Comparison

uCentral™ for Institutions vs Contraception

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

Head to head
About

uCentral™ for Institutions

This app provides clinicians and trainees with essential medical references and tools at the point of care. It aggregates trusted medical content, including full-text journal articles and quick-reference guides, directly to mobile devices through institutional subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Prime PubMed with exclusive journal searching
  • Access to over 30 medical references
  • Full-text journal articles with local holdings links
  • Visual literature exploration with Grapherence®
  • Universal index and full-text searching
  • Personalized favorites with tagging
  • Custom notes and highlights
Features
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** Features Prime PubMed with exclusive journal searching tools ** == PLEASE NOTE: This application requires an institutional subscription. == ** CURRENT uCentral subscribers can download content to their iOS device and Mac computer at no cost. ** ** To find out if your institution subscribes to uCentral, please contact your librarian or system administrator ** _________________________________________ uCentral™ uCentral is the only all-in-one app that delivers the information a clinician or trainee needs at the point of care. uCentral gives libraries and institutions the power to deliver trusted medical reference content, valuable tools, and full-text journal articles directly to their patron’s mobile devices. With uCentral, each institution creates a customized aggregation of quick-reference content and makes it available to all of their patrons. uCentral includes Prime PubMed, delivering millions of articles to your iPhone® and iPad®. With links directly to local holdings, uCentral leverages your library’s journal collection by providing patrons direct access to full-text articles. Lastly, explore the literature like never before with Grapherence® - a revolutionary approach to finding relevant articles visually More than 30 references are available through uCentral, including: • Exclusive! Johns Hopkins Guides (ABX, Diabetes, HIV, Psych) • The Washington Manual • 5-Minute Clinical Consult • Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking • Harrison’s Manual of Medicine • Davis’s Drug Guide • Taber’s Medical Dictionary • Red Book from the American Academy of Pediatrics • Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons FEATURES: • Universal Index and Full Text Searching – quickly find topics across all references • Cross Links for fast navigation between resources • Personalized favorites with tagging • Frequent updates and new editions when they’re published • Create custom notes and highlights within entries • On-device alerts • Recently Viewed feature • Web access _________________________________________ Instructions for current subscribers: • Install this application to your iOS device • Open the application and enter your uCentral username and password, then tap “Login.” • The latest uCentral content will download to your device. Content available through uCentral includes: 5-Minute Clinical Consult, Johns Hopkins Guides, Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, Bates' Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, Taber’s Medical Dictionary, Davis’s Drug Guide, McGraw-Hill’s Diagnosaurus, Davis’s Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, Diseases and Disorders, Clinical Evidence, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult, 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, Harrison’s Manual of Medicine, STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book, APSA Pediatric Surgery NaT, Red Book, and more. Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement

About

Contraception

This app provides comprehensive guidelines on contraceptive method use based on medical eligibility criteria and selected practice recommendations. It assists healthcare providers in counseling individuals and couples on family planning choices, covering over 60 medical conditions and numerous clinical situations.

Highlights
  • U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC)
  • U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations (SPR)
  • Covers over 60 characteristics/conditions
  • Addresses numerous clinical situations
  • Aids healthcare provider counseling
  • Based on CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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The U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use comprises recommendations for the use of specific contraceptive methods by patients who have certain characteristics or medical conditions. The U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use addresses a select group of common, yet sometimes controversial or complex, issues regarding initiation and use of specific contraceptive methods. The app is developed directly from the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) by the Division of Reproductive Health and covers more than 60 characteristics or medical conditions (U.S. MEC) and numerous clinical situations (U.S. SPR). These recommendations are intended to assist healthcare providers when they counsel women, men, and couples about contraceptive method choice and use. Although these recommendations are meant to serve as a source or clinical guidance, healthcare providers should always consider the individual clinical circumstances of each person seeking family planning services.

Screenshots

uCentral™ for Institutions4 screens
Contraception4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: uCentral™ for Institutions at 4.9 against Contraception's 4.3. uCentral™ for Institutions also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 64%) and ratings volume (3.1K vs 27). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

uCentral™ for Institutions holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: uCentral™ for Institutions has 3.1K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of uCentral™ for Institutions's written reviews are positive against 64% of Contraception's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

uCentral™ for Institutions ships an update every 3 months, Contraception every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
uCentral™ for Institutions versus Contraception: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteruCentral™ for InstitutionsContraception
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (3.1K ratings) — better4.3 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews90.1% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings3.1K — better27
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB56 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperUnbound Medicine, Inc.Centers For Disease Control and Prevention

Customer experience

uCentral™ for Institutions

All ratings3,100 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.3%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive90.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.9%

Contraception

All ratings27 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral7.4%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

Bugs and requests

uCentral™ for Institutions

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more practice questions/quizzes
  • Improve dictionary/definition functionality
  • Provide offline access to more content

Contraception

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

uCentral™ for Institutions

No in-app purchases

None

Contraception

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is uCentral™ for Institutions free?
uCentral™ for Institutions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Contraception free?
Contraception is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, uCentral™ for Institutions or Contraception?
uCentral™ for Institutions is rated higher. uCentral™ for Institutions averages 4.9 out of 5 from 3.1K ratings, while Contraception averages 4.3 from 27 ratings.
Do uCentral™ for Institutions or Contraception have ads?
Neither uCentral™ for Institutions nor Contraception shows ads.
Which is updated more often, uCentral™ for Institutions or Contraception?
uCentral™ for Institutions ships an update every 3 months, and Contraception every 7 months. Most recently, uCentral™ for Institutions was updated on October 23, 2026 and Contraception on October 23, 2026.

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