Comparison

Nextech vs doctoc

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

Head to head
About

Nextech

Access and manage patient information from your iPhone or iPad. View daily schedules, review charts, and document patient notes efficiently on the go. This mobile EHR enhances clinical workflow with anytime, anywhere access.

Highlights
  • Mobile EHR access
  • View daily patient schedules
  • Manage to-dos
  • Review charts
  • Access patient chart notes
  • Document with confidence
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Nextech’s iOS application offers an unparalleled mobile EHR experience. Anytime, anywhere access from your iPhone or iPad device adds an additional layer of mobility and efficiency to your clinical routine. At a glance, users can view patients for the day, manage to-dos and go over charts in need of attention. Users can also thumb through patient chart notes and review important information in a convenient, easily consumable format. With Nextech’s iOS app, you can document with confidence, knowing it has the technological backbone of one of the most widely used specialty-specific EHRs in the industry.

About

doctoc

A secure and HIPAA-compliant communication platform designed for healthcare professionals. It facilitates quick and efficient communication between providers, hospitals, and clinics to improve medical workflows.

Highlights
  • HIPAA compliant
  • Secure communication
  • Medical workflow enhancement
  • Provider-to-provider communication
  • Hospital and clinic integration
  • Improved efficiency
Features
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The doctoc app is a HIPAA compliant, easy-to-use secure communication and medical workflow app for physicians and allied health. Using doctoc, providers, hospitals and clinics communicate quickly and securely with one another. The doctoc app integrates with the doctoc Clinic platform, and the CareStratus Hospital platform to provide end-to-end communication and better workflow efficiency for physicians, allied health, nurses and administration staff.

Screenshots

Nextech3 screens
doctoc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: doctoc at 100% against Nextech's 20%. doctoc also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Nextech's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

doctoc holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nextech has 83 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Nextech's written reviews are positive against 100% of doctoc's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nextech ships an update every 5 weeks, doctoc monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Nextech versus doctoc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextechdoctoc
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (83 ratings)4.6 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings83 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB63 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNexTech Systems, Inc.CareStratus

Customer experience

Nextech

All ratings83 ratings
Positive32.5%
Neutral14.5%
Negative53.0%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive19.6%
Neutral23.9%
Negative56.5%

doctoc

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Nextech

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Cannot scroll after acknowledgment
  • Mac version logs out constantly
  • Mobile version is limiting
  • Cannot move tab on iPad
  • Unable to see scanned documents on iPad
Show 13 more
  • App won't open/enter credentials
  • Photos upload with error
  • Photos taken from phone/iPad do not save
  • Unable to see patient photos
  • System has problem after problem
  • Cannot add new patient
  • Cannot make an appointment
  • Cannot chart or send RX via phone
  • EMNs cannot be created/edited from app
  • Screen stays blurred out after logging out
  • Cannot view chart notes on iPhone
  • Cannot find patient info on iPhone
  • Schedule visualization unwieldy for multiple providers

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add ability to add/edit appointments
  • Add Face ID/fingerprint login
  • Improve mobile app functionality (iPhone/iPad)
  • Add grammar check
  • Allow writing notes on mobile
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  • Improve photo management
  • Add ability to add new patient
  • Add ability to make appointments
  • Improve schedule visualization
  • Add financial information viewing
  • Improve word processor
  • Allow moving tabs on iPad
  • Allow charting on mobile
  • Bring medical history forward
  • Alert patient to update medical history

doctoc

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Nextech

No in-app purchases

None

doctoc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nextech free?
Nextech is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is doctoc free?
doctoc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nextech or doctoc?
doctoc is rated higher. Nextech averages 2.7 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while doctoc averages 4.6 from 7 ratings.
Do Nextech or doctoc have ads?
Neither Nextech nor doctoc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nextech or doctoc?
Nextech ships an update every 5 weeks, and doctoc monthly. Most recently, Nextech was updated on October 23, 2026 and doctoc on October 24, 2026.

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