Comparison

eChannelling vs oDoc

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

Head to head
About

eChannelling

Easily connect with doctors and specialists across Sri Lanka. Book appointments, order medicine for home delivery, and access lab tests and health packages conveniently. Get timely updates on your appointment status and emergency services.

Highlights
  • Doctor and specialist booking
  • Online medicine ordering and delivery
  • Lab test booking and home collection
  • Health package access
  • Appointment status tracking
  • Emergency ambulance service
  • Channeling history and re-booking
Features
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The eChannelling app connects you to doctors and consultants from over 150 health institutes in Sri Lanka. It's a simple, convenient, cost-effective, and time-saving method of contacting doctors and specialists. How will the eChannelling Application help you? • Channel Your Doctor Simply enter a doctor's last name, specialization, and/or hospital name into the search box. • Channeling history and re-booking the same doctor You can look over your channeling history to see past appointments. You can also book directly from your history, avoiding the need to search. • Payment options Variety of payment options - Visa / Master / Amex /mCash. • Order Medicine Select your preferred pharmacy, order your prescription medicine online, and have it delivered straight to your home. • Claim Refund Couldn't utilize the service of the professional you channeled? Don't fret, your money will be transferred back to you! • Health Check-ups/Packages You can now avail yourself of a wide range of health packages through echanneling’s partner hospitals. • Lab Tests eChanneling now enables you to get all your laboratory tests done from home and have the reports delivered right to your doorstep! • Emergency Service eChanneling is your trusted partner in case of an emergency! Call an Ambulance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from a preferred hospital. • Appointment Status Track your appointment status and find out the expected arrival time of your doctor or medical consultant. • Mobile Lab Services Book a range of laboratory services from your preferred hospital through eChanneling and have a qualified medical professional visit your home or office.

About

oDoc

Connect with qualified doctors for video and audio consultations from home. Get prescriptions, medicine delivery, and lab test arrangements. Access government doctors for free and a wide range of specialists.

Highlights
  • Video and audio doctor consultations
  • Prescription issuance
  • Medicine delivery
  • Lab test arrangements
  • Access to government doctors
  • 1000+ partner GPs and specialists
  • HIPAA-compliant data security
Features
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oDoc connects you with doctors for video and audio consultations over your phone. Consult a doctor, get your medicines delivered and get your lab tests done while you stay comfortable at home! We are extremely honoured to partner with the Ministry of Health Sri Lanka, GMOA and ICTA to include qualified government doctors on our platform. You can now consult government doctors for free via oDoc from wherever you are. As of January 2020, oDoc, Sri Lanka’s largest telemedicine platform, has over 1000 partner GPs and specialists, including many senior consultants across 60+ specialisations. All doctors on oDoc are Sri Lanka Medical Council registered with 5+ years of experience. They are well equipped to manage oDoc consultations and issue prescriptions. This means you have access to high-quality care without the hassle of traffic, waiting rooms and queues. Doesn't it sound perfect? However, you may wonder how a doctor can correctly diagnose you without seeing you in person? Well, it's very much like any other doctor consultation you’ve had! Understanding your medical history and your symptoms is as important as a physical examination. According to the American Medical Association, 75% of doctor consultations can be diagnosed online, and our doctors are skilled in providing a diagnosis and medical advice online. As a policy, we refund you in the event your doctor determines a physical examination is required. In these cases, the doctor will be paid by us. This means you pay only when you receive care, and doctors are always compensated for their professional services. On oDoc, you own all your data, and your data is stored securely on HIPAA-compliant servers.

Screenshots

eChannelling4 screens
oDoc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: eChannelling at 4.7 against oDoc's 4.1. eChannelling also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (75 vs 14). oDoc's advantage is review sentiment (44% vs 25%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

eChannelling holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eChannelling has 75 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of eChannelling's written reviews are positive against 44% of oDoc's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eChannelling ships an update monthly, oDoc every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
eChannelling versus oDoc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereChannellingoDoc
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (75 ratings) — better4.1 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews44.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings75 — better14
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size117 MB107 MB
Age rating17+17+
DevelopereChannelling PLCiPay (Private) Limited

Customer experience

eChannelling

All ratings75 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

oDoc

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%

In-app purchases

None

eChannelling

No in-app purchases

None

oDoc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eChannelling free?
eChannelling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is oDoc free?
oDoc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, eChannelling or oDoc?
eChannelling is rated higher. eChannelling averages 4.7 out of 5 from 75 ratings, while oDoc averages 4.1 from 14 ratings.
Do eChannelling or oDoc have ads?
Neither eChannelling nor oDoc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, eChannelling or oDoc?
eChannelling ships an update monthly, and oDoc every 5 weeks. Most recently, eChannelling was updated on November 1, 2026 and oDoc on October 24, 2026.

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