Comparison

DrDrugs vs Araia

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

Head to head
About

DrDrugs

This medical reference app provides comprehensive drug information, including over 1,400 monographs and 700 dosing calculators. It focuses on safe practice and patient care, offering audio pronunciations and updated content for various patient populations and high-alert medications.

Highlights
  • 1,400+ drug monographs
  • 700+ built-in dosing calculators
  • Audio pronunciations for 1200+ drugs
  • NDC codes for 1300+ monographs
  • BEERS, REMS, and NDC indices
  • Pediatric, geriatric, and OB dosing
  • High Alert Medication identification
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. Davis’s Drug Guide for Physicians, 20th Edition is a trusted drug reference designed for medical students, residents, and practicing physicians. It delivers essential information needed to prescribe and manage medications safely across the lifespan. The guide features well-organized monographs for hundreds of generic drugs and thousands of trade names, emphasizing clinical prescribing, monitoring, administration, and patient management. This comprehensive resource enhances patient safety with high-alert medication markers, life-threatening side effects highlighted in red bold text, REMS icons for high-risk drugs, and detailed guidance on drug interactions. It also includes special considerations for pediatric, geriatric, pregnancy, lactation, and reproductive-age patients. The 20th Edition provides comprehensive prescribing information physicians need to deliver optimal patient care. DrDrugs includes 700+ built-in drug dosing calculation tools, enabling users to review a drug, calculate dosage, and administer medication seamlessly within a single workflow. Comprehensive coverage on 1,400+ drug monographs including more than: - 5,000 trade & generic drugs as well as expanded coverage of herbal products - 150 drug classifications, both therapeutic and pharmacologic (if available) - 500 commonly used combination drugs, including the dosage amount of the active generic ingredient - Most complete life-span drug dosing considerations for adult, pediatric, & geriatric patients Coverage on vulnerable populations including: - New indications & dosing recommendations for top 100 pediatric drugs - Pediatric, geriatric & OB medication administration considerations - A complete immunization schedule - Special techniques for administering medications to children - Oral rehydration solutions - Drugs and breast feeding - List of drugs associated with increased number of falls in the elderly More High Alert Coverage and Patient Safety Information than any other drug guide including: - Special highlights to identify High Alert Medications with high risks for patient injury & information throughout the monograph that explain what the physician can do to ensure patient safety - “Do not confuse with" & "Do not crush, break, or chew" caution statements highlighted to support safe practice - Information on how to prevent administration errors, detect dosing & dispensing errors & detect or prevent adverse drug reactions (ADR)s. - Explanations on how to administer medication safely by all routes–including signs and symptoms for toxicity & overdose, safe handling tips & how to educate patients for safe medication use in the home Plus integrated dosing calculators-700+ built in weight-based drug dosing calculation tools, simply review a drug, calculate the dose & administer all in a single step, without needing to switch to a separate drug dosing program. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Purchase a yearly auto-renewing subscription for full content access and updates. • Yearly auto-renewing subscription: $38.99 Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon purchase confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Users can manage subscriptions and disable auto-renewal anytime through device Settings > iTunes & App Store. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited upon subscription purchase where applicable. If you have any questions or comments, email us any time: customersupport@skyscape.com or call 508-299-3000 Privacy Policy- https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/privacypolicy.aspx Terms & Conditions- https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/licenseagreement.aspx Author(s): Cynthia A. Sanoski Publisher: F. A. Davis Company

About

Araia

This app helps parents track baby's feeds, sleep, and health metrics with ease. It features an AI companion for personalized advice and goal-setting tools for milestones like potty training. Parents can also manage vaccinations, doctor appointments, and create shareable video memories.

Highlights
  • Baby feeding, diaper, sleep, and medicine logging
  • AI companion for personalized parenting advice
  • Vaccination schedule tracking
  • Goal setting for developmental milestones
  • Co-parent and caregiver sharing
  • Doctor appointment management
  • Automated shopping and question lists
Features
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Araia is a baby tracker built for the 3am version of you — one arm holding a baby, the other tapping a screen. Log feeds, nappies, sleep, solids and medicine in a tap, follow vaccination schedules dose by dose, and ask an AI companion that actually knows your baby's history before it answers. TRACK IT IN A TAP • Feeds, diapers, sleep, solids, medicines and symptoms — logged in seconds • Live feed and sleep timers that run right on your lock screen • Log hands-free by asking Siri, or in one tap from a home screen widget • Today's counts, always visible, no digging through screens SMART CUES • Get personalized recommendations of when baby might be hungry or sleepy based on their past data. • Reminders to notify you as soon as its time to feed your baby or put them to sleep ASK ARAIA ANYTHING A warm, calm newborn-care companion that already has the context — your baby's age, growth curve, recent readings and your own notes — so you get a specific answer instead of a search results page. It reads the reports you upload, notices trends before you do, and says plainly when something belongs with a doctor instead. BUILT FOR BOTH PARENTS Invite a co-parent or any caregiver by email. One of you logs a feed, the other sees it instantly. Remove access any time. ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS Set goals like potty training, regulating sleep schedule, sleep training, introducing solids, increasing tummy time, etc. And get personalized plans to achieve these goals effectively. VACCINES, DOSE BY DOSE The full IAP immunisation schedule, laid out for your baby's own birth date — not the US CDC chart most apps default to. See what's due, what's coming up, and what slipped, then mark it done and attach the record from the clinic. GROWTH & HEALTH READINGS Weight, height, head circumference and every lab value on one timeline. Upload a photo or PDF of a prescription, lab report or doctor's note, and Araia reads it — pulling the numbers onto your chart or a prescription into a med schedule. ANALYTICS THAT SPOT THE TREND Feeds, sleep, diapers and solids compared week over week, with the hourly rhythm and day-versus-night split behind each one. Growth charts, vaccine status and your logging streak, all in one tab. JOURNAL, CALENDAR & MILESTONES A month at a glance — what you logged, what's scheduled, what's still ahead — plus CDC and WHO developmental milestones and a few things worth trying at exactly this age. DOCTORS & APPOINTMENTS Find paediatricians nearby, save their details, book visits and get reminded before they're due. LISTS THAT FILL THEMSELVES Shopping, stage-based one-time buys and questions for the doctor, added automatically from your notes, logged symptoms and out-of-range readings — each one linked back to why it's there. MEMORIES & WEEKLY REELS Photos and videos with the date, the age and the story attached. Each week, Araia suggests a short shot list based on what's been going on lately — walk through the prompts and it cuts a share-ready video for you. MAKE SENSE OF THE CRYING Hold your phone up for a few seconds and get a first read on whether it sounds like hunger or discomfort. Correct it when you know better, and it keeps learning your baby's own cries. STRAIGHT WITH YOU • Your baby's record is yours — never sold, never used for ads, never shared with anyone you haven't invited • Data stored in India, and never used to train AI models • Export your metrics, vaccination record and full journal timeline to Excel whenever you want • Free to start — tracking, the journal, vaccines and growth charts aren't behind a paywall Araia is an AI assistant, not a doctor. It's built to help you notice patterns and stay organised — always confirm anything about your baby's health with your paediatrician. Built by parents, for the nights when you need something to just work.

Screenshots

DrDrugs4 screens
Araia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Araia at 5.0 against DrDrugs's 4.5. Araia also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). DrDrugs's advantage is ratings volume (35 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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. DrDrugs sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Araia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Araia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DrDrugs has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DrDrugs ships an update every 4 months, Araia every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
DrDrugs versus Araia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrDrugsAraia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (35 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB42 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSkyscape Medpresso IncRahul Patel

Customer experience

DrDrugs

All ratings35 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral2.9%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Araia

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

In-app purchases

6 purchases

DrDrugs

Subscriptions5
  • Drug Guide-Physicians 1/M Sub$3.991 Month
  • 25% off Limited Period Offer$29.491 Year
  • 20% off Limited Period Offer$31.491 Year
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  • 15% off Limited Period offer$33.491 Year
  • Drug Guide-Physicians 1/Y Sub$38.991 Year
One-time1
  • Drug Guide for Physicians,17Ed$49.99
None

Araia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DrDrugs free?
DrDrugs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Araia free?
Araia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DrDrugs or Araia?
Araia is rated higher. DrDrugs averages 4.5 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Araia averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do DrDrugs or Araia have ads?
DrDrugs shows ads; Araia does not.
Which is updated more often, DrDrugs or Araia?
DrDrugs ships an update every 4 months, and Araia every 6 days. Most recently, DrDrugs was updated on October 26, 2026 and Araia on October 24, 2026.

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