Comparison

UpToDate vs HabariDOC

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Expert AI conversational guidance
  • Gold standard clinical content
  • Practice-changing updates
  • Patient education materials
  • Drug reference and interactions
  • Clinical calculators
  • Kidney dosing guidance
Features
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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.

About

HabariDOC

Access medical prevention, diagnosis, and treatment from home through virtual consultations. This app connects you with specialists, eliminating long waits and travel, and allowing for discreet discussions about personal health concerns.

Highlights
  • Virtual medical consultations
  • Access to specialists
  • Patient health data control
  • Audio, Video, and Chat calls
  • Integrated payment system
  • Search for providers
Features
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HabariDOC enables you to get medical prevention, diagnosis, and treatment from home. The aim is to support and optimize your medical procedures. Telemedicine can give some specialists an advantage because they can see you in your home environment. Allergists, for example, can find clues in your environment that trigger allergies. Neurologists and physiotherapists and occupational therapists can observe you and assess whether you can manage and care for yourself in your home. Telehealth is also a good way to get a mental health assessment and counseling. What are the advantages of patients to use Habari Doc? - Long waiting times for an appointment with a specialist are eliminated - Access to specialists that may not be available in your area. - Elimination of time-consuming transport for immobile people - Treatment by the online doctor also for shameful topics concerning personal feelings - No risk of exposure to infections by being around other sick patients in the waiting room The App features for patients: - Easily search for a a provider - Patient portal - Control of your own health data - Audio Call - Video Call - Real time Chat - Integrated Payment And finally virtual visits are easier to fit into your busy schedule. Depending on your schedule, telemedicine doesn't even require you to take leave from work or arrange childcare. Download HabariDOC and make your first appointment.

Screenshots

UpToDate4 screens
HabariDOC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HabariDOC at 100% against UpToDate's 28%. HabariDOC also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and monetization model (free vs subscription). UpToDate's advantage is ratings volume (583 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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

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

HabariDOC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UpToDate has 583 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of UpToDate's written reviews are positive against 100% of HabariDOC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UpToDate ships an update every 5 weeks, HabariDOC every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
UpToDate versus HabariDOC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUpToDateHabariDOC
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (583 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings583 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB50 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperUpToDate, Inc.Global Healthcare Consultancy

Customer experience

UpToDate

All ratings579 ratings
Positive60.4%
Neutral10.4%
Negative29.2%
Written reviews386 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral9.6%
Negative62.2%

HabariDOC

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

HabariDOC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

UpToDate

No in-app purchases

None

HabariDOC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UpToDate free?
UpToDate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HabariDOC free?
HabariDOC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, UpToDate or HabariDOC?
HabariDOC is rated higher. UpToDate averages 3.6 out of 5 from 583 ratings, while HabariDOC averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do UpToDate or HabariDOC have ads?
Neither UpToDate nor HabariDOC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UpToDate or HabariDOC?
UpToDate ships an update every 5 weeks, and HabariDOC every 2 months. Most recently, UpToDate was updated on October 26, 2026 and HabariDOC on October 10, 2026.

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