The BMJ vs MedAll
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The BMJ
Access a leading general medical journal for researchers, clinicians, and policymakers. Stay updated with practice-changing research, expert columns, and embedded video content. Enjoy offline access to downloaded issues and earn CME points.
- Read leading medical research
- Apply practice-changing takeaways
- Access trusted, data-supported news
- Offline access to downloaded issues
- Earn CME points
- Read ahead of print
- Embedded video content
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Online, The BMJ is one of the world’s leading general medical journals for researchers, educators, clinicians and policy-makers. The BMJ is the house journal of British medicine, owned by Britain’s doctors. The BMJ app lets you - read what the world's leading doctors read - apply practice-changing takeaways - trust news supported by data - advance your career - read columnists who get what it means to do your job - search downloaded issues - read ahead of print The BMJ app brings you the latest weekly issue including: - Offline access: handy for planes, trains and automobiles, or wherever there’s no wi-fi - Selected news articles and columnists - Education articles, CME points - Research articles and reviews - Search through downloaded issues - Video content embedded - FREE TO BMA MEMBERS AND PERSONAL SUBSCRIBERS Use your BMA membership credentials, or personal subscriber details to log in Not a BMA member or personal subscriber? Then subscribe to The BMJ for £10.49 a month, where the first month is free. You’ll get instant access to every issue published since January 2017! Purchasing a subscription to The BMJ app at a cost of £10.49 a month will give you access to all the app editions of The BMJ. A monthly purchase will be applied to your iTunes account at the end of the first month trial. Subscriptions will automatically renew at a cost of £10.49 a month unless cancelled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime or turn off auto-renew with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. For more information, see our terms and conditions https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj-website-terms-and-conditions-0 and privacy policy https://www.bmj.com/company/your-privacy/. If you experience any problems, please email customer support on support@bmj.com
MedAll
This app provides healthcare professionals with accessible resources, including live courses, on-demand training, clinical calculators, and guidelines. It features exam revision question banks for various medical exams and a community forum for peer-to-peer support and discussions.
- Live training courses and CPD/CME sessions
- On-demand training from world-leading organizations
- Clinical calculators and departmental guidelines
- Exam revision question banks
- Peer-to-peer support via Q&A and discussion threads
- Daily teaching sessions
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MedAll makes healthcare resources more accessible for every healthcare professional. Access live courses, conferences and on-demand training from world-leading organizations. Access clinical calculators, departmental and national guidelines and resources: all in one place. Our free exam revision question banks cover USMLE, Board Exams, MRCP, MRCGP, MSRA, MRCEM and more. MedAll is a vibrant community of healthcare experts, offering peer-to-peer support through interactive Q&A and specialty discussion threads. Features: - Live training courses and accredited CPD/CME sessions. - Build an app for your department guidelines, induction and resources. - Daily teaching sessions. - Peer-to-peer support via Q&A and discussion threads. - Clinical calculators. - Exam revision question banks. Join our growing community of healthcare professionals to transform how you learn, collaborate and excel in medicine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MedAll at 100% against The BMJ's 57%. MedAll also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). The BMJ's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. The BMJ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $11.49 per month. MedAll asks for nothing beyond the download.
MedAll holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The BMJ has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of The BMJ's written reviews are positive against 100% of MedAll's.
The BMJ ships an update every 6 months, MedAll every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The BMJ | MedAll |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 241 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BMJ Group | Medicinall Ltd |
Customer experience
The BMJ
MedAll
Bugs and requests
The BMJ
Reported bugs
38 issues- App won’t open on iPhone
- App always asks to restore purchase
- Account does not exist
- Often doesn’t allow access to most recent edition
- Poor updating of editions
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- Does not come up quickly
- Poor access
- Often doesn’t work
- Not up to date
- Can’t link to previous articles
- Links open in app instead of browser
- Can’t get back to menu
- No way back to contents page
- Only way out is to force quit
- Freezes after one article
- No obvious back button
- Can’t access app despite paying
- Links open in app instead of browser
- No browser functionality
- Rotation bug
- Requires quitting app every time
- Not working with BMA sign in
- New BMJs do not download
- Journals not added promptly
- Slow to update issues
- Never seems to update well
- Not working at all since updated
- User unfriendly now
- Unable to download new issue
- Get into older ones
- Downloading system hit and miss
- Syncing issues
- No longer receiving new issues
- Screen goes white repeatedly
- Loses place
- Resets to top of article
- Incompatible with Safari
- No direct way of opening articles in any browser
Requested features
10 requests- Copy figures and tables to more apps directly
- Copy figures and tables to more apps directly eg Twitter lectures etc
- Would be nice to be able to export text/tables/flow charts with a click
- Would like a bit less subscription payment
- Please see title! (Dark mode)
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- Please fix rotation bug
- Could integrate with BMJ learning
- Get with the times
- If developers could fix this it would certainly be a 5 star app
- If they add a direct share button I'll give it 5 ✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️
MedAll
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The BMJ
- The BMJ (1 month)1 Month trial$11.491 Month
MedAll
No in-app purchases
