MCDH Education vs VirtualPharma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MCDH Education
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Therapeutic patient education aims to help patients acquire or maintain the skills they need to best manage their life with a chronic disease. It is an integral and permanent part of patient care. It includes organized activities, including psychosocial support, designed to make patients aware and informed about their illness, care, hospital organization and procedures, and health and illness-related behaviors. This is to help them (and their families) understand their illness and treatment, work together and take responsibility for their own care in order to help them maintain and improve their quality of life. »
VirtualPharma
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Jeu sérieux en parasitologie et hématologie destiné aux étudiants en pharmacie, contenant : - plus de 40 pathologies à apprendre - 40 simulations de prises en charge de patient du cabinet médical, en passant par le laboratoire d'analyse et la prescription de médicaments. - plusieurs petits jeux d'apprentissage : plus de 300 quiz, de nombreux mots croisés, textes à trou, ... - simulation de microscope pour apprendre à reconnaitre les pathologies - une bibliothèque contenant des fiches de cours et des vidéos pédagogiques - un suivi de son apprentissage
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VirtualPharma at every 6 weeks against MCDH Education's every 7 months. VirtualPharma also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.1). On price, 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.
MCDH Education ships an update every 7 months, VirtualPharma every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MCDH Education | VirtualPharma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EDWIGE OLIVIER JEAN-LUC | Aix Marseille Université |
In-app purchases
MCDH Education
No in-app purchases
VirtualPharma
No in-app purchases
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