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CompanyMarch 2025

Why we built Clickless as a prescription therapy, not a consumer app

The case for regulatory rigor over app-store convenience in digital health.

A pharmacist selecting medication from a shelf

A consumer wellness app ships faster. No clinical trial, no regulatory review, no waiting on a clinician's prescription — just an app-store listing and a subscription price. We considered that path for Clickless and turned it down.

The difference isn't really about speed. It's about what each path can honestly claim, and who is accountable for the outcome when it doesn't work.

Compare

Prescription DTx vs. consumer wellness app

Requires clinical trial evidence
Reviewed by a regulator before launch
Prescribed and monitored by a clinician
Can claim to treat a specific condition
Available same-day via app store
Adjustable without re-review after launch

A consumer app can say it "may help with jaw discomfort." A prescription digital therapeutic, cleared through clinical evidence and prescribed by a clinician who can monitor and adjust treatment, can say something closer to what patients actually need to hear: that it works, for a defined condition, under a professional's care.

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Talk to our clinical team about bringing evidence-based digital therapeutics to your TMD patients.