CPS by CPhA vs Petal for Physicians
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.
Petal for Physicians
This app provides a secure cloud platform for healthcare organizations to manage patient care delivery workflows. It enables real-time orchestration of all aspects of patient care, enhancing efficiency and coordination.
- Data-driven secured cloud platform
- Real-time workflow orchestration
- Patient care delivery management
- Healthcare organization empowerment
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Petal empowers healthcare organizations with a data-driven secured cloud platform designed to orchestrate all your patient care delivery workflows in real-time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Petal for Physicians at freemium against CPS by CPhA's subscription. Petal for Physicians also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 10%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for CPS by CPhA against 1.0 for Petal for Physicians. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 10% of CPS by CPhA's written reviews are positive against 33% of Petal for Physicians's.
CPS by CPhA ships an update every 4 months, Petal for Physicians every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CPS by CPhA | Petal for Physicians |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 1.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 9.6% of reviews | 32.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) | Petal Solutions Inc. |
Customer experience
CPS by CPhA
Petal for Physicians
In-app purchases
CPS by CPhA
No in-app purchases
Petal for Physicians
No in-app purchases
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