TytoCare 17+

The product and app work together seamlessly. They really thought of everything in terms of making it easy for non medical people like me to use. The hardest exam was the ear, but when I paid attention to the Siri guide on the app it showed me how to get a clear image for the doctor and gave me a check mark to show I did it right. I’m looking to spend less time in urgent care with my kids now that I have Tytocare

Disclaimer: I was given one of these units for free and thought to try it out.

PRO:
- does it do what it says, yes?
- there is a work around to listen / see your own exams. However your data goes to the cloud.
- hardware looks ok and seems to give ok results. But I’m not a doctor so I could be way wrong
- my unit was free

CONS:
1. There is no way to delete your exam findings. Let’s see, there is HIPAA regulation and I fall under CCPA. While I used a bogus name and age to test the unit it really does bother me that one cannot delete their own data.
2 This is really version 5.0??? Wow, it’s pretty bad. The app feels like a cross of someone who had a good idea and then who partnered with an insurance company who got their attorneys to chime and the development team was offshored.
3. The UI (user interface) really makes me wonder who are they trying to aim this device / service to.
4. It feels like they want you to use their online doctors. I didn’t go down this path since I didn’t want to release my exam data.
5. Hardware: as stated above it looks cool but I am not qualified to know if it gives accurate readings. What I do know is the temperature reading I was getting seem to vary. A $15 handheld temperature reader we have seems to give more reliable results.

Summary: This device has so much potential however it is being killed by poor execution on the app.

This service is a total joke and waste of time. My family has done 3 different appointments now. Every single time is nothing, waited over an hour each time, one visit was 2.5hr wait and no doc ended up ever showing up. You wait and wait and the doc cancels and just keeps switching you to new docs that never show up. Finally get through and doc says I need see someone in person for my infant’s rash. What’s the point of wasting an hour for doc to say see someone else for a rash. That’s one of the symptoms they advertise as being able to use this service for!!!!! Would have been faster and more effective to just go to urgent care instead of using this app every single time now. Save yourself the hassle and avoid this junk