cTrials vs ICON DCT+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
ICON DCT+
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The industry’s first app where clinical trial participants can record data in the comfort and convenience of their own homes, collected as part of their designated study protocol. Participants can customize their reminder push notifications, so they always know when to record elements such as: -ECGs -Symptoms -Blood Pressure -Capture pictures
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: cTrials at 11.1 against ICON DCT+'s 13.0. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
cTrials ships an update every 12 months, ICON DCT+ every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cTrials | ICON DCT+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | visual soft, inc | ICON Public Limited Company |
In-app purchases
cTrials
No in-app purchases
ICON DCT+
No in-app purchases
