Cureva vs Jointly (2026): honest comparison for carers
Jointly from Carers UK is a care circle app with group chat, tasks and a calendar, while Cureva checks that medicines are taken and alerts family when a dose is missed. If you need to organise several people around one person, Jointly is a good fit. If the worry is medicines, Cureva covers what Jointly does not list.
Coordination or adherence?
Jointly and Cureva solve neighbouring problems. Jointly, made by Carers UK, helps a group of people organise care: messages, tasks, a calendar and notes. Cureva focuses on whether the medicine was actually taken, and tells the family when it was not.
Quick verdict
Choose Jointly if your problem is organising siblings, neighbours and paid carers around one person. Choose Cureva if your problem is a parent's daily medicines and knowing quickly when a dose is missed. Some UK families will sensibly use both.
Comparison table
| Feature | Cureva | Jointly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 7-day free trial, prices announced at launch | One-off £2.99 per circle, unlimited invitees (App Store listing, 2026) |
| Who makes it | Cureva, built in British Columbia | Carers UK, a UK charity (App Store listing, 2026) |
| Main job | Medicine reminders, daily check-in, family alerts | Care circle: group messaging, tasks, calendar, notes (App Store listing, 2026) |
| Group messaging and tasks | Not offered as a team chat | Yes (App Store listing, 2026) |
| Medication | Schedules, alarm-style reminders, dose confirmation with timestamp, refill reminders | Medication list with past and current medicines (App Store listing, 2026) |
| Reminders and missed-dose alerts | Push to linked caregivers when a dose goes unconfirmed | Not listed on its App Store page |
| AI companion | Eva daily check-in | Not listed |
| Languages | 23 app languages | English, Welsh on the web version (App Store listing, 2026) |
| Platforms | Android on Google Play, iOS coming to the App Store | iPhone, iPad and web (App Store listing, 2026) |
| Doctor report | PDF with adherence, BP, glucose, symptoms, mood | Not listed |
Where Jointly is stronger
Jointly is made for sharing care between several people, and it does that well: one circle, as many invitees as you like, with messaging, tasks, a calendar and shared notes (App Store listing, 2026). It costs a one-off £2.99 per circle, which is hard to beat, and it comes from Carers UK, an organisation UK carers already know (Carers UK, 2026). Cureva does not have a group chat or a task board.
Where Cureva is stronger
Jointly keeps a medication list. Cureva runs the medication routine: reminders that repeat until the dose is logged, a timestamped Taken or Skipped record, and a push alert to linked caregivers when a dose goes unconfirmed. Eva adds a daily check-in, and the app is translated into 23 languages. Doctors get a PDF with adherence for each medicine, vitals, symptoms and mood.
Cureva is not tied to one country, which helps families spread across several.
Who should choose which
Jointly if you need a shared notebook and to-do list for a care team. Cureva if you need to know that Dad took his tablets and is feeling alright. Cureva is on Google Play for Android, iOS is coming to the App Store, and a closed beta waitlist is open at cureva.app/waitlist. It has a 7-day free trial, and prices are announced at launch.
Common questions
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Family alerts, daily Eva check-ins and doctor-ready reports. Closed beta waitlist is open, and prices are announced at launch.
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