Dr Diary vs GasBook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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. 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
GasBook
This app helps anaesthetic and ICM trainees log their training data for RCOA reports. It simplifies tracking TIVA and THRIVE usage with graphical summaries and detailed reports. Data can be backed up to iCloud and exported in Excel or PDF formats.
- RCOA training report data gathering
- TIVA and THRIVE usage logging
- Graphical specialty breakdown
- Customizable quick entry options
- Detailed report filtering
- iCloud automatic backup
- Excel and PDF export
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GasBook is a native iOS logbook app for anaesthesia designed and written by an Anaesthetic Trainee. It’s specifically designed to gather data required for RCOA training reports and perfect for Anaesthetic Trainees and SAS Doctors. In addition to the LLP required information, it makes it easier to log and review use of TIVA and THRIVE. Key Features: * Graphical summaries for specialty breakdown * See your breakdown of TIVA v Volatile at a glance * Custom quick picker to speed up adding multiple regional techniques and procedures * Quick Add button to speed up adding multiple cases * Toggle for ICM Placements to streamline ICM data entry * Detailed Reports based on: * Specialty * Anaesthetic Mode & Airway * Level of Supervision * Teaching * Procedures * Regional Techniques * Priority * Time of Day * ICM activities * Specialty reports such as Neuro, Paeds, Cardiothoracics, Pain * Filter summaries and reports by preset filters, custom dates, and placements * Automatically backup data to your iCloud account for secure storage * Export and Import backups in excel format * Import excel files from LLP, Anaesthetics.app and Medberry logbooks * Export PDF Summary just like the LLP one * Fully Native Dark Mode Premium Features: * Choose a custom App Icon * Add custom procedure and regional techniques * Use custom operation names NB: The pain logging is based on the LLP logbook, rather than Faculty of Pain Medicine for ease of use for most anaesthetic trainees. Those wishing to specialise in Pain Medicine should check to ensure the Faculty of Pain Medicine's logbook isn't a compulsory requirement. Please remember to export backups of your logbook regularly. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dr Diary at none against GasBook's 3. Dr Diary also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0.0 vs 26.0). GasBook's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 21%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price and ads 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. GasBook sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per year. Dr Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dr Diary ships an update every 3 months, GasBook monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dr Diary | GasBook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | British Medical Association (BMA) | Nicholas Clinch |
Customer experience
Dr Diary
GasBook
In-app purchases
Dr Diary
No in-app purchases
GasBook
- Annual Subscription$5.991 Year
- Buy Me A Coffee$6.99
- Coffee For The Team$9.99






