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 (31% vs 13%) 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: 13% of CPS by CPhA's written reviews are positive against 31% 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 October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CPS by CPhA | Petal for Physicians |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 1.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.1% of reviews | 31.4% 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 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) | Petal Solutions Inc. |
Customer experience
CPS by CPhA
Petal for Physicians
User reviews
CPS by CPhA
From 2 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great Canadian content
- 👍 Good design (mentioned once)
- 👍 Useful for primary care (mentioned once)
- 👍 Important tool for practice (mentioned once)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 🐛 Content not downloading/loading
- 🐛 App crashes or won't open
- 🐛 Subscription renewal is a hassle
- 🐛 Poor search functionality
Petal for Physicians
From 4 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for hospital integration
- 👍 Helpful for scheduling
- 👍 Secure communications
- 👍 Great tool for practitioners
- 👍 Very useful across hospital
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent disconnections
- 🐛 Login always required
- 🐛 Lost server connection
- 🐛 App needs constant reinstallation
- 🐛 Frequent freezing
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
Petal for Physicians
Reported bugs
16 issues- Frequent disconnections and server connection loss
- App freezes and requires restarts
- Login issues, requires repeated logins
- App gets stuck on loading screen
- Marketplace refreshes to the beginning when switching apps
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- App crashes frequently, especially after updates
- Unable to log in
- App doesn't open or requires multiple restarts
- Password required even when entered
- Sync issues with calendar after iOS updates
- App not adapting to iPad orientation (portrait only)
- Redirects to app from website on iPad
- Cannot see group calendars after update
- Update loop preventing login
- Continuous crashes and banner message not clearing
- Calendar not reliably loading
Requested features
9 requests- Allow account cancellation from app
- Fix constant refreshing of marketplace
- Improve iPad orientation support (landscape)
- Support password managers (1Password, etc.)
- Support Touch ID and Face ID login
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- Allow viewing colleague schedules
- Allow selecting multiple days for availability/unavailability
- Add ability to see schedules of colleagues
- Allow landscape view on iPad
In-app purchases
CPS by CPhA
No in-app purchases
Petal for Physicians
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is CPS by CPhA free?
Is Petal for Physicians free?
Which has better reviews, CPS by CPhA or Petal for Physicians?
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