Comparison

Alberta Blue Cross® vs Symptoms

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

Head to head
About

Alberta Blue Cross®

Manage your health benefits and submit claims easily. Access your ID card, view claim history, and find direct-billing providers. Update personal information and manage payments all in one place.

Highlights
  • Digital ID card
  • Online claims submission
  • Real-time claims history
  • Cancel or modify claims
  • Upload receipts
  • Benefit eligibility lookup
  • Direct-bill provider search
Features
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Get paid faster and avoid delay with all you need to access your benefits in one place. With the Alberta Blue Cross® app 100 per cent of health claims can be submitted online, saving you time and money. Simply sign in using fingerprint or facial recognition to take full advantage of being an Alberta Blue Cross® member today. The app offers several convenient features such as • your ID card—making it nearly impossible to forget at home, • online claims submission—in most cases payment is available next business day, • real-time claims history—find out if a claim has been processed with direct deposit date, • cancel or modify a claim—quickly make changes without phoning or waiting on hold, • upload receipts—take a photo of your receipt and upload, • benefit lookup—whether it is for prescription drug, health or dental, you can look up eligibility, how much of a benefit has been used and see when your next full-maximum is available, • direct-bill provider lookup—through google maps, find providers near you who direct-bill, • Balance®—your online wellness platform, • direct deposit—sign up or update your banking information and stop waiting for cheques in the mail, • premium payment—avoid disruption by changing your payment dates or frequency and make your payments online, • personal information updates—prevent errors and easily update your email, address or phone number, and • documents and resources—view your account balance, letters, bills and tax receipts. With all of this and more, we hope you will give the Alberta Blue Cross app a try. Are you having any trouble? Please contact us at appfeedback@ab.bluecross.ca.

About

Symptoms

Features
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This is the companion App for the Spacelabs Eclipse PRO and Eclipse MINI Ambulatory ECG Recorders. It allows the patient to use their mobile device to add symptom and activity information to a 'patient event' that they experience.

Screenshots

Alberta Blue Cross®4 screens
Symptoms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Alberta Blue Cross® at monthly against Symptoms's every 14 months. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alberta Blue Cross® ships an update monthly, Symptoms every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Alberta Blue Cross® versus Symptoms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlberta Blue Cross®Symptoms
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (57 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings57 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB44 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperABC Benefits CorporationSpacelabs Healthcare

In-app purchases

None

Alberta Blue Cross®

No in-app purchases

None

Symptoms

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alberta Blue Cross® free?
Alberta Blue Cross® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Symptoms free?
Symptoms is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Alberta Blue Cross® or Symptoms have ads?
Neither Alberta Blue Cross® nor Symptoms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alberta Blue Cross® or Symptoms?
Alberta Blue Cross® ships an update monthly, and Symptoms every 14 months. Most recently, Alberta Blue Cross® was updated on November 9, 2026 and Symptoms on November 6, 2026.

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