Loop vs MD Connect Ref Management
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loop
Facilitates patient-centric referrals and communication between care teams. Connect with internal or external healthcare providers to streamline patient care across the continuum. Offers a web version for administrative tasks.
- Patient-centric referrals
- Inter-team communication
- Internal and external network access
- Web administration portal
- Continuum of care support
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Loop is a feature-rich app to be used by care teams to refer and communicate with other teams utilizing a patient-centric approach. Loop can be used within your own health system or have access to other care teams outside of your own - it's up to you! The Loop Team will be providing updates over time as we solve for gaps in the referral process as patients traverse the care continuum. A big problem, but something that we have spent a great deal of time studying! We hope you enjoy the app and appreciate any feedback! There is also a web-version of this application that allows for the administration side of the application. Please contact us for more information.
MD Connect Ref Management
This app facilitates seamless patient referral management and collaboration between primary care physicians and specialists. It aims to enhance referral efficiency, communication, and ultimately improve patient outcomes for healthcare professionals and organizations.
- Streamline patient referrals
- Improve PCP-Specialist collaboration
- Enhance referral efficiency
- Digital referral management
- Improve patient outcomes
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MD Connect Referral Management helps healthcare professionals streamline patient referrals and collaboration between Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) and Specialists. The app is designed for use by medical providers and healthcare organizations to improve referral efficiency, communication, and patient outcomes. Any licensed medical practice can request onboarding to start managing referrals digitally through MD Connect. The app is publicly available for any healthcare provider to sign up. A public sign-up page is included for the app https://refferral-mgt.mdconnect.tech/#/register After Sign-up the super admin review the account and details and approve the PCP. then PCP receives a mail to change the password after completion of change password they can use this app login
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MD Connect Ref Management at 13.0 against Loop's 15.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Loop against 5.0 for MD Connect Ref Management. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loop | MD Connect Ref Management |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Clinical Softworks, LLC | MD CONNECT HEALTH LLC |
Customer experience
Loop
MD Connect Ref Management
In-app purchases
Loop
No in-app purchases
MD Connect Ref Management
No in-app purchases
Questions
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