Medable vs Patient Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
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.
- 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
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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!
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
Medable ships an update every 2 weeks, Patient Cloud monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Medable | Patient Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (16 ratings) — better | 2.6 (113 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 113 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 118 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Medable, Inc. | Medidata Solutions Worldwide |
Customer experience
Medable
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In-app purchases
Medable
No in-app purchases
Patient Cloud
No in-app purchases







