Comparison

cTrials vs Clinical Research Trials

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

Clinical Research Trials

Features
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iPhone/iPad App offers an easy-to-use interface on your mobile as well as iPad to search federal and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. Obtain information including a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details about clinical trials being conducted throughout the United States and in many countries throughout the world. * Information on Clinical Trials and Human Research Studies * Find trials for you * Bookmark and save favorites * Search thousands of clinical trials by medical condition, therapeutic area , etc * Find a clinical trial for your specific diseases e.g cancer, etc in your area * Find the Latest Studies for you. * Get notified of new clinical trials near you. * Optimized for iPad/iPhone screen display Acknowledgment: U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) Source of the data: ClinicalTrials.gov TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE Neither the United States Government, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, nor any of its agencies, contractors, subcontractors or employees of the United States Government make any warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to data contained in the database, and, furthermore, assume no liability for any party's use, or the results of such use, of any part of the database. This App does not Provide Medical Advice. The information contained in this app is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment, and we recommend consultation with your doctor or health care professional. 
 INDEMNITY You agree to indemnify, save and hold iHealth Ventures LLC ('iHVLLC'), its officers, directors and employees harmless for any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, losses and expense for any acts of negligence, misrepresentation or willful misconduct, which may arise from the use of the app. Except where prohibited by law, in no event will iHealth Ventures LLC ('iHVLLC') be liable to you for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental or punitive damages. If, notwithstanding, iHVLLC is found to be liable to you for any damage or loss that arises out of your use of the app, iHVLLC's liability shall in no event exceed US $0.01 iHVLLC may revise and update these Terms and Conditions at any time. Your continued usage of the app will mean you accept those changes.

Screenshots

cTrials4 screens
Clinical Research Trials2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: cTrials at every 12 months against Clinical Research Trials's every 26 months. Clinical Research Trials's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

cTrials ships an update every 12 months, Clinical Research Trials every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
cTrials versus Clinical Research Trials: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercTrialsClinical Research Trials
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 months — betterEvery 26 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.18.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB14 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVisual Soft Inc.iHealth Ventures LLC.

In-app purchases

None

cTrials

No in-app purchases

None

Clinical Research Trials

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is cTrials free?
cTrials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Clinical Research Trials free?
Clinical Research Trials is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do cTrials or Clinical Research Trials have ads?
Neither cTrials nor Clinical Research Trials shows ads.
Which is updated more often, cTrials or Clinical Research Trials?
cTrials ships an update every 12 months, and Clinical Research Trials every 26 months. Most recently, cTrials was updated on November 1, 2026 and Clinical Research Trials on October 26, 2026.

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