Comparison

Dr Diary vs My Intuitive

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

Head to head
About

Dr Diary

This work diary helps UK doctors track job plan activities, understand work patterns, and manage professional development. It allows for detailed activity logging, personalized entries, and report generation to inform negotiations and appraisals.

Highlights
  • Offline activity logging
  • Personalized activity tracking
  • 15 or 30-minute time slots
  • Track multiple employers
  • Copy/paste daily/weekly activities
  • Summary and detailed reports
  • Share reports with employers
Features
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Dr Diary is designed for BMA members who are consultants or SAS (staff, associate specialist and specialty) doctors in the UK, on the latest versions of their contracts. It’s a work diary that enables you to track activities that are part of your job plan, on the go. It’s for doctors who want to understand their working patterns and take control of their professional development. Use the app to accurately reflect the reality of your work. View the reports to see what your workload looks like in terms of sessions or programmed activities (PAs) and how this compares to your job plan. Identify patterns to help plan future work and demonstrate areas for negotiation at your next appraisal or job plan review meeting. Key features include: • Add activities to your diary while offline • Personalise activities to fit the nature of your work, including DCC (Direct Clinical Care), SPA (Supporting Professional Activities), Academic Work and more • Choose to use either 15 or 30-minute time slots • Track your work for more than one employer • Copy a whole day or week of activities to another date • View summary reports on the app • See more detailed reports and share these with your employer at https://doctordiary.bma.org.uk

About

My Intuitive

This app serves as a personalized portal for surgeons, connecting them to a digital ecosystem of products and services. It provides access to case reports, system settings synchronization, practice promotion, and learning resources for surgical systems.

Highlights
  • Access case data and insights
  • Compare procedures to national trends
  • Synchronize ergonomic and energy settings
  • Promote surgical practice to patients
  • Access technology training and videos
Features
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My Intuitive is a personalized portal that connects surgeons to Intuitive’s ecosystem of digital products and services. Whether you are a new or experienced user of the da Vinci surgical system, you can find features and tools to support you on your journey with Intuitive, including: Case Reports Get access to case data and insights from your procedures with the da Vinci surgical system—and compare them to national trends. Cloud Login Synchronize your preferred ergonomic and energy settings to any da Vinci X™ or Xi® systems you work on. Provider Locator Promote your da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery practice to patients through Intuitive’ s patient education website. Intuitive Learning Access our latest technology training, simulation exercises, clinical videos, and technical video library. For app support, please contact customer.service@intusurg.com For feedback or product ideas, please use the “Send feedback” feature within the app

Screenshots

Dr Diary4 screens
My Intuitive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: My Intuitive at 67% against Dr Diary's 21%. Dr Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dr Diary ships an update every 3 months, My Intuitive every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dr Diary versus My Intuitive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDr DiaryMy Intuitive
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (55 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.1% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—55 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB75 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBritish Medical Association (BMA)Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

Customer experience

Dr Diary

Written reviews19 reviews
Positive21.1%
Neutral26.3%
Negative52.6%

My Intuitive

All ratings55 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Dr Diary

No in-app purchases

None

My Intuitive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dr Diary free?
Dr Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Intuitive free?
My Intuitive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dr Diary or My Intuitive have ads?
Neither Dr Diary nor My Intuitive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dr Diary or My Intuitive?
Dr Diary ships an update every 3 months, and My Intuitive every 2 months. Most recently, Dr Diary was updated on October 5, 2026 and My Intuitive on October 10, 2026.

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