HCP Studies vs RealTime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HCP Studies
This platform allows patients to actively participate in their health journey through clinical studies, surveys, and health programs. It offers a convenient way for healthcare providers to support their patients' engagement with their medical conditions.
- Patient engagement in clinical studies
- Healthcare experience surveys
- Health programs participation
- Support for healthcare providers
- Patient-centered solutions
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HCP Studies™ is a mobile platform that enables patients to engage in their medical conditions via clinical studies, healthcare experience surveys and health programs. Altura has utilized its 18+ years of experience working with patients, health systems and healthcare professionals (HCPs) to provide HCP Studies™ for patient-centered solutions anytime, anywhere. HCPs can support their patients in a quick and simple way.
RealTime
Manage clinical trial data, documents, and patient referrals efficiently. This app integrates CTMS, eDOCS, and eSOURCE functionalities for seamless on-the-go access to study information, regulatory documents, and visit data collection.
- Subject profile and study enrollment management
- Calendar for scheduling and viewing visits
- Digital signatures with fingerprint/face ID
- Access to regulatory and study documents
- On-the-go visit data collection
- Patient referral tracking and alerts
- Contact management for studies
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Our latest version includes all major function of CTMS, eDOCS and eSOURCE. - CTMS features include a complete calendar for scheduling and viewing the users "My Calendar". View full subject profiles, study enrollments, complete visits, view study contacts and much more! Easily display inclusion and exclusion criteria for a particular study while also having the ability to "Refer a Patient". Patient referrals drop directly into your RealTime-CTMS Study Recruitment Roster and site staff are alerted to the new study lead. - eDOCS includes eSignatures utilizing fingerprint or face ID technology. View all regulatory documents for user-assigned studies, access the current versions of the Protocol, ICFs, or any other important study document while on the go. - eSOURCE includes the full suite of eSOURCE services that are available on the desktop version of RealTime-eSOURCE. Collect visit data on your phone or tablet, voice dictate notes or impressions, eSign lab documents with a Part-11 compliant PIN and much more! - Other features include a Contacts Section that allows users to view Personal Contacts, Study Sponsor/CRO Contacts and Research Staff Contacts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HCP Studies at 5.0 against RealTime's 4.5. RealTime's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HCP Studies holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RealTime has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
HCP Studies ships an update every 2 months, RealTime every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HCP Studies | RealTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.5 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Altura | RealTime Software Solutions |
Customer experience
HCP Studies
RealTime
In-app purchases
HCP Studies
No in-app purchases
RealTime
No in-app purchases
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