MyChart Bedside vs TDS Curbside
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyChart Bedside
This app provides hospitalized patients and their families access to care team information, clinical data, and health education. It allows for communication with the care team, viewing schedules, and accessing important health documents.
- View treatment team bios
- Access patient education materials
- See inpatient medications and lab results
- Track patient schedule and tasks
- Communicate with care team via chat
- Access discharge planning information
- Share clinical notes
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MyChart Bedside is your portal for engaging with your care while admitted to the hospital. Empower yourself and your family with access to your care team, clinical data, and health education. MyChart Bedside uses your hospital’s medical record system to securely show you information, so check with your care team to see if the system supports it. Access MyChart Bedside in two ways: • Bedside in MyChart Mobile: use the MyChart app to access many Bedside features from your personal iPhone or iPad. • Bedside for tablet: give yourself the complete Bedside experience on an iPad, including features for contributing documentation and communicating with the care team. This application requires a hospital-provided or personal iPad. In both Bedside for tablet and Bedside in MyChart Mobile, you can see: • The treatment team with bios and role descriptions for each person. • Patient education. • Inpatient medications and lab results. • Hospital health issues. • Your patient schedule, including medication times, nursing tasks, surgeries, and more. • Inpatient questionnaires. • Dining menus and ordering options. • Inpatient video visits using Epic video visits. • Your hospital’s apps, websites, and other integrated content. • E-signature forms. (No signature pad needed.) • Bedside chat, for non-urgent messages to the care team. • Shared clinical notes. • Non-urgent requests. • Your options for continuing care post-discharge. • Friends and family access. • Discharge milestones. • Your after visit summary. In addition, in Bedside for tablet, you can use these communication and documentation features: • Personal audio, video, or text notes. Note that what you can see and do within the MyChart Bedside app depends on which features your healthcare organization has enabled and whether they’re using the latest version of Epic software. If you have questions about what’s available, contact your healthcare organization. To learn more about MyChart Bedside, check out this introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNQu_mnFt7s Have feedback about the app? Email us at mychartsupport@epic.com.
TDS Curbside
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TDS Curbside is the premier curbside pickup system for independent pharmacies. Assign curbside pickup tickets to cashiers with ease, collect payment information and acquire signatures to ensure compliance with federal, state government and insurance company regulations. Simply create a curbside pickup ticket in your TDS POS System and export it to TDS Curbside. During the curbside pickup process, if an active data connection is available, credit card payments may be taken. If an active data connection is not available, credit card payments may still be processed into of the TDS POS system. Once the curbside ticket is ready to be processed, a simple sync process will allow tickets to be selected and added to multiple iOS devices. All data captured by TDS Curbside (payment and signatures) is wirelessly synced back into both the TDS POS and Rx30. Download TDS Curbside today to streamline your curbside pickup process for your customers!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MyChart Bedside at every 2 months against TDS Curbside's every 6 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MyChart Bedside ships an update every 2 months, TDS Curbside every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyChart Bedside | TDS Curbside |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Epic | System Training Specialists Inc. |
In-app purchases
MyChart Bedside
No in-app purchases
TDS Curbside
No in-app purchases
Questions
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