PBS Mobile vs PBS Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PBS Mobile
Manage your health benefits and claims on the go. Submit receipts, view transaction details, and access alerts. Contact administrators, update your profile, and manage your cards securely from your mobile device.
- Upload claims and submit receipts
- View recent transactions and details
- Access email and SMS alerts
- Contact administrator via email or phone
- Manage profile and dependent details
- View and manage card details and PIN
- Report lost/stolen cards and order replacements
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PBS Mobile provides the following functionality with its initial release: • Upload Claims and Submit Receipts • Recent Transactions and Details • View all email and SMS alerts • Contact administrator from mobile application via email or mobile phone • Stronger Authentication support (Picture/Passphrase, device identification and Challenge questions) • View Profile Details • View Dependents • View Card Details • View Card PIN • Register new users directly from mobile device • Ability to edit billing address * • Ability to update billing address * • Ability to report card lost stolen * • Ability to order replacement card * • Ability to attach provider name to newly submitted claims * • Ability to pay provider directly from app * *Some features may be restricted by your administrator
PBS Connect
This application enables behavior analysts, RBTs, and assistants to record client behaviors like biting or hitting. The collected data aids in analyzing trends of behavior change without gathering sensitive personal information.
- Behavior data collection
- Trend analysis
- Client behavior tracking
- Occurrence logging
- Non-sensitive data collection
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Purpose of Data Collection application is to allow behavior analysts, RBTs, and assistants working with PBS to collect data on client behavior. This helps with further analysis of trends of behavior change. This application does not collect sensitive information about the user, nor the client. It collects data on information about behaviors such as: occurrences of biting, hitting, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PBS Mobile at 4.3 against PBS Connect's 1.4. PBS Mobile also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 30%) and device support (3 vs 1). PBS Connect's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
PBS Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 108 and 38 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of PBS Mobile's written reviews are positive against 30% of PBS Connect's.
PBS Mobile ships an update every 3 months, PBS Connect every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PBS Mobile | PBS Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (108 ratings) — better | 1.4 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 108 — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Professional Benefit Services, Inc. | Positive Behavior Supports Corp. |
Customer experience
PBS Mobile
PBS Connect
In-app purchases
PBS Mobile
No in-app purchases
PBS Connect
No in-app purchases
