Healthcare is one of the most sensitive sectors of the Middle East – while there are so many medical practitioners, the multicultural and growing population still has demand for healthcare services and there is a huge gap with supply. These healthcare applications bridge this gap by allowing access to even remote areas and work as revenue engines for the founders. If you too are an aspiring healthcare entrepreneur, here are 11 ideas you can start working on today!
1. Virtual Doctor Consultation App
The idea works on the telemedicine model: is super feasible, already has some competitors in the market that you can seek inspiration from, but still there are gaps when it comes to specific diseases. As an app founder, you can launch an app that is for patients that have specific conditions like diabetes and arthritis. Give users an interface where they can book appointments with doctors for online or onsite consultancy.
A mobile app development companies in Dubai will build this app for AED 35,000 to AED 60,000.
These apps can earn from a subscription-based model for patients, get commission from telemedicine sessions and build B2B partnerships with healthcare providers.
2. Medication Management App
These apps have a limited scope and so they don’t require complex design or development apps. Pill management apps typically have medication reminders like alarms and features like pill identification, automated refill management and interaction checker.
The database that works in the backend to take care of pill identification and interaction requires heavy algorithmic training and that’s why, the app development costs start from AED 40,000 and can go up to AED 70,000.
You can monetize the app via freemium model with basic features free and advanced features through subscription. For the refill management feature, you can make partnerships with pharmacies and still get commission for medication sales.
3. Health and Fitness Tracker
As a healthcare setup, if you launch a health and fitness tracker, you can choose to build an app that’s comprehensive and covers multiple generic conditions, like vitals. Or, you can launch a fitness and health tracker for a specific condition – in which case you can also let users track and manage their symptoms.
The main features of such apps will be activity tracking, nutrition logging, goal setting and you can even allow integration with wearables to take the user experience to the next level. An app development company in Dubai will charge you around AED 50000 to AED 80,000 with wearable integration.
For monetization, you can leverage the freemium model with premium features and also earn from personalized coaching services and affiliate marketing with fitness products.
4. Mental Health Support App
In the app interface, you can offer therapy sessions, mood tracking, mindfulness exercises and crisis support. When you plan to scale, add tracking features like symptoms and mood check-ins etc.
A mobile app development company in Dubai will develop this app for around AED 36000 to 43,000.
The monetization model in this app can be straightforward and based on subscription for therapy services, in-app purchases for premium content and partnerships with mental health professionals.
5. Chronic Disease Management App
These apps offer personalized care plans symptom tracking, medication adherence, lifestyle recommendations and remote monitoring. The app development cost for such apps start from AED 35,000 and can go up to AED 55,000 for more advanced features.
You can earn from the subscription model for personalized care plans, acquire partnerships with healthcare providers. In some cases, app users may also permit you to use their medical data for research and analytics purposes.
6. Telemedicine Marketplace
A telemedicine marketplace connects patients with specialists, but that’s exactly what other apps are also doing. You can differentiate by recommending doctors worldwide and facilitate with second opinion services and multi-language support.
You can develop such an app with multiple payment methods and in-app chat and video call features for AED 55,000 to AED 75,000. For monetization, you can earn commission on consultations, premium memberships for access to exclusive specialists and through healthcare advertisements.
7. Healthcare Appointment Booking
These are typical doctor appointment and review checking applications where users can find doctors, dentists and other specialists nearby, check their real-time availability and post reviews and ratings after appointment.
A mobile app for healthcare appointment booking will cost around AED 26,000 to AED 40,000.
This app can earn subscription for premium appointment slots, commission from bookings and even make money through sponsored listings for healthcare providers.
8. Medical Education Platform
This platform can be for nurses, medical practitioners, students, and even new mothers who wish to take care of their children’s specific symptoms at home. Your app can offer video lectures, quizzes, interactive anatomy models and CPD/CME accreditation.
With video integration, the development cost will typically go around AED 65,000.
You can monetize this app with subscriptions for access to premium content, acquire partnerships with medical institutions for course offerings and sell advertisements for healthcare services.
9. Senior Care Assistance App
This app, developed in collaboration with top web development companies in Dubai, can offer different packages and features for elderly care and nursing. The features can include simple medication reminders, to emergency alerts, in-app caregiver coordination, tele-monitoring and onsite nurse service booking. You can expect to pay around AED 45,000 to AED 70,000 as development costs.
There are various ways to monetize the app. For example, you can partner with home care agencies, earn affiliate commissions on pill refills and charge commissions from care providers.
10.Nutrition Planning App
The app idea is super simple, but beneficial for a large target audience. You can differentiate based on skin or gut conditions, age, profession or dietary restrictions. The app can offer personalized meal plans, grocery lists, recipe suggestions, dietitian consultations as well as grocery refills and reminders. It will cost around AED 50,000 – AED 70,000 to build an app with this scope.
You can launch a free app that earns from advertisements and sponsored content, through commissions and subscriptions from meal planning services, affiliate marketing with health food brands and in-app purchases for premium recipes.
11.Healthcare Marketplace
Different from a nutrition planning app, this app can work on a similar idea as a marketplace for conscious grocery buyers and sellers. You can connect users with various healthcare services, gigs and meal services for example home care, physiotherapy and diagnostics.
The app development cost for such an app would be AED 35,000 to 58,000 because of the ecommerce and digital marketplace integration, online payment gateways, multiple seller and buyer profiles and ratings and reviews management. This app can earn commission from service providers, premium listings for better visibility and make money from ads and sponsored content.
Conclusion
After choosing a feasible idea, create a business plan mentioning your investment capacity, target audience, number of features, competitor analysis and financial projections for the next five years. Think deeply about the monetization model, future scaling and team requirements.
