Comparison

DocComs vs DermWizard

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

DermWizard

Features
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DermWizard — Learn, Diagnose and Share. The GP dermatology hub for primary care. Build your dermatology knowledge, get decision support at the point of care, and share the toolkit with colleagues. LEARN A dedicated Learning Hub for busy surgeries and quiet revision: • Discover — clinical pearls, spotlight conditions and atlas images • Quizzes — themed MCQs, spot-diagnosis and clinical scenarios • Articles, teaching videos and podcasts (selected titles in Pro) • Condition of the Week, Image of the Day and weekly quiz reminders • Pick up where you left off from Home DIAGNOSE Three modes for real clinic constraints: • Offline scoring — rule-based pathways that work with no signal • AI differential — ranked differentials from location, morphology and tags • Visual scan — photo support for patterns and borders (decision support, not a diagnosis) Plus a clinical atlas of 6,000+ educational images across 250+ conditions, with filters, tags and a terminology guide. SHARE Point a colleague to DermWizard from the app. Referral rewards extra visual scans for you both. UNLOCK MORE WITH PRO (ONE-TIME) • Ad-free across the app • More visual scans (up to 5 per day) • Multi-angle upload — up to 3 photos per lesion • Clinical notes on visual scan • Pro teaching videos and podcasts DermWizard is for healthcare professionals in primary care. Insights are educational clinical decision support only — they do not replace your judgement, history or examination. Follow local 2WW pathways if malignancy is suspected. By downloading DermWizard or purchasing Pro you agree to our Terms (https://accipe.co.uk/tos.html#dermwizard) and Privacy Policy (https://accipe.co.uk/privacy_policy.html).

Screenshots

DocComs4 screens
DermWizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DocComs at none against DermWizard's 1. DocComs also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. DermWizard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DocComs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DocComs ships an update every 5 days, DermWizard every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
DocComs versus DermWizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDocComsDermWizard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB136 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRMJ Clinical Solutions ltdGP Accipe Ltd

In-app purchases

None

DocComs

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

DermWizard

One-time1
  • DermWizard Pro$4.99

Questions

Is DocComs free?
DocComs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DermWizard free?
DermWizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DocComs or DermWizard have ads?
DermWizard shows ads; DocComs does not.
Which is updated more often, DocComs or DermWizard?
DocComs ships an update every 5 days, and DermWizard every 10 days. Most recently, DocComs was updated on October 3, 2026 and DermWizard on October 16, 2026.

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