Order Express vs Micromedex
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
Micromedex
Access evidence-based clinical insights at the point of care with this comprehensive medical reference app. It provides daily updated drug information, pediatric and neonatal references, IV compatibility, and drug interaction checks, along with clinical calculators.
- Drug Reference Summary
- NeoFax and Pediatric Reference
- IV Compatibility
- Drug Interactions
- Clinical Calculators
- Automated Content Updates
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The Micromedex suite is a current, reliable, and robust solution to support informed clinical decisions with fast access to the latest evidence-based insights at the point of care. The impartial clinical content is updated daily and vetted through an accredited review process. The Micromedex app provides Drug Reference summary, NeoFax and Pediatric reference, IV Compatibility, and Drug Interactions information along with a set of clinical calculators and access to the Micromedex Assistant. What you will experience: – Unified Access: Access to all essential drug information from a single, comprehensive app – Ease of Navigation: User-friendly interface for easy access to information – Ease of Maintenance: Experience automated content updates so you can stay focused on your workflow App Activation Instructions: To successfully activate, your device needs to remain online. For quick and efficient downloading, remain within your facility Wi-Fi network. 1. Download the “Micromedex” app. The app will download to your app library or directly to your device. 2. Open the app, an activation code and an activation link will display on your device. a. Follow the link from your app. Enter your Micromedex login credentials, if required. OR b. Enter www.micromedexsolutions.com/activate in your desktop browser c. In your Micromedex desktop application, navigate to the Mobile Application Access tab and open the Mobile app access instructions and follow the provided link to the activation page. 3. Enter the provided activation code and tap “Activate Device” to begin using the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Micromedex at 3.4 against Order Express's 2.1. Order Express's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
Micromedex holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Order Express's written reviews are positive against 24% of Micromedex's.
Order Express ships an update monthly, Micromedex every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Order Express | Micromedex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (76 ratings) | 3.4 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 23.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cardinal Health, Inc | Merative |
Customer experience
Order Express
Micromedex
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'
Micromedex
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Order Express
No in-app purchases
Micromedex
No in-app purchases
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