HubChart vs MacPractice Check In
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HubChart
This HIPAA-compliant app facilitates secure, real-time collaboration among healthcare teams and patients. It allows for the sharing of vital information, files, and media within patient-specific chat groups, streamlining care delivery and management for complex medical cases.
- HIPAA compliant
- Patient-centered collaborative care
- Secure information sharing
- Patient-named chat groups
- File, image, and video sharing
- Archived communication
- Multidisciplinary team coordination
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HUBCHART app is a free HIPAA compliant, Patient-Centered Collaborative Care app. It is the best tool to manage thousands of Patient Care Groups. The Care Team can securely share vital information with each other anytime, anywhere. This Team Care approach helps facilitate and expedite care delivery. The “Patient-named” Collaborative Chat Groups can function like an ad-hoc Health Record where all chats, files, images, videos, and link can be shared within the secured group and archived for future reference. These private group chats are managed by a group owner and administrators, as well as other participants of the care team permitted by the group owner. The Care Team can be made up of doctors, doctor’s staff, the patient or family, Pharmacy etc. Hubchart’s Patient Centric Groups are especially valuable for Complex Medical Care, Case Management and Concierge Medicine where individualized care can be delivered by a multidisciplinary team continuously coordinating with each other to provide optimum care. Aside from better healthcare, Care coordination can be billed by providers using Chronic Care Management billing Codes and other Non Face to Face billing codes. Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period You may cancel your subscription anytime or turn auto-renewal off by going to your iTunes Account settings after the purchase. Please see: Terms of Use - https://www.hubchart.io/terms-of-use Privacy Policy - https://www.hubchart.io/privacy-policy
MacPractice Check In
This app streamlines patient check-ins for medical offices by allowing patients to self-register via a kiosk. It automatically updates appointment statuses within the MacPractice software, enhancing front desk efficiency. Designed for iPads, it requires specific MacPractice versions to function.
- Patient self-check-in
- Real-time schedule updates
- Kiosk mode functionality
- Modern login screens
- Requires MacPractice integration
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The MacPractice Check In app complements your office's check-in process. Patients simply type in their name to check themselves in. The patient's appointment status on the schedule in MacPractice is updated to reflect that the patient is now waiting. **Requires MacPractice Gen 18** This app is designed to work as a kiosk, placed on the front desk of your receptionist's desk. Check In features a redesigned background as well as more modern patient login screens. Requirements: In order to use this app, you must have MacPractice MD, DDS, DC, or 20/20, and the MacPractice scheduling ability. About MacPractice: MacPractice is a client-centric practice management and clinical software development firm, comprised of highly experienced and caring individuals, dedicated to the development and support of best-of-class Apple software, hardware and associated services for physicians, dentists, chiropractors and eye care professionals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HubChart at 4.8 against MacPractice Check In's 1.0. HubChart also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (218 vs 2). MacPractice Check In's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. HubChart sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MacPractice Check In asks for nothing beyond the download.
HubChart holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HubChart has 218 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HubChart ships an update every 5 days, MacPractice Check In every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HubChart | MacPractice Check In |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (218 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 218 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SYNCHRONY TELEMED LLC | MacPractice, Inc. |
Customer experience
HubChart
MacPractice Check In
In-app purchases
HubChart
- Basic Certification$1.991 Month
- Prime$8.991 Month
- Corporate Add-On Feature1 Month trial$14.991 Month
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- Basic Certification$20.991 Year
- Affiliated Provider$59.991 Month
- Prime$85.991 Year
- Affiliated Provider$599.991 Year
MacPractice Check In
No in-app purchases
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