Comparison

Maven Clinic vs Waves

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

Head to head
About

Maven Clinic

Access virtual healthcare for women and families, covering family building, fertility, pregnancy, parenting, and menopause. Connect with specialists via video or message, attend classes, and read expert articles.

Highlights
  • Virtual specialist consultations
  • Provider-led virtual classes
  • On-demand video content
  • MD-approved articles
  • Dedicated Care Advocate (sponsored accounts)
Features
Currently charting
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Maven is the world’s largest virtual clinic for women and families on a mission to make healthcare work for all of us. From family building and fertility to pregnancy, parenting, and menopause, we’ve got you covered with 24/7 care. Download the Maven Clinic app to:  * Video chat or message with more than 35 types of specialists  * Attend provider-led virtual classes and watch on-demand videos * Read thousands of exclusive MD-approved articles * (Sponsored accounts only) Meet with your own dedicated Care Advocate—your go-to expert for everything from in-person referrals to questions about your benefits  If your employer or health plan sponsors Maven, activate your free membership today. Otherwise, book appointments and pay as you go.

About

Waves

Effortlessly track labor contractions and other important birth events with elegant graphs and detailed logs. Designed for parents, birth teams, midwives, and doulas, this app provides precision and insight during your birthing journey. Supports PDF and CSV exports for sharing with your care team.

Highlights
  • One-tap contraction timing
  • Elegant graphing and smart averages
  • Track multiple birth events
  • Low light mode for labor environments
  • Editable event logs
  • PDF and CSV exports
  • Designed for birth teams
Features
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Time contractions with one tap, and let your partner, midwife or doula follow along live. Waves is a contraction timer built for the whole birth team. Start and stop with a single tap, see how long and how far apart at a glance, and share your labor in real time with the people supporting you. No sign-up, and your name never leaves your device. FOR PARENTS AND PARTNERS • One-tap timing Start and stop each contraction with a single tap. Your timeline, averages and chart build themselves. • Share live with your birth team Invite your partner, doula or midwife by link or QR code. They see each contraction as it happens and get a notification when one starts. • Time together With a collaboration connection, either of you can start and stop contractions, so a partner can take over the phone. • Share where you are, when you choose Send your location to your birth team so they can get directions to you. Only the people you pick see it, and it turns itself off. • Lock Screen, Dynamic Island and widgets Keep the timer in view and start or stop without opening the app. • Apple Watch Time from your wrist. Your Watch stays in sync with your phone. • Charts and averages See labor progress on a clear chart, with averages for recent contractions. • Intensity Rate each contraction from mild to very strong. Intensity is color-coded on your chart. • More than contractions Log water breaking, nausea, shaking, notes and the birth itself. Everything is editable, because labor isn't always linear. • Sessions Keep separate sessions for different pregnancies or labor attempts, and hand a session's data to the person it belongs to. • Give Waves Pro as a gift Buy Waves Pro for someone else. They get a link to redeem it. • PDF and CSV exports Share a report with your chart, intensity and notes with your care team. FOR MIDWIVES, DOULAS AND NURSES • Client dashboard Follow every client in one place: who is in labor, who is contracting now, and your own notes on each. • Alerts when it matters Be notified when contractions are close together, when labor looks active, when waters break and when the baby is born. • Invite a client in one link Your client connects to you in a tap. • On my way Send your location to one client when you're heading to them, only when you choose. • Built for professional use Clinical Terms are in the app, and a Business Associate Agreement is available online for practices that need one. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account needed. An optional recovery code restores your data on a new phone, without an email address. • Names and notes stay on your device. They are never stored on our servers in readable form. • Delete your account and all of your data at any time from Settings. DESIGNED FOR LABOR A calm, dark interface that's easy on the eyes at night, on iPhone and iPad. Available in English and Spanish. Waves is a timing and communication tool, not a medical device. Always follow your doctor's or midwife's guidance, and call them or emergency services when you need care. Questions or ideas? Use Settings → Help & feedback in the app, or email dev@theorian.com. Sharing with your birth team and some features require a Waves plan. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Maven Clinic4 screens
Waves4 screens

Verdict

The call

Maven Clinic and Waves both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Waves's written reviews are positive against 63% of Maven Clinic's. Waves also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Maven Clinic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ratings volume (4.9K vs 6). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Waves sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 6 months. Maven Clinic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Maven Clinic against 5.0 for Waves. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maven Clinic has 4.9K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Maven Clinic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Waves's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Maven Clinic versus Waves: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaven ClinicWaves
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (4.9K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.9K — better6
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#166 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size289 MB42 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMaven Clinic Co.Theorian

Customer experience

Maven Clinic

All ratings4,861 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews112 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral8.0%
Negative29.5%

Waves

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Maven Clinic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing and freezing
  • Login and sign-up issues
  • Trouble accessing content and articles

Requested features

4 requests
  • Easier access to appointment history and records
  • Ability to easily submit reimbursement claims
  • Integration with insurance providers
  • Expanded provider network in all locations

Waves

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Maven Clinic

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Waves

Subscriptions5
  • Waves Pro$1.996 Months
  • Clinical Starter$9.991 Month
  • Clinical Professional$19.991 Month
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  • Clinical Starter (Annual)$95.001 Year
  • Clinical Professional (Annual)$189.991 Year
One-time6
  • +1 Client Slot$1.99
  • +1 Connection$1.99
  • Waves Pro gift$4.99
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  • Waves Pro Lifetime$4.99
  • +5 Client Slots$7.99
  • +10 Client Slots$14.99

Questions

Is Maven Clinic free?
Maven Clinic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Waves free?
Waves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Maven Clinic or Waves?
Waves is rated higher. Maven Clinic averages 4.9 out of 5 from 4.9K ratings, while Waves averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Maven Clinic or Waves have ads?
Neither Maven Clinic nor Waves shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Maven Clinic or Waves?
Maven Clinic ships an update fortnightly, and Waves fortnightly. Most recently, Maven Clinic was updated on October 29, 2026 and Waves on October 28, 2026.

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