Comparison

ConnectRx vs MedNotes Notebook

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

Head to head
About

ConnectRx

Access comprehensive drug information and advanced patient resources. This app provides a free service to physicians, leveraging data from First DataBank, a leader in electronic drug information. It is based on the National Drug Data File® (NDDF Plus) for clinically verifiable evidence.

Highlights
  • Up-to-date drug information
  • Advanced patient resources
  • Physician-focused
  • NDDF Plus database
  • Clinically verifiable evidence
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Find essential drug information & advanced patient resources. Physicians Office Resource licenses drug information data from First DataBank and provides a portion of it as a free service to its physician-users. First DataBank is the leading provider of electronic drug information to the healthcare industry. Based on the widely accepted industry standard — the National Drug Data File® — NDDF Plus databases are backed by the most clinically verifiable evidence gathered to date.

About

MedNotes Notebook

Features
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MedNotes is a handwriting-first notebook built for the people who actually work in healthcare — medical and nursing students, doctors, pharmacists, and allied-health pros — and designed to go beyond a generic note app. Write naturally with Apple Pencil, annotate PDFs, and record lectures with audio synced to your notes. Then do the thing no other notebook does: turn what you wrote into spaced-repetition flashcards, so the material you capture is the material you remember. HANDWRITING & PDF • Low-latency, pressure-sensitive inking • Annotate and mark up PDFs • Type, images, and handwriting on one page REMEMBER MORE • Turn notes and highlights into review cards • Spaced-repetition study built in • Image-occlusion cards for anatomy and diagrams BUILT FOR HEALTHCARE • Organize by specialty and body system • Tag for the exams that matter: USMLE, COMLEX, NCLEX, NAPLEX, shelf, boards, CME • Audio-synced lecture recording PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything stays on your device — no account, no tracking, nothing uploaded • Face ID / passcode app lock with auto-lock • On-device encryption; passphrase-encrypted backups you control Free to use. (Pro features and a subscription are planned for later.) MedNotes helps you handle sensitive information responsibly, but you remain responsible for complying with your own privacy and security obligations.

Screenshots

ConnectRx4 screens
MedNotes Notebook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MedNotes Notebook at none against ConnectRx's shown. MedNotes Notebook also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). ConnectRx's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

ConnectRx ships an update every 3 months, MedNotes Notebook every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
ConnectRx versus MedNotes Notebook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConnectRxMedNotes Notebook
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMEDICAL EDUCATION RESOURCES, LLCMaytham Al-taan

In-app purchases

None

ConnectRx

No in-app purchases

None

MedNotes Notebook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ConnectRx free?
ConnectRx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MedNotes Notebook free?
MedNotes Notebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ConnectRx or MedNotes Notebook have ads?
ConnectRx shows ads; MedNotes Notebook does not.
Which is updated more often, ConnectRx or MedNotes Notebook?
ConnectRx ships an update every 3 months, and MedNotes Notebook every 2 days. Most recently, ConnectRx was updated on October 8, 2026 and MedNotes Notebook on October 2, 2026.

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