UpToDate vs CILADERM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UpToDate
This clinical decision support tool provides healthcare professionals with evidence-based guidance to improve patient care. It features AI-powered conversational answers, continuously updated medical content, and tools for drug reference, calculations, and patient education.
- Expert AI conversational guidance
- Gold standard clinical content
- Practice-changing updates
- Patient education materials
- Drug reference and interactions
- Clinical calculators
- Kidney dosing guidance
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UpToDate is the clinical decision support solution trusted by over 3M healthcare professionals to help improve care delivery and patient outcomes. Now powered by UpToDate Expert AI, a generative AI experience built on rigorously maintained UpToDate clinical intelligence to delivers fast, clinically grounded answers through a conversational interface. Expert AI, available in select packages and applications, brings together the latest evidence and real-world clinical expertise and provides transparent sourcing, embedded guardrails, and oversight, supporting clinical reasoning and helping clinicians make confident, informed decisions. Key features include: • Expert AI: Conversational guidance that mirrors how clinicians think. • Gold Standard Clinical Content: Clinician-authored clinical intelligence and graded recommendation, enriched with clinical algorithms, graphics, videos, and continuously updated to reflect the latest evidence and clinical care experience. • Practice-Changing Updates: Timely insights that reflect the latest evidence and how it impacts patient care. • Patient Education: Thousands of patient education leaflets in up to 19 different languages to improve patient understanding and support care plan adherence. • Key Points Panels: Quick, clinically actionable guidance to help clinicians avoid common diagnostic and treatment errors embedded in UpToDate search results. • Drug Reference & Interactions: Evidence-based drug monographs and interaction analysis to support safe and informed prescribing decisions. • Clinical Calculators: Over 200 tools to support dosing, risk scoring, and patient assessments. • Rx Transitions: Step-by-step support for switching antidepressants safely. • Kidney Dosing: Drug dosing guidance for patients with renal impairment. Available on mobile, desktop, and integrated into EHRs, ensuring you can access UpToDate’s trusted guidance where and when you need it. Access to features will vary depending on your UpToDate account. Expert AI is now available in personal trainee subscriptions and UpToDate Pro Plus subscriptions in the US, and through select Enterprise Edition accounts. To get access, explore personal subscription options on the UpToDate website or contact your Enterprise account lead. This app is designed for use by medical professionals. If you are not a medical professional, please consult a qualified healthcare provider before making any medical decisions.
CILADERM
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El Colegio Ibero Latinoamericano de Dermatología (CILAD), reconocido como una institución académica de la dermatología global, invita a los Médicos Residentes que cursen su último año de formación durante el año 2024, a concursar para asistir al 11° Curso Intensivo para Residentes CILADERM 2024. Como ha sido desde el 2013, el CILADERM 2024, se llevará a cabo con un programa científico de tres días de duración, que proporcionará a los 75 mejores Residentes de Dermatología de los países miembros del CILAD que resulten seleccionados, la oportunidad de aprender y al mismo tiempo interactuar, con Profesores destacados de la Dermatología Ibero Latinoamericana y compañeros de residencia de otros países. Para este evento se ha diseñado un ambicioso programa acorde con la dermatología global, que incluye los nuevos desarrollos científicos y tecnológicos, con contenidos que promueven una agenda de experiencias y actividades compartidas con los residentes, la mentoría de profesores y el aporte de oradores invitados en temas afines de actualidad. Todo en un espacio destinado al encuentro y amistad entre los diferentes países y una oportunidad única en la especialidad, para iniciar proyectos colaborativos y el networking entre los futuros lideres de la dermatología Ibero Latinoamericana. El CILAD se enorgullece en aportar excelencia e innovación en la educación médica continua de sus dermatólogos jóvenes y agradece la alianza multilateral de la industria farmacéutica para concretarlo. No pueden dejar de ser parte de éste único y gran evento. ¡Los esperamos!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: UpToDate at 2 against CILADERM's —. CILADERM's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | UpToDate | CILADERM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (579 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 579 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | UpToDate, Inc. | CILAD |
Bugs and requests
UpToDate
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to download offline content
- Constant need to re-authenticate
- Incompatibility with recent iOS updates
Requested features
3 requests- Highlight and annotate content
- Improved institutional login support
- Dark mode and font size options
CILADERM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UpToDate
No in-app purchases
CILADERM
No in-app purchases









