Comparison

WebMD vs Relief Central

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

Head to head
About

WebMD

This app helps you check symptoms, get medication reminders, and find doctors. It also offers prescription savings and information on conditions and drugs.

Highlights
  • Symptom Checker
  • Medication Reminders
  • Prescription Savings
  • Doctor Directory
  • Condition Information
  • Drug Interaction Checker
Features
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From WebMD, the one healthcare app you need to check symptoms, set medication reminders, learn about conditions and drugs, research treatments and diagnoses, find doctors and specialists in your area, and save on prescriptions at your local pharmacy. Key Features: • Symptom Checker – Choose your symptoms, learn about potential conditions or issues, and lookup treatment and care options. • Medication Reminders – Never miss a dose. You’ll receive reminders when it’s time to take your medications. View daily prescription schedules and instructions, plus pill images with dosage and timing information for each drug. Reminders sync to your other mobile devices when you sign-in with your WebMD account. • WebMD Rx – We partner with major pharmacy chains to find the lowest prescription drug prices, which often beat insurance co-pays. It’s 100% free to use. No registration required. • Doctor Directory – Find the closest doctors and specialists based on your current location or search by city, state or zip. • Conditions – Find medically-reviewed information about conditions relevant to you and learn more about causes, treatments, and related symptoms. • Customization and Saving Functionality – Save your conditions, drugs, doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, and healthy living articles for secure, easy access and reference. • Drug Interaction Checker – Find and identify potentially harmful and unsafe combinations of prescription medications by entering two or more drugs in question. If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with certain rights regarding our use of your personal information. For more information relevant to our users who are California residents, please review the "California Residents" section of our Privacy Policy linked on this download page or within our app. ABOUT WebMD WebMD Health Corp. (Nasdaq: WBMD) is the leading provider of health information services, serving consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers, and health plans through our public and private online portals, mobile platforms and health-focused publications. More than 95 million unique visitors access the WebMD Health Network each month. The WebMD Health Network includes WebMD Health, Medscape, MedicineNet, emedicineHealth, RxList, theheart.org, drugs.com and Medscape Education. SOURCE WebMD Health Corp. WebMD. Better Information. Better Health. WebMD does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the WebMD mobile application. *Prescription savings vary by prescription and by pharmacy, and may reach up to 80% off cash price.

About

Relief Central

Access critical disaster relief information, including country data, international travel health advisories, and field operations guides. Stay updated with the latest news from reputable organizations and find relevant research through journal citations.

Highlights
  • World Factbook data
  • CDC Yellow Book travel health
  • USAID Field Operations Guide
  • Disaster relief news feeds
  • Prime PubMed Search
  • Cross-linking and navigation
  • Note-taking and highlighting
Features
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Relief Central is a free mobile and web resource developed by staff and friends of Unbound Medicine. It includes the latest versions of The World Factbook from the CIA, CDC Health Information for International Travel (The Yellow Book), the Field Operations Guide from USAID, Prime PubMed Search, and Relief News from the Red Cross, United Nations, US Centers for Disease Control, CDC, FEMA, and more. THE WORLD FACTBOOK The World Factbook from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contains detailed information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world countries and territories. CDC YELLOW BOOK (Health Information for International Travel) The Yellow Book presents advice on any travel health issue including vaccinations, essential trip planning and safety tips, prevention of an expanded list of travel-related infectious diseases, altitude illness, motion sickness, sunburn, medical tourism, and much more. USAID FIELD OPERATIONS GUIDE The Field Operations Guide from USAID delivers disaster assessment and response information and includes chapters and appendices ranging from information on populations at risk to commonly used acronyms, all arranged in an outline format. RELIEF NEWS Relief News puts the latest news at your fingertips with a collection of RSS feeds from trusted non-profit groups, international organizations, and government agencies. Feeds are from the Red Cross, United Nations, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), ReliefWeb, and more. Prime PubMed Search Prime provides citations and abstracts from the latest issues of trusted disaster relief journals. Link to the fully-integrated Prime service where you can find related articles and view full-text articles provided by the journal publisher. FEATURES: • Cross Links for fast navigation between resources • Personalized favorites • Highlight and note-taking • Citations and abstracts from disaster journals • Advanced Search helps to find topics fast • Recently Viewed Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement

Screenshots

WebMD4 screens
Relief Central4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Relief Central at none against WebMD's shown. WebMD's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (135K vs 924). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for WebMD against 4.6 for Relief Central. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WebMD has 135K ratings behind it against 924, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of WebMD's written reviews are positive against 66% of Relief Central's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WebMD ships an update every 3 weeks, Relief Central every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
WebMD versus Relief Central: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWebMDRelief Central
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (135K ratings) — better4.6 (924 ratings)
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews — better66.0% of reviews
Number of ratings135K — better924
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB9 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperWebMDUnbound Medicine, Inc.

Customer experience

WebMD

All ratings135,346 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews597 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral8.7%
Negative21.6%

Relief Central

All ratings924 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.7%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative32.0%

User reviews

WebMD

From 135K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Useful medical information
  • 🚀 Easy to navigate
  • 💊 Helpful medication reminders
  • 📚 Valuable medical resource
  • 🧠 Informative health articles

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes
  • 🔍 Limited search functionality
  • 💻 Outdated or missing information
  • 🌙 Lack of dark mode
  • 📢 Excessive ads

Relief Central

From 924 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent
  • 💡 Helpful tool
  • 👍 Best info
  • 👍 Great app
  • 👍 Exceptional

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Where did the COVID section go?
  • 🤔 This app is too hard to use
  • 🤔 In a nutshell, CRAP
  • 🤔 Cheating app for vivid-19!
  • 🤔 Français

Bugs and requests

WebMD

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Medication reminders not working correctly
  • Symptom checker providing inaccurate results
  • App freezing or crashing on launch
  • Notifications not clearing properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved symptom checker
  • Expanded medication database
  • Better location-based features
  • Customizable medication reminders

Relief Central

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • The app crashes when trying to open ReliefWeb articles (or any links under it).

Requested features

1 request
  • Please update. The app fails to include psychologists as a profession, but has mental health counselors and psychiatrists.

In-app purchases

None

WebMD

No in-app purchases

None

Relief Central

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WebMD free?
WebMD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Relief Central free?
Relief Central is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WebMD or Relief Central?
WebMD is rated higher. WebMD averages 4.7 out of 5 from 135K ratings, while Relief Central averages 4.6 from 924 ratings.
Do WebMD or Relief Central have ads?
WebMD shows ads; Relief Central does not.
Which is updated more often, WebMD or Relief Central?
WebMD ships an update every 3 weeks, and Relief Central every 5 months. Most recently, WebMD was updated on September 25, 2026 and Relief Central on September 8, 2026.

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