PAAI vs Plumb's | Standards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PAAI
This app serves as a comprehensive mobile veterinary drug index, offering detailed information on a wide array of animal health products and diseases. It covers various therapeutic classes and provides specifics on product prescriptions and disease management, including causal agents and treatments.
- Veterinary and aqua product index
- Disease information
- Product prescription details
- Therapeutic class coverage
- Causal agent and treatment info
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PAAI (Poultry, Animals and Aqua Index) is the mobile veterinary drug index apps of SQUARE. It is operated by Square InformatiX Ltd. and owned by AgroVet Division, Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Bangladesh. AgroVet Division, animal health unit of Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd., started its operation in the veterinary market of Bangladesh in 1998. AgroVet Division is now a name of trust for its strong brand image and high quality products. Application features: - A wide range of veterinary and aqua products and diseases. - Products covering all major therapeutic classes comprising of antibacterial agents, anthelmintics, NSAIDs, antidiarrheals, vitamins & mineral supplements, digestive stimulants etc. - Product prescribes details. - Disease details with causal agent, clinical signs, PM Lesions, treatment.
Plumb's | Standards
This app provides trusted veterinary clinical decision support, integrating comprehensive drug information and treatment guidance. It offers tools for diagnosis, treatment, and client education, designed for veterinary professionals.
- Veterinary drug and dosing information
- Drug interaction checker
- Conversion calculator
- Diagnosis and treatment monographs
- Management algorithms
- Differential diagnosis lists
- Client education handouts
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Welcome to Standards of Care, the veterinary clinical decision support tool from the team behind Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, with Plumb’s built in. Subscribed to Plumb’s? If you’re subscribed to the veterinary drug reference, Plumb’s, you can access all your prescribing information and tools in this app. Included in Plumb’s: - Comprehensive, continually updated veterinary drug and dosing information - Veterinary drug interaction checker with animal-specific guidance - A conversion calculator for quick math in the app - Notes feature for saving favorite notes and protocols - Convenient favorites feature for making your own quick reference list Visit plumbs.com to learn more. Subscribed to Standards™? If you’re subscribed to Standards of Care™, you can access all your Standards features (including Plumb’s) in this app. Included in Standards: - All the features of Plumb’s (see above) - Practical, peer-reviewed diagnosis and treatment monographs - An extensive library of diagnosis and management algorithms for step-by-step support - Peer-reviewed differential diagnosis lists - Shareable clinical handouts to support client education Visit standards.vet to learn more. DISCLAIMER Standards of Care and Plumb’s are online clinical resources to be used only for information purposes at the discretion of trained veterinary medical and pharmaceutical professionals to support diagnosis and treatment of small animal veterinary conditions. Learn more at standards.vet or plumbs.com. APP SUPPORT If you have feature requests or suggestions or simply need help, please visit help.plumbs.com and click on the chat icon to submit a request. Our responsive support team will be in touch with you. Privacy policy: https://plumbs.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://plumbs.com/terms-use Terms & conditions: https://plumbs.com/terms-conditions
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Verdict
PAAI and Plumb's | Standards both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PAAI's written reviews are positive against 56% of Plumb's | Standards's. PAAI also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription). Plumb's | Standards's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PAAI against 4.9 for Plumb's | Standards. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plumb's | Standards has 3.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of PAAI's written reviews are positive against 56% of Plumb's | Standards's.
PAAI ships an update every 4 months, Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PAAI | Plumb's | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (3.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 55.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Square InformatiX Limited | Brief Media |
Customer experience
PAAI
Plumb's | Standards
Bugs and requests
PAAI
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Plumb's | Standards
Reported bugs
4 issues- Signing in issues
- Crashing
- Login/password reset problems
- Compatibility issues on iPad
Requested features
2 requests- Add calculator function
- Improve renewal/subscription management
In-app purchases
PAAI
No in-app purchases
Plumb's | Standards
No in-app purchases
Questions
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