Dr Diary vs CLEARlog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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. Itβs a work diary that enables you to track activities that are part of your job plan, on the go. Itβs 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: β’ Add activities to your diary while offline β’ Personalise activities to fit the nature of your work, including DCC (Direct Clinical Care), SPA (Supporting Professional Activities), Academic Work and more β’ Choose to use either 15 or 30-minute time slots β’ Track your work for more than one employer β’ Copy a whole day or week of activities to another date β’ View summary reports on the app β’ See more detailed reports and share these with your employer at https://doctordiary.bma.org.uk
CLEARlog
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Supporting your unique needs and driving your practice forward. CLEARlog enables fast and simple data capture across all devices. CLEARlog is a surgeon-designed app that enables you to easily capture cataract and refractive lens exchange data that is important to you and your team. It has a customizable interface you can tailor to your preferences. From initial consultation to post-operative follow-ups, you can use CLEARlog to capture data at every stage of your patientβs treatment journey. Making a clear difference. CLEARlog gives you fast access to the data you need. Through unrivalled objective and subjective data analyses, CLEARlog can be used to inform treatment decisions. If you want to compare which lenses deliver your patients the highest satisfaction outcomes or best visual acuity, CLEARlog can provide that insight in seconds. CLEARlog enables you to: β’ Capture data quickly across all devices β’ Conduct complex analyses easily and generate essential reports with one click β’ Tailor treatment decisions based on your actual outcomes β’ Record and analyse your surgery according to your case-mix and the risk profile of your patients. CLEARlog integrates a peer-reviewed and widely used risk stratification system into the data entry fields β’ Compare key performance indicators against established National benchmarks β’ Register one or more Secondary Users to enter data for a single surgeon or multiple surgeons, and switch between different surgeons without logging out β’ Enter data in either Simple Mode or Advanced Mode. Most data are captured by easy-to-use drop-down lists or 1-click radio buttons β’ Select Simple Mode to show only 2 sections with minimal data entry requirements. Both eyes are displayed on the same screen. Use Simple Mode to enter only the data required to generate Essential Reports β’ Select Advanced Mode to show 5 sections for fast and easy data entry of as little or as much data as the surgeon requires, to enable analysis of the outcomes desired by the surgeon. Use Advanced Mode to enter additional data and generate detailed analyses that combine multiple fields from the pre-operative, surgical and follow-up sections in various combinations β’ Analyse IOL Outcomes Over Time and combine 1 or 2 outcome parameters and up to 3 IOLs in a single graph. Create a graph for a single outcome parameter on the Y axis and the time period on the X axis and display up to 3 IOLs. Or create a graph for two outcome parameters on the double Y axis and the time period on the X axis and display 1 IOL β’ Capture data for different IOL types, specific IOLs, guarded prognosis, co-existing ocular diseases, previous refractive surgery, IOL formulae, use of toric lenses, surgical complications, post-operative complications, objective results, subjective patient outcomes (PROMS) and satisfaction. β’ Generate graphs with a single click. These can be saved and inserted into documents, presentations, websites, digital media, and so on β’ Download all your data as a csv file to save on your local hard drive and use as you wish β’ Use outcome data for patient counselling, insertion into websites and digital media, for informed consent, and many other purposes. From basic to complex analyses, CLEARlog is the tool for all lens implant surgeons. CLEARlog produces reports for local use, regulatory licensing, conference presentations, and for publication in journals. CLEARlog is web-based and does not store any patient identifiable information. Data is protected by highest level of security with asymmetric encryption.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CLEARlog at 10.0 against Dr Diary's 12.0.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Dr Diary | CLEARlog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0.0 | 10.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | British Medical Association | Digital Surgical Solutions Ltd |
In-app purchases
Dr Diary
No in-app purchases
CLEARlog
No in-app purchases









