Taber's Medical Dictionary vs Pack Manager™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Taber's Medical Dictionary
Access a comprehensive medical dictionary with over 75,000 terms, definitions, images, and audio pronunciations. This resource is designed for health professionals, offering quick access to critical medical information, including nutrition, abbreviations, and immunization schedules.
- 75,000+ in-depth definitions
- 1,300+ high-quality images
- 130+ videos
- 33,700+ audio pronunciations
- Medical abbreviations and appendices
- Enhanced search functionality
- Favorites and note-taking
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*25th edition content with over 75,000 terms* Used by tens of thousands of health professionals worldwide. Purchase includes access to the updated Tabers.com website ABOUT TABER'S MEDICAL DICTIONARY: Find the critical medical information you need quickly and easily, wherever you need it. Taber’s is the leading medical dictionary used by health care professionals today. Taber’s Medical Dictionary now contains over 75,000 terms, 1,300 photos, 33,700 audio pronunciations, 130 videos, and 600+ Patient Care Statements from the latest edition. Taber’s goes beyond the in-depth definitions and provides nutrition and alternative therapy, medical abbreviations, symbols and units of measurement, immunization schedules and more. Plus, you’ll have access to the full dictionary, illustrations, audio pronunciations, and more at the official Tabers.com website. FEATURES: • 75,000+ in-depth definitions • 1,300+ high-quality images and 130+ videos • Over 33,700 audio pronunciations • Often searched appendices with Medical Abbreviations,Laboratory Values, Alternative Medicine, Acronyms, and more • Enhanced Search helps you find topics quickly • Favorites for ‘bookmarking’ important entries • Highlight and make notes within any entry Editor: Donald Venes, MD, MSJ, FACP Publisher: F.A. Davis Powered by: Unbound Medicine
Pack Manager™
Gain anytime, anywhere access to critical pack information. This app offers insights, visibility, and control for data-driven pack decisions, including inventory management and bill of materials.
- Anytime, anywhere access
- Pack inventory visibility
- Bill of materials management
- Data-driven decision making
- Control over pack data
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Pack Manager™ provides direct access anytime, anywhere, and offers insights, visibility and control to help you make data-driven pack decisions. See complete pack information like pack inventory, bill of materials, make changes and so much more.
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Verdict
Taber's Medical Dictionary and Pack Manager™ both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pack Manager™'s written reviews are positive against 47% of Taber's Medical Dictionary's. Pack Manager™ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Taber's Medical Dictionary's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 17) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and iOS requirement 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. Taber's Medical Dictionary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pack Manager™ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Taber's Medical Dictionary against 4.8 for Pack Manager™. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Taber's Medical Dictionary has 1.1K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Taber's Medical Dictionary's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pack Manager™'s.
Taber's Medical Dictionary ships an update every 6 months, Pack Manager™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Taber's Medical Dictionary | Pack Manager™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) | 4.8 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Unbound Medicine, Inc. | Cardinal Health, Inc |
Customer experience
Taber's Medical Dictionary
Pack Manager™
Bugs and requests
Taber's Medical Dictionary
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect word definitions
- Freezing and crashing issues
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- More detailed definitions and illustrations
- Improved search and navigation
- Inclusion of drug information and medical diagnoses
- Offline access to content
Pack Manager™
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Taber's Medical Dictionary
- Taber's Medical Dictionary4 variants$39.99
Pack Manager™
No in-app purchases
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