Rave eConsent vs SMA CRC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rave eConsent
This application facilitates clinical trial participation by providing patients with interactive tools to understand research details and risks. It captures electronic signatures for informed consent and helps streamline site operations by tracking consents remotely and reducing audit risks.
- Interactive patient education tools
- Electronic signature capture
- Remote consent tracking
- Secure communication and identity verification
- Consent amendment management
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Medidata Patient Cloud Rave eConsent is our innovative, patient-friendly electronic informed consent and patient enrollment system for clinical trials. Potential participants gain full disclosure of the nature of the research and their involvement by viewing interactive tools and animations that better explain the risks and benefits of the trial. The app tracks metrics for adequate comprehension on the part of the participant and captures their voluntary choice to join the study with electronic signatures. Sites can streamline patient visits, track consents remotely, reduce on-site monitoring, and reduce the risk of findings from regulatory audits by using Rave eConsent’s unique technology for secure communications and identity verification. Sponsors benefit from a consistent consent review across all sites ensuring all required signatures are secured, manage consent amendments while reducing site and monitoring costs.
SMA CRC
This application is exclusively for Edwards Life Sciences customers. Access to the operational features requires valid credentials issued by Edwards. It serves as a specialized tool for managing site operations within the Edwards ecosystem.
- Customer-exclusive access
- Requires Edwards credentials
- Site management functionality
- Edwards Life Sciences tool
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For Edwards Life Sciences customer use only. Access to the working application will require credentials provided by Edwards.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rave eConsent at 5.0 against SMA CRC's 4.7. Rave eConsent also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). SMA CRC's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rave eConsent holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 3 respectively.
Rave eConsent ships an update every 2 months, SMA CRC every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rave eConsent | SMA CRC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Medidata Solutions Worldwide | Edwards Lifesciences |
Customer experience
Rave eConsent
SMA CRC
In-app purchases
Rave eConsent
No in-app purchases
SMA CRC
No in-app purchases
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