Comparison

Doximity vs PowerMic Mobile

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
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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

PowerMic Mobile

This app transforms your smartphone into a wireless microphone for medical dictation software. It also enables ambient recording and AI-powered clinical documentation generation from patient conversations, boosting clinician productivity.

Highlights
  • Wireless smartphone microphone for Dragon Medical One
  • Ambient recording for clinical conversations
  • AI-powered clinical documentation generation
  • Mobile editing for DAX
  • Single app access to multiple dictation tools
Features
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The PowerMic™ Mobile app combines wireless desktop microphone capabilities for Dragon® Medical One with ambient recording and mobile editing for DAX™. It's easy-to-use and lets you access PowerMic Mobile, DAX Copilot or both applications through a single mobile app—providing on-the-go clinician productivity powered by Dragon. One app, two powerful capabilities. * PowerMic Mobile turns your smartphone into a secure wireless microphone for use with Dragon Medical One. It gives clinicians the freedom to roam and complete clinical documentation using a smartphone as a wireless microphone at the desktop. * DAX Copilot uses conversational, ambient, and generative AI to automatically write clinical documentation from clinician-patient conversations. More than just faster notes, the new DAX offers AI-enhanced copilot experiences that go beyond automated clinical documentation. * Unlock the full app experience. Access to features within this app are available with a corresponding paid subscription to PowerMic Mobile, Dragon Medical One, and/or DAX Copilot REQUIREMENTS: * iPhone/iPod/iPad (with iOS 15+), Windows 10 PC or greater. * Internet access through a cellular service provider or Wifi (recommended). * Paid license subscription for PowerMic Mobile, Dragon Medical One, and/or DAX Copilot. Please contact your system administrator.

Screenshots

Doximity4 screens
PowerMic Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Doximity at 75% against PowerMic Mobile's 19%. Doximity also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.6) and monetization model (free vs subscription). PowerMic Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Doximity holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Doximity has 199K ratings behind it against 180, 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 19% of PowerMic Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doximity ships an update weekly, PowerMic Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Doximity versus PowerMic Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoximityPowerMic Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (199K ratings) — better2.6 (180 ratings)
Positive reviews75.3% of reviews — better18.8% of reviews
Number of ratings199K — better180
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#127 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size339 MB83 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperDoximityNuance Communications

Customer experience

Doximity

All ratings198,878 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews296 reviews
Positive75.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative19.6%

PowerMic Mobile

All ratings180 ratings
Positive35.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative53.9%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive18.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative72.3%

User reviews

Doximity

From 199K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Game changer for medical practice
  • 🔒 HIPAA-compliant communication
  • 👍 Convenient and user-friendly
  • 🚀 Reliable video/audio calls
  • 👍 Helpful for rural/underserved clinics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent call display on patient phones
  • 🐛 Issues with touch responsiveness during calls
  • 🐛 Limited search and sorting functionality
  • 🐛 Verification challenges for some providers
  • 🐛 Unreliable fax delivery and tracking

PowerMic Mobile

From 180 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✅ High accuracy dictation when working properly
  • ⚡ Faster transcription than previous versions
  • 🎯 Useful AI assistance for note writing
  • 📱 Convenient mobile dictation capability
  • 🔄 Good integration with EMR systems (Cerner, Meditech, Epic)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes during patient encounters
  • 🔌 Unreliable connection and pairing issues
  • 📤 Upload failures and transcription errors
  • 🎤 Poor voice recognition accuracy
  • ⏱️ Excessive authentication/login requirements

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

PowerMic Mobile

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • App crashes during patient visits
  • Recording fails to upload or create transcription
  • Voice recognition misses first words of sentences
  • Frequent disconnections mid-dictation
  • Pairing failures with computer
Show 14 more
  • Login issues and auto-logout during use
  • Profile configuration URL text box unresponsive
  • Cursor movement issues during note-taking
  • Text insertion in wrong locations
  • Phone timeout/lock causes disconnection
  • Recording stops without user action
  • Inconsistent recording functionality
  • M1/M2 Mac 'jailbroken device' false positive
  • Recent update broke existing functionality
  • User data wiped after updates
  • Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
  • Keyboard not appearing for text input
  • App freezes and disengages
  • Word transposition errors

Requested features

14 requests
  • Apple Watch app for standalone dictation
  • iPad app version
  • Home screen widget for quick access
  • Lock screen widget
  • Push-to-talk button functionality
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  • Bluetooth connectivity to laptop/external devices
  • Prevent phone from locking during use
  • Landscape mode support
  • Control Center integration
  • Siri voice command integration
  • External microphone support restoration
  • Larger, customizable buttons
  • Always-on-top functionality
  • Samsung Watch app support

In-app purchases

None

Doximity

No in-app purchases

None

PowerMic Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Doximity free?
Doximity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PowerMic Mobile free?
PowerMic Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Doximity or PowerMic Mobile?
Doximity is rated higher. Doximity averages 4.8 out of 5 from 199K ratings, while PowerMic Mobile averages 2.6 from 180 ratings.
Do Doximity or PowerMic Mobile have ads?
Neither Doximity nor PowerMic Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Doximity or PowerMic Mobile?
Doximity ships an update weekly, and PowerMic Mobile every 2 months. Most recently, Doximity was updated on October 4, 2026 and PowerMic Mobile on October 3, 2026.

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