Comparison

MBS Search vs eScription One

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

Head to head
About

MBS Search

Access the Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule on your iPhone to quickly find item numbers and calculate bills. It offers fee descriptions with Gap Cover rates and allows for easy bill emailing and creation of favorite item lists.

Highlights
  • Find Medicare item numbers quickly
  • Calculate bills for multiple item numbers
  • View Gap Cover rates
  • Automatic Assistant fee calculations
  • Email bills and item numbers
  • Create favorite item lists
Features
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Get the latest Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule free on your iPhone: Find items numbers super fast. Automatically calculate bills for cases with multiple item numbers. Fee descriptions include Gap Cover rates for 60 different fee schedules. Automatic Assistant fee calculations. Email bills and item numbers to your rooms: simple out of pocket expense calculations. Create your own favourites for commonly used items or groups of items.

About

eScription One

This app streamlines clinical documentation for EMR systems, allowing healthcare providers to dictate and manage patient records efficiently. It integrates with EMRs, automates data entry, and improves workflow for better patient care and compliance.

Highlights
  • Dictate and manage EMR documentation
  • Real-time schedule feed
  • Personalized dictation templates
  • Review and edit transcribed content
  • Automatic EMR integration
  • Background file uploads
  • Customizable workflow settings
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eScription One allows authorized clinicians to create and manage high quality documentation for an EMR with minimal time and effort. Clinicians dictate the narrative and keep pace with busy patient loads without compromising time with patients, revenue potential or length of workday. Meanwhile, timely, complete, structured data in the EMR reduces claim rejections, decreases time to bill and enhances compliance. A real-time schedule feed serves as a daily work list while access to patient demographics and history informs dictations. System-generated dictation templates – personalized by each clinician – streamline document creation by requiring only exceptions be dictated. Transcribed content is easily reviewed, edited and signed. Upon completion, uploaded files are automatically integrated into the EMR, faxed, or printed. REQUIREMENTS: * Internet access through Wifi or phone service provider is required. WiFi connection is strongly recommended when uploading dictations. * An account is required to use this application. FEATURES AND BENEFITS: * Manage the documentation task with less time and effort. Clinicians organize documentation tasks across multiple devices by viewing all appointments with dictation status or only appointments still requiring dictation. A list of returned transcriptions allows clinicians to advance quickly through the review and authentication process. * Improve documentation quality. Save time and remove risk when patient data, demographics and appointment location are automatically linked to the voice file and available for easy reference while dictating. * Customize workflow to meet clinic needs. Flexible application settings easily accommodate the unique, complex workflow requirements of specialty practices. * Delegate transcription and QA to support staff. Completed dictations upload in the background and are automatically routed to a professional medical transcriptionist to produce a typed report that is automatically returned for review. * Increase clinician productivity and satisfaction. A library of templates—customizable for each clinician—automatically populates common content as editable text, speeding dictation. * Speed documentation turnaround. Real-time file upload, download and routing ensures prompt dictation, transcription, editing, authentication and accessibility in the EMR. * Populate the EMR automatically. Sophisticated integration generates structured data automatically placed in the EMR, improving EMR usability and boosting adoption and ROI. * Enhance the patient experience By completing documentation on mobile devices, providers are free to engage with patients rather than computer screens during exams. * Control documentation costs All-inclusive solution components require no server hardware or infrastructure, eliminating all upfront fees. Unlimited client support, updates and maintenance included at no additional cost. WHAT CLIENTS ARE SAYING: “When we introduced our physicians to Emdat Mobile, all of them were amazed by how easy it made their dictation and improved their workflow; and they wanted it right away.” — William Whelehan, Purchasing Director, Illinois Bone & Joint Institute

Screenshots

MBS Search4 screens
eScription One3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MBS Search at 5.0 against eScription One's 3.4. MBS Search also leads on review sentiment (49% vs 23%). eScription One's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

MBS Search holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: eScription One has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of MBS Search's written reviews are positive against 23% of eScription One's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MBS Search ships an update every 6 weeks, eScription One every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MBS Search versus eScription One: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMBS SearcheScription One
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews49.3% of reviews — better23.3% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB36 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperUmbrella Network Pty LimitedDeliverHealth Solutions LLC

Customer experience

MBS Search

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral10.1%
Negative40.6%

eScription One

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive23.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative73.3%

Bugs and requests

MBS Search

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Crashes after latest update
  • Item numbers difficult to find for GP
  • Medicare rebate calculation incorrect
  • Crashing frequently
  • No ability to change insurance details
Show 15 more
  • Items only show Medicare rates
  • Item numbers not updated
  • Lost favorites after updates
  • Favorites reset randomly
  • Crashes with iPhone X
  • Crashes when changing anesthesia billing times
  • Crashing with iOS update
  • Excision section broken
  • Favorites wiped on upgrade
  • Calculation for 51303 not accurate
  • Cannot scan patient label
  • Not working with iPhone 5
  • Crashes on start up
  • Hangs and crashes on skin procedures menu
  • No listing of fees for visits

Requested features

7 requests
  • Update insurance covers
  • Update with July release codes
  • Add landscape orientation for iPad
  • Improve sorting of categories
  • Easier favorite adding
Show 2 more
  • Ability to mail log book
  • Differentiate GP vs Specialist procedures

eScription One

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MBS Search

No in-app purchases

None

eScription One

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MBS Search free?
MBS Search is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is eScription One free?
eScription One is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MBS Search or eScription One?
MBS Search is rated higher. MBS Search averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while eScription One averages 3.4 from 5 ratings.
Do MBS Search or eScription One have ads?
Neither MBS Search nor eScription One shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MBS Search or eScription One?
MBS Search ships an update every 6 weeks, and eScription One every 3 weeks. Most recently, MBS Search was updated on October 22, 2026 and eScription One on October 18, 2026.

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