Comparison

EMDEX Reference vs Doctor at Home

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

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About

EMDEX Reference

This app provides comprehensive drug and therapeutic information for Nigeria, including essential medicines, treatment guidelines, and drug product details. It features an interaction checker, diagnosis and management of prevalent diseases, and a natural health products compendium. Designed for healthcare professionals, it offers enhanced search and detailed drug information.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive drug product database
  • Essential Medicines List
  • Standard Treatment Guideline recommendations
  • Interaction checker
  • Natural health products compendium
  • Diagnosis and management of prevalent diseases
  • Rapid drug news and safety alerts
Features
Read full description

EMDEX (Essential Medicines Index) is Nigeria’s trusted source for drug and therapeutic information published since 1991. Based on both the WHO Model Formulary and Nigeria’s Essential Medicines Lists, EMDEX is unique to Nigeria as it also details over 15000 drug products approved for use in the country. EMDEX App has several unique functionalities, practice resources & tools including: 1. Nigeria's most comprehensive & regularly updated Drug Product Database 2. Nigeria's Essential Medicines List (EML & EMLc) 3. NSTG (Nigeria's Standard Treatment Guideline) Recommendations under the drug details 4. Dental Formulary 5. Therapeutic Notes 6. Compendium of Natural Health Products 7. Diagnosis & Management of Prevalent Diseases in the country 8. Interaction Checker 9. RapidRx – Keep up-to-date with latest drug news, safety alerts & recalls. 10. Indication Index, etc. EMDEX is for healthcare professionals only. Other key features: - Enhanced Search Functionality (Search by Brand, Generic or Indication). - Easy to navigate by Generics, Therapeutic Classes, Indications. - Drugs details featuring Adult & Child Dosages, Renal Dose, Administration, Pharmacovigilance, Advice to Patients, Nursing Action, Drug Use in Pregnancy & Lactation, Drug product descriptions & Pack sizes, etc. - Favourite Drugs (Build your Formulary by Bookmarking your favourite drugs) - Feedback (You can directly post your valuable suggestions, advice & comments) Disclaimers EMDEX Mobile Drug Reference & Therapeutic Notes is to be used only as a reference aid and educational purpose and is not intended for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. It is neither intended to be a substitute for the exercise of professional judgment and should not be relied upon solely for final treatment decisions. The clinical information contained in the App is intended as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, the knowledge, expertise, skill, and judgment of physicians, pharmacists, nurses, or other healthcare professionals involved in patient care. We used reliable & authentic data sources and company literatures. Although great effort has been made in compiling and checking the information contained in this app to ensure that it is accurate, the publisher, the authors, editors and their servants or agents shall not be responsible or in any way liable for the continued currency of the information or for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in this app whether arising from negligence or otherwise howsoever, or for any consequences arising there from. A LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INDEPENDENTLY REACHING ANY MEDICAL JUDGMENT, AND FOR ANY RESULTING DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENTS, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY USE OF THE CONTENT BY SUCH MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. BY USE OF THIS APP YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE INFORMATION ON THIS APP MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES AND OTHER ERRORS. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Doctor at Home

This app provides comprehensive information on various diseases, including their causes, symptoms, and medical treatments. It serves as a digital medical reference for users to understand clinical conditions and potential remedies. Users can bookmark diseases for easy access and search for specific conditions.

Highlights
  • Detailed disease information
  • Symptom identification
  • Multiple treatment suggestions
  • Bookmark favorite diseases
  • Search functionality
  • Covers numerous clinical conditions
Features
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Doctor At Home is a latest medical application which features the most amazing work on diseases, symptoms and their medical treatment. The application serves as a basic knowledge book or doctor at home for users to know full details about all the diseases, how they occur and their respective treatment. In short, Doctor at home is your one stop to get knowledge about all the clinical diseases. Here are the features of this medical disease and treatment app: 1 – Gives full details about the particular disease 2 – Give full details about the disease causes 3 – Application reveals the several symptoms of each disease 4 – Gives multiple treatments of diseases and various medical suggestions 5 – You can Bookmark a particular disease to save as favorite to avoid searching everyday 6 – Option to search a disease is also given in the app Doctor at Home medical app covers the symptoms and medical treatment of following number of diseases: - Red Eye (Eye Redness) - Pigmentation on Skin - Allergies - Asthma - Back Pain/Backbone - Bruise - Hair Loss (Baldness) - Heartburn - Hiccup - High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) - Insomnia - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Intestinal Parasites (Worms) - Jaundice - Jet Lag - Kidney Stones - Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) - Depression - Chickenpox - Cholera - Malaria - Measles - Motion Sickness - Mouth Ulcer - Nausea And Vomiting - Nosebleed - Peptic Ulcer - Piles/Hemorrhoids - Prickly Heat - Sinusitis - Snoring - Sore Throat - Stress - Sunburn - Tinnitus - Urinary Tract Infections - Varicose Veins - Toothache or Tooth Pain - Bad Breath or Halitosis - Body Odor - Diarrhea - Leukemia - Diabetes - Sprain - Tonsillitis - Dark Circles - Migraine or Headache - Tension Headache - Headache - Fever - Dandruff - Child Runny Nose - Common Cold - Cough - Skin Abscess - Acid Reflux - Acne - Athletes Foot - Anemia - Anorexia Nervosa - Angina (Chest Pain) - Arthritis - Bedwetting - Blackeye - Blisters - Boils - Bronchitis - Burns - Chapped Lips - Cold Sores - Ulcerative Colitis - Pink Eye - Constipation - Corns & Calluses - Diaper Rash - Dry Skin - Dysentery - Earache - Earwax - Eczema - Fatigue or Weakness - Flu - Gastritis - Gingivitis - And many more Doctor at home is your medical dictionary to find out the details, symptoms, and treatments of numerous diseases. Disclaimer – Doctor at Home is a medical app developed only to educate the users. Therefore, before considering any treatment, do not forget to consult a professional.

Screenshots

EMDEX Reference4 screens
Doctor at Home4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Doctor at Home at 100% against EMDEX Reference's 50%. Doctor at Home also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). EMDEX Reference's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. EMDEX Reference sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Doctor at Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EMDEX Reference holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of EMDEX Reference's written reviews are positive against 100% of Doctor at Home's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
EMDEX Reference versus Doctor at Home: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEMDEX ReferenceDoctor at Home
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better4.4 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings310 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB53 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperEMDEX LimitedMudassar Ahmed

Customer experience

EMDEX Reference

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Doctor at Home

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

EMDEX Reference

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Plan$0.997 Days
  • Querterly Plan$6.993 Months
  • Yearly Plan$24.991 Year
None

Doctor at Home

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EMDEX Reference free?
EMDEX Reference is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Doctor at Home free?
Doctor at Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EMDEX Reference or Doctor at Home?
EMDEX Reference is rated higher. EMDEX Reference averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Doctor at Home averages 4.4 from 10 ratings.
Do EMDEX Reference or Doctor at Home have ads?
EMDEX Reference shows ads; Doctor at Home does not.

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