SafeDosePro vs Outread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SafeDosePro
This electronic medication reference tool provides pre-hospital and hospital workers with essential drug information. It offers mixing instructions, dosing, and administration details on a single page, instantly calculating doses based on patient weight and clinical need. The app aims to improve medication safety and clinical outcomes by eliminating the need for manual calculations.
- Automated medication dosing calculations
- Mixing and administration instructions
- Dose calculation by weight and clinical need
- Medically reviewed content
- Eliminates manual calculations
- Reduces medication errors
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SafeDose® is an electronic medication reference tool. It contains acute medications provided for pre-hospital and hospital workers by SafeDose as a public service. SafeDose provides mixing instructions, dosing, and drug administration information on a single, actionable page. Choose the patient’s weight and clinical need, and instantly see the dose in mg, volume in mL, dilution, delivery information, and dangers. The content is tailored to remove irrelevant information and to eliminate the need for math or memorization by the caregiver. This improves medication safety, reduces the cost of care, and improves clinical outcomes. iMedicalApps’ review describes SafeDose as "useful and well designed... Undoubtedly, the potential for medication errors would be reduced if practitioners were to rely on the information provided by this app". A university research study published in the Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics found that after less than 10 minutes of training, the use of the SafeDose system increased the accuracy of medication doses prepared during simulated pediatric emergencies by nearly 25 percent, and completely eliminated clinically significant errors. The research also showed that use of the hospital version of SafeDose, as compared to traditional processes, reduced the time required to prepare medication during an emergency. Used by hundreds of hospitals and many thousands of practitioners, all SafeDose medical content is medically reviewed for accuracy.
Outread
Enhance your reading speed and comprehension with this app. It offers guided reading modes, memory exercises, and supports various document types. Improve focus and retention for all readers.
- Speed reading modes (Guide & Flash)
- Peripheral vision and memory exercises
- Webpage and document import
- Adjustable reading speed and chunk length
- Progress tracking and reading stats
- AI translation
- Offline reading
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Speed-read websites, ebooks and documents. Outread improves reading effectiveness by helping you to focus on reading small chunks of text at a time. You can either follow the highlighter along the page or keep the text centered. Featured by Apple in “Best New Apps”, “Train Your Brain” and "Read Something New" sections “You're in luck, because Outread will help you get through [articles] and learn speed-reading in the process.” — Lifehacker "Speed Between the Lines" — WSJ “A clear winner in the speed-reading category” — AppAdvice BASIC FEATURES: - Speed read by following the highlighter along the page (Guide Mode) or by keeping the focused phrase in the center of the screen (Flash Mode - Rapid Serial Visual Presentation) - Exercises improving peripheral vision, eidetic memory, short-term memory and chunking ability. - Add webpages from Safari or other apps using share extension - Paste text or add from a URL - Sync your library, preferences and reading stats between your devices - Adjust the reading speed and chunk length (length of text you read at once) - Bookmark parts of text for later and add notes to them - Selection of fonts to suit all reading conditions - Monitor your progress with reading stats - Filter (by services or tags) and sort (by date, length or title) the items - See images included in text (even during speed reading) - AI translate text added to the app to many supported languages - Pleasant reading experience improving comprehension and concentration for people with dyslexia, ADD and ADHD - Test your reading speed and comprehension - Universal app for iPhone, iPad and Mac - Everything is always with you, even offline OUTREAD+ FEATURES: - Read free classic novels from the built-in catalog - Sync with Instapaper - Add your own ebooks (DRM-free ePub) - Add PDF, Microsoft Word, RTF and TXT documents - Higher reading speed up to 1,500 words per minute - Unlimited bookmarks and notes - Reader themes: Black & White (great for OLED), Sepia and Gray NOTE: - DRM-protected ebooks (Kindle and most of iBooks ebooks) are not supported Terms and Conditions: https://outreadapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://outreadapp.com/privacy-policy If you have any questions or suggestions, you can reach us at contact@outreadapp.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SafeDosePro at none against Outread's 10. SafeDosePro also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Outread's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 48%) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 161). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Outread sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. SafeDosePro asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for SafeDosePro against 4.7 for Outread. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Outread has 1.4K ratings behind it against 161, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of SafeDosePro's written reviews are positive against 80% of Outread's.
SafeDosePro ships an update every 2 months, Outread every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | SafeDosePro | Outread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (161 ratings) | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.9% of reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 161 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SafeDose, Incorporated | Arkadiusz Holko |
Customer experience
SafeDosePro
Outread
User reviews
SafeDosePro
From 161 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Practical and useful
- 👍 Saves time
- 👍 Accurate dosing
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Great for emergencies
Room to improve
- 🐛 Slow search and performance
- 🐛 Subscription model unpopular
- 🐛 High subscription cost
- 🐛 Loss of previous data/functionality
- 🐛 Unintuitive new layout
Outread
From 1.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple idea, big impact
- 👍 Developer is a chad
- 🚀 Fantastic application
- 🚀 Whole heartedly recommend
- 🚀 Increased reading speed
Room to improve
- 💰 Not free, requires subscription
- 💰 Costs money
- 💰 Pay for importing PDFs
- 🐛 Paste web link takes really long time
- 🐛 Highlighting transition needs to be smoother
Bugs and requests
SafeDosePro
Reported bugs
9 issues- App no longer works after update
- Cannot access information
- App does not recognize previous purchases
- Buttons not working on iPhone X
- All old accounts deactivated
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- Subscription continues after cancellation
- App is very slow
- Search is very slow
- No longer shows last used medications
Requested features
9 requests- Return to previous version
- Improve search speed
- Make app more intuitive
- Add back missing medications
- Provide clear information on changes
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- Offer a free version again
- Improve UI on initial screen
- Add oral doses back
- Include more common medications
Outread
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to link to Pocket
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
11 requests- Highlighting, underlining and saving quotes feature
- Ability to sync books and progress across devices
- Bionic reading feature
- Ability to scroll while reading in highlight mode
- Customizable highlighted text color and background
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- Larger font size options
- Ability to link to virtual library apps like Libby
- Bookmarking and note-taking features
- More advanced training exercises and levels
- Ability to scan photos from album
- Compatibility with Apple Vision Pro
In-app purchases
SafeDosePro
No in-app purchases
Outread
- Outread+ Weekly$2.997 Days
- Outread+ Weekly$3.997 Days
- Outread+ Monthly$4.991 Month
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- Outread+ Monthly$7.991 Month
- Outread+ Monthly Family$8.491 Month
- Outread+ Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Outread+ Annual Family7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Outread+ Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Outread+ Lifetime$119.99
- Outread+ Lifetime Family$149.99









