Approvals vs BIMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Approvals
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BIMS
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Business Intelligence Management System is the dashboard which contains the information for the senior management of the hospital to review various performance and financial data of the hospital. Solution aims at providing better visualization to the critical data elements to achieve the most impact and value to the users. The application has a summary dashboard which shows overall hospital status summary and additional detail pages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BIMS at every 2 months against Approvals's every 9 months. Approvals's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Approvals ships an update every 9 months, BIMS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Approvals | BIMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AVEVA GROUP PLC | Altera Digital Health Inc |
In-app purchases
Approvals
No in-app purchases
BIMS
No in-app purchases
