Comparison

pMD vs PowerMic Mobile

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

Head to head
About

pMD

This app offers healthcare teams secure mobile tools for communication, charge capture, and telehealth. It aims to improve patient outcomes and streamline practice workflows, leading to greater efficiency and better patient engagement.

Highlights
  • HIPAA-compliant communication
  • Telehealth consultations
  • Mobile charge capture
  • Patient engagement tools
  • Revenue cycle management
  • Secure messaging
Features
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pMD provides healthcare teams with powerful mobile tools that improve patient outcomes and empower patients to engage in their care. Communicate securely, capture data effortlessly, and streamline workflows – all in one place. More efficiency. Better collaboration. Happier, healthier patients. PATIENTS Please download this app to access your pMD® Telehealth account and connect with your care providers. HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS This app is free to download for distribution to existing customers and for secure messaging. A subscription is required to use this app for pChat™, pCharge™, and pRevenue™. Discover more at www.pmd.com. pMD® pChat™ - Communicate with Confidence Instant, HIPAA-compliant communication and telehealth for care teams and healthcare practices. • Enterprise and Practice Messaging, Patient Hand-off, Telehealth • Enhance Collaboration, Reduce Errors, Get Time Back pMD® pCharge™ - Charge Capture Made Simple Easily capture charges and quality-of-care data at the point of care using your phone or tablet. Save charges in two taps with Instant Capture! • Mobile Rounding and Charge Entry, CMS-qualified MIPS registry • Reduce Charge Lag, Improve Accuracy, Increase Revenue pMD® pRevenue™ - Comprehensive Revenue Cycle Management Reduce claims lag, denials and overhead. Access everything pMD has to offer: charge capture, secure communication, patient engagement, rounding and patient handoff, telehealth, ePrescribe, and workflow enhancements. You take care of the patients and we’ll take care of the rest! • End-to-End Billing Services, Patient Payments, Software Integrations • Increase Practice Revenue, Lower Cost to Collect, Reduce Days in A/R WHY CHOOSE pMD? • pSuite – Unparalleled customer service with ongoing support • Updates – Regular releases of new features and enhancements • Trust and Security – pMD is SOC-2 certified and trusted by over 13,000 physicians and small practices

About

PowerMic Mobile

This app transforms your smartphone into a wireless microphone for medical dictation software. It also enables ambient recording and AI-powered clinical documentation generation from patient conversations, boosting clinician productivity.

Highlights
  • Wireless smartphone microphone for Dragon Medical One
  • Ambient recording for clinical conversations
  • AI-powered clinical documentation generation
  • Mobile editing for DAX
  • Single app access to multiple dictation tools
Features
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The PowerMic™ Mobile app combines wireless desktop microphone capabilities for Dragon® Medical One with ambient recording and mobile editing for DAX™. It's easy-to-use and lets you access PowerMic Mobile, DAX Copilot or both applications through a single mobile app—providing on-the-go clinician productivity powered by Dragon. One app, two powerful capabilities. * PowerMic Mobile turns your smartphone into a secure wireless microphone for use with Dragon Medical One. It gives clinicians the freedom to roam and complete clinical documentation using a smartphone as a wireless microphone at the desktop. * DAX Copilot uses conversational, ambient, and generative AI to automatically write clinical documentation from clinician-patient conversations. More than just faster notes, the new DAX offers AI-enhanced copilot experiences that go beyond automated clinical documentation. * Unlock the full app experience. Access to features within this app are available with a corresponding paid subscription to PowerMic Mobile, Dragon Medical One, and/or DAX Copilot REQUIREMENTS: * iPhone/iPod/iPad (with iOS 15+), Windows 10 PC or greater. * Internet access through a cellular service provider or Wifi (recommended). * Paid license subscription for PowerMic Mobile, Dragon Medical One, and/or DAX Copilot. Please contact your system administrator.

Screenshots

pMD4 screens
PowerMic Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: pMD at 74% against PowerMic Mobile's 19%. pMD also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.6) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

pMD holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: pMD has 7.4K ratings behind it against 180, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of pMD's written reviews are positive against 19% of PowerMic Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

pMD ships an update every 10 days, PowerMic Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
pMD versus PowerMic Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpMDPowerMic Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.4K ratings) — better2.6 (180 ratings)
Positive reviews74.0% of reviews — better18.8% of reviews
Number of ratings7.4K — better180
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB83 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperpMDsoft, Inc.Nuance Communications

Customer experience

pMD

All ratings7,397 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive74.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative21.3%

PowerMic Mobile

All ratings180 ratings
Positive35.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative53.9%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive18.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative72.3%

User reviews

pMD

From 7.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent customer service
  • 🚀 Easy to use and intuitive
  • 🚀 Streamlines billing and workflow
  • 🚀 Efficient charge capture
  • 🚀 Customizable to specialty needs

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • 🔒 Privacy/HIPAA concerns with notifications
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate or search

PowerMic Mobile

From 180 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✅ High accuracy dictation when working properly
  • ⚡ Faster transcription than previous versions
  • 🎯 Useful AI assistance for note writing
  • 📱 Convenient mobile dictation capability
  • 🔄 Good integration with EMR systems (Cerner, Meditech, Epic)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes during patient encounters
  • 🔌 Unreliable connection and pairing issues
  • 📤 Upload failures and transcription errors
  • 🎤 Poor voice recognition accuracy
  • ⏱️ Excessive authentication/login requirements

Bugs and requests

pMD

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Difficulty connecting for video calls

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to delete users
  • Improve diagnosis code search and selection
  • Add desktop/web app version
  • Allow customization of alert tones
  • Add ability to label/organize message threads

PowerMic Mobile

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • App crashes during patient visits
  • Recording fails to upload or create transcription
  • Voice recognition misses first words of sentences
  • Frequent disconnections mid-dictation
  • Pairing failures with computer
Show 14 more
  • Login issues and auto-logout during use
  • Profile configuration URL text box unresponsive
  • Cursor movement issues during note-taking
  • Text insertion in wrong locations
  • Phone timeout/lock causes disconnection
  • Recording stops without user action
  • Inconsistent recording functionality
  • M1/M2 Mac 'jailbroken device' false positive
  • Recent update broke existing functionality
  • User data wiped after updates
  • Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
  • Keyboard not appearing for text input
  • App freezes and disengages
  • Word transposition errors

Requested features

14 requests
  • Apple Watch app for standalone dictation
  • iPad app version
  • Home screen widget for quick access
  • Lock screen widget
  • Push-to-talk button functionality
Show 9 more
  • Bluetooth connectivity to laptop/external devices
  • Prevent phone from locking during use
  • Landscape mode support
  • Control Center integration
  • Siri voice command integration
  • External microphone support restoration
  • Larger, customizable buttons
  • Always-on-top functionality
  • Samsung Watch app support

In-app purchases

None

pMD

No in-app purchases

None

PowerMic Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is pMD free?
pMD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PowerMic Mobile free?
PowerMic Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, pMD or PowerMic Mobile?
pMD is rated higher. pMD averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.4K ratings, while PowerMic Mobile averages 2.6 from 180 ratings.
Do pMD or PowerMic Mobile have ads?
Neither pMD nor PowerMic Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, pMD or PowerMic Mobile?
pMD ships an update every 10 days, and PowerMic Mobile every 2 months. Most recently, pMD was updated on October 13, 2026 and PowerMic Mobile on October 12, 2026.

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