BMJ Best Practice vs BWT Prescriptions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BMJ Best Practice
Access up-to-date, evidence-based clinical guidance for healthcare professionals. This app offers offline access to diagnostic, treatment, and prevention information, along with patient leaflets, calculators, and procedure videos. It also tracks CME/CPD activities.
- Evidence-based clinical guidance
- Offline access
- Patient leaflets
- Medical calculators
- Guidance videos
- CME/CPD tracking
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Instant access to the latest evidence-based guidance for healthcare professionals. Updated daily, BMJ Best Practice provides healthcare professionals with the latest evidence-based clinical decision support information. It's available offline, which means clinical decision support can be accessed anytime, anywhere. This app can be downloaded by those who have access to the BMJ Best Practice website, and have already set-up a username and password. Don’t have a subscription? Download the app and access a free 7 day trial. The app provides: - Fast access to the latest guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention - 500+ patient leaflets - 250+ medical calculators - Guidance videos on common clinical procedures - Automatic CME/CPD activity tracking Your feedback helps to inform future developments. At BMJ, we have a user-centered product development process, which means that we enhance the product based on what our customers, and our users tell us they need and want. As a result, we have introduced features such as ‘night mode’ and patient leaflets to the app. If you have a question or want to provide feedback, please contact us at support@bmj.com. Thank you!
BWT Prescriptions
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The BWT Prescriptions App from The Pharmacy Centre, a trading name of Medicinechest Ltd, enables you to manage your NHS repeat prescription ordering with your Pharmacy if it is a part of our website network. Look to see if your pharmacy’s website displays the Medicinechest Ltd and The Pharmacy Centre logos. Medicinchest Ltd provides websites for independent pharmacy businesses via its thepharmacycentre.com service representing over 1500 physical branches and about 50 NHS internet pharmacies who are gradually enabling online repeat ordering via their websites and this App. This App syncs with your online repeat prescription ordering account on your pharmacy’s website. Set a reminder on the website and as well as getting an email, you will get a reminder on your phone. Add a medicine in the App and it will also show in your medicine list on your pharmacy’s website. With this App you can safely and securely - Find and sign up with a Pharmacy. - Keep your medicine list up to date; add, delete or edit medicines. - Set reminders to re-order so you order prescriptions in good time and are not late getting your medicines. You will receive these via email and on your phone. - Order your prescriptions or let your pharmacy know you have ordered from your GP already. - Send a note to your Pharmacy along with your prescription order. - Receive status updates on your prescription order from your Pharmacy such as, when it is ready for delivery to your door, collection from your Pharmacy or whether you need to contact your GP. -Check your pharmacy's opening hours and services.
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Verdict
BMJ Best Practice and BWT Prescriptions are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
BMJ Best Practice ships an update monthly, BWT Prescriptions every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BMJ Best Practice | BWT Prescriptions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (207 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 207 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BMJ Group | thepharmacycentre |
Bugs and requests
BMJ Best Practice
Reported bugs
3 issues- App getting stuck on download screen
- Inability to open the app on certain devices
- Automatic logout issues
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save favorites and bookmarks
- Improved support for landscape mode and split-screen
- Author/reference details for content
- Institutional login option
BWT Prescriptions
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BMJ Best Practice
No in-app purchases
BWT Prescriptions
No in-app purchases
Questions
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