TOXBASE vs Clinical Skills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TOXBASE
This clinical toxicology database offers healthcare professionals comprehensive advice on poisoning features and management. It provides detailed information on various toxins and clear, evidence-based treatment guidance. The app is designed for quick reference and can be used offline.
- Detailed poisons information
- Traffic light triaging system
- Point-by-point treatment advice
- Evidence-based and peer-reviewed
- Offline database access
- 24/7 updated information
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TOXBASE® is the clinical toxicology database of the UK National Poisons Information Service, providing advice on the features and management of poisoning. Monographs are designed to be used by healthcare professionals involved in the management of poisoned patients. TOXBASE is freely available for users who are able to register using an NHS, MOD, ac.uk or UKHSA domain email address. If your domain is not accepted contact mail@toxbase.org for assistance and information. Key application features * detailed poisons information on industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, household products, plants and animal toxins * easy to follow traffic light system for triaging poisoned patients * point by point treatment advice which is clear and concise, evidence-based, peer-reviewed and updated 24/7 * no internet connection is required to search the database (although internet connection may be required to access all information on some entries) How the app works After download, users complete a registration form and receive an email containing a verification link. Once verified users will be able to use their login for the TOXBASE app and also for TOXBASE online at www.toxbase.org Account renewal is required annually. Disclaimer The information on the TOXBASE App is designed for healthcare professionals and requires expert clinical interpretation. Users are strongly advised to always discuss cases with their local experts in poisons management and should not solely rely on the App to make medical decisions. Users are required to accept our End User License Agreement before using the app. All material on TOXBASE is subject to UK Crown copyright protection.
Clinical Skills
Easily log and manage your clinical skills and interventions. This app helps track competencies, access learning opportunities, and generate professional reports. Customize features to fit your scope of practice.
- Record clinical skills and interventions
- Manage clinical competencies
- Access learning opportunities
- Generate print-ready skills reports
- Customizable features
- Note airway interventions, wound management, drug administrations
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The FREE Clinical Skills Log allows you to quickly record your clinical skills and keep an accurate record of your airway and skills interventions. The Clinical Skills App will also help you manage your clinical competencies, access future learning and produce a print ready skills report in just a few steps. The NEW Clinical Skills APP will allow you to accurately record your skills and clinical interventions in a simple, customisable and intuitive mobile app. The research and technology behind the app are designed to monitor and support the clinician and allow access to clinical cases and learning opportunities to encourage professional practice. Easily note airway interventions, wound management or drug administrations with our easy flowing menus. The settings will also allow you to activate new features and skills as we integrate them and also allow you to customise your skills to your own clinical scope of practice. This gives you the ability to customise the features of the app making it feel that its designed just for you. The notification area of the app is where we can post learning and development opportunities and also the latest updates that are available. This will allow you to utilise opportunities and encourage you to take ownership of your development.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clinical Skills at none against TOXBASE's 1. Clinical Skills also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (41% vs 21%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. TOXBASE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clinical Skills asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for TOXBASE against 1.0 for Clinical Skills. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 21% of TOXBASE's written reviews are positive against 41% of Clinical Skills's.
TOXBASE ships an update every 6 months, Clinical Skills every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TOXBASE | Clinical Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.5% of reviews | 40.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 413 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NHS Lothian | The Clinical Skills Log App Ltd |
Customer experience
TOXBASE
Clinical Skills
In-app purchases
TOXBASE
- 1 year subscription$6.99
Clinical Skills
No in-app purchases






