Petal for Physicians vs TELUS CHR Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Petal for Physicians
This app provides a secure cloud platform for healthcare organizations to manage patient care delivery workflows. It enables real-time orchestration of all aspects of patient care, enhancing efficiency and coordination.
- Data-driven secured cloud platform
- Real-time workflow orchestration
- Patient care delivery management
- Healthcare organization empowerment
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Petal empowers healthcare organizations with a data-driven secured cloud platform designed to orchestrate all your patient care delivery workflows in real-time.
TELUS CHR Mobile
This app allows healthcare professionals to securely manage their practice on the go. Access patient files, schedules, and communicate with colleagues. It facilitates virtual visits and secure photo sharing linked to patient records.
- Access patient files
- Manage schedule and appointments
- Join virtual visits
- Secure photo capture for patient records
- Communicate with colleagues
- View labs and encounters
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Stay connected to your practice no matter where you are — for users of the TELUS Collaborative Health Record.* Safely access your schedule, patient files, and more in seconds on your mobile device. With TELUS CHR Mobile, you can: - See day and week views of your schedule - Create appointments by tap - Join virtual visits from your mobile device - Take photos within the app that connects to the patient record and remain private within the CHR - View patient files - View encounters - View and review labs - Search for a patient - View patient clinical summaries - View and manage your Inbox with snoozed and done messages - Send messages to your colleagues *TELUS CHR Mobile is a companion application to TELUS Collaborative Health Record (TELUS CHR). Access requires you to be an authorized user of TELUS CHR.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: TELUS CHR Mobile at free against Petal for Physicians's freemium. Petal for Physicians's advantage is review sentiment (31% vs 14%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Petal for Physicians against 1.0 for TELUS CHR Mobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 31% of Petal for Physicians's written reviews are positive against 14% of TELUS CHR Mobile's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Petal for Physicians | TELUS CHR Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (4 ratings) | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.4% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 13.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Petal Solutions Inc. | TELUS Health |
Customer experience
Petal for Physicians
TELUS CHR Mobile
Bugs and requests
Petal for Physicians
Reported bugs
16 issues- Frequent disconnections and server connection loss
- App freezes and requires restarts
- Login issues, requires repeated logins
- App gets stuck on loading screen
- Marketplace refreshes to the beginning when switching apps
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- App crashes frequently, especially after updates
- Unable to log in
- App doesn't open or requires multiple restarts
- Password required even when entered
- Sync issues with calendar after iOS updates
- App not adapting to iPad orientation (portrait only)
- Redirects to app from website on iPad
- Cannot see group calendars after update
- Update loop preventing login
- Continuous crashes and banner message not clearing
- Calendar not reliably loading
Requested features
9 requests- Allow account cancellation from app
- Fix constant refreshing of marketplace
- Improve iPad orientation support (landscape)
- Support password managers (1Password, etc.)
- Support Touch ID and Face ID login
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- Allow viewing colleague schedules
- Allow selecting multiple days for availability/unavailability
- Add ability to see schedules of colleagues
- Allow landscape view on iPad
TELUS CHR Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Petal for Physicians
No in-app purchases
TELUS CHR Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Petal for Physicians free?
Is TELUS CHR Mobile free?
Which has better reviews, Petal for Physicians or TELUS CHR Mobile?
Do Petal for Physicians or TELUS CHR Mobile have ads?
Which is updated more often, Petal for Physicians or TELUS CHR Mobile?
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