Impact Network vs PatienTrials
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Impact Network
This app connects physicians with pharmaceutical promotion research. Members provide real-time insights on how promotional efforts influence prescribing behavior, helping to shape the future of the healthcare industry. Participants receive honorariums for their contributions.
- Real-time feedback on pharmaceutical promotion
- International physician panel
- Country and specialty tailored experience
- Generous honorarium packages
- Influence healthcare industry future
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Impact Network is the healthcare industry’s leading pharmaceutical promotion research organization. Our international panel of physicians helps us understand how pharmaceutical promotion efforts influence prescribing behavior. Using the latest mobile technology, our physicians provide their valuable insight on the impact of pharmaceutical promotion as it occurs. This ‘real time’ approach sets our organization apart from all others in the industry. As an Impact Network member, you will provide your expertise and insights via our mobile app to help influence the future of the healthcare industry. The app is tailored for your specific country and specialty. We also provide international support to make your experience in our study easy and enjoyable. In return for their participation, physicians receive a generous honorarium package and opportunities to earn additional honorarium through various research projects. For more information about Impact Network, please download this app and tap register@impactrx.com on the log in screen to send us an email. We will contact you with additional information about our program.
PatienTrials
This platform facilitates virtual clinical trials for pharmaceutical companies and clinicians, enhancing efficiency and patient adherence. It leverages instant messaging, HealthKit, AI, and bots to capture high-quality patient data and monitor for adverse events, reducing study risk and development costs.
- Virtual clinical trial management
- HIPAA & GDPR compliant platform
- Patient adherence improvement
- AI-powered adverse event monitoring
- High-quality patient-generated data
- Instant messaging integration
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PatienTrials helps pharma companies and clinicians run global clinical trials virtually, more efficiently in a closed community setting over HIPAA & GDPR compliant collaboration platform. PatienTrials aims to improve patient adherence by empowering participants with information on the progress of treatment at their fingertips in a community setting, that promotes self-care. PatienTrials captures high-quality patient generated data through solutions based on instant messaging, HealthKit, AI and bots, is poised to make a positive impact on drug development. Monitored by proprietary AI agent for adverse events, PatienTrials reduces study risk and lowers development costs. Founded in 2016, PatienTrials is the first company to bring clinical trials on to a HIPAA & GDPR compliant instant messaging platform.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PatienTrials at 5.0 against Impact Network's 3.5. Impact Network's advantage is ratings volume (43 vs 1). 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.
PatienTrials holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Impact Network has 43 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Impact Network ships an update every 2 months, PatienTrials every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Impact Network | PatienTrials |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (43 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ImpactRx, Inc. | PatienTrials Inc |
Customer experience
Impact Network
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In-app purchases
Impact Network
No in-app purchases
PatienTrials
No in-app purchases
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