Comparison

DocComs vs CEMBooks 2

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

CEMBooks 2

Features
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CEMBooks 2.0 is a next generation operational system designed by senior emergency consultants and hospital mangers to provide visibility to the barriers of safe patient care and improve operational resilience across a system. It is scalable from individual department to multi-centre trusts, Integrated Care Systems or other complex systems. Features: Operational System Overview Single system view of all departments with status scores Single touch navigation to department for more details Situation Reports Four level OPEL scoring Report schedule Fully customisable per KPI (binary and text) Department specific narrative Third party integration KPI variation for time of day Perpe Escalation Engine Dedicated escalation centre Escalation tailored for each KPI Escalation action variation for time of day Automated triggering and notification of escalation actions Escalation lockout time Escalation messaging (components response) Escalation efficacy monitoring Logs and Reports Customisable logs Log Library (System, organisational, departmental) Log tagging to roles Perpetual capture of Logs and SitReps Roles Responsibility & Accountability Accountable role / individual messaging & notification Escalation linked to department or system role Time tabled system and departmental roles Transparent auditable role based problem mitigation Informed tagging / alerts Evidence individual / role awareness per event Resource management Phonebook (active individuals and roles) Document library with built in governance Web links Search Universal search Date or date range Key word

Screenshots

DocComs4 screens
CEMBooks 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DocComs at every 5 days against CEMBooks 2'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, CEMBooks 2 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
DocComs versus CEMBooks 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocComsCEMBooks 2
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 iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB25 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRMJ Clinical Solutions ltdiED Limited

In-app purchases

None

DocComs

No in-app purchases

None

CEMBooks 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DocComs free?
DocComs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CEMBooks 2 free?
CEMBooks 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DocComs or CEMBooks 2 have ads?
Neither DocComs nor CEMBooks 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DocComs or CEMBooks 2?
DocComs ships an update every 5 days, and CEMBooks 2 every 3 months. Most recently, DocComs was updated on July 5, 2026 and CEMBooks 2 on September 8, 2026.

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