RealTime vs ERT eCOA Handheld
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RealTime
Manage clinical trial data, documents, and patient referrals efficiently. This app integrates CTMS, eDOCS, and eSOURCE functionalities for seamless on-the-go access to study information, regulatory documents, and visit data collection.
- Subject profile and study enrollment management
- Calendar for scheduling and viewing visits
- Digital signatures with fingerprint/face ID
- Access to regulatory and study documents
- On-the-go visit data collection
- Patient referral tracking and alerts
- Contact management for studies
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Our latest version includes all major function of CTMS, eDOCS and eSOURCE. - CTMS features include a complete calendar for scheduling and viewing the users "My Calendar". View full subject profiles, study enrollments, complete visits, view study contacts and much more! Easily display inclusion and exclusion criteria for a particular study while also having the ability to "Refer a Patient". Patient referrals drop directly into your RealTime-CTMS Study Recruitment Roster and site staff are alerted to the new study lead. - eDOCS includes eSignatures utilizing fingerprint or face ID technology. View all regulatory documents for user-assigned studies, access the current versions of the Protocol, ICFs, or any other important study document while on the go. - eSOURCE includes the full suite of eSOURCE services that are available on the desktop version of RealTime-eSOURCE. Collect visit data on your phone or tablet, voice dictate notes or impressions, eSign lab documents with a Part-11 compliant PIN and much more! - Other features include a Contacts Section that allows users to view Personal Contacts, Study Sponsor/CRO Contacts and Research Staff Contacts.
ERT eCOA Handheld
This application facilitates the collection of clinical trial data by patients, caregivers, or site personnel. It provides a digital platform for accurate and efficient data entry during research studies.
- Clinical trial data collection
- Patient data entry
- Caregiver data entry
- Site personnel data entry
- Digital data platform
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The ERT eCOA BYOD App is intended for use by patients, caregivers, or site personnel to collect data relating to a clinical trial
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: RealTime at every 6 weeks against ERT eCOA Handheld's every 58 months. RealTime also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 3). ERT eCOA Handheld's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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.
ERT eCOA Handheld holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RealTime has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RealTime ships an update every 6 weeks, ERT eCOA Handheld every 58 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | RealTime | ERT eCOA Handheld |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 58 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | RealTime Software Solutions | ERT,INC |
Customer experience
RealTime
ERT eCOA Handheld
In-app purchases
RealTime
No in-app purchases
ERT eCOA Handheld
No in-app purchases
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