# The BMJ — This week in The BMJ > Leading general medical journal for professionals, offering research, news, and education. (iPhone/iPad app by BMJ Group.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-bmj/id1395295755 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [BMJ Group](https://appshunter.io/developer/345548841) - Category: Medical, Magazines & Newspapers - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 4.20/5 from 13 App Store ratings · 63 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 17+ - Requires: iOS 14.2 · 241 MB - Released: 2018-08-15 - Data updated: 2026-09-01 - Monetization: subscription - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-bmj/id1395295755/reviews.md ## What is The BMJ? Online, The BMJ is one of the world’s leading general medical journals for researchers, educators, clinicians and policy-makers. The BMJ is the house journal of British medicine, owned by Britain’s doctors. The BMJ app lets you - read what the world's leading doctors read - apply practice-changing takeaways - trust news supported by data - advance your career - read columnists who get what it means to do your job - search downloaded issues - read ahead of print The BMJ app brings you the latest weekly issue including: - Offline access: handy for planes, trains and automobiles, or wherever there’s no wi-fi - Selected news articles and columnists - Education articles, CME points - Research articles and reviews - Search through downloaded issues - Video content embedded - FREE TO BMA MEMBERS AND PERSONAL SUBSCRIBERS Use your BMA membership credentials, or personal subscriber details to log in Not a BMA member or personal subscriber? Then subscribe to The BMJ for £10.49 a month, where the first month is free. You’ll get instant access to every issue published since January 2017! Purchasing a subscription to The BMJ app at a cost of £10.49 a month will give you access to all the app editions of The BMJ. A monthly purchase will be applied to your iTunes account at the end of the first month trial. Subscriptions will automatically renew at a cost of £10.49 a month unless cancelled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime or turn off auto-renew with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our terms and conditions https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj-website-terms-and-conditions-0 and privacy policy https://www.bmj.com/company/your-privacy/. If you experience any problems, please email customer support on support@bmj.com ## Key features - Read leading medical research - Apply practice-changing takeaways - Access trusted, data-supported news - Offline access to downloaded issues - Earn CME points - Read ahead of print - Embedded video content ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | The BMJ (1 month) | $11.49 | per month | ## What do users think of The BMJ? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Easy to navigate - 👍 Easy access to BMJ - 👍 Reliable app - 👍 Indispensable source of information - 👍 Given up paper version - 👍 Can copy figures and tables - 👍 Good overall - 👍 Easy to use - 👍 Access to all back issues - 👍 Well adapted for smartphone/tablet - 👍 Up to the minute, informative - 👍 Always something of interest - 👍 Rapidly accessible - 👍 Time saving information - 👍 Convenient access - 👍 Stopped paper subscription - 👍 Extremely informative - 👍 Works well - 👍 Really good - 👍 Saves on paper - 👍 Great way of reading BMJ - 👍 Medical independence - 👍 Integrity in journalism - 👍 Reduced medical bias - 👍 Pushing back on censorship - 👍 Well thought out - 👍 Links open in app - 👍 Excellent app - 👍 Brilliant app - 👍 Well designed app - 👍 Easy to read on the move - 👍 Handy little app - 👍 Great app - 👍 Essential medical journal - 👍 Great app, could not do without it - 👍 Good user interfaces - 👍 Very easy to use - 👍 Works well and easy to access - 👍 Entire issues download quickly - 👍 Very good app, very useful - 👍 Much improved - 👍 Easily readable format - 👍 Essential - 👍 Good App - 👍 Download fast enough - 👍 Good user interfaces - 👍 Excellent BMJ app - 👍 Very easy to use - 👍 Works well - 👍 Easy to access in a timely way - 👍 All relevant areas present - 👍 Get updates before paper edition - 👍 Works fine - 👍 Offline viewing - 👍 Get rid of paper piles - 👍 Very good app - 👍 Very useful - 👍 Huge improvement - 👍 Navigation easy - 👍 Search works well - 👍 Can change font size - 👍 Links work **Cons** - 🐛 Not unbiased on strikes - 🐛 Not as comprehensive as previously - 🐛 Only 1 BMJ per month - 🐛 Printed on cheap paper - 🐛 Awful navigation - 🐛 No navigation buttons - 🐛 Won’t open on iPhone - 🐛 Takes a while to pick up new publications - 🐛 Often doesn’t allow access to most recent edition - 🐛 App always asks to restore purchase - 🐛 Account does not exist - 🐛 Poor updating of editions - 🐛 Does not come up quickly - 🐛 Poor access - 🐛 Often doesn’t work - 🐛 Not up to date - 🐛 Needs a whole overhaul - 🐛 Can’t link to previous articles - 🐛 Subscription payment too high - 🐛 Very poor app - 🐛 Slow - 🐛 Badly designed - 🐛 Appalling layout - 🐛 Links open in app instead of browser - 🐛 No browser functionality - 🐛 Can’t get back to menu - 🐛 No way back to contents page - 🐛 Only way out is to force quit - 🐛 Freezes after one article - 🐛 No obvious back button - 🐛 Can’t access app despite paying - 🐛 Content seems limited - 🐛 Rotation bug - 🐛 Requires quitting app every time - 🐛 Very skimmed down - 🐛 Comes late - 🐛 Not working with BMA sign in - 🐛 Uninstalling to get updates - 🐛 New BMJs do not download - 🐛 Journals not added promptly - 🐛 Slow to update issues - 🐛 Never seems to update well - 🐛 Not working at all since updated - 🐛 User unfriendly now - 🐛 Unable to download new issue - 🐛 Get into older ones - 🐛 Slightly disappointing - 🐛 Not user friendly - 🐛 A little slow - 🐛 Mainly words, duller - 🐛 Harder to read - 🐛 Archives only up to 2017 - 🐛 Not enough archive - 🐛 Downloading system hit and miss - 🐛 Designed by a toddler - 🐛 Syncing issues - 🐛 No longer receiving new issues - 🐛 Screen goes white repeatedly - 🐛 Loses place - 🐛 Resets to top of article - 🐛 Incompatible with Safari - 🐛 No direct way of opening articles in any browser - 🐛 Can’t go back to the old app **Commonly reported bugs** - App won’t open on iPhone - App always asks to restore purchase - Account does not exist - Often doesn’t allow access to most recent edition - Poor updating of editions - Does not come up quickly - Poor access - Often doesn’t work - Not up to date - Can’t link to previous articles - Links open in app instead of browser - Can’t get back to menu - No way back to contents page - Only way out is to force quit - Freezes after one article - No obvious back button - Can’t access app despite paying - Links open in app instead of browser - No browser functionality - Rotation bug - Requires quitting app every time - Not working with BMA sign in - New BMJs do not download - Journals not added promptly - Slow to update issues - Never seems to update well - Not working at all since updated - User unfriendly now - Unable to download new issue - Get into older ones - Downloading system hit and miss - Syncing issues - No longer receiving new issues - Screen goes white repeatedly - Loses place - Resets to top of article - Incompatible with Safari - No direct way of opening articles in any browser **Most requested features** - Copy figures and tables to more apps directly - Copy figures and tables to more apps directly eg Twitter lectures etc - Would be nice to be able to export text/tables/flow charts with a click - Would like a bit less subscription payment - Please see title! (Dark mode) - Please fix rotation bug - Could integrate with BMJ learning - Get with the times - If developers could fix this it would certainly be a 5 star app - If they add a direct share button I'll give it 5 ✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️ ## Recent user reviews (10 of 63) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-bmj/id1395295755/reviews.md ### 4/5 — Easy to navigate *2025-02-02* I read the bmj through app but also in print for Minerva and obituaries, to editorials, systematically from last pages to first. Old habits die hard! ### 5/5 — Easy access to BMJ. *2024-12-07* Nothing to recycle and always available, if like me, your phone is the university library in your pocket. The app has become reliable since it first appeared. As I got older it was the obituaries I read first until the pandemic. (In my 20s and 30s it was job adverts in the old print version!) The app doesn’t offer a full range of obituaries seemingly. Throughout the pandemic BMJ has been an indispensable source of information often written by people I already trusted. ### 5/5 — theBMJ *2024-11-19* Now given up the paper version since earlier bugs have been fixed Would like to be able to copy figures and tables to more apps directly eg Twitter lectures etc ### 3/5 — BMJ *2024-11-11, version 1.3.7* Not unbiased on strikes and their effect. Also not as comprehensive as previously. Why no BMJ for 2 weeks. Seems a regular occurrence to only have 1 BMJ per month and now printed on cheap paper. This weeks edition also not available 5/10/24 ### 2/5 — Awful navigation! *2024-09-14* Please redesign this so it works consistently - the view depends on where you are, and there are no navigation buttons Update. Now won’t open on iPhone! ### 4/5 — Good *2024-08-25* Good overall. Takes a while to pick up new BMJ publications of the week ### 3/5 — BMJ APP *2024-08-07, version 1.3.7* Often doesn’t allow access to most recent edition ### 5/5 — BMJ App *2024-05-06* So easy to receive the the BMJ via its app on my iPhone. The app is easy to use and has access to all back issues. The current issue chapters are nestled upon one another with the headlines in a drop down menu to access the full paper. You can also stroll across horizontally to receive all papers in the edition. Easy design is well adapted for smart phone or tablet. ### 5/5 — Up to the minute, informative, all encompassing *2024-04-14* Always something of interest, every week ### 5/5 — BMJ *2024-04-06* Easily and rapidly accessible. Time saving information. ## Frequently asked questions about The BMJ ### What is The BMJ app? The BMJ app provides access to one of the world's leading general medical journals. It's designed for researchers, educators, clinicians, and policymakers, offering practice-changing research, expert columns, and news supported by data. ### What are the key features of The BMJ app? Key features include reading the latest weekly issue, offline access to downloaded content, selected news articles and columnists, education articles with CME points, research articles and reviews, and embedded video content. You can also read ahead of print and search downloaded issues. ### How much does The BMJ app cost? The app is free for BMA members and personal subscribers. Non-members can subscribe for £10.49 a month, with the first month offered free. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled. ### What devices is The BMJ app compatible with? The app is available for mobile devices and can be accessed through your iTunes account for subscription management. Specific device compatibility is not detailed but it is designed for mobile use. ### Who is The BMJ app for? This app is intended for medical professionals, including researchers, educators, clinicians, and policymakers. It helps them stay informed about the latest medical advancements, apply new knowledge to their practice, and advance their careers. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.4.4.2 — 2026-05-21 Fixes to a bug preventing in-app purchase ### 1.4.4.1 — 2026-04-21 Bug fixes related to login problems ### 1.4.4 — 2025-08-14 Platform updates ### 1.3.7 — 2023-01-26 Routine maintenance and minor styling bug fixes relating to the search results page. ### 1.3.2 — 2022-02-24 Minor bug fixes and general maintenance ## Apps similar to The BMJ | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Oxford Handbook Clinical Med](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oxford-handbook-clinical-med/id6499521844) | 4.9 (15) | Free | Medical | | [TOXBASE](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toxbase/id519248940) | 1.0 (1) | Free | Medical | | [Oxford General Practice](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oxford-general-practice/id6473803812) | 5.0 (4) | Free | Medical | | [Plabable for PLAB](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plabable-for-plab/id1446896709) | 4.7 (415) | Free | Medical | | [Geeky Medics - OSCE revision](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/geeky-medics-osce-revision/id1050169390) | 4.5 (83) | Free | Medical | | [Oxford Emergency Medicine](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oxford-emergency-medicine/id6475311599) | 5.0 (6) | Free | Medical | ## More apps by BMJ Group - [BMJ Careers](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bmj-careers/id386771348) - [Vet Record Careers](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vet-record-careers/id465053245) - [BMJ OnExam](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bmj-onexam/id544289965) - [BMJ Best Practice](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bmj-best-practice/id1105379489) - [BMJ Careers MH](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bmj-careers-mh/id1612812197) All apps by BMJ Group: https://appshunter.io/developer/345548841 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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