MDCalc Medical Calculator User Reviews

MDCalc Medical Calculator

MD Aware LLC

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Reviews Summary

Positive highlights

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This app hasComprehensive library of medical calculators

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This app hasEvidence-based information and references

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This app hasSaves time and reduces cognitive load

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This app hasUseful for medical students, residents, and clinicians

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This app hasOffline access to tools

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This app hasCustomizable favorites for quick access

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This app hasHelps improve patient care and diagnostic ability

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This app hasIndispensable resource for ER, critical care, and prehospital providers

Negative highlights

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This app hasInvasive registration requirements

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This app hasLack of support for international medical graduates

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This app hasIssues with user interface and navigation

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This app hasCompatibility problems with newer iOS versions and devices

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This app hasBattery drain and device overheating issues

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This app hasLoss of saved favorites after updates

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This app hasDefaults to less useful views (e.g., Popular calculators)

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UI is trash

The interface continues to be atrocious and I’m not sure why this hasn’t been addressed. The tap targets are small and invisible. There is no button to rapidly move to the next field for entry. If you need to change the contents of a field in which you’ve already entered a value, god help you and you’re probably better off force quitting the app and starting over. Oh and it defaults to imperial measurements.

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Jordan Schooler

a year ago

Response from developer

Hello, We apologize for the negative experience. Please reach out to us at team@mdcalc.com so that we may understand these issues further. We have addressed the concerns mentioned (SI defaults, field navigation, and tap areas) in past versions of the app so we'd like to understand if these are still issues you are experiencing so that we may best be of assistance. Thank you!

Could be better

Great resource, but user experience could be improved to reduce unnecessary taps. For example, add support for gestures and/or keyboard button to advance to next/previous field. Also, needs setting to make Favorites the default view rather than always starting with Popular.

ekrub

a year ago

Response from developer

Hello, Thank you for this feedback! We are looking into building this feature and will keep you updated as to when this will be available. We are always open to feedback so if anything else comes up, please reach out to us at team@mdcalc.com.

Broken After Update

Basically unusable after they added a mandatory log in. Every time I open it it spins and it takes more time to load the app than it does to access the same page through my browser. I would love this to be fixed as it was a daily app for me previously

gtrghytfh

a year ago

Response from developer

Hello, We apologize that the MDCalc app has not been up to your standards. We have recently pushed a large update to fix the performance issues. Please let us know if you are still experiencing issues. Feel free to reach out to us at team@mdcalc.com.

Wish I didn’t update

Always loved this app, had lots of “favorite” pages saved. After new update I had to create an account (annoying but fine, given the free service they provide) but I lost all the favorites I saved! Should have found a way to retain this with the update!

Joeyo

a year ago

Response from developer

Hello, We apologize for the negative experience, we are committed to improving the app experience. We'd be happy to help you locate your old account so that you may recover your favorites - please feel free to reach out to team@mdcalc.com with your email and we can help you log back in to your original account. Best, The MDCalc Team

Latest version repeatedly crashes

Brilliant app but latest version (Aug 2023) keeps crashing.
Not much use if you can’t open the app

Wessdoc

a year ago

Was perfect…. Now bricked

This app is incredibly useful in clinical practice. Or it was… until approx 3 weeks ago. Now the app doesn’t open. Has been deleted and re-downloaded. Hopefully this will be addressed asap. Until then I’ll use the desktop version.

Please fix ASAP!

Caveman182

a year ago

App stopped working

EM resident, I’ve used this app since med student days. Unfortunately, it stopped working several weeks ago (will not load beyond the logo, then crashes).

I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled, restarted my phone, and made sure my iOS was up-to-date. Still not working.

I’ll change my rating when it gets fixed.

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annette_x3

a year ago

App no longer working

I’m not sure if the new update is not compatible with my iOS but the app was working up until a week ago. Now I am unable to access the app at all, it opens and then immediately crashes. I’ve tried deleting and re-downloading but I’m still having the same issue. Is there anything that can be done to resolve this?

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k123446k

a year ago

Response from developer

Hello, We apologize that the app experience is not meeting your expectations. We have put out an update to fix these crashes. Please try the new update and reach out to team@mdcalc.com if you are still experiencing issues.

Terrible update

The July 2023 update is terrible. Font change in the menu provides much less definition as compared to the original app, which was much easier on the eyes. Probably more annoying is that opening the app defaults to the “Popular” calculators… as opposed to the previous edition where I could opt to open the app to my favorites, which is critically important in an emergency, instead of having to navigate away from the default opening to what really matters.

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espoonhunter

a year ago

Response from developer

Hello, We apologize that the app experience is not meeting your expectations. We are working to allow users to customize their home screen which will include allowing for the choice of start tab. As for the font, we would love your feedback on how we could improve this experience. Please reach out to us at team@mdcalc.com. Thank you for your feedback.

Unable to sign up

I am currently in clinicals for my FNP and my preceptor uses this app frequently but I can’t sign up because it requires you input your school and my University isn’t listed. Is there a work around for this? I would love to use this app as it is quite useful in the day to day workings as a FNP and has been so helpful but I can’t use it because of that one requirement.

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Future FNP!

a year ago

Response from developer

Hello, We are aware of this issue and are working on an update to add more medical schools. Please reach out to team@mdcalc.com and we can assist you in creating an account.