eMPendium vs AntibioticApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eMPendium
This modular medical application provides access to a comprehensive Polish drug reference, a digital handbook of internal diseases, and classifications for medical procedures and diseases. It also includes expert commentary, medical calculators, news, and clinical guidelines for healthcare professionals.
- Comprehensive Polish Drug Reference
- Digital Handbook of Internal Diseases
- ICD-10 and ICD-9 Classifications
- Expert Medical Commentary
- Medical Calculators
- Medical News and Guidelines
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Modular application containing: *Leki* - (Drug Module) - free; Comprehensive Polish Drug Reference, developed by the Medycyna Praktyczna editorial board. Updated daily! Reliable drug descriptions, prices, current availability on the Polish market and much more. The drug database contains: - over 7,000 drug descriptions - over 1,400 drug active components descriptions - over 10,000 drug items with prices The module content is restricted to registered users of Medycyna Praktyczna website (mp.pl). *Podręcznik* - (Handbook Module) - free; digital version of Choroby Wewnętrzne handbook edited by Andrzej Szczeklik and Piotr Gajewski. The module content is restricted to registered users of Medycyna Praktyczna website (mp.pl). Gabinet - (Health Center Module) - free; digital Polish editions of: - ICD-10 - International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. Tenth Revision. Vol. 1. and Vol. 3. Under permission of Fundacja Zdrowia Publicznego, Kraków, Poland, the Polish translation copyright holder - ICD-9 - International Statistical Classification of Medical Procedures (ICD-9 PL version 5.19) - eWUŚ - electronic verification of eligibility of beneficiaries. *Ekspert* - (Expert Module) - free; experts’ commentary on various topics from the Cardiology eMP3 website. *Kalkulatory* - (Medical Calculators) *Wiadomości* - (News Module) - free; selected articles from Medycyna Praktyczna webstie (mp.pl). * Algorithms * - mobile version of the "Guidelines for a doctor" useful in everyday practice
AntibioticApp
A practical, synthetic, and reliable tool for healthcare professionals to improve antimicrobial use. It provides updated information on infectious diseases, therapeutic recommendations, vaccines, infection control, and pharmacological/microbiological data.
- Antimicrobial treatments and prophylaxis
- Antimicrobial drug compendium
- Updated microbiological and parasitological data
- Infectious disease information
- Vaccine recommendations
- Infection control guidelines
- Intuitive menus and search engine
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AntibioticApp, es una herramienta de consulta práctica, sintética, confiable y gratuita. Está destinada a mejorar la utilización de los antimicrobianos en el actual contexto de resistencias. Ofrece información sobre enfermedades infecciosas, recomendaciones terapéuticas, vacunas, control de infecciones, datos farmacológicos y microbiológicos actualizados y cuenta con el respaldo de entidades científicas de relevancia nacional. Esta aplicación está dirigida para profesionales de la salud. Podrás consultar más de 200 tratamientos y profilaxis antimicrobianos organizados por sistemas/órganos y tipo de infección, un amplio vademécum de antimicrobianos con descripciones completas de los fármacos, su dosificación y administración adecuada, información microbiológica y parasitológica actualizada con datos epidemiológicos y de resistencias nacionales. El acceso a los contenidos puede realizarse a través menús intuitivos de cada área o mediante un motor de búsqueda términos para un acceso rápido o especifico. Además, te mantendremos informado mediante nuestro sistema de notificaciones para que siempre dispongas de la información más reciente, pudiendo ampliar la información mediante enlaces bibliográficos. Los contenidos son actualizados periódicamente por la Sociedad Argentina de Infectología (SADI), la Asociación Argentina de Farmacéuticos de Hospital (AAFH), el Centro Universitario de Investigación en Microbiología y Parasitología (CUDEMyP) y la Sociedad Argentina de Terapia Intensiva (SATI).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AntibioticApp at 5.0 against eMPendium's 3.4. eMPendium's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. AntibioticApp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. eMPendium asks for nothing beyond the download.
AntibioticApp holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
eMPendium ships an update every 3 months, AntibioticApp every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eMPendium | AntibioticApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MEDYCYNA PRAKTYCZNA SP Z O O | Screaming Brothers S.A. |
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eMPendium
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In-app purchases
eMPendium
No in-app purchases
AntibioticApp
- Apprentice$0.991 Month
- Apprentice$9.991 Year
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