Comparison

MedAbbreviations vs MedicalTerms dictionaryE

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

Head to head
About

MedAbbreviations

Instantly access and understand over 14,000 medical abbreviations. This app helps medical professionals and anyone reading healthcare notes decipher cryptic shorthand. Search, scroll, and bookmark terms for quick reference.

Highlights
  • 14,079 medical abbreviations
  • Searchable database
  • Alphabetical index
  • Bookmark favorites
  • Wikipedia integration
  • Live updating search
Features
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MedAbbreviations provides instant access to over *fourteen thousand* abbreviations. If you are a medical professional, or if you ever read what a healthcare professional writes, you need to be able to understand those cryptic shorthand scrawls. MedAbbreviations is your solution. Over 14,000 medical abbreviations: scrollable, searchable, and bookmarkable. Why pay more or get less? A tool like this is only as good as its consistency. MedAbbreviations is the right tool for the job; competing applications, with significantly smaller databases, have 1/10th the chance of providing you with the explanation you seek every time. Search by abbreviation via the instant search bar, or scroll with the alphabetical index on the right side. Find what you need, the way you want to find it. You can add abbreviations to your Favorites list by just double-tapping an entry; a star then appears by its name. Your Favorites list is yours to control, ordered how you want. Tapping an abbreviation shows a details screen, with the term and its meaning in large print. MedAbbreviations automatically determines whether a Wikipedia article is available for the meaning. Just tap "View in Wikipedia" or "Search in Google" to do so directly from MedAbbreviations. FEATURES • 14,079 abbreviations, including medical terms, common shorthand, and professional associations and organizations • Definitions shown directly in the main list • View explanations in Wikipedia, with automatic article verification and iPhone-friendly formatting • Fast search, always available and live updating • Fast scanning via the alphabetical index • Favorites list The abbreviations and definitions will be expanded via free updates. Please email support@regularrateandrhthym.com with any requests, reports, or comments, including any other abbreviations you would like to see included!

About

MedicalTerms dictionaryE

This offline dictionary app provides quick access to over 57,000 English and Chinese medical terms. Easily search and bookmark words for efficient reference on your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Highlights
  • Offline access
  • 57,000+ medical terms
  • English/Chinese translation
  • Search by prefix or partial match
  • Bookmark and history functions
  • Quick word lookup
Features
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If your job involves English/Chinese words about Medical, maybe this application can help you to finish your work quickly and correctly, because it is an application running on iPhone/iPod Touch, not a heavy book, you can take it out, and look up your words quickly as long as you want to do. This application collected 57061 well-used words about Medical and so on. Features: 1, Easy to use and offline. Just input the word(English/Chinese) in the searching field and the searching result will be displayed. User can set searching mode to prefix or partial. Drag the screen up and new words in the searching result will be showed automatically. 2, Bookmark & history function. You can put the important word to bookmark by touching the '+' button on detail screen. Every word you referenced will be add to history automatically. 3, English, Chinese are displayed on the detail screen at the same time. Tap the word on detail screen, it will be inputed into searching field, so you can perform a new searching. 4, 57061 terms are collected in this application. Supported language(UI): English, Japanese, Chinese Notice: 1, This application only give a quick reference for a word in English and corresponding Chinese, NOT the explanation of the word.

Screenshots

MedAbbreviations4 screens
MedicalTerms dictionaryE1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MedAbbreviations at 82% against MedicalTerms dictionaryE's 17%. MedAbbreviations also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On 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

MedAbbreviations costs $0.99 and MedicalTerms dictionaryE $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MedAbbreviations ships an update every 2 months, MedicalTerms dictionaryE every 13 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MedAbbreviations versus MedicalTerms dictionaryE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMedAbbreviationsMedicalTerms dictionaryE
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (272 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.0% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings272 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB8 MB
Age rating17++4
DeveloperEvan SchoenbergAOBO Co.,Ltd

Customer experience

MedAbbreviations

All ratings269 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive82.0%
Neutral5.5%
Negative12.5%

MedicalTerms dictionaryE

Written reviews12 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

Bugs and requests

MedAbbreviations

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Search bar disappears after viewing first result
  • App performance warning on iPhone 7 and newer devices
  • Incompatibility with iOS 11 and newer versions
  • Occasional search functionality glitches requiring app restart
  • Medication identification feature returns no results despite complete information

Requested features

10 requests
  • Ability to add and save custom abbreviations
  • Reverse reference lookup (search by meaning to find abbreviation)
  • Flashcard export functionality for bookmarked abbreviations
  • Navigation between bookmarked abbreviations without closing
  • Proper capitalization support for case-sensitive abbreviations
Show 5 more
  • JACHO approved abbreviations indicator
  • Expanded alternative medicine terminology (chiropractic, acupuncture)
  • NHS UK protocols and terminology section
  • Prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms reference
  • Better search narrowing and alphabetization options

MedicalTerms dictionaryE

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MedAbbreviations

No in-app purchases

None

MedicalTerms dictionaryE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MedAbbreviations free?
MedAbbreviations costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MedicalTerms dictionaryE free?
MedicalTerms dictionaryE costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do MedAbbreviations or MedicalTerms dictionaryE have ads?
Neither MedAbbreviations nor MedicalTerms dictionaryE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MedAbbreviations or MedicalTerms dictionaryE?
MedAbbreviations ships an update every 2 months, and MedicalTerms dictionaryE every 13 months. Most recently, MedAbbreviations was updated on October 23, 2026 and MedicalTerms dictionaryE on October 23, 2026.

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