Comparison

SmarTrial vs TrialsForMe

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

Head to head
About

SmarTrial

Features
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SmarTrial streamlines project and communications among Sponsors, CROs and Sites in clinical trials

About

TrialsForMe

Easily find and understand clinical trials near you. Search by condition or location, read study details in your preferred language, and check your potential eligibility with AI-powered explanations. You can also receive alerts for new studies and manage profiles for loved ones.

Highlights
  • Search clinical trials by condition and location
  • Translate studies into seven languages
  • Plain-language condition and treatment information
  • AI-powered eligibility screening
  • Anonymous screening answer submission
  • New study alerts
  • Manage profiles for multiple individuals
Features
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TrialsForMe puts the world's largest clinical trial registry into plain language — free, in seven languages, built for patients first. WHAT IT DOES • Search by condition, place, and how far you would travel • Read any study in your own language — English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Japanese — with the official English always preserved • Plain-word pages about hundreds of conditions and the treatments already in use • Check if you might qualify: a guided interview built from the study's own published criteria, with AI explanations of the medical terms when you want them • Send your screening answers to a research site — anonymously if you prefer, in your language and in English together • Follow a condition and be told when a new study opens near you • Keep profiles for the people you care for — a spouse and a parent each get their own WHAT IT COSTS Nothing. Searching is free, accounts are free, and there is no advertising. Patients are never charged and never sold. WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM Studies are drawn daily from ClinicalTrials.gov, the U.S. National Library of Medicine registry — more than 260,000 studies at nearly 500,000 research sites worldwide. TrialsForMe is not medical advice. Nothing here decides anything about you: only a study's own team can determine who qualifies, and your own doctor is always the right source for your situation.

Screenshots

SmarTrial4 screens
TrialsForMe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TrialsForMe at every 5 days against SmarTrial's every 3 weeks. SmarTrial's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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

SmarTrial ships an update every 3 weeks, TrialsForMe every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
SmarTrial versus TrialsForMe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmarTrialTrialsForMe
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB1 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperACTIVAID K.K.Don Elton

In-app purchases

None

SmarTrial

No in-app purchases

None

TrialsForMe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmarTrial free?
SmarTrial is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrialsForMe free?
TrialsForMe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SmarTrial or TrialsForMe have ads?
Neither SmarTrial nor TrialsForMe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SmarTrial or TrialsForMe?
SmarTrial ships an update every 3 weeks, and TrialsForMe every 5 days. Most recently, SmarTrial was updated on September 15, 2026 and TrialsForMe on October 24, 2026.

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