VisualDx vs PocketEMA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VisualDx
This visual reference tool aids medical professionals in improving patient engagement and diagnostic accuracy. It utilizes AI and a vast image atlas to help build custom differentials, share patient-specific images, and access comprehensive diagnostic information. Earn continuing education credits while making better medical decisions.
- Build custom differentials
- Engage patients with visual aids
- Improve diagnostic accuracy
- Access therapy and test options
- Recognize infectious diseases
- Earn CME credits
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VisualDx is a visual reference tool for medical professionals that leverages AI technology and a comprehensive image atlas to support faster, more confident decisions, fewer unnecessary referrals and testing, and higher patient engagement and satisfaction. With VisualDx, clinicians can: • Build dynamic differentials that evolve as you think. • Use guided support to surface clinically relevant results. • Compare diagnoses to improve decisions for your patients. • Use our AI to take a picture of your patient’s skin condition to better understand morphology and possibilities. • Engage with patients by sharing pictures of skin that reflect their disease presentation. • Access therapy and testing recommendations across over 3,500 conditions. • Quickly recognize infectious diseases and travel-related illnesses with our public health resources. • Test your diagnostic skills with our image challenges and educational resources. • Earn 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for internet point of care activity with every search. See why this award-winning clinical decision support system is being used in more than 2,300 hospitals, clinics, and medical schools by physicians, nurses, students, PAs, NPs, and other healthcare professionals worldwide. VisualDx requires a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.visualdx.com/legal/acceptable-use-policy-notice Privacy Policy: https://www.visualdx.com/legal/privacy-policy/
PocketEMA
This mobile application provides medical professionals with on-the-go access to a comprehensive EHR system. It allows users to view patient history, chart information, attachments, and e-prescribe, all from their handheld device. Data syncs seamlessly with the web platform, ensuring up-to-date information wherever you are.
- View patient history
- Access chart information
- View patient attachments
- e-Prescribe functionality
- Take point-of-encounter photos
- Send/receive intra-mail
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Used only in conjunction with a subscription-based Web Application Service, this app is the powerful pint-sized version of the Modernizing Medicine® specialty-specific EHR system, EMA™. Already available as a native iPad application, EMA has even more mobile convenience with the addition of iPhone access. Easily held in the palm of your hand, you can now: • See patient history • View chart information • View patient clipboard information • View patient attachments (images, PDFs, faxes, etc.) • e-Prescribe • Send/receive intra mail • Compose and attach notes • Take point-of-encounter photos This app is available for all EMA users in the medical specialties supported by Modernizing Medicine. With handheld point of entry to the environment wherever there is Internet or mobile phone connectivity, you can be on the go and away from your office while having your practice right there with you. Data entered into the app is seamlessly updated across the EMA platform, so information is up to date no matter what device you use. With this app, medical professionals have added ease in caring for patients through extended mobile options to get patient information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VisualDx at 84% against PocketEMA's 3%. VisualDx also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). PocketEMA's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11). On price, ads, monetization model 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. VisualDx sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per month. PocketEMA asks for nothing beyond the download.
VisualDx holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 186 and 60 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of VisualDx's written reviews are positive against 3% of PocketEMA's.
VisualDx ships an update fortnightly, PocketEMA every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VisualDx | PocketEMA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (186 ratings) — better | 2.2 (60 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.3% of reviews — better | 3.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 186 — better | 60 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Subscription |
| Best chart rank | #11 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Logical Images | Modernizing Medicine, Inc. |
Customer experience
VisualDx
PocketEMA
Bugs and requests
VisualDx
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes when using quiz feature
- CME credit claiming functionality fails
- Subscription cancellation not processed
- Renewal charges despite cancellation requests
- Quiz unable to load properly
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- Account access issues after payment
Requested features
6 requests- Make app free again (previously free)
- Simplify subscription cancellation in-app
- Improve quiz functionality for mobile
- Add quiz feature to desktop version
- Expand patient information handouts
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- Better quiz image clarity and context
PocketEMA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VisualDx
- Complete (1 Month)1 Month trial$39.991 Month
- VisualDx Core Monthly7 Days trial$39.991 Month
- Complete+DermExpert (1 Month)1 Month trial$49.991 Month
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- VisualDx Elite Monthly7 Days trial$49.991 Month
- Add DermExpert (1 Year)$99.991 Year
- Complete (1 Year)1 Month trial$149.991 Year
- VisualDx Core Annual7 Days trial$249.991 Year
- VisualDx Elite Annual7 Days trial$299.991 Year
- Complete+DermExpert (1 Year)1 Month trial$499.991 Year
- Add DermExpert (1 yr)$99.99
- Complete (1 yr)$399.99
PocketEMA
No in-app purchases
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