Comparison

Medable vs Patient Cloud

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

Head to head
About

Medable

This app connects participants to clinical trials, providing a comprehensive eCOA solution. It facilitates digital data collection, ePRO, eDiaries, visit scheduling, and televisits. Users receive notifications and access trial resources, with potential integrations for sensors and wearables.

Highlights
  • Digital data collection
  • Electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO)
  • eDiaries and questionnaires
  • Visit and activity scheduling
  • Televisit capabilities
  • Notifications and reminders
  • Trial resources access
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Medable is on a mission to enable effective therapies to people faster. The Medable app connects people to their sponsors’ clinical trials, offering a complete eCOA solution that includes: - Digital data collection - Electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) - eDiaries and questionnaires - Schedule of your visits and activities - Televisit - Notifications and reminders - Trial resources - Integrations with select sensors, wearables, and more.

About

Patient Cloud

This app streamlines patient engagement and data collection for clinical trials. It allows patients to easily participate in studies by answering questionnaires on their mobile devices, while healthcare professionals and researchers can manage invitations and access real-time data.

Highlights
  • ePRO, ClinRO, and site mode functionality
  • Patient engagement and data management
  • Clinical trial participation via mobile
  • Questionnaire completion from home
  • Patient invitation and health data collection
  • Integration with Medidata Rave
Features
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Medidata Patient Cloud eCOA provides a single app for ePRO, ClinROs and site mode functionality to better integrate workflows. It changes the information flow and management of patient engagement for patients, clinical researchers, and healthcare professionals. A single app for all users enables clinicians and investigators to assist patients with accessing PRO instruments where appropriate. Patients: Download Patient Cloud eCOA app for free, receive an invitation from your doctor and you can participate in a clinical trial — it's that easy! Patient Cloud eCOA lets you answer clinical trial questionnaires from the comfort of your own home, or wherever is convenient for you. Healthcare professionals: Patient Cloud eCOA allows you to invite patients to your studies and have them provide health data using their mobile devices. Patient Cloud eCOA simplifies the patient reported component of your clinical trials. Clinical Researchers: Patient Cloud eCOA is part of the Medidata platform, including Medidata Rave®. It frees you from reliance on proprietary devices and reduces study setup time and effort. By leveraging Rave, you can build your own questionnaires and easily make them available for patients. Entered data is accessible to you and your partners immediately. As part of the Medidata platform, the full functionality of the platform is at your fingertips. Contact Medidata Solutions today to get started right away!

Screenshots

Medable4 screens
Patient Cloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Medable at 50% against Patient Cloud's 7%. Medable also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Patient Cloud's advantage is ratings volume (113 vs 16) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Medable holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patient Cloud has 113 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Medable's written reviews are positive against 7% of Patient Cloud's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Medable ships an update every 2 weeks, Patient Cloud monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Medable versus Patient Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMedablePatient Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (16 ratings) — better2.6 (113 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better6.7% of reviews
Number of ratings16113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMedable, Inc.Medidata Solutions Worldwide

Customer experience

Medable

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Patient Cloud

All ratings113 ratings
Positive36.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative59.3%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive6.7%
Neutral11.7%
Negative81.7%

In-app purchases

None

Medable

No in-app purchases

None

Patient Cloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Medable free?
Medable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patient Cloud free?
Patient Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Medable or Patient Cloud?
Medable is rated higher. Medable averages 4.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Patient Cloud averages 2.6 from 113 ratings.
Do Medable or Patient Cloud have ads?
Neither Medable nor Patient Cloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Medable or Patient Cloud?
Medable ships an update every 2 weeks, and Patient Cloud monthly. Most recently, Medable was updated on September 8, 2026 and Patient Cloud on September 23, 2026.

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