Physicians’ CPD vs E
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Physicians’ CPD
Record and reflect on your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities on the go. This app syncs with a web-based system and offers offline capabilities, voice transcription, and easy report generation for physician appraisals.
- Record CPD activities on the go
- Syncs with web-based CPD diary
- Access approved activities list
- Offline capability
- Voice transcribe reflections
- Add attachments and assign to GMP domains
- Generate annual appraisal reports as PDF
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The Physicians’ CPD app enables you to record and reflect on your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at the point of learning in order to prepare for your appraisal. It’s been designed to complement the established web-based CPD diary system which is used by over 17,000 Consultant and SAS grade physicians. Benefits include: - Syncs with the existing web-based CPD diary system. - Access to our list of approved activities (over 5000 events) reviewed by a network of consultant physicians. - Add educational activities whilst ‘on the go’ with online/offline capability. - Voice transcribe your development needs and reflections instantly. - Add attachments as supporting information to your activities (such as a certificate of attendance.) - Add personal development needs and assign activities to Good Medical Practice (GMP) domains. - E-mail yourself your annual appraisal report as a PDF file at the press of a button. If you are already a CPD diary user, simply download the Physicians’ CPD app on your device and use your log-in details. After an initial first time sync to corroborate your data and settings (internet connectivity recommended) you can then begin entering your educational activities. (Please note that all users would need to already be registered with the web-based CPD diary system in order to use the Physicians’ CPD app.)
E
This app enables medical professionals to conduct remote consultations by allowing them to enter patient information and generate digital prescriptions. It features tools for managing drug and diagnosis databases, patient registration, and creating e-prescriptions for easy sharing.
- Patient Registration
- Drug Master
- Diagnosis Master
- e-Prescription Generation
- Remote Consultation Support
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When patients are unable to come to clinic / hospital for in-person consultation, Medical Professionals need an app to help them enter patient information and generate a prescription which can be shared with the patient. The app should be user friendly, comply with requirements and be customizable to the needs of individual doctors. With features like Drug Master, Diagnosis Master, Patient Registration, e-Prescription etc, E-Scribe offers the solution that most doctors need to offer remote consultation to their patients.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Physicians’ CPD at 5.0 against E's 1.0. Physicians’ CPD also leads on review sentiment (42% vs 0%). E's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Physicians’ CPD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of Physicians’ CPD's written reviews are positive against 0% of E's.
| Parameter | Physicians’ CPD | E |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Royal College of Physicians | Chowgule Mediconsult Private Ltd |
Customer experience
Physicians’ CPD
E
In-app purchases
Physicians’ CPD
No in-app purchases
E
No in-app purchases







