# Medscrab — user reviews > 73 indexed App Store user reviews of Medscrab by Western University of Health Sciences, rated 4.90/5 from 104 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/medscrab/id1480026514/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/medscrab/id1480026514.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 95 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Medscrab? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 User-friendly and easy to navigate - 🎮 Fun gamified learning experience - 📚 Comprehensive medication information - ⚡ Quick and convenient way to study - 🎯 Effective knowledge retention through gameplay - 💡 Creative twist on traditional study methods - 🏥 Valuable for pharmacy students and healthcare professionals - 📱 Simple and intuitive interface - 🔍 Helpful hints and relevant questions - ⏱️ Non-time-consuming reviews - 👥 Suitable for both patients and professionals **Cons** - 🐌 Occasional lag time during gameplay - ⏳ Takes longer than expected to complete - ❓ Some hints and questions could be improved - 📖 Lacks detailed explanations for answers **Commonly reported bugs** - Lag time during gameplay **Most requested features** - Summary provided at end of sessions - Explanations for 'why' behind certain interactions and DDI/food interactions - Deeper reasoning behind medication interactions ## Newest reviews (20 of 73) ### 5/5 — Super helpful! *2021-01-15, version 1.0* As a pharmacy student, this app has been so helpful and convenient in quickly identifying medications, indications and their side effects. Love it! ### 5/5 — Fun & Educational *2021-01-15, version 1.0* As a student pharmacist there are tons of drug names and functions to remember.. medscrab makes the process much more enjoyable! Fun twist on the game scrabble! ### 5/5 — Great App with reliable mediation resources *2021-01-15, version 1.0* It’s a drug information app. Easy to use, reliable resources definitely recommended to health care professional!! ### 5/5 — Medication Review *2021-01-15, version 1.0* It’s a fun and easy way to review medications. ### 5/5 — Great For Pharmacy ! *2021-01-15, version 1.0* Very fun and helpful app! I learn better by doing so the game-like format really helps and also keeps me engaged as I study ! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2021-01-15, version 1.0* Love it! It helps studying while playing games. ### 5/5 — Fun and easy to use app! *2021-01-15, version 1.0* This app is very user friendly and very easy to use! Fun and easy way to learn about medications! ### 5/5 — Great for Pharmacy students *2021-01-15, version 1.0* This app is so much fun and great for pharmacy student! 10/10 recommend!! ### 5/5 — Sk *2021-01-15, version 1.0* Great tool to learn about different medications. ### 5/5 — Great interactive learning tool *2021-01-15* I think this is an easy and entertaining way to learn and better retain drug information. I will likely utilize this app again and recommend it to others. ### 5/5 — Fun and educational *2021-01-15, version 1.0* This app is a super helpful and fun way to learn indications, warnings, adverse effects, and interactions of medications! ### 5/5 — Great app *2021-01-15* This app is a great resource to help you learn about medications and what they are used for. Super fun and user friendly so it was easy to navigate through the app. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2021-01-15, version 1.0* The app is great! It’s really fun but it helps me learn about important medical information! ### 5/5 — Great tool for pharmacy school!! *2021-01-15, version 1.0* Wow this application will be monumental to my learning throughout pharmacy school! Thank you Dr. Roosan for helping to create it!!! ### 5/5 — Awesome App *2021-01-15, version 1.0* This app helped me tremendously in pharmacy school. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Great app for learning and studying *2021-01-15, version 1.0* The app helps with learning drug names, indications, side effects, etc. It is easy to use and simple! ### 5/5 — Fun way to learn! *2021-01-15* This is a great app to learn about medications. I am able to retain the information while playing the game. Highly recommend! ### 5/5 — User friendly *2021-01-15* This game is a great way to review various drugs, their indications, and their adverse effects in a fun and simple way! It is also easy to navigate through! ### 5/5 — Simple and easy app! *2021-01-14, version 1.0* It is a good app to learn and review about the medications, what it’s for, and it’s side effects. It’s a quick and convenient way to study and it is easy to use. Will use this to help me review and learn more when I get the chance during my breaks. ### 5/5 — Great resource! -Miranda Hirmez *2021-01-14, version 1.0* Quick and easy tool to navigate. Great source to learn about medications! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 4/5 — Medication *2020-06-27, version 1.0* It is easy to use and encouraging. It would be better to give you a summary at the end. ### 4/5 — Educational app for medications *2020-06-26, version 1.0* The app is useful in learning about drug information. Questions are easy to follow and relevant to each medication. Some of the hints and questions can be improved. ### 4/5 — Good for Patients *2020-06-02, version 1.0* Basic information about common medications. Would recommend to my patients to familiarize themselves with their medications. ### 4/5 — Good tool to reinforce my knowledge *2020-06-01, version 1.0* This app is suitable for healthcare professionals, and it could be used as a teach back tool for patients after being counseled. It takes more time than I expected so one star is deducted ### 4/5 — Easy to use, great information for patients *2020-05-29* Overall, a very user-friendly interface that provides a great way to learn important facts about medications. I would like to see some explanations to certain questions/answers like the “why” behind certain interactions to reinforce the reasoning behind avoiding certain DDI/food interactions. Great app to reinforce the counseling provided by pharmacists! ### 5/5 — Easy to use, Educational, Fun *2021-01-15* This app has a lot of great great that helps you get familiarized with various drugs, the purpose of the drug and it’s side effects. It makes studying a whole lot easier and on the go. Will definitely recommend this app! Super easy to navigate as well. ### 5/5 — User friendly *2021-01-15, version 1.0* Easy to navigate and very simple. This app is helpful in terms of helping people to review their knowledge on medications ### 5/5 — Great game to understand your medications! *2021-01-15* This app makes learning about different medications fun, especially if you like games like scrabble. Useful for both patients and pharmacy students! ### 5/5 — Effective Game for Enhanced Learning! *2021-01-15, version 1.0* This game restores scientific knowledge in a fun and enjoyable way. I would highly recommend! ### 5/5 — 5 Star for this App *2021-01-15, version 1.0* 5 Stars ## Most praised reviews (5 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Perfect! -KT *2021-01-15, version 1.0* Fun to play and learn at the same time ### 5/5 — Great app for pharmacy students *2021-01-15, version 1.0* I recommend this app for pharmacy students. It is fun and I really enjoyed it. Definitely 5 stars ### 5/5 — Great game *2021-01-15, version 1.0* Great game! ### 5/5 — User friendly *2021-01-15, version 1.0* Very easy to navigate thru the app and very helpful. ### 5/5 — Good app *2021-01-15, version 1.0* It’s a very good app for pharmacy school students. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-16.*