Comparison

PatienTrials vs PharmaTrail

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

Head to head
About

PatienTrials

This platform facilitates virtual clinical trials for pharmaceutical companies and clinicians, enhancing efficiency and patient adherence. It leverages instant messaging, HealthKit, AI, and bots to capture high-quality patient data and monitor for adverse events, reducing study risk and development costs.

Highlights
  • Virtual clinical trial management
  • HIPAA & GDPR compliant platform
  • Patient adherence improvement
  • AI-powered adverse event monitoring
  • High-quality patient-generated data
  • Instant messaging integration
Features
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PatienTrials helps pharma companies and clinicians run global clinical trials virtually, more efficiently in a closed community setting over HIPAA & GDPR compliant collaboration platform. PatienTrials aims to improve patient adherence by empowering participants with information on the progress of treatment at their fingertips in a community setting, that promotes self-care. PatienTrials captures high-quality patient generated data through solutions based on instant messaging, HealthKit, AI and bots, is poised to make a positive impact on drug development. Monitored by proprietary AI agent for adverse events, PatienTrials reduces study risk and lowers development costs. Founded in 2016, PatienTrials is the first company to bring clinical trials on to a HIPAA & GDPR compliant instant messaging platform.

About

PharmaTrail

Features
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This app supports patients participating in clinical trials to inform themselves about the study itself, store documents, and submit data. Study sites can directly interact with patients, and they will be informed when new information about the trial is available or other tasks are ready to be done by the patient. This gives the patient a good overview along their participation during the study. Relevant study documents are stored in the app so patients can check them whenever they need. With built in eSigning capabilities this app can also be used to give consent electronically by signing consent forms directly in the app.

Screenshots

PatienTrials4 screens
PharmaTrail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PharmaTrail at 14.0 against PatienTrials's 16.4. 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

PatienTrials ships an update every 5 weeks, PharmaTrail every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
PatienTrials versus PharmaTrail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatienTrialsPharmaTrail
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.414.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB76 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPatienTrials IncPharmaTrail AG

In-app purchases

None

PatienTrials

No in-app purchases

None

PharmaTrail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PatienTrials free?
PatienTrials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PharmaTrail free?
PharmaTrail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PatienTrials or PharmaTrail have ads?
Neither PatienTrials nor PharmaTrail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PatienTrials or PharmaTrail?
PatienTrials ships an update every 5 weeks, and PharmaTrail every 2 months. Most recently, PatienTrials was updated on November 2, 2026 and PharmaTrail on October 27, 2026.

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