japan and Korea. Twelve languages, each written for that region rather than translated from one country's advice. WHAT THE DISEASES LOOK LIKE Lyme borreliosis, tick-borne encephalitis, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tick-borne relapsing fever. For each one: where it occurs, how long symptoms usually take to appear, what the early signs look like, what happens if it goes untreated, and the point at which you should stop reading and call a doctor. Written from ECDC, CDC, WHO and national health authority guidance. COMMUNITY MAP Look at where people have run into ticks lately. Reading the map asks nothing of you: no account, no permission, no report of your own. If you want to add one, it sends an area of roughly a square kilometre and the date, plus the species if you recognise it. Nothing else. No account, no device identifier, no photo, no free text, which also means a report cannot be traced back to you. AFTER A BITE Log it with a photo and where on the body it was, then work through the 30 day symptom watch. Reminders are scheduled on your own phone, never on a server. The removal guide covers the steps in order, including the folk remedies that make things worse. IDENTIFY A TICK Point the camera at one and a model I trained myself on 3,258 labelled photographs names the likely genus with a confidence score. It runs entirely on the phone. A Smart Invert view helps when a dark tick is sitting in dark fur. HEALTH AUTHORITY LINKS Straight to your own country's health service, matched to your region and language. PRIVACY Everything except the community map works with no connection. There is no account, no advertising, no analytics and no tracking of any kind. Camera frames are processed in memory and thrown away. Your bite log stays on your phone. Location is only used if you choose to report a sighting, or if you switch the Guide tab's region to Automatic. NOT A MEDICAL DEVICE This is a reference tool, not a diagnostic one. Identification suggests a likely genus and can be wrong. If you suspect a tick bite, or symptoms appear, contact a healthcare professional. For pets, ask your vet. PRICING TickGuard Premium unlocks the whole app: the regional guide, the disease reference, the community map, the bite log and the identify camera. New subscribers get one week free. After the trial, TickGuard Premium Monthly is 1.99 USD a month, billed to your Apple Account and cancellable anytime in Apple Account Settings. If you would rather not subscribe, TickGuard Lifetime is a 19.99 USD one-time purchase for the same access, for good. Family Sharing is on for both, so one purchase covers your family group. Payment is charged at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tickguard.pawels-apps.workers.dev/privacy

Screenshots

Link2Care Clinics3 screens
TickGuard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TickGuard at weekly against Link2Care Clinics's monthly. Link2Care Clinics's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Link2Care Clinics ships an update monthly, TickGuard weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Link2Care Clinics versus TickGuard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLink2Care ClinicsTickGuard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size19 MB39 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPatient App B.V.Pawel Szydlowski

In-app purchases

None

Link2Care Clinics

No in-app purchases

None

TickGuard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Link2Care Clinics free?
Link2Care Clinics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TickGuard free?
TickGuard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Link2Care Clinics or TickGuard have ads?
Neither Link2Care Clinics nor TickGuard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Link2Care Clinics or TickGuard?
Link2Care Clinics ships an update monthly, and TickGuard weekly. Most recently, Link2Care Clinics was updated on October 30, 2026 and TickGuard on October 31, 2026.

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