WebMD vs Medical Data Box
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WebMD
This app helps you check symptoms, get medication reminders, and find doctors. It also offers prescription savings and information on conditions and drugs.
- Symptom Checker
- Medication Reminders
- Prescription Savings
- Doctor Directory
- Condition Information
- Drug Interaction Checker
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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.
Medical Data Box
Securely store and manage comprehensive family health records on your iOS device. Track vital information, medications, appointments, and test results, with options to export data and protect it with a passcode.
- Store unlimited family profiles
- Track medical history and logs
- Manage medications and prescriptions
- Record immunizations and diagnoses
- Export data in PDF, CSV, or HTML
- Passcode and Face ID protection
- Dropbox backup and restore
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Keep you and your family’s medical info here in Medical Info. Check and export medical info anywhere any time with your iOS devices. What you can save into this app will surprise you: general basic info, emergency contacts, allergies, taken medications and logs, prescriptions, dietaries, immunizations, hospitalizations and surgeries logs, diagnoses, tests, family info and insurance, physicians and visits plan, and eyesight. For the test logs, you can add test like, blood pressure, glucose, bone density, cholesterol, chem-7, CMP, colonoscopy, complete blood count, complete urinalysis, CT Scan, EEG, EKG, Endoscopy, Ferritin, Weight, Temperature, Height, Hemoglobin A1c, Immunoglobulins, Kidney Function, Liver Function, Mammogram, MRI, PET, Prothrombin Time, PSA, Routine Urinalysis, Spirometry, Thyroid Function, Total Iron Binding Capacity, Ultrasound and X-ray. You can choose which logs you want to track from above. Doctors also can use this app to track your patients’ info. Here is the detailed info you can track: ⁃ General basic info: contact, employment, weight, height, blood type, and social habit etc. ⁃ Emergency contacts: name, phone number, relationship, email and address. ⁃ Allergies: Item, reaction and severity. ⁃ Medications: name, dosage, frequency, reason, side effect and reminders etc. ⁃ Prescriptions: name, number, physician, pharmacy and phone number. ⁃ Dietaries: name, type, quantity, begin date and reason for this. ⁃ Immunizations: vaccine name, received date and reminder for each. ⁃ Hospitalization: reason, start date, outcome, hospital name and stay length. ⁃ Surgeries: Date, procedure, result, hospital and attending physician. ⁃ Tests: test type, keep logs, and generate report tendency. ⁃ Diagnose: Date, symptom and treatment. ⁃ Insurance: companion name, phone, ID No., address, group No., coverage and copays. ⁃ Physicians: Name, type, phone, email and address. ⁃ Visits: Time, doctor name, purpose, question, outcome and reminder. ⁃ Eyesight: visual impairment, eyeglasses and contact lenses. Other features: ⁃ Add unlimited profiles and track their medical info separately. ⁃ Supports Air Print. ⁃ Support US and SI unit. ⁃ Passcode protection. ⁃ Supports Face ID as passcode. ⁃ Dropbox Backup and Restore. ⁃ Export logs in form of PDF, CSV or HTML. ⁃ Supports iPhone and iPad version. If you have any question or suggestion, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WebMD at 4.7 against Medical Data Box's 4.0. WebMD also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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. Medical Data Box sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 6 months. WebMD asks for nothing beyond the download.
WebMD holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WebMD has 135K ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of WebMD's written reviews are positive against 62% of Medical Data Box's.
WebMD ships an update every 3 weeks, Medical Data Box every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WebMD | Medical Data Box |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (135K ratings) — better | 4.0 (79 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.7% of reviews — better | 62.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 135K — better | 79 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WebMD | LINKLINKS LTD |
Customer experience
WebMD
Medical Data Box
User reviews
WebMD
From 135K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Medical Data Box
From 79 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great for organizing medical info
- 👍 Keeps all medical history handy
- 👍 Well-thought-out design
- 👍 Affordable
Room to improve
- 🐛 Missing features
- 🐛 Overly complicated UI
- 🐛 No copy and paste in fields
- 🐛 Email feedback not working
- 🐛 Lack of response from developer
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
Medical Data Box
Reported bugs
16 issues- Email does not work in app for feedback
- Upgrade does not work
- Passcode lock not working
- Pro version not delivering promised features
- Upgrade not loading
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- Cannot add another person after upgrading
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- App crashes
- Data loss on phone reset
- Upgrade issues
- Email functionality broken
- Calling doctor functionality broken
- Passcode lock not working
- Upgrade does not work
- Pro version does not have promised features
Requested features
81 requests- Dental section
- Copy and paste in all fields
- More drop-down menus
- Pro version details (lifetime purchase, syncing)
- Add attachments (prescriptions, pics)
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- Add old surgeries with date/hospital
- Add pharmacy info
- Add additional examination items with reference values
- Create a second profile for family members
- Calendar option for symptoms by date
- Companion app for Mac OS
- Ability to add documents, photos, reports
- Advanced Directive section
- Data import
- Desktop app/web input
- Ability to add custom categories for tests (e.g., echocardiogram, PAP)
- Add oxygen levels tracking
- Customize immunization section
- Add medical devices section
- Track custom vaccines
- Add other medical issues/custom categories
- Lookup for doctors with auto-fill
- Web input or desktop version
- Add pictures of medicine
- Record Gyn tests
- More customizable interface
- Data import
- Desktop app
- Safe data transfer
- Add X-Ray or CAT Scan results (report and image)
- Link to computer
- More aggressive reminders
- Take pictures of prescription bottles, pills, test reports, insurance cards, receipts
- Larger space for outcomes in check-up visits
- Spot for blood pressure in check-up visits
- Journaling feature for body's behavior
- Override fingerprint ID for emergencies
- Add COVID vaccination information
- Add SARA-CoV-19 vaccine
- Add medical devices section
- Add custom vaccines
- Add other medical issues/custom categories
- Lookup for doctors with auto-fill
- Web input or desktop version
- Add pictures of medicine
- Record Gyn tests
- More customizable interface
- Data import
- Desktop app
- Safe data transfer
- Add X-Ray or CAT Scan results (report and image)
- Link to computer
- More aggressive reminders
- Take pictures of prescription bottles, pills, test reports, insurance cards, receipts
- Larger space for outcomes in check-up visits
- Spot for blood pressure in check-up visits
- Journaling feature for body's behavior
- Override fingerprint ID for emergencies
- Add COVID vaccination information
- Add SARA-CoV-19 vaccine
- Add medical devices section
- Add custom vaccines
- Add other medical issues/custom categories
- Lookup for doctors with auto-fill
- Web input or desktop version
- Add pictures of medicine
- Record Gyn tests
- More customizable interface
- Data import
- Desktop app
- Safe data transfer
- Add X-Ray or CAT Scan results (report and image)
- Link to computer
- More aggressive reminders
- Take pictures of prescription bottles, pills, test reports, insurance cards, receipts
- Larger space for outcomes in check-up visits
- Spot for blood pressure in check-up visits
- Journaling feature for body's behavior
- Override fingerprint ID for emergencies
- Add COVID vaccination information
- Add SARA-CoV-19 vaccine
In-app purchases
WebMD
No in-app purchases
Medical Data Box
- Premium - 6 months14 Days trial$2.996 Months
- Pro Version$19.99
Questions
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