Comparison

cTrials vs LookUpTrials

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

Head to head
About

cTrials

This app provides a mobile interface for searching clinical trials listed on clinicaltrials.gov. It offers user-friendly navigation with basic, advanced, and country-specific search options. Users can save trials to favorites, email listings, and contact investigators.

Highlights
  • Clinical trial search
  • Basic and advanced search options
  • Search by country/state
  • Save trials to favorites
  • Email trial listings
  • Contact investigators
  • Search history
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• A mobile front end for searching clinical trials listed on www.clinicaltrials.gov by National Library of Medicine  (NLM/NIH) • All of the features of www.clinicaltrials.gov website are incorporated in this app.  • Incorporates user friendly navigation schemes with Basic, Advanced, Refine  Search and Search by Country /State features • Predictive Text feature for Basic Search screen • Customizable individual personal profile feature • Empowers the end users to save a clinical trial listing to favorites folder, e-mail the clinical trial, contact an investigator • Save the ‘Search History’ and many more… • Attach a personal profile with voice memo to an Clinical Study Investigator via e-mail • Contact a Clinical Study Investigator  through the app

About

LookUpTrials

This platform provides a directory of clinical trials for various cancers and cellular therapies. Users can learn about trials, engage with the community, and make informed decisions. It fosters connection among users sharing their experiences.

Highlights
  • Clinical trial directory
  • Cancer-specific trials
  • Community forum
  • User experience sharing
  • Informed decision-making
Features
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LookUpTrials® is a knowledge platform that helps us learn, engage, and make smarter decisions about clinical trials.  Share your expreience and connect with the LookUpTrials community! Currently we have a trial directory related to breast cancer, lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, liver cancer, gall bladder cancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, urothelial cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, sarcoma, head and neck cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, thyroid cancer, salivary gland cancer, skin cancer, melanoma, glioblastoma, leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, myelodyplastic syndrome, and cellular therapies.

Screenshots

cTrials4 screens
LookUpTrials3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LookUpTrials at 5.0 against cTrials's 3.0. LookUpTrials also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 12 months). cTrials's advantage is iOS requirement (11.1 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

LookUpTrials holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

cTrials ships an update every 12 months, LookUpTrials every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
cTrials versus LookUpTrials: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercTrialsLookUpTrials
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB127 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developervisual soft, incTeamX Health

Customer experience

cTrials

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

LookUpTrials

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

cTrials

No in-app purchases

None

LookUpTrials

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is cTrials free?
cTrials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LookUpTrials free?
LookUpTrials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, cTrials or LookUpTrials?
LookUpTrials is rated higher. cTrials averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while LookUpTrials averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do cTrials or LookUpTrials have ads?
Neither cTrials nor LookUpTrials shows ads.
Which is updated more often, cTrials or LookUpTrials?
cTrials ships an update every 12 months, and LookUpTrials every 5 weeks. Most recently, cTrials was updated on June 11, 2026 and LookUpTrials on June 1, 2026.

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