BMJ Best Practice vs Medwise AI
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!
Medwise AI
This platform offers a next-generation search engine for healthcare education, providing reliable answers to clinical inquiries. It serves as an informational tool for medical professionals, emphasizing the importance of clinical judgment in diagnosis and treatment.
- AI-powered search
- Healthcare education resource
- Clinical question answering
- Trusted medical information
- Professional clinical judgment support
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Medwise AI is a next-generation search platform for healthcare education, providing trusted answers to your clinical questions. Disclaimer: This app results are provided for educational and informational purposes and do not replace the need to apply professional clinical judgement when diagnosing or treating any medical condition. A licensed medical practitioner should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
BMJ Best Practice and Medwise AI both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of BMJ Best Practice's written reviews are positive against 50% of Medwise AI's. BMJ Best Practice also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (207 vs 13). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Medwise AI sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $69.99 per month. BMJ Best Practice asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for BMJ Best Practice against 4.8 for Medwise AI. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BMJ Best Practice has 207 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of BMJ Best Practice's written reviews are positive against 50% of Medwise AI's.
BMJ Best Practice ships an update monthly, Medwise AI every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BMJ Best Practice | Medwise AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (207 ratings) | 4.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 207 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BMJ Group | Medwise AI |
Customer experience
BMJ Best Practice
Medwise AI
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
Medwise AI
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BMJ Best Practice
No in-app purchases
Medwise AI
- Medwise AI subscription$69.991 Month
