Comparison

Dr Diary vs Seckr

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” 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: 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

About

Seckr

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Time is our most precious commodity. With Seckr, we are looking to create time for you by taking dictated notes, and with the help of secure Ai, putting them into organised notes to go straight into your EHR, CRM and database. Our app has been helping free up time across industries for Medical Doctors Dentists Pharmacists Lawyers How it works: Simply choose what sections you want your notes broken down into. Record your dictation into the app Press Send Receive your notes to enter into your system For those joining us through the app, you can subscribe to use Seckr for a monthly fee of Β£22.99 until cancelled. Privacy policy - https://seckr.framer.website/privacy Terms of Service - https://seckr.framer.website/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Dr Diary4 screens
Seckr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dr Diary at none against Seckr's 1. Dr Diary also leads on device support. On price and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Seckr sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $22.99 per month. Dr Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
Dr Diary versus Seckr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDr DiarySeckr
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews21.1% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsβ€”
AdsNoβ€”
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betterβ€”
Requires iOS12.0.012.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size125 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBritish Medical Association (BMA)Pharmplex ltd

In-app purchases

None

Dr Diary

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Seckr

Subscriptions1
  • Seckr Single Monthly7 Days trial$22.991 Month

Questions

Is Dr Diary free?
Dr Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Seckr free?
Seckr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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