TCTMD vs Murmur MD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TCTMD
Access cardiovascular news, journal summaries, conference coverage, and case studies. View slide presentations and videos in a mobile-friendly format.
- Daily news articles
- Journal summaries
- Conference coverage
- Case study library
- Slide presentation library
- Video library
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The TCTMD app provides TCTMD subscribers with mobile access to content found on the TCTMD web site. Content includes: - Daily news articles, including journal summaries as well as cardiovascular conference coverage. - The case study, slide presentation, & video libraries are also available in a mobile friendly format with easily viewed reports, slides & videos respectively.
Murmur MD
A professional networking platform for physicians to share and discuss medical techniques and cases. Users can follow colleagues, view content with links and media, and receive customized alerts for complex procedures. Direct messaging and threaded replies facilitate communication.
- Physician networking
- Case and technique discussion
- Content sharing (links, photos, videos)
- Customized alerts
- Direct messaging
- Threaded replies
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Murmur is the premiere physician networking app designed for physicians to share and discuss techniques and cases with fellow doctors to improve patient outcomes. Physicians can search by topic, follow fellow physicians, and read their content at a glance. Murmur posts include noteworthy links, photos, and videos of cases. Customized alerts allow physicians to notify and engage colleagues about complex procedures. Physicians have the ability to direct message colleagues or reply in a thread. Murmur is built by physicians, for physicians.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Murmur MD at 5.0 against TCTMD's 4.0. Murmur MD also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (26 vs 1). TCTMD's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Murmur MD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Murmur MD has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of TCTMD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Murmur MD's.
TCTMD ships an update every 3 months, Murmur MD every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and August 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TCTMD | Murmur MD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 26 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cardiovascular Research Foundation | Murmur App, Inc |
Customer experience
TCTMD
Murmur MD
In-app purchases
TCTMD
No in-app purchases
Murmur MD
No in-app purchases
