PubMed Hub vs MedNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PubMed Hub
Access and search a vast database of scientific research articles. Discover new studies, view author information, and access full text or publisher links. Features include article sharing, impact factor information, and PDF downloads.
- Comprehensive scientific article search
- Author and abstract details
- Full-text availability and publisher redirection
- Journal impact factor display
- PDF download and reading
- Article sharing and social media integration
- Total impact factor and citation counts
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PubMed Hub makes biomedical research fast to find, easy to read and simple to keep. Search PubMed in seconds, spot retracted papers before you cite them, and keep your library in sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac. SEARCH IN SECONDS • Search by topic, title, author or PMID, or just say it • Sort by best match or newest • Filter to systematic reviews, clinical trials, free full text or recent years • Your recent searches, one tap away READ WITH CONFIDENCE • Clear, structured abstracts with citation counts • Retracted papers flagged and struck through in your results • Similar articles and Cited by, to follow the evidence • Open the full article, and save the PDF when one is free CITE AND KEEP • Cite in Vancouver, AMA, BibTeX or RIS • Save papers to My Articles and Favorites, synced with your account • PDF Box keeps your PDFs on your device and in sync • Sign in with Apple, Continue with Google, or use your email MORE TO EXPLORE • 500+ open-access medical books, with the license on each • Research News from 44 journal and news feeds • Scientific Jokes for a break between papers BEAUTIFUL ON iPAD • Results and the paper side by side • Full width reading when you want the whole screen • Large, comfortable text throughout PUBMED HUB PRO An optional subscription for more: • No ads on iPhone and iPad • Listen: abstracts, PDFs and books read aloud in your device's voice, and it keeps reading with the screen off • Two more looks: Evidence Desk and Omelette Night Pro is charged to your Apple Account and renews automatically until you cancel in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.omeletteinc.com/pubmedhub-privacy.html
MedNote
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MedNote is a private, offline medication management app designed to help you stay on track with your treatments. Features: • Medication reminders • Multiple reminders per day • Treatment tracking • Adherence statistics • Medication history • Beautiful PDF reports • Widgets • Face ID & PIN protection • Local backup & restore • English & Arabic • Dark & Light mode Everything stays on your device. No accounts. No cloud. No ads. No subscriptions. Free version includes one fully functional medication. Unlock unlimited medications with a single lifetime purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: PubMed Hub at 3 against MedNote's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. PubMed Hub sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year and MedNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PubMed Hub | MedNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (338 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 338 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Omelette, Inc | MANSOOR ALMANSOORI |
Bugs and requests
PubMed Hub
Reported bugs
14 issues- App periodically crashes when tapping on an article
- JSON doesn't download
- Registration bug: password pop-up
- No access to articles/Error messages: JSON could not be serialized
- Search not authorized
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- Cannot save articles
- Swiping is too sensitive
- Slow and buffers for a long time
- Zero access to saved articles and search history after update
- Cannot log in on iPad: screen does not respond
- Cannot figure out the date of publication for any abstract
- Doesn’t even stay open. Crashes often.
- Keeps on crashing
- Cannot access the pdf through the full text links? Nothing happens when I click on them?
Requested features
2 requests- Ability to access PDF full text
- Fix traffic from amazon.com and google.com
MedNote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PubMed Hub
- Remove Ads for One Year$2.991 Year
- 7.99 per Month$2.991 Month
- 16.49 for 3 Months$7.993 Months
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- 6 Months Subscription$12.996 Months
- Yearly$19.991 Year
- PubMed Hub$4.99
MedNote
- Lifetime Unlock$1.99
