Comparison

Doximity vs Patient eCare

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
Currently charting
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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

About

Patient eCare

This app offers remote support for patients undergoing procedures, providing clear protocols and information for families and caregivers. It aims to improve health outcomes, reduce stress, and enhance patient compliance with post-operative care.

Highlights
  • Remote patient support
  • Procedure information and protocols
  • Pre and post-operative guidance
  • Symptom triage and management
  • Provider communication links
  • Improved patient compliance
Features
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The App PatientApps provides remote support globally to procedure patients, their families and caregivers. Our apps aim to improve health outcomes, make physician-patient interaction more efficient, bring on-screen logistical and navigation help to arrivals, and maybe allow patients to leave the hospital earlier because they now have more easily understood protocols with better compliance. Our apps contain “common best practices” authored by leading practitioners – almost all of whom are professors at, or graduates of, a prominent Boston medical school. This content is edited by respected Series Editors and Reviewers. There are many applications focused on patients. Unfortunately, almost all are driven by what providers want to communicate to patients – provider-push. The result is very low patient uptake. Our apps are driven by what patients are interested in - patient-pull. Patient delivery is via a card containing a QR code and a URL. Either takes the patient directly to the app – on small mobiles to large TVs, computers, every O/S. Launches in minutes. Patient Benefits • Patients and their families get the information about procedures, the alternatives, and easy-to-follow protocols both before and after your procedure. • Less stress as the procedure approaches because patients are better prepared, and aware of the trade-offs. Expectations are honestly delivered, so fewer disappointments. • Better health outcomes because of easier compliance with post-surgery protocols. • Better health outcomes = fewer re-admissions. • Onboard symptom triage: we list many of the symptoms you are likely to encounter, and suggest how you could respond to them. Where necessary, we provide the communications link to your provider. • Fewer unnecessary office visits, and greater awareness of when you should see your physician.

Screenshots

Doximity4 screens
Patient eCare3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Doximity at weekly against Patient eCare's every 2 months. Doximity also leads on ratings volume (200K vs 4) and chart position (#106 vs unranked). Patient eCare's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Doximity against 4.8 for Patient eCare. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doximity has 200K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doximity ships an update weekly, Patient eCare every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Doximity versus Patient eCare: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoximityPatient eCare
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (200K ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings200K — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#106 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size348 MB37 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperDoximityPatient Apps, Inc.

Customer experience

Doximity

All ratings199,859 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews304 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative20.1%

Patient eCare

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Patient eCare

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Doximity

No in-app purchases

None

Patient eCare

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Doximity free?
Doximity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patient eCare free?
Patient eCare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Doximity or Patient eCare?
Doximity is rated higher. Doximity averages 4.8 out of 5 from 200K ratings, while Patient eCare averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Doximity or Patient eCare have ads?
Neither Doximity nor Patient eCare shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Doximity or Patient eCare?
Doximity ships an update weekly, and Patient eCare every 2 months. Most recently, Doximity was updated on November 6, 2026 and Patient eCare on November 3, 2026.

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