CPS by CPhA vs OSCEY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CPS by CPhA
Access essential, evidence-based drug information for healthcare professionals. Choose between drug monographs or full access with therapeutic guidance and tools. Stay updated with critical warnings and advisories.
- Evidence-based drug monographs
- Therapeutic information
- Non-prescription therapy guidance
- Drug tables and algorithms
- Medical calculators
- Critical updates and warnings
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CPS (formerly RxTx) has a new appearance. CPS is still the reliable, evidence-based drug resource it has always been and provides essential drug information at the point-of-care for health care practitioners. Now offering two subscription options – CPS Drug Information or CPS Full Access. CPS Drug Information is the Canadian standard for drug monographs, containing thousands of products including monographs for drugs, vaccines, natural health products and medical devices, approved by Health Canada. CPS Full Access includes all content from CPS Drug Information and the most current, evidence-based therapeutic information and non-prescription therapy for most common conditions, with cross-referenced drug tables and algorithms and DC condition-based drug tables. Both subscriptions types provide critical updates such as warnings and advisories; and useful tools such as medical calculators.
OSCEY
Practice clinical exam stations with an AI patient that responds dynamically to your spoken responses. Receive detailed, criterion-by-criterion feedback on your performance, covering data gathering, clinical management, and interpersonal skills. Prepare for medical licensing exams with over 800 stations across 27 specialties.
- AI patient roleplay
- Spoken consultation practice
- Criterion-by-criterion debrief
- 800+ stations across 27 specialties
- Performance tracking by specialty and skill
- Mock circuit training
- Optional community rankings
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Read the candidate brief, walk in, and run the whole OSCE station out loud. The patient hesitates, drops the cues a real one would, pushes back when you rush, and keeps their own agenda until you think to ask. Request any examination or investigation in your own words and the findings come back mid-station. When the clock stops, a criterion-by-criterion debrief built on what you actually said — what you covered, what you missed, and why. More than 800 stations across 27 specialties, and tailored for anyone preparing for PLAB 2, UKMLA CPSA, AMC Clinical, NZREX Clinical, NAC OSCE or PRES Level 3. Speak your way through a clinical OSCE station, then find out exactly how it went. OSCEY simulates the station itself. You read the candidate brief, walk in, and conduct the consultation out loud with a patient who answers, hesitates, pushes back and holds their own agenda. No typing. No multiple choice. When the clock stops, you get a criterion-by-criterion debrief built from what you actually said. SPEAK THE WHOLE STATION Read the brief and the clock starts. Take a history, ask for the examination or investigation you want in your own words, and relevant findings appear during the station. Explain a diagnosis, break bad news, negotiate a plan — the simulated patient responds to how you say it, not only to what you cover. FEEDBACK WITH THE RECEIPTS Every completed station produces an exam-aligned practice estimate and a full breakdown: what you covered, what you missed, and the evidence behind each judgement. Data gathering, clinical management and interpersonal skills are assessed separately, with the transcript alongside them, so the next thing to work on is obvious rather than a guess. TRAIN FOR THE REAL FORMAT Run a full mock circuit: a sequence of timed stations with planned rest breaks and one combined debrief at the end. Use the preset for your preparation track, or build a shorter circuit when time is short. GET BETTER, NOT JUST HIGHER The station library spans history taking, clinical management, examination requests, counselling, explanation, breaking bad news, ethics, capacity and professional communication across major specialties — the consultations you will still be having years after the exam. KNOW WHAT TO PRACTISE NEXT Clinical Radar tracks coverage and performance by specialty and by skill. Case Codex keeps every case you have opened, with your best coverage on each. Daily Round picks one focused station when you only have ten minutes, and a practice streak keeps the habit honest. PRACTISE ALONGSIDE EVERYONE ELSE An optional player profile and exam-specific community rankings, built from your strongest eligible results. START WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Free preview stations are available immediately. Create an optional profile to keep progress and manage your account. Full Access unlocks the complete station library and mock circuits. VOICE, PRIVACY AND LIMITS Microphone audio is processed during the station to run the spoken exchange and the assessment. It is not retained after the station. OSCEY provides educational practice feedback and estimated practice performance only — not an official result, a prediction or clinical advice. Every patient is simulated. OSCEY is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the GMC, AMC, MCC, MCNZ, the Medical Council of Ireland or any other examining body. Exam names describe the preparation tracks available in the app. Questions or a problem with a station? Use Support inside the app, or email oscey@veridir.com. Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OSCEY at 100% against CPS by CPhA's 13%. OSCEY also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). CPS by CPhA's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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. OSCEY sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. CPS by CPhA asks for nothing beyond the download.
OSCEY holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of CPS by CPhA's written reviews are positive against 100% of OSCEY's.
CPS by CPhA ships an update every 4 months, OSCEY fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CPS by CPhA | OSCEY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) | Tevfik Asgin |
Customer experience
CPS by CPhA
OSCEY
Bugs and requests
CPS by CPhA
Reported bugs
10 issues- Cannot sign in
- App won't download content
- App won't load
- App won't open
- Login issues with enterprise accounts
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- Content erased with update
- App is empty/no content
- Sign in button non-functional
- Search function hangs or is slow
- Updates do not install
Requested features
5 requests- Add in-page search function
- Improve font size options
- Add CTC content
- Allow download in one language
- Provide option to not download all data
OSCEY
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CPS by CPhA
No in-app purchases
OSCEY
- OSCEY Weekly$4.997 Days









