DocBuddy vs SurgeonVault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DocBuddy
This app streamlines the management and retrieval of your medical records. It acts as a digital personal assistant, keeping your health information readily accessible.
- Medical record documentation
- Easy access to health information
- Personal health assistant
- Digital record keeping
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DocBuddy is an elegant solution to wasted time documenting and accessing medical records. It's like having a personal assistant at your call and always at your fingertips.
SurgeonVault
This medical app allows surgeons to manage digital images from a surgical system or device. It features annotation tools for educational presentations and a report generator to share images and links with patients or physicians.
- Download digital stills from Synergy system
- Upload stills from device
- Add annotations to images
- Generate reports with links and stills
- Share reports with physicians and patients
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The Synergy Surgeon Application 2.0 from Arthrex enables surgeons to download digital stills from the Arthrex Synergy system or upload stills from a device for presenting and archiving. A user-friendly interface allows annotations to be added to the digital stills enabling an educational presentation to the patient. The application includes a report generator in which website links and selected digital stills can be added and sent to a referring physician or the patient directly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DocBuddy at every 4 weeks against SurgeonVault's every 2 months. DocBuddy also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 4). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DocBuddy holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively.
DocBuddy ships an update every 4 weeks, SurgeonVault every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DocBuddy | SurgeonVault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (12 ratings) — better | 4.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Doc Buddy Inc | Arthrex, Inc. |
Customer experience
DocBuddy
SurgeonVault
In-app purchases
DocBuddy
No in-app purchases
SurgeonVault
No in-app purchases
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