Comparison

The Washington Manual vs Practice Unite ®

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

Head to head
About

The Washington Manual

This app provides expert medical diagnosis and treatment recommendations, integrated with a comprehensive drug guide and access to medical literature. It offers evidence-based information for hundreds of conditions, drug monographs, and decision support algorithms, all accessible offline.

Highlights
  • Offline diagnosis and treatment recommendations
  • Comprehensive drug database
  • Prime PubMed integration for medical literature
  • Decision support algorithms
  • Evidence-based therapeutic options
  • Pill images and audio pronunciations
Features
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** Expert diagnosis and treatment recommendations fully integrated with Prime PubMed ** ABOUT WASHINGTON MANUAL OF MEDICAL THERAPEUTICS The Washington Manual streamlines diagnosis and treatment recommendations for hundreds of medical conditions on your mobile device without the need for an internet connection. Interns, residents, and medical students save valuable time by searching for practical answers to medical questions encountered on a regular basis. Evidence-based entries present current therapeutic options and Prime PubMed integration delivers supporting abstracts and journal articles directly to your mobile device in the hospital and at the bedside. ABOUT DAVIS'S DRUG GUIDE Davis’s Drug Guide is the perfect compliment to your Washington Manual app. Davis's Drug Guide is the best-selling drug database trusted by thousands of healthcare professionals. It delivers frequently updated information on over 5,000 trade name and generic drugs. Each monograph, with its focus on safety, includes details on pharmacokinetics, dosing, side effects, interactions, assessment, and more. BUNDLE FEATURES • Comprehensive coverage of many areas of medicine and the core subspecialties • 600+ new and updated quick-reference topics • 5000+ updating drug entries • Decision support algorithms for diagnosis and treatment • Evidence-based description of proven therapies • Reference links to the medical literature through Prime PubMed • General principles, diagnosis, and treatment information for each disease entry • Pill Images and audio pronunciations • Cross Links between resources • Create custom notes and highlights within entries • “Favorites” for bookmarking important entries Prime PubMed Quickly search the complete PubMed database on your smartphone and tablet. Results contain abstracts, citations, and links to available full text articles that can be read on device and shared with classmates and colleagues. Additionally, Prime PubMed Search contains Grapherence™, an exclusive way to visually explore interrelationships and relevance in the medical literature. Washington Manual Editors: Siri Ancha, MD; Christine Auberle, MD; Devin Cash, MD, PhD; Mohit Harsh, MD; John Hickman, MD, Carole Kounga, MD, PharmD [Internal Medicine Chief Residents from the Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.] Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Powered by: Unbound Medicine Davis's Drug Guide Authors: April Hazard Vallerand, PhD, RN, FAAN; Cynthia A. Sanoski, BS, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS Publisher: F.A. Davis Powered by: Unbound Medicine Your Davis’s Drug Guide subscription automatically renews annually unless auto-renew is turned off 24 hours prior to the conclusion of your current period. If you choose not to renew, you will continue to have access to the content, but will no longer receive updates. Your iTunes account will automatically be charged the current renewal rate ($39.99) within 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. This will ensure you receive all updates for the following year. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement

About

Practice Unite ®

This secure, HIPAA-compliant app facilitates clinical communication and collaboration for healthcare systems. It enables secure messaging, PHI sharing, and direct communication with colleagues, streamlining care coordination and information exchange.

Highlights
  • Secure messaging with receipt confirmation
  • Patient-centric collaboration and note sharing
  • Secure photo and clinical data sharing
  • Voice calling and consult requests
  • On-call schedule management
  • Hospital system directory and search
  • Third-party app integration
Features
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Practice Unite®, now part of Uniphy Health, brings secure, HIPAA-compliant clinical communications and collaboration features to your healthcare system. This configurable application helps your organization: * Communicate and collaborate securely and effectively. * Securely share PHI with colleagues. * Find and communicate with colleagues by secure text or by phone. * Share and receive clinical data where and when it is needed. Available features include: * Secure Messaging: Search for colleagues by name, specialty and location. Send encrypted texts to one or more users or groups. Coordinate care via patient-centric care team messaging. Includes receipt confirmation. * Patient-centric Collaboration: Securely create and share patient notes among physicians, nurses and other clinicians. * Secure Photo Sharing: Save and share encrypted images. * Voice Calling: Call colleagues directly by cell, office number or VOIP (if provided by your organization). * Consults: Send consults directly from patient’s EHR to physicians’ mobile devices. * Clinical Alerts: Receive critical/abnormal lab results and other important clinical information directly from EHR and other clinical systems. Escalate as needed. * On-Call Schedule Management: Identify and communicate with the on-call physician or team quickly, from any mobile device. * Procedures: Schedule procedures and have results delivered to ordering physician’s mobile device. * Hospital System Directory: Access an up-to-date system-wide directory of phone numbers searchable by employee name or phone location. * Search: Find physicians based on name, specialty, area of practice, insurance participation, location and other criteria. * Events: Send invitations and obtain RSVP lists for hospital and departmental events. * News: Read important news and view images and videos from your organization. * Feedback: Easily get user feedback through short surveys. * Third-party app integration: Use Practice Unite as a “single pane of glass” to incorporate functionality from apps such as Charge Capture and streamline the user experience.

Screenshots

The Washington Manual4 screens
Practice Unite ®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Washington Manual at 4.7 against Practice Unite ®'s 3.3. The Washington Manual also leads on ratings volume (213 vs 7). Practice Unite ®'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

Both are free to download. The Washington Manual sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $39.99 per year. Practice Unite ® asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Washington Manual holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Washington Manual has 213 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of The Washington Manual's written reviews are positive against 67% of Practice Unite ®'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Washington Manual ships an update every 8 months, Practice Unite ® every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
The Washington Manual versus Practice Unite ®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Washington ManualPractice Unite ®
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (213 ratings) — better3.3 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings213 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB40 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperUnbound Medicine, Inc.Uniphy Health Holdings LLC

Customer experience

The Washington Manual

All ratings213 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Practice Unite ®

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

The Washington Manual

Subscriptions2
  • Davis's Drug Guide$39.991 Year
  • The Washington Manual Bundle14 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • The Washington Manual$79.99
  • Washington Manual 37e$79.99
None

Practice Unite ®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Washington Manual free?
The Washington Manual is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Practice Unite ® free?
Practice Unite ® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Washington Manual or Practice Unite ®?
The Washington Manual is rated higher. The Washington Manual averages 4.7 out of 5 from 213 ratings, while Practice Unite ® averages 3.3 from 7 ratings.
Do The Washington Manual or Practice Unite ® have ads?
Neither The Washington Manual nor Practice Unite ® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Washington Manual or Practice Unite ®?
The Washington Manual ships an update every 8 months, and Practice Unite ® every 2 months. Most recently, The Washington Manual was updated on November 9, 2026 and Practice Unite ® on November 1, 2026.

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