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NO. 002
UPDATED MAY 10, 2026
COMPARISON · MAY 2026
SiPhox Health
vs.
MyBloodTest
SiPhox Health ships an at-home finger-stick kit on its own silicon-photonics chip, paired with the Sai AI assistant — for $125-$225 every test cycle, US-primary. MyBloodTest is free, works worldwide in any language, and holds five family profiles alongside any lab you already use — including a SiPhox panel.
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10 categories scored
WINNER
MyBloodTest
$0
free, forever
Scan any lab, any language
Worldwide on iOS, Android, web
5 family profiles included free
Apple Health, Health Connect, Fitbit, Withings
CATEGORY WINS
7
/ 10
VS
SiPhox Health
$125+
per cycle, US-primary
At-home finger-stick kit · no clinic visit
Proprietary silicon-photonics chip, assays in-house
Sai conversational AI on every result
YC S20 · $31.9M raised · Burlington, MA
CATEGORY WINS
2
/ 10
· 1 tied category ·
━ AT A GLANCE ━
PRICE
$0 free
/
$125-$225 / cycle
GEOGRAPHY
Worldwide
/
US · CA via partner
FAMILY PROFILES
5 free
/
1
SCAN LANGUAGES
Any
/
English only
IOS RATING
4.5+
/
3.4 / 5
SHARE-WITH-DOCTOR
QR + PIN link
/
Dashboard only
FEATURE-BY-FEATURE
Every category, scored.
FEATURE
MYBLOODTEST
SIPHOX HEALTH
Pricing
MYBLOODTEST
Free · optional $4.99/mo Premium
SIPHOX HEALTH
$125-$225 per test cycle (recurring)
Pricing
Free · optional $4.99/mo Premium
$125-$225 per test cycle (recurring)
Bundled lab testing
MYBLOODTEST
Not included · bring your own labs
SIPHOX HEALTH
At-home finger-stick kit · silicon-photonics chip
Bundled lab testing
Not included · bring your own labs
At-home finger-stick kit · silicon-photonics chip
Geographic availability
MYBLOODTEST
Worldwide — iOS, Android, web
SIPHOX HEALTH
US-primary · Canada via partner · no UK/EU
Geographic availability
Worldwide — iOS, Android, web
US-primary · Canada via partner · no UK/EU
Multi-language scan
MYBLOODTEST
Any language · AI parses any lab
SIPHOX HEALTH
English only
Multi-language scan
Any language · AI parses any lab
English only
Family profiles
MYBLOODTEST
5 profiles included free
SIPHOX HEALTH
Single account only
Family profiles
5 profiles included free
Single account only
Named reference sources
MYBLOODTEST
10+ cited · Mayo, ARUP, Quest, Labcorp, WHO, CALIPER…
SIPHOX HEALTH
Reference range provenance is opaque
Named reference sources
10+ cited · Mayo, ARUP, Quest, Labcorp, WHO, CALIPER…
Reference range provenance is opaque
Bring your own labs
MYBLOODTEST
Yes · scan any lab, photo, Apple Health, Health Connect
SIPHOX HEALTH
Yes · accepts uploads from Quest, LabCorp, Stanford, Mayo
Bring your own labs
Yes · scan any lab, photo, Apple Health, Health Connect
Yes · accepts uploads from Quest, LabCorp, Stanford, Mayo
AI assistant
MYBLOODTEST
AI scan extraction · highlights for doctor
SIPHOX HEALTH
"Sai" conversational AI on results
AI assistant
AI scan extraction · highlights for doctor
"Sai" conversational AI on results
App stability
MYBLOODTEST
4.5+ rating across iOS + Android
SIPHOX HEALTH
iOS 3.4/5 · recurring app-crash complaints
App stability
4.5+ rating across iOS + Android
iOS 3.4/5 · recurring app-crash complaints
Share with doctor
MYBLOODTEST
Built-in QR link · AI highlights · PIN-protected
SIPHOX HEALTH
In-app dashboard only · no doctor hand-off
Share with doctor
Built-in QR link · AI highlights · PIN-protected
In-app dashboard only · no doctor hand-off
THE READ
When each one makes sense.
01 · MYBLOODTEST
Pick MyBloodTest if…
You already get bloodwork through a doctor, hospital portal, or any lab — SiPhox included.
You track results for up to five family members in one app.
You live outside the US, or scan reports in non-English languages.
You want wearable trends from Apple Health, Health Connect, Fitbit or Withings next to your labs.
You want a free option you can use alongside an active SiPhox subscription.
02 · SIPHOX HEALTH
Pick SiPhox Health if…
You want at-home finger-stick draws and no clinic visit.
You value the convenience of one vendor handling kit, assay, dashboard, and AI guidance.
You want the Sai conversational AI explaining each result inside the same dashboard.
You live in the United States (or Canada through their partner network).
You are comfortable paying $125-$225 every test cycle for in-house silicon-photonics chemistry.
DEEP DIVE
The longer story.
SiPhox Health is one of the more technically credible companies in direct-to-consumer blood testing. Headquartered in Burlington, MA, the company came out of Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch and has raised roughly $31.9M to date, including a $27M Series A in July 2023 led by Intel Capital with Khosla Ventures. That capital paid for something genuinely novel: a proprietary silicon-photonics chip that runs assays in-house, rather than reselling Quest or Labcorp panels under a friendly skin. The kit ships to your door, the dashboard is sharp, Sai explains each result in plain language, and customer reviews hold steady at 4.4/5 across roughly 336 Trustpilot ratings. For US users who want at-home finger-stick draws and the convenience of one vendor handling kit, lab, results, and guidance, SiPhox is a strong pick.
The trade-off is scope. The kit, the assays, the dashboard, and Sai are all built in-house; pricing runs $125-$225 per recurring test cycle; the service is US-primary with Canada via a partner; and the experience is English-only and single-account. That focus is what makes it work for its core audience. It is a less natural fit if you already get bloodwork elsewhere, track results for a partner or kids, scan reports in other languages, or want one place that keeps a longer record across vendors.
SiPhox makes new bloodwork at home; MyBloodTest makes sense of every report you already have — including the SiPhox one.
Where MyBloodTest fits.
MyBloodTest assumes you already have a way to get bloodwork — a primary-care doctor, an annual physical, an at-home kit like SiPhox, or a hospital report from outside the US. Our job is to make sense of those results across time, sources, family members, and languages. There is no testing logistics layer because we do not sell lab tests. The cost is real: you arrange and pay for your own draws. The benefit is that everything else — scanning reports in any language, five family profiles, wearable sync from Apple Health, Health Connect, Fitbit and Withings, share-with-doctor links, and named reference ranges drawn from Mayo, ARUP, Quest, Labcorp, WHO, CALIPER and more — is free.
How to use both together.
SiPhox plus MyBloodTest pairs cleanly. Order a kit when you want at-home finger-stick convenience and the biomarkers in their Ultimate 360 set. Lean on the SiPhox dashboard and Sai while you are an active member. Then export the resulting PDF and scan it into MyBloodTest so it sits alongside everything else — routine annual labs, panels from Quest or Labcorp, hospital reports, the wellness check from your employer. The company itself acknowledges this pattern by accepting uploads from Quest, LabCorp, Stanford and Mayo: no single vendor owns your full timeline.
FAQ
People also ask.
Is SiPhox Health worth it?
SiPhox Health is worth it for US-based users who want at-home finger-stick draws on its proprietary silicon-photonics chip and are comfortable with $125-$225 per test cycle. If you already get bloodwork through your doctor or another lab, you are mostly paying SiPhox for the kit itself — and a free tracker like MyBloodTest can hold those results alongside every other panel you run.
What is a free alternative to SiPhox Health?
Does SiPhox Health work outside the United States?
FREE · WORLDWIDE · ANY LAB
Bring your bloodwork
somewhere it stays.
Free forever. 5 family profiles. Reference ranges from 10+ named sources. Native iOS, Android, and web. No credit card required.
Try MyBloodTest free
WORLDWIDE
PRIVATE BY DEFAULT
iOS · ANDROID · WEB