Dictate IT Live vs MDU
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dictate IT Live
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The Dictate IT Live app enables highly accurate front-end UK medical speech recognition using your iPhone as a microphone. The app requires: * You to have an account for Dictate IT Live * The companion Windows desktop/laptop application If you work for an NHS Trust you may need to contact your IT team for more details.
MDU
Access expert medico-legal advice for medical professionals. Find guidance on patient confidentiality, prescribing, complaints, and more through articles, case studies, and quick guides. Tailor your feed and access membership details offline.
- Expert medico-legal advice
- Quick guides and case studies
- Searchable articles
- Tailorable news feed
- Offline reading
- Membership card access
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As a medical professional, you can access expert advice from the Medical Defence Union (MDU). Read the latest medico-legal advice on patient confidentiality, consent, prescribing, police investigations, inquests, how to respond to patient complaints, and much more. Search our extensive range of quick guides, case studies, frequently asked questions and articles from our popular MDU Journal. You can tailor your news feed to show topics you’re interested in, read offline, get help with your membership, view your membership card and get proof of membership. Download the MDU app now for top medico-legal advice wherever you go.
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Verdict
Dictate IT Live and MDU are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Dictate IT Live ships an update every 2 months, MDU every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dictate IT Live | MDU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 12.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DictateIT | The Medical Defence Union |
In-app purchases
Dictate IT Live
No in-app purchases
MDU
No in-app purchases
