Comparison

MedCalX vs Itaca

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MedCalX

This medical calculator app provides healthcare professionals with a comprehensive tool for complex medical formulas, scores, and classifications. It offers an extensive library of over 300 medical calculations, patient management features, and sharing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Extensive medical formula library (300+)
  • Patient management and data saving
  • Customizable workflows
  • Multiple result sharing options
  • Detailed information and references
  • US and SI unit support
  • iCloud synchronization for favorites
Features
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MedCalX is a tool that enables medical professionals to easily use complicated medical formulas, scores and classifications. 25 years of experience developing this tool for mobile platforms makes MedCalX the leading medical calculator, with an unparalleled user interface and powerful features. MedCalX is free to download and use, but you have access only to a subset of formulas. In-app purchase lets you unlock the whole range of formulas that MedCalX has to offer; more than 300 in total! Main features: • A very large selection (more than 300) of relevant formulas, scores, scales and classifications. • Workflows: create your own series of formulas, text, links and images • Many different ways to share results (and data): copy to clipboard, email report, print via AirPrint, save to patient database... • Exclusive patient management feature for saving and accessing results, as well as images and notes. Results can be exported to the desktop as CSV files and shared between your and your colleaugues iOS devices. • Detailed information and bibliographic references for each formula. • Support for US and SI units, with easy switching from the keypad. • Search for entries by name, keywords and categories. • Takes advantage of iOS 9 – you can now use Spotlight to search for formulas • Customizable list of favorite equations, synchronized via iCloud. • Ability to add notes to individual formulas. • Full support for external (hardware) keyboards Formulas, scores and classifications include, amongst others: • Anesthesiology (ASA, Bromage, Charlson, Cormack, Dermatome, Goldman) • Cardiology (CC/AHA ASCVD, CHADS, EuroSCORE, GRACE, HAS-BLED, Killip, PROCAM, QT-c, TIMI) • Electrolytes (Corrected Ca, Corrected Na, FENa, Osmolal gap) • Evidence-Based Medicine (NNT, Odds, Sample size, Two-way table) • ICU (ABCD2+3, APACHE, CAM-ICU, GCS, Parkland, SAPS, many PE-criteria and trauma scores) • Neurology (AMTS, Aphasia, Canadian rules, NIHSS, WFNS) • Obstetrics (APGAR, Bishop, Malinas, Pregnancy Wheel) • Pediatrics (Age, Target Height, Centor and McIsaac, PRAM, WETFAG) • Respiratory (BODE, Epworth, GOLD, SMART-COP, Spirometry, Thoracoscore) • Renal (Cockcroft, MDRD and more Creatinine/GFR calculators, KDIGO and RIFLE) • ABG analyzer worth $5 in other apps • Complete infusion management tool, great for ICU nurses • Complicated scores (CAM-ICU, CDAI, APACHE, POSSUM, SAPS, Euroscore) If you like MedCalX, we’d appreciate it if you took the time to give us a nice review.

About

Itaca

Features
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Itaca is an AI-powered medical documentation app for clinicians and care teams who want to spend less time on paperwork and more time with patients. Itaca uses ambient listening to capture the conversation during a consultation in the background. It turns the key details into organized clinical note drafts, visit summaries, patient instructions, prescriptions, and medical documents. Stay focused on the patient instead of the screen. After each visit, review, edit, and finalize your documentation in one place. Use structured note templates, organize patient information, and keep the details of past visits readily available when you need them. Key features: • Ambient listening for clinical consultations • AI-assisted clinical notes and visit summaries • Patient instructions and medical documents • Structured note templates for different types of visits • Patient profiles and longitudinal visit history • Clinical answers with citations and complex topics exploration with Deep Research. • Quick entry for observations and supporting clinical documents • A streamlined workflow for clinicians, physicians, and care teams Itaca supports your clinical documentation workflow—it does not replace professional clinical judgment. Always review and confirm generated content before using it in patient care.

Screenshots

MedCalX4 screens
Itaca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Itaca at none against MedCalX's 3. Itaca also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MedCalX sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Itaca asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MedCalX ships an update every 5 months, Itaca every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
MedCalX versus Itaca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMedCalXItaca
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB8 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperOssus GmbHMnemea LLC

Bugs and requests

MedCalX

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • App crashes when taking patient photos
  • App fails to open or becomes unresponsive
  • Unable to restore previous purchases
  • Doximity unlock feature not working
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  • Spotlight search functionality broken
  • NIH scale interface poorly designed
  • Parameter value limits prevent calculations for severe patients
  • Data migration issues between app versions
  • Preferences not carried over during upgrades

Requested features

17 requests
  • SCORE2 and other modern cardiovascular risk scores
  • TRiP(cast) score
  • Valve disease calculations
  • Pediatric medication dosing calculators
  • Electrolyte and fluid replacement calculations
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  • ICU-specific calculations and AHI calculation
  • GUPTA, AWOL, and CAM traditional scores
  • Dermatology scales and classifications
  • RESP and PRESET scores
  • Psychological assessment scores (depression, alcoholism ratings)
  • Gail model and cancer risk calculations
  • Pediatric weight percentiles by age
  • Custom formula creation
  • Unit conversion tool
  • Personal formula addition feature
  • Forrester classification
  • MMSE and other copyrighted scales

Itaca

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MedCalX

One-time3
  • MedCalc 3 UpgradeFree
  • Doximity RegistrationFree
  • MedCalX Unlock$4.99
None

Itaca

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MedCalX free?
MedCalX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Itaca free?
Itaca is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MedCalX or Itaca have ads?
Neither MedCalX nor Itaca shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MedCalX or Itaca?
MedCalX ships an update every 5 months, and Itaca every 2 weeks. Most recently, MedCalX was updated on October 24, 2026 and Itaca on October 16, 2026.

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