UpToDate vs DosisPedia
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.
DosisPedia
This mobile guide assists pediatricians and other medical professionals in quickly determining drug dosages for children based on weight. It offers detailed information on medications, including emergency protocols and specific indications, across various medical specialties.
- Drug dosage calculation by weight
- Emergency drug protocols
- 18 medical specialties coverage
- Advanced medication search
- Drug warnings and interactions
- Regular medication updates
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DosisPedia | La App Móvil para médicos pediatras DosisPedia ayuda en el día a día a más de 600.000 profesionales resolviendo más de 32 millones de consultas. 1º SELECCIONA EL GRUPO DE FÁRMACOS DosisPedia es una guía farmacológica que permite al médico consultar rápidamente el fármaco y definir la prescripción. Para comenzar elige el grupo de fármacos del que deseas obtener información. 2º SELECCIONA EL FÁRMACO Puedes seleccionar uno de los medicamentos y también puedes escribir el nombre del fármaco o del principio activo en el buscador. 3º CONSULTA LA INDICACIÓN PARA CADA PESO DosisPedia incluye un sistema que calcula automáticamente la dosis a administrar al paciente en función del peso. Pulsa la ficha del fármaco que quieras consultar y aparecerá la barra de pesos. Mueve la barra y busca el peso de tu paciente. DosisPedia te sugiere la dosis para ese peso. Además podrás consultar las indicaciones generales del fármaco: vía de administración, posología y presentación. CARACTERÍSTICAS - Sección Emergencias: Dosis calculadas según el peso del niño para procesos de urgencia vital, patologías urgentes y emergencias sanitarias pediátricas. - Especialidades médicas: La pantalla principal de la app muestra un acceso a un selector de categorías principales. Antiinfecciosos, Cardiología, Dermatología, son algunas de las 18 especialidades disponibles. - Buscador de medicamentos: Un buscador avanzado permite encontrar medicamentos en tiempo real a partir del nombre del fármaco o del principio activo. - Calculadora de dosis por peso: Un selector permite ajustar el peso del paciente para consultar dinámicamente las indicaciones y la dosis adecuada a suministrar. - Avisos y comentarios: Las fichas de los medicamentos incluyen advertencias, precauciones, contraindicaciones, interacciones medicamentosas y posibles reacciones adversas. - Medicamentos actualizados: Actualizaciones periódicas de fármacos en la app. Inclusión de nuevos fármacos, ampliación de especificaciones de dosis. DOSISPEDIA, APP MÉDICA DE REFERENCIA. DosisPedia es una aplicación médica de dosificación pediátrica para la ayuda en consulta y urgencias. Esta farmacopea es el vademécum gratis en español de referencia médica y farmacológica para especialistas que atienden niños; se posiciona desde el año 2016 en el Top 10 de la categoría Medicina en el App Store, en España y en varios países de América Latina como México, Colombia, Perú, Argentina o Venezuela. 70 MIL USUARIOS AL MES, 2 MIL VALORACIONES, 32 MILLONES DE CONSULTAS, 467 MEDICAMENTOS, 600 MIL DESCARGAS, 142 PAÍSES DosisPedia facilita el día a día a pediatras, MIR, médicos de familia, médicos de urgencias, médicos de guardia, traumatólogos, dentistas, sanitarios, MIR, otorrinos, oculistas, dermatólogos, alergólogos, farmacéuticos, ORL, estudiantes de medicina, etc. en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de niños. GRUPOS DE MEDICAMENTOS Emergencias, Alergia - Antihistamínicos, Analgésicos - Antitérmicos - Aines, Antiepilépticos, Antiinfecciosos, Asma - Respiratorio, Cardiología, Corticoides sistémicos, Dermatología, Endocrino - Urgencias metabólicas, Gastroenterología, Hematología, Intoxicaciones - Antídotos, Nefro Urología, Neurología - Psiquiatría, Oftalmología, ORL, Reumatología, Vitaminas y minerales. El contenido científico de DosisPedia es cuidadosamente seleccionado por el pediatra Manuel Silveira Cancela y el equipo de Pediatría del Hospital da Costa de Lugo (López Franco M, Paz Vilar A, Abadi Abadi A, Rodicio García M), consultando fuentes científicas veraces y actuales. Recuerda que siempre debes consultar a un médico antes de administrar cualquier medicamento. Estamos en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DosisPediaApp/ Estamos en Twitter: https://twitter.com/dosispedia Estamos en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk3ay-j5KYn9zsVTIf2-DGA Estamos en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dosispediaapp/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DosisPedia at 4.5 against UpToDate's 3.6. DosisPedia also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and review sentiment (57% vs 28%). UpToDate's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (579 vs 24). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DosisPedia holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UpToDate has 579 ratings behind it against 24, 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 57% of DosisPedia's.
UpToDate ships an update every 5 weeks, DosisPedia every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UpToDate | DosisPedia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (579 ratings) | 4.5 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.4% of reviews | 57.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 579 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | UpToDate, Inc. | Manuel Silveira |
Customer experience
UpToDate
DosisPedia
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
DosisPedia
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UpToDate
No in-app purchases
DosisPedia
No in-app purchases
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