Neonatal Guide vs Scripts Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Neonatal Guide
Provides evidence-based guidelines, management algorithms, and drug dosages for neonatal care. Features illustrated procedures, normal values, and essential formulas for healthcare practitioners working with newborns. Regularly updated with new evidence.
- Evidence-based neonatal guidelines
- Management algorithms and flow charts
- Illustrated procedure explanations
- Neonatal drug formulary and doses
- Normal neonatal values
- Essential neonatal formulae
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Based on the popular pocketbook ‘Neonatal Guidelines and Drug Doses’ which has sold over 10 000 copies, this electronic version is updated and has added content. Intuitive menus and search functions enable rapid navigation. The content is designed to be both informative and instructive and will be regularly updated as new evidence is published. These guidelines will be an asset to any healthcare practitioner working with neonates. Neonatology guidelines can run on any iPhone or iPad and can be used off-line. Features include: Evidence-based guidelines on important topics in neonatology Management algorithms and flow charts for phototherapy, blood product transfusions, antibiotic use, fluids, feeds and many more Procedures are explained and illustrated e.g. umbilical catheter insertion, exchange transfusion, cranial ultrasound scan and therapeutic hypothermia Drug formulary and doses Normal neonatal values for preterm and term infants Formulae (e.g. glucose delivery rate, oxygenation index and renal calculations)
Scripts Assistant
This medical app allows doctors to quickly generate verified digital prescriptions on their mobile devices. It supports creating patient-specific, illness-specific, and sick notes, which can then be printed, emailed, or sent via WhatsApp.
- Create patient-specific scripts
- Create illness scripts
- Generate legal sick notes
- Print, email, or WhatsApp prescriptions
- Save time on chronic medication lists
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Scripts Assistant is the fastest way for a doctor to create a digital prescription from your mobile device. Scripts Assistant is your own personal Script-Pad. Allowing you to carefully create a verified and safe medical prescription. Print, Email or Watsapp it to your pharmacy or patient. • Create patient specific scripts and save hours on those long lists of chronic medications. • Create illness scripts and Prescribe your personal combination of medications at the touch of a button. • Create and sign legal sick notes for your patients. • Store your patient consultations in your pocket Scripts Assistant is the fastest way for a doctor to create a digital prescription from your mobile device. Try Scripts Assistant for free to conveniently prescribe from your mobile device, wherever you may be. For more information on our terms of use please see https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Scripts Assistant at Free against Neonatal Guide's $24.99. Scripts Assistant also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Neonatal Guide's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Scripts Assistant is free to download; Neonatal Guide costs $24.99 up front. Scripts Assistant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Neonatal Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Neonatal Guide against 5.0 for Scripts Assistant. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Neonatal Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scripts Assistant's.
Neonatal Guide ships an update every 22 months, Scripts Assistant every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Neonatal Guide | Scripts Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cape Town Neonatal Consultancy (Pty) Ltd | MEDRIC SOFTWARE (PTY) LTD |
Customer experience
Neonatal Guide
Scripts Assistant
In-app purchases
Neonatal Guide
No in-app purchases
Scripts Assistant
- Premium Weekly1 Month trial$0.997 Days
- Premium Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Premium Annual Subscription1 Month trial$39.991 Year






