Doximity vs athenaCapture
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Doximity
This app provides U.S. healthcare professionals with AI-powered clinical tools, secure communication, and news. It offers features like AI-assisted clinical question answering, time-saving administrative tools, patient calling, ambient note-taking, and secure faxing. It aims to simplify daily tasks and improve patient care.
- AI-powered clinical question answering
- HIPAA-compliant AI for administrative tasks
- Secure patient calling and messaging
- Ambient note-taking with AI scribe
- Secure faxing for medical records
- Curated healthcare news
- Clinician directory search
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The Doximity Clinical AI Suite helps clinicians get answers, communicate with patients, and complete documentation—all in one workflow. Ask delivers fast, cited answers. Dialer connects you with patients by voice, video, and text. Scribe automatically generates clinical notes from patient visits. Doximity is the largest network of U.S. clinicians and the AI-powered platform trusted by over 85% of U.S. physicians. Free, HIPAA-compliant, and built for clinicians. "This should be on every physician's phone." – App Review Features - Get fast, cited answers grounded in medical literature - Generate clinical notes automatically with AI - Call, video, and securely message patients - Send and receive HIPAA-compliant faxes - Prescribe medications directly from your phone - Stay current with personalized medical news - Connect with the largest network of U.S. clinicians - Integrate with Epic Haiku and Amion Testimonials "Doximity Ask is a fantastic resource I use every single day when researching complex conditions. The evidence-based responses make it a breeze to increase my understanding of difficult topics in a fraction of the time it used to take." – Dr. Tyler Agnew, MD "With Doximity Ask, I input all the active diagnoses the patient had, what my goal was, and within 15 seconds my letter of clinical necessity was written, describing all the relevant conditions perfectly, speaking to their severity and truly making a good case for the need for resources." – Dr. Shubho Sarkar, MD "Really great app for calling my patients. Can set the number that shows up on caller ID as my office. Also has the option to send a message straight to their voicemail or send text messages without giving out my personal cell number." – App Review "I have used Doximity Scribe now for almost 2 years and it has been amazing!! It allows me to concentrate more on my patient. Saves me so much time!" – Dr. Zarin Nestor, MD "So nice to have a secure fax for medical records and labs. I love getting results on the go and being able to respond in real time to information." – App Review "Concise articles. Quick to read and relevant. Haven’t noticed any editorializing, which I greatly appreciate. Just the facts, ma’am." – App Review
athenaCapture
Easily add image documentation to your athenaNet workflows directly from your smartphone or tablet. Securely capture patient photos, insurance cards, and encounter-specific images without storing them insecurely on your device.
- Image documentation capture
- Encounter embedded image capture
- Patient photo capture
- Insurance card capture
- Secure image transfer
- Direct integration with athenaNet
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The athenaCapture mobile app and its supporting athenaNet workflows provide a simple, secure way for users to add image documentation into athenaNet via smartphone or tablet device. Supported workflows currently include: - Simple image documentation capture - Encounter embedded image documentation capture - Patient photo capture - Insurance card capture Images pass directly from the point of capture — athenaCapture — to athenaNet, and are never stored unsecured, e.g., in a device camera roll, a memory card inserted into a camera, etc., without manual intermediate steps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Doximity at 75% against athenaCapture's 31%. Doximity also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.1) and ratings volume (199K vs 44). athenaCapture's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Doximity holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doximity has 199K ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Doximity's written reviews are positive against 31% of athenaCapture's.
Doximity ships an update weekly, athenaCapture monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Doximity | athenaCapture |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (199K ratings) — better | 3.1 (44 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.3% of reviews — better | 30.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 199K — better | 44 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #91 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 335 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Doximity | athenahealth |
Customer experience
Doximity
athenaCapture
Bugs and requests
Doximity
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezing when reading article abstracts
- Inability to cancel or exit dialer feature
- Disappearing features after app updates
- Connectivity issues for some users
Requested features
5 requests- Expand verification to include veterinarians
- Improve search and sorting for articles
- Add time stamps and delivery confirmation for faxes
- Enable multi-user access for the same office number
- Provide more customization options for the app
athenaCapture
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Doximity
No in-app purchases
athenaCapture
No in-app purchases
Questions
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