Comparison

RxOrange vs TasteBudRx

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RxOrange

Access comprehensive FDA Orange Book data offline to predict generic drug expiration dates and identify therapeutically equivalent substitutes. Stay updated on newly approved products with intuitive color-coded TE codes for quick interpretation.

Highlights
  • Offline FDA Orange Book access
  • Predict generic drug expiration dates
  • Identify therapeutically equivalent generics
  • Color-coded TE codes for easy interpretation
  • Track newly approved drug products
  • Intuitive and fast user interface
Features
Currently charting
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RxOrange provides full, Internet free, access to the FDA Orange Book with a thoughtful user interface and a unique set of features that you will find nowhere else, not even on the FDA web site. Questions that RxOrange can quickly answer. When does that drug go generic? One question that frequently gets asked by both patients and health care practitioners is ‘When will a generic come out for this drug’? RxOrange can predict an expiration date based on patent and exclusivity information from the Orange Book.* It also shows brand name products that have recently gone generic, so you can stay up to date as new generics become available. *Please note that unexpired patents, patent extension, and litigation can delay or expedite the actual date of generic competition. RxOrange provides a reasonable estimate based on available data, or an actual date if it is known. What generic products are therapeutically equivalent to the brand name drug? RxOrange can help you find suitable generic substitutes fast. Drug products are organized into brand and generic sections and alphabetized by manufacturer. The therapeutic equivalence (TE) code for each drug product is highlighted with a color (green, yellow, or red) to make interpreting the codes easy.** What products have recently been approved by the FDA? Dozens of new drug products are released each month by manufacturers. RxOrange will help you keep up to date on both brand and generic products as they become available. Check out the screenshots below! ** The therapeutic equivalence code, or TE code, provided by the FDA indicates whether a generic product can be substituted for its brand name counterpart. Products highlighted green are equivalent substitutes, yellow highlighting indicates no information is available and caution should be taken, and red highlighting indicates the product is NOT equivalent to the brand name product. A detailed explanation of each code is available in the detail view for each drug. Who made RxOrange? RxOrange has been written and designed by a pharmacist with the fast paced work environment of medical professionals in mind. Information is presented in a format that is intuitive, fast, and easy to use. This app will be useful for pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and any other health care professional that needs access to information about therapeutic substitution, product availability, and patent expiration. How often will this app be updated? RxOrange will be updated monthly coinciding with the monthly release of Orange Book data from the FDA. Each release version will trail with the year and month the database was compiled. (Example. The database in version 3.95.2101 will be compiled with the most recent data from January of 2021) Additional updates will include bug fixes and new features as they become available. Features in development for future releases -Listing of products that are considered NOT therapeutically equivalent -Have a feature you’d like to see? Tell me about it! Disclaimer Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy of the data provided by RxOrange. However, this app is not intended to be used to provide medical advice or make clinical decisions. Dabbling Badger LLC will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions in the content of the app provided. By downloading this app you will be agreeing to a standard licensed application end user license agreement that expresses the statement above in more legal detail.

About

TasteBudRx

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This app is meant to allow patients to calculate their own taste score and then use that information to prepare a diet. Our platform is meant to connect people to physicians to help prepare these diets.

Screenshots

RxOrange4 screens
TasteBudRx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TasteBudRx at Free against RxOrange's $4.99. TasteBudRx also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). RxOrange's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 43 months) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TasteBudRx is free to download; RxOrange costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RxOrange ships an update every 2 months, TasteBudRx every 43 months. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
RxOrange versus TasteBudRx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRxOrangeTasteBudRx
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 43 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#197 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB47 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDabbling Badger LLCKing of the Curve, LLC

In-app purchases

None

RxOrange

No in-app purchases

None

TasteBudRx

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RxOrange free?
RxOrange costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TasteBudRx free?
TasteBudRx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RxOrange or TasteBudRx have ads?
Neither RxOrange nor TasteBudRx shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RxOrange or TasteBudRx?
RxOrange ships an update every 2 months, and TasteBudRx every 43 months. Most recently, RxOrange was updated on September 11, 2026 and TasteBudRx on September 17, 2026.

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