Comparison

MSDマニュアル家庭版 vs Plumb's | Standards

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

Head to head
About

MSDマニュアル家庭版

This medical encyclopedia provides clear, practical explanations of thousands of diseases, symptoms, diagnostic methods, and treatments. It features expert-written, regularly updated health information, including photos, illustrations, and videos to aid understanding. Interactive quizzes and medical news are also available.

Highlights
  • Expert-written medical information
  • Searchable by symptom, disease, or treatment
  • Photos and illustrations
  • Videos for visual understanding
  • Interactive health quizzes
  • Medical news updates
Features
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ダウンロード時の注意事項 ***このアプリケーションのダウンロードは2つのステップで行われます。最初にアプリテンプレートをダウンロードしてから、アプリのコンテンツ全体をダウンロードします。ダウンロード時間は5〜10分かかる場合があります。両方の手順が完了するまで、アプリから移動しないでください。 *** 患者さんやそのご家族、介護者の皆様のために開発された医学事典MSDマニュアル家庭版のモバイルアプリをお届けします。MSDマニュアル家庭版アプリは、内容が一般の方向けにわかりやすい言葉で書かれているほか、最新かつ便利な機能を数多く搭載しています。この家庭版では、数千にわたる病気の症状や医師が行う診断方法、治療内容などについて、明快かつ実用的な解説を提供しています。 MSDマニュアル家庭版アプリでは、以下の信頼できる医学情報をいつでもご利用いただけます: •健康と医学に関する情報が350名を超える医学の専門家により執筆され、定期的に更新されます • 症状名、病名、または治療法で事典を検索でき、医学事典の内容はわかりやすい言葉で書かれています • 様々な病気やけがについての写真やイラストを掲載しています • 病気や治療を目で見て理解できる動画をご覧いただけます • 健康に関する知識を確認するインタラクティブなクイズをご用意しています* • 最先端かつ重要な健康情報を提供する医学ニュースをご覧いただけます* • 第一線で活躍する医療専門家によるコラムをご覧いただけます* *インターネット接続が必要です。 MSDマニュアルについて MSDマニュアルのミッション: 健康に関する情報を得ることは全人類の普遍的な権利であり、すべての人が正確な医学情報にアクセスする権利をもっていると私たちは信じています。最新かつ良質な医学情報をゆがめずに記録し、それらを分かち合うことで、誰もがより詳細な情報にもとづいて意思決定できるようになり、患者さんと医療者の信頼関係が強化され、そして世界中の医療の成果が向上する、これらを実現することが私たちの使命であると考えています。 だからこそ、多言語のMSDマニュアルをデジタル形式で無料公開し、世界中の医療者や患者さんにご利用いただけるようにしています。利用登録は不要です。広告は一切ありません。 NOND-1179303-0001 04/16 詳細は、エンドユーザー向け利用規約をご覧ください: http://www.msd.com/policy/terms-of-use/home.html 当社の個人情報の取り扱いの詳細は、プライバシーに関する規定をご覧ください:https://www.msdprivacy.com 有害事象報告:特定のMSD製品に関する有害事象を報告する場合は、National Service Center(1-800-672-6372)にご連絡ください。 米国外の各国では、それぞれに有害事象報告を行うための定められた手続きが存在する可能性があります。詳細は各国のMSDや保健当局にお問い合わせください。 アプリに関するご質問やサポートのご依頼は、msdmanualsinfo@msd.comまでご連絡ください。

About

Plumb's | Standards

This app provides trusted veterinary clinical decision support, integrating comprehensive drug information and treatment guidance. It offers tools for diagnosis, treatment, and client education, designed for veterinary professionals.

Highlights
  • Veterinary drug and dosing information
  • Drug interaction checker
  • Conversion calculator
  • Diagnosis and treatment monographs
  • Management algorithms
  • Differential diagnosis lists
  • Client education handouts
Features
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Welcome to Standards of Care, the veterinary clinical decision support tool from the team behind Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, with Plumb’s built in. Subscribed to Plumb’s? If you’re subscribed to the veterinary drug reference, Plumb’s, you can access all your prescribing information and tools in this app. Included in Plumb’s: - Comprehensive, continually updated veterinary drug and dosing information - Veterinary drug interaction checker with animal-specific guidance - A conversion calculator for quick math in the app - Notes feature for saving favorite notes and protocols - Convenient favorites feature for making your own quick reference list Visit plumbs.com to learn more. Subscribed to Standards™? If you’re subscribed to Standards of Care™, you can access all your Standards features (including Plumb’s) in this app. Included in Standards: - All the features of Plumb’s (see above) - Practical, peer-reviewed diagnosis and treatment monographs - An extensive library of diagnosis and management algorithms for step-by-step support - Peer-reviewed differential diagnosis lists - Shareable clinical handouts to support client education Visit standards.vet to learn more. DISCLAIMER Standards of Care and Plumb’s are online clinical resources to be used only for information purposes at the discretion of trained veterinary medical and pharmaceutical professionals to support diagnosis and treatment of small animal veterinary conditions. Learn more at standards.vet or plumbs.com. APP SUPPORT If you have feature requests or suggestions or simply need help, please visit help.plumbs.com and click on the chat icon to submit a request. Our responsive support team will be in touch with you. Privacy policy: https://plumbs.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://plumbs.com/terms-use Terms & conditions: https://plumbs.com/terms-conditions

Screenshots

MSDマニュアル家庭版4 screens
Plumb's | Standards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: MSDマニュアル家庭版 at free against Plumb's | Standards's subscription. MSDマニュアル家庭版 also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 57%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Plumb's | Standards's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 1). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MSDマニュアル家庭版 against 4.9 for Plumb's | Standards. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plumb's | Standards has 3.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of MSDマニュアル家庭版's written reviews are positive against 57% of Plumb's | Standards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MSDマニュアル家庭版 ships an update every 6 months, Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MSDマニュアル家庭版 versus Plumb's | Standards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMSDマニュアル家庭版Plumb's | Standards
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (3.3K ratings)
Positive reviews82.7% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings13.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size200 MB62 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMerck Sharp & Dohme LLCBrief Media

Customer experience

MSDマニュアル家庭版

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral7.7%
Negative9.6%

Plumb's | Standards

All ratings3,343 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral11.9%
Negative31.0%

Bugs and requests

MSDマニュアル家庭版

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Plumb's | Standards

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Signing in issues
  • Crashing
  • Login/password reset problems
  • Compatibility issues on iPad

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add calculator function
  • Improve renewal/subscription management

In-app purchases

None

MSDマニュアル家庭版

No in-app purchases

None

Plumb's | Standards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MSDマニュアル家庭版 free?
MSDマニュアル家庭版 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plumb's | Standards free?
Plumb's | Standards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MSDマニュアル家庭版 or Plumb's | Standards?
MSDマニュアル家庭版 is rated higher. MSDマニュアル家庭版 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Plumb's | Standards averages 4.9 from 3.3K ratings.
Do MSDマニュアル家庭版 or Plumb's | Standards have ads?
Neither MSDマニュアル家庭版 nor Plumb's | Standards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MSDマニュアル家庭版 or Plumb's | Standards?
MSDマニュアル家庭版 ships an update every 6 months, and Plumb's | Standards every 3 weeks. Most recently, MSDマニュアル家庭版 was updated on September 21, 2026 and Plumb's | Standards on September 25, 2026.

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