Frustrated with fragmented, provider-centric, and hard-to-access care models, patients now demand more convenient, user-friendly, and accessible healthcare delivery options. Combining the convenience of on-demand services and the effectiveness of in-person visits, telemedicine apps offer a hybrid care model that's redefining the patient journey and addressing the pressing industry challenges.
The promise of telemedicine applications is corroborated by the rapid market growth: by 2034, the global telemedicine market is projected to reach $441.35 billion, up from $113.04 billion in 2025. Plus, over 60% of hospitals have already adopted telemedicine services, hinting that this technology is here to stay.
With over 15 years of experience in healthcare app development, we've analyzed the best telemedicine apps of 2026, including their distinctive features and new functionalities — so you can gauge the current market high performers.
Telehealth by SimplePractice
A well-known doctor-on-demand solution, Telehealth by SimplePractice, supports the imperative of accessible care by offering HIPAA-compliant video appointments and allowing providers and patients to connect on the go. The application is not a stand-alone solution; it's part of an all-in-one EHR and practice management platform built for independent clinicians. Healthcare professionals can have critical practice functions in one place — scheduling, documentation, billing, e-prescribing, the client portal, and secure video appointments — across web and mobile.
Although Telehealth by SimplePractice shares a lot of common features with other telehealth applications, the app brings quite a few distinctive features to the table:
- AI-powered Note Taker — An integrated AI tool that listens to sessions, transcribes them, and drafts therapy notes for clinicians. This AI-driven note-taking feature aims to save providers around 5 hours per week on documentation.
- ePrescribe + psychiatry workflows — A full ePrescribe stack and psychiatry-specific workflows, turning the platform into a true full-stack solution for solo psychiatrists alongside its therapist base.
- SimpleConnect — An enterprise connectivity layer that links SimplePractice's independent clinicians directly with payers, health systems, employers, and EAPs.
- Measurement-based care tools — Medical professionals can send the PHQ-9 or GAD-7 to their clients to remotely track depression and anxiety symptoms, thus compensating for in-person observation.
- Group telehealth capabilities — The platform supports up to 15 clients at once, enabling clinicians to conduct therapy or consultations with multiple clients simultaneously.
- Built-in session whiteboard — The platform features an interactive whiteboard that facilitates real-time collaboration during sessions, enabling therapists and patients to draw, type, and share images.
SimplePractice has grown its customer base by more than 50% over the past few years and is now used by over 250,000 independent practitioners serving 10+ million clients, according to the company's own latest figures. With the 2024 expansion into psychiatry and the 2026 launch of SimpleConnect, the company is moving beyond a pure EHR play and positioning itself as connective infrastructure for the U.S. mental health system.
Healow
Launched in June 2017, Healow has grown into one of the leading telemedicine companies used by over 180,000+ physicians and 850,000 medical professionals globally. Similar to Telehealth by SimplePractice, Healow is part of the eClinicalWorks ecosystem, which comprises an EHR, a patient engagement platform, and other solutions.
With that said, many of Healow's distinctive features are courtesy of its integration into the larger ecosystem:
- On-demand video and audio calls — Thanks to hello2healow™ (h2h), which is Healow's proprietary patient engagement platform, medical providers can reach out to consented patients without scheduling an appointment.
- Audio and video group visits — Healow Meet offers a fully integrated platform for booking and conducting audio and video group visits.
- Healow Open Access — eClinicalMessenger® users can benefit from instant appointment scheduling by sending televisit invites with a single click.
- Healow Genie — A full patient-cycle AI contact center that fields calls 24/7/365 in multiple languages, handles scheduling, refills, referrals, and billing questions, and runs no-show outreach campaigns.
- Healow Pay — The platform comes with a convenient billing solution that lets patients pay their medical bills via text, email, or online.
- No-show prediction model — Healthcare professionals can identify potential no-shows with up to 90% precision.
- AI API Workbench — A developer platform that lets practices build and customize their own autonomous AI agents inside the eClinicalWorks EHR, extending the kind of automation Genie provides into clinic-specific workflows.
Healow is no longer just a patient engagement and televisits family. It's an autonomous AI operations platform. Beyond Genie and Sunoh.ai, the company unveiled the AI API Workbench in 2026 to let practices build their own autonomous AI agents inside the EHR, and is targeting up to 100% autonomous billing automation in revenue cycle management. Backed by the PRISMANet QHIN for nationwide data interoperability, the platform aims to shift the EHR from a static system of record to a dynamic system of action.
Teladoc
One of the telehealth giants, Teladoc Health, delivers virtual care across consumer apps, employer benefits, health plans, and hospital systems. All built on a single integrated platform that connects a U.S. network of board-certified providers, its Prism care-delivery software, and the new Pulse data engine for personalization.
Through its consumer app, members can access primary care, mental health, chronic condition management, nutrition, and dermatology, with increasingly seamless navigation between them. The platform brings quite a few distinctive features to the table:
- Enhanced 24/7 care service — Care providers can now pull in a board-certified specialist within seconds during the visit, address gaps in preventive care using integrated claims and HIE data, and check a patient's prescription benefits in real time.
- Gamified chronic care experience — Members enrolled in diabetes, hypertension, or weight-management programs are guided through SMART goals, daily bite-sized tasks, and streaks tied to clinical outcomes. Wearable data from Apple HealthKit, Google Fitbit, and continuous glucose monitors is visualized in the context of those goals to show short- and long-term trends.
- Direct-to-consumer therapy— Following Teladoc's acquisition of UpLift, BetterHelp expands consumer access to mental health care services through insurance.
- Connected Care Partners network — A partner program gives members single sign-on access to curated digital and in-person care services. Recent additions include Teladoc's own Wellbound Employee Assistance Program and pediatric mental healthcare via Brightline.
- Telestroke and emergency telehealth — Hospitals tap Teladoc's specialist network for instant access to neurological care, neonatology consults, and behavioral health services.
For B2B telemedicine capabilities, Teladoc has Solo virtual platform and Prism.
More than 100 million Americans have access to at least one Teladoc Health service through their health plan or employer, and Teladoc remains integrated into 600+ U.S. hospitals through its Connected Care Partners network. The company earned $2.53 billion in 2025 and 2026, framed as an "execution year" for the company's strategic shift toward integrated care, international expansion, and the BetterHelp insurance rollout. One thing Teladoc has been deliberate about AI to support care providers, not replace them.
Talkspace
Initially, Talkspace stepped onto the scene as a telehealth service with a large nationwide pool of licensed professionals who specialize in mental health care services. Over the last few years, Talkspace has partnered with numerous health tech companies to expand its health offerings to include women's health, migraine treatment, couples therapy services, and other specialized care.
Talkspace distinguishes itself in the online therapy market with these key differentiators:
- Asynchronous messaging therapy — Members can send unlimited text, audio, or video messages, plus images and worksheets, inside a private HIPAA-encrypted therapy room, with their licensed therapist responding within one business day.
- Smart Notes — A HIPAA-compliant AI scribe that drafts session notes for therapists to review and approve.
- Smart Insights — A therapist-facing AI tool that summarizes a member's recent sessions and clinical patterns to help providers prepare for the next visit.
- Teenspace for K–12 — Specifically designed for K–12 users, the application features a secure forum moderated by advanced AI and clinically trained experts, allowing teens to discuss and share their experiences.
- Talkspace Self-Guided — A self-directed companion app focused on self-directed therapy as opposed to online therapy services provided by Talkspace's mental health professionals.
Talkspace is investing heavily in artificial intelligence to enhance both patient and provider experiences. The company is developing its own large language models (LLMs) for behavioral health, trained on millions of therapy session transcripts, aiming to create AI tools finely tuned to mental health contexts.
Today, Talkspace has more than 6,000 licensed therapists on the platform, covering around 200 million lives through partnerships with employers, health plans, TRICARE, and Medicare. In 2025, the company became in-network nationwide for 9.5 million U.S. military personnel and families, and the platform's revenue grew 22% year over year to $228.9 million.
Amwell: Doctor Visits 24/7
The first-ever telehealth service accredited by the American Telemedicine Association, Amwell offers doctor consultations across various care modalities, including urgent care, primary care, mental health care, behavioral health, and more — along with prescriptions and medical guidance.
Similar to Teladoc, Amwell provides direct-to-consumer telehealth services through its patient app while operating a more substantial enterprise Amwell Platform (the former Amwell Converge). It's a single platform that combines virtual, in-person, and AI-automated care to consolidate the patchwork of point solutions most plans have accumulated over the years.
Integrated into 100+ U.S. health systems and powering 4.5 million visits in 2025, the Amwell platform enables hybrid care delivery through:
- On-demand visits — EHR-agnostic on-demand care functionality with real-time eligibility, helping providers scale on-demand care across their ecosystem. The capability is backed by a central, EHR-accessible patient queue that prioritizes providers based on specific rules.
- Virtual nursing — Enhanced with AI-powered eSitting technology, the Amwell platform enables virtual monitoring of up to 32 patients simultaneously and remote mentoring for new nurses and bedside staff.
- Digital behavioral health programs — The platform offers a specialized extension for digital mental health services, SilverCloud by Amwell.
- Built-in visual guidance technology — With TytoCare's technology, Amwell enables patients to conduct remote self-exams, guided by a clinician.
- Virtual second opinion services — Backed by one of 3,500 Cleveland Clinic physicians, members can request a virtual second opinion to validate diagnoses or treatment plans.
- Third-party clinical program marketplace — The platform now hosts both Amwell's own clinical programs and partner programs, including virtual cardiac care, obesity, and diabetes care programs, turning Amwell into a curated ecosystem rather than a single-vendor offering.
In 2025, Amwell clocked in a total revenue of $249.3 million. Underpinning all of this is a deliberate AI stance. Technology handles administrative heavy lifting, including prior authorization, documentation, and risk scoring, allowing clinicians to focus on personalized patient interactions and high-stakes decisions, while humans retain oversight and accountability throughout.
HealthTap
The first virtual primary care practice to achieve Joint Commission telehealth accreditation, HealthTap provides access to a wide range of virtual healthcare services, covering primary care, chronic care, senior health, mental and behavioral health, sexual health, and others.
Focused on long-term video-based relationships with trusted doctors, HealthTap provides a comprehensive virtual care platform with the following standout features:
- One-doctor continuity with always-on access — Members establish an ongoing relationship with one doctor, message them between visits, and access same-day or next-week appointments alongside 365-day on-demand urgent care for new symptoms, prescriptions, and PCP-led behavioral health.
- Dr. AI patient intake and visit prep — A conversational AI feature that gathers patient data through a human-like interview, analyzes it, and presents a structured summary to the telehealth specialist before the visit begins.
- Embedded virtual care via Samsung Health — seven million U.S. Samsung Health users can book and conduct virtual visits without installing a separate app. Wearable and biometric data from Samsung devices flows into the consultation in real time.
- Electronic test orders — Through integration with Quest Diagnostics, doctors can remotely order common lab tests, with results returned directly to HealthTap's secure platform for both doctors and patients.
Today, HealthTap serves over 2 million members monthly across all 50 states, with primary care covered by both commercial insurance and traditional Medicare.
Like other telemedicine providers, HealthTap relies on partnerships with medical device manufacturers, healthcare providers, and other healthcare stakeholders to expand its virtual healthcare offerings. In 2025, HealthTap plugged into other companies' surfaces: Samsung Health for consumers, LillyDirect for diabetic patients, VHC Health as a hospital-system extension, Commure for hospital tech stacks, NaphCare for individuals leaving federal prison, and Christian Healthcare Ministries and CrowdHealth for cost-sharing programs.
One Medical
Another specimen among the best telehealth apps, Amazon One Medical, is a virtual care solution and the linchpin of Amazon's healthcare strategy, focused on primary care, clinical services, and senior care. Now folded into the bigger One Medical primary care platform, the application offers users two models of care delivery.
Amazon One Medical Pay-per-visit allows individuals to schedule a paid, one-time virtual visit for 30+ conditions. There's also Membership, where customers pay a monthly or annual fee for on-demand virtual care and to schedule same-day or next-day appointments at One Medical offices.
Other flagship features of One Medical include:
- Health AI agentic assistant — A 24/7 AI health agent explains lab results and medical records, books appointments, manages prescriptions, and connects members directly to a One Medical provider through message, video, or in-person visit.
- Health Insights — A beta feature launched in partnership with Lifeforce that analyzes biomarkers from a member's standard bloodwork, generates a personalized wellness score, and surfaces evidence-based lifestyle recommendations across nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and stress.
- Amazon pharmacy and other integrations — Health AI can send prescription renewal requests to a member's One Medical provider for fulfillment at Amazon Pharmacy or any other pharmacy of choice, with same-day medication delivery available. The application is also integrated with other Amazon services, with Prime subscription users eligible for discounted One Medical Memberships.
One Medical now has over 208 centers across the U.S. and is an employee benefit at 8,500+ companies.
Doctor On Demand
Yet another successful telemedicine application, Doctor On Demand, connects users to U.S.-based, board-certified doctors, nurse practitioners, therapists, and psychiatrists to address 90% of common ER issues and everyday care issues.
Since merging with Grand Rounds in 2021 to form Included Health, Doctor On Demand has evolved from a standalone consumer telehealth app into the consumer-facing telehealth surface of a much broader virtual care and navigation platform that addresses the physical, behavioral, financial, and administrative aspects of coordinated care.
Together, Doctor On Demand and the wider Included Health platform differentiate themselves through the following competitive functionalities:
- Clinician-in-the-loop AI assistant — An AI assistant called Dot for members answers benefits and coverage questions, finds in-network providers, and fully handles workflow tasks like scheduling virtual or in-person appointments.
- Specialty Care Clinic — Members have access to specialist appointments within 7 days and in-home medical prescription and diagnostic support in cancer care, women's health, and metabolic health.
- Insurance and claims support — The platform works directly with the member's insurance provider to resolve billing issues and remove administrative friction, including pre-authorization questions, claims denials, and surprise billing.
- Second opinion — With members' medical records collected and clinically summarized, an experienced specialist can analyze the case and offer an alternative perspective on diagnoses, treatment plans, or surgical recommendations.
- 24/7 care team — Each member is assigned a dedicated care coordinator who helps them navigate their care before and after doctor visits, with Dot handling benefits triage and routine coordination tasks alongside the human team.
Included Health now operates a nationwide network of more than 4,000 specialists and subspecialists, with partnerships across 40+ hospitals and health systems. The Doctor On Demand telemedicine app serves over 100 million people through their employer or health plan, with fresh momentum from its 2026 addition to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota's provider network.
Hims & Hers
Hims & Hers stands out in the virtual health and wellness space with personalized, gender-specific care for mental health, sexual health, dermatology, and primary care. Originally focused on men's health, the platform expanded to include women's health and now serves more than 2.5 million subscribers. The platform also earned its stripes by providing support to often stigmatized conditions like ED, hair loss, and mental health.
It's not the specific features that make Hims & Hers a unique offer in the telemedicine space. Rather, it's the company's proposition focused on delivering tailored treatments as opposed to one-time virtual healthcare consultations:
- End-to-end health support — Within the platform, users complete an online intake form with symptoms and medical history and submit it to the app's healthcare provider. After a remote consultation, Hims & Hers-licensed providers determine the appropriate over-the-counter and prescription drug treatment, as well as prescribe other products for health conditions.
- Prescription fulfillment — The company has FDA-regulated pharmacies that fulfill prescriptions, with discreet packaging delivered directly to the user's shipping address.
- Intelligent diagnostic services — Building on millions of anonymized data points and unique patient needs, Hims & Hers' MedMatch models determine the most suitable treatments in real time, adjust treatment plans over time, and better monitor patient adherence.
The defining 2025–2026 story for Hims & Hers was its partnership with Novo Nordisk for branded GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. Other distinctive offerings include preventive heart care, plus a branded line of hair care, supplements, and skincare.
In 2025, Hims & Hers acquired the European telehealth provider ZAVA to expand into the UK, Germany, Ireland, and France. For the full year 2025, the company reported its first full year of GAAP profitability, with revenue of $2.35 billion and 2.5 million subscribers.
Hims: App Store | Google Play
Hers: App Store | Google Play
MDLIVE
Staffed by board-certified doctors, pediatricians, dermatologists, psychiatrists, and therapists, MDLIVE provides a variety of virtual services, including preventive wellness screenings, support for non-emergency medical issues, ongoing care for chronic conditions, and tailored care for skin, hair, and nail conditions. MDLIVE is also a key component of Cigna's Evernorth Health Services, which is a health services company that provides a wide range of pharmacy, care, and benefits solutions.
Over the last few years, the platform has emerged as a heavyweight in the telemedicine market by strategically integrating innovative features, including:
- Asynchronous E-treatment visits — Customers with Cigna Healthcare insurance can access talk-free, on-demand urgent care and receive their diagnosis, treatment plan, and prescriptions within an hour.
- Virtual dermatology — Async dermatologist consultations let members upload photos and a brief medical history, with feedback and a personalized treatment plan within 15 hours.
- Integrated imaging orders — MDLIVE's healthcare professionals can order and coordinate preventive and follow-up screenings for eligible members.
- Health monitoring program — Doctors can assign a chronic-care tracking program to monitor key biometrics, such as blood pressure and glucose levels, with patients recording their data daily and reviewing it with their MDLIVE providers.
MDLIVE also has a supplementary wellness application called the MDLIVE Live Health Coaching app. Dedicated to wellness, the MDLIVE Live Health Coaching app empowers patients to actively participate in their behavioral healthcare between visits, track their progress, and identify potential treatment issues early.
Currently, over 53 million Americans have access to MDLIVE's services through their private health insurance, and the platform serves as the flagship virtual care platform within Cigna's Evernorth Health Services.
Wrapping up
In recent years, telemedicine apps have become a powerful force in reshaping care delivery. From easier access to care to erstwhile impossible remote diagnosis, telemedicine applications are changing the face of traditional care, becoming an essential component in the industry.
The success of platforms like Teladoc, Healow, Talkspace, and other solutions mentioned in the list underscores the profitable potential of this market. However, success in this competitive market requires telehealth platforms to deliver distinctive value propositions and capabilities.
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