Comparison

DocComs vs Cortex Designer

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

Head to head
About

DocComs

A secure and compliant communication platform for healthcare professionals. Facilitates efficient team messaging, patient-centric chat, and digital task management, replacing less secure methods like WhatsApp for clinical discussions and data sharing.

Highlights
  • Patient-centric chat
  • Organizational directory
  • Digital handovers
  • Clinical task management
  • Secure patient media sharing
  • EPR integration (contact for details)
Features
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Say goodbye to WhatsApp for patient communications in healthcare. DocComs is a free app built from the ground-up by clinicians, for clinicians, to enable all medical professionals to communicate efficiently with complete peace of mind. DocComs is fully compliant with UK Information Governance, NHS Digital, NHS Patient Data Sharing Standards and is UK Cyber Essentials certified. With simple and intuitive design, onboard your team or entire organisation seamlessly to search anyone by their role and instantly message them with patient-centric chat. Keep up to date with all your patients through real-time lists and become a ‘bleep-free’ hospital with digital handovers and smart clinical task management. Breaking down barriers to communications, securely discuss cases and share patient media with colleagues across the world, whilst separating your clinical and personal digital lives. Why DocComs?: - No more data silos through clinical messaging on WhatsApp. DocComs can integrate with your organisations’ EPR – contact us at info@doccoms.co.uk to learn more. - Create a complete organisational directory with awareness of staff roles and without sharing personal contact details. - ‘Do Not Disturb’ when off-shift to finally have a work-life balance (Coming Soon) - Avoid patient sensitive data from backing up to your personal device and Cloud. - A complete clinical workflow tool underpinned by familiar chat, for everything from patient discussions and lists, to delegation and tracking of clinical tasks. "DocComs me." The simple, secure and fast way to elevate patient care.

About

Cortex Designer

Features
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Cortex Designer allows Cortex users to build powerful forms for use in the Cortex application. - Drag & Drop components - Configurable labels, data keys and much more - Complex conditionals to show/hide components With Cortex Designer you can create and edit forms and preview how an end-user will interact with them in both edit and view mode!

Screenshots

DocComs4 screens
Cortex Designer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DocComs at every 5 days against Cortex Designer's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DocComs ships an update every 5 days, Cortex Designer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
DocComs versus Cortex Designer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocComsCortex Designer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB50 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRMJ Clinical Solutions ltdSense Medical Ltd

In-app purchases

None

DocComs

No in-app purchases

None

Cortex Designer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DocComs free?
DocComs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cortex Designer free?
Cortex Designer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DocComs or Cortex Designer have ads?
Neither DocComs nor Cortex Designer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DocComs or Cortex Designer?
DocComs ships an update every 5 days, and Cortex Designer every 3 months. Most recently, DocComs was updated on September 16, 2026 and Cortex Designer on September 15, 2026.

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