Plumb's | Standards vs Scribenote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plumb's | Standards
This app provides trusted veterinary clinical decision support, integrating comprehensive drug information and treatment guidance. It offers tools for diagnosis, treatment, and client education, designed for veterinary professionals.
- Veterinary drug and dosing information
- Drug interaction checker
- Conversion calculator
- Diagnosis and treatment monographs
- Management algorithms
- Differential diagnosis lists
- Client education handouts
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Welcome to Standards of Care, the veterinary clinical decision support tool from the team behind Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, with Plumb’s built in. Subscribed to Plumb’s? If you’re subscribed to the veterinary drug reference, Plumb’s, you can access all your prescribing information and tools in this app. Included in Plumb’s: - Comprehensive, continually updated veterinary drug and dosing information - Veterinary drug interaction checker with animal-specific guidance - A conversion calculator for quick math in the app - Notes feature for saving favorite notes and protocols - Convenient favorites feature for making your own quick reference list Visit plumbs.com to learn more. Subscribed to Standards™? If you’re subscribed to Standards of Care™, you can access all your Standards features (including Plumb’s) in this app. Included in Standards: - All the features of Plumb’s (see above) - Practical, peer-reviewed diagnosis and treatment monographs - An extensive library of diagnosis and management algorithms for step-by-step support - Peer-reviewed differential diagnosis lists - Shareable clinical handouts to support client education Visit standards.vet to learn more. DISCLAIMER Standards of Care and Plumb’s are online clinical resources to be used only for information purposes at the discretion of trained veterinary medical and pharmaceutical professionals to support diagnosis and treatment of small animal veterinary conditions. Learn more at standards.vet or plumbs.com. APP SUPPORT If you have feature requests or suggestions or simply need help, please visit help.plumbs.com and click on the chat icon to submit a request. Our responsive support team will be in touch with you. Privacy policy: https://plumbs.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://plumbs.com/terms-use Terms & conditions: https://plumbs.com/terms-conditions
Scribenote
This app uses AI to automate veterinary clinical documentation. It helps record appointments, client callbacks, and phone calls, saving time on after-hours note-taking.
- AI-powered documentation
- Automates clinical notes
- Records appointments
- Handles client callbacks
- Manages phone call documentation
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Scribenote automates veterinary clinical documentation using the power of accurate, veterinary-specific AI. Use Scribenote to record your appointments, client callbacks, phone calls, and other conversations that require documentation. No need to stay behind late at your clinic finishing notes, Scribenote will take care of it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scribenote at 100% against Plumb's | Standards's 57%. Scribenote also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs subscription). Plumb's | Standards's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (3.3K vs 13). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Plumb's | Standards holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plumb's | Standards has 3.3K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Plumb's | Standards's written reviews are positive against 100% of Scribenote's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plumb's | Standards | Scribenote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.3K ratings) — better | 4.5 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brief Media | Scribenote Inc. |
Customer experience
Plumb's | Standards
Scribenote
Bugs and requests
Plumb's | Standards
Reported bugs
4 issues- Signing in issues
- Crashing
- Login/password reset problems
- Compatibility issues on iPad
Requested features
2 requests- Add calculator function
- Improve renewal/subscription management
Scribenote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plumb's | Standards
No in-app purchases
Scribenote
No in-app purchases
Questions
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