Order Express vs Pyrls
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Order Express
Streamline your workflow with a mobile app for order management, receiving, and inventory. Build and place orders, simplify receiving with improved scanning, and manage inventory with ease. Perform audits efficiently directly from your device.
- Build and place orders on mobile
- Improved tote scanning for receiving
- One-tap product verification
- Painless inventory processing
- Improved CIM audits
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Access Order Express from your own mobile device from anywhere. Check out the latest features of the all-new app! • Build and place orders directly from your mobile device – no need to upload to Order Express web. • Receiving is a breeze with improved tote scanning and one-tap product verification. • Painless Inventory processing – you might even look forward to that time of year! • Improved CIM audits – you’ve CIMply got to see it for yourself! To get started, login with your Order Express ID. Note: Please send any feedback or questions to OEMobile@cardinalhealth.com
Pyrls
This app provides essential drug information for medical professionals, focusing on practical details like indications, pharmacology, and counseling points. It offers quick access to key data, reference tables, and clinical pearls to aid in medication management and patient care.
- Drug naming and indications
- Pharmacology details
- Counseling points
- Safety and monitoring information
- Reference tables and charts
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Pyrls is a drug reference for the most practical information focused on design and simplicity. Pyrls includes the fast information that you need for top drugs: • Naming, indications, and pharmacology • Counseling points and clinical pearls related to place in therapy, safety and monitoring for each medication • Reference tables, figures, charts, and more In-App Purchase Information and Terms of Service Information Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Accounts will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscriptions in your iPhone Account Settings after purchase. Introductory pricing or discounts, if available, will only apply for the initial introductory period of the subscription. For information regarding the acceptable use of this app, see our Terms of Service at https://pyrls.com/terms-of-service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pyrls at 82% against Order Express's 22%. Pyrls also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). Order Express's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ratings volume, 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. Pyrls sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $40.00 per month. Order Express asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pyrls holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 135 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Order Express's written reviews are positive against 82% of Pyrls's.
Order Express ships an update monthly, Pyrls every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Order Express | Pyrls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (75 ratings) | 4.8 (135 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 75 | 135 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #93 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cardinal Health, Inc | Cosmas Health LLC |
Customer experience
Order Express
Pyrls
User reviews
Order Express
From 75 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful with DSCSA requirements
- 👍 Good for ordering
- 👍 Convenient and user friendly
- 👍 Great for auditing, ordering, and receiving
- 👍 Very helpful for searching items
Room to improve
- 🐛 App freezes frequently
- 🐛 Requires frequent reinstallation
- 🐛 Login issues persist
- 🐛 Barcode scanning problems
- 🐛 Slow performance
Pyrls
From 135 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 💡 Excellent resource for drug information
- 📊 Fantastic charts and summaries
- 📚 Helpful for students and practitioners
- 🚀 Quick access to information
Room to improve
- 📉 Incomplete drug database
- 💰 Expensive subscription for some
- ❓ Some users experience issues with free content
Bugs and requests
Order Express
Reported bugs
30 issues- Login screen freezes
- App stays frozen on login screen
- App freezes and requires deletion/reinstallation
- App freezes every morning
- App won't work after update
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- Face ID scans but stays frozen on login
- App loads forever
- Scan drug says drug does not exist
- Items scanned for ordering come up as 'item not found'
- App spins and spins when trying to log in
- Lost orders due to improper download to Express
- App crashes
- App not accurate
- App freezes after signing in
- App hasn't scanned products for over 3 months
- App doesn't work since system upgrade
- App won't do anything after logging in and selecting account
- Scanning bar codes auto-substitutes to other items
- App locks up consistently
- New update won't let user open app
- Inventory failed to upload
- Increased quantities on downloaded orders
- App does not recognize many barcodes
- App is slow and cumbersome
- Default to 'partial' for CIN/NDC input cannot be changed
- Accidentally hitting 'UPLOAD' button
- App freezes up 90% of the time
- Continually won't let user pick which account to use
- Updated version is more difficult to work with
- Uses last scanned count and replaces others instead of keeping them all
Requested features
9 requests- Hire new app developers to fix UI
- Allow searching by typing product name
- Fix Face ID and password saving inconsistency
- Add warning for auto-substitutions
- Allow updating inventory count by scanning
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- Improve sound notification for recognized/unrecognized items
- Revert to older, better app version
- Fix default 'price check' setting
- Allow manual input of CIN/NDC to default to 'full'
Pyrls
Reported bugs
2 issues- Free NAPLEX questions do not open
- App does not open
Requested features
2 requests- iPad mini support
- Fund business outside of user subscriptions
In-app purchases
Order Express
No in-app purchases
Pyrls
- Pyrls Monthly Membership$40.001 Month
- Annual: Student/New Provider$119.991 Year
- Pyrls 6-Month Membership$119.996 Months
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- Annual: Professional$179.991 Year
Questions
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