Comparison

5 Minute Infectious Diseases vs CloserMD

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

Head to head
About

5 Minute Infectious Diseases

This medical reference app provides comprehensive information on infectious diseases, symptoms, and treatments. It features a built-in calculator and practice guidelines, with offline access after initial download. An in-app purchase unlocks all content.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive infectious disease coverage
  • Practice guidelines
  • Built-in clinical calculator
  • SmartSearch technology
  • Offline content access
  • Coverage of emerging diseases
Features
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"Try before you buy" - Download the FREE App, which includes sample content. An in-App purchase is required to unlock all content. Based on 2nd print ed. Coverage on Chief complaints. List of diseases & disorders. Built-in calculator. Practice Guidelines. Includes 1-year online access with WebView. Provides comprehensive coverage for clinicians dealing with infectious diseases. This latest update is based on the 2nd edition with additional features, enhanced functionality and ongoing updates. 5 Minute Infectious Diseases Consult, covers two major sections of chief complaints and individual diseases and disorders. Key Features * Comprehensive coverage of infectious diseases, important symptoms, microorganisms, and anti-infective drugs * Coverage of emerging infectious diseases such as H1N1 flu * Increased coverage of tropical diseases * Updated information about management of HIV/AIDS * 1 built-in calculator which assists in making clinical decisions * Include summary information about individual microorganisms as well as numerous elements related to drugs for infectious disorders * Team of international authorities provides actionable information, supported by current research and practice guidelines No internet connection is required to access the content after the initial download. Find information quickly using powerful SmartSearch technology. Search part of term for those hard to spell medical terms. Content licensed from printed ISBN 10: 1609133862 Content licensed from printed ISBN 13: 9781609133863 If you have any questions or comments, email us any time: customersupport@skyscape.com or call 508-299-30000 Privacy Policy-https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/privacypolicy.aspx Terms and Conditions-https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/licenseagreement.aspx Editor(s): Matthew E. Falagas, MD, MSc, DSc and Eleftherios Mylonakis, MD, PhD, FIDSA Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

About

CloserMD

This secure clinical charting app streamlines progress note creation for physicians during rounds. It provides patient context, integrates care team notes, and offers problem-oriented assessment and planning tools. Dictation and EMR integration further enhance efficiency.

Highlights
  • Patient context header
  • Integrated care team notes
  • Problem-oriented assessment & plan
  • Medical dictation
  • EMR integration
  • Face ID/passcode lock
Features
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CloserMD is structured, secure clinical charting built for physicians on rounds — in the hospital, the clinic, and skilled-nursing and post-acute facilities. Open the app, see your patient list, and write a complete progress note in a fraction of the usual time: • Patient context, up front — a Storyboard-style header surfaces allergies, the last visit, and abnormal labs before you start writing. • The care team, folded in — CloserMD reads the recent consult, nurse-practitioner, and therapy notes and surfaces their diagnoses and plan recommendations, grouped by specialty, as one-tap items. • Problem-oriented assessment & plan — carry chronic problems forward, add today's, each with its own plan; evidence-based prompts (deprescribing, antimicrobial stewardship) where they help. • Dictate or type — built-in medical dictation turns speech into structured note text. • Review and sign — you review, edit, and sign every note. CloserMD drafts; the physician decides. Built for the way you actually round: • Connects to your EMR so the finished note lands in the chart. • Face ID / passcode app lock. • Two-step sign-in with emailed one-time codes. Security & privacy: CloserMD is built for HIPAA-regulated clinical use, with data encrypted in transit and at rest. CloserMD is a documentation tool — it does not diagnose or make clinical decisions; the physician reviews and signs every note. Who it's for: Licensed physicians and advanced-practice providers who round — hospitalists, internists, and clinicians across hospital, skilled-nursing, long-term care, and post-acute settings. Membership: CloserMD is a professional subscription, started at closermd.com. The app is free to download; sign in with your CloserMD account to chart. Questions? support@closermd.com

Screenshots

5 Minute Infectious Diseases4 screens
CloserMD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CloserMD at none against 5 Minute Infectious Diseases's 1. CloserMD also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). 5 Minute Infectious Diseases's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price and device support 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. 5 Minute Infectious Diseases sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CloserMD asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CloserMD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 5 Minute Infectious Diseases has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

5 Minute Infectious Diseases ships an update every 5 months, CloserMD every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 2 level
5 Minute Infectious Diseases versus CloserMD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5 Minute Infectious DiseasesCloserMD
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB31 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSkyscape Medpresso IncRushdy Hauter

Customer experience

5 Minute Infectious Diseases

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%

CloserMD

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

5 Minute Infectious Diseases

One-time1
  • 5 Minute Infectious Diseases$99.99
None

CloserMD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 5 Minute Infectious Diseases free?
5 Minute Infectious Diseases is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CloserMD free?
CloserMD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 5 Minute Infectious Diseases or CloserMD?
CloserMD is rated higher. 5 Minute Infectious Diseases averages 4.8 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while CloserMD averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do 5 Minute Infectious Diseases or CloserMD have ads?
5 Minute Infectious Diseases shows ads; CloserMD does not.
Which is updated more often, 5 Minute Infectious Diseases or CloserMD?
5 Minute Infectious Diseases ships an update every 5 months, and CloserMD every 2 weeks. Most recently, 5 Minute Infectious Diseases was updated on October 24, 2026 and CloserMD on September 20, 2026.

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