About Herbs vs Dermpedia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
About Herbs
Access objective, scientifically referenced information on herbs, botanicals, and supplements. Explore purported benefits, side effects, and drug interactions. Save favorites for offline use and discuss with your physician for safe integration into your health plan.
- 290+ entries on herbs, botanicals, supplements
- Purported benefits, side effects, drug interactions
- Scientifically referenced information
- Formatted for professionals and consumers
- Search by herb or supplement
- Save favorites for offline access
- Weekly updates
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About Herbs is presented by the Integrative Medicine Service of Memorial Sloan Kettering. Key features: • 290 Entries on herbs, botanicals, and supplements with purported benefits, side effects, drug interactions & more • Objective information backed by scientific references • Formatted for both healthcare professionals and consumers • Search by herb or supplement • Save favorites for offline availability or to discuss them with your physician for safe use • Explore featured products and services • Updated weekly • Original art renderings Memorial Sloan Kettering is one of the world’s premier cancer centers, committed to exceptional patient care, leading-edge research, and outstanding educational programs. In this app, our Integrative Medicine Service, under the leadership of a pharmacist and botanicals expert, provides comprehensive, objective information about herbs, botanicals, and supplements, as well as links that educate on the evidence for integrative therapies and programs offered by our Integrative Medicine Service. Medical Disclosure This content is provided as general health information only. It is not to be used as a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any health condition or problem. Any questions regarding your own health should be addressed to your own physician or other health care provider. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center makes no warranties or express or implied representations whatsoever regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, comparative or controversial nature, or usefulness of any information contained or referenced in this app. Memorial Sloan Kettering does not assume any risk whatsoever for your use of the information contained herein. Health-related information changes frequently and therefore information contained above may be outdated, incomplete, or incorrect. Statements made about products have not been evaluated by the US Food and Drug Administration. You are hereby advised to consult with a physician or other professional health care provider prior to making any decisions, or undertaking any actions or not undertaking any actions related to any health care problem or issue you might have at any time, now or in the future. In using this information, you agree that neither Memorial Sloan Kettering nor any other party is or will be liable or otherwise responsible for any decision made or any action taken or any action not taken due to your use of any information provided herein.
Dermpedia
This professional educational tool provides medical professionals with access to a library of dermatopathology videos, live courses, and workshops. It offers CME-accredited content from leading experts in the field, delivered through a convenient streaming platform.
- Stream dermatopathology case videos
- Access live CME events
- On-demand courses and workshops
- Expert mentorship and "over-the-shoulder" learning
- Offline video viewing
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This app is a professional educational tool intended solely for medical professionals. It is a reader app which accompanies the Dermpedia website. It allows Dermpedia members to stream Dermpedia library of videos and gives them access to live and on-demand courses and workshops. Dermpedia is an online dermatopathology society. It has provided CME education since 2009. The purpose of Dermpedia is to provide American Medical Association-accredited CME courses, workshops and seminars for physicians specializing in the field of dermatopathology. CME content is delivered via live events using video streaming platforms and growing on-demand video recordings of live events hosted on the website. Dermpedia in combines convenience of Netflix-style streaming platform with rigor of life CME-accredited events giving the users access to the knowledge and expertise of dermatopathology masters. The key features of Dermpedia include: • The Archives: Stream hundreds of high-definition dermatopathology cases anytime, anywhere. • Live CME Events: Join interactive, accredited courses, workshops and learn directly from world-class faculty in real-time. • Expert Mentorship: Experience the "over-the-shoulder" learning style that only Dermpedia provides. The primary target audicene are board-certified dermatopathologists, pathologists and dermatologists. However, Dermpedia contents is also suitable for ambitious trainees including medical students, residents and fellows. Importantly, Dermpedia does not provide the options for the patients to seek medical advice, opinions about their medical problems or treatment options. The field of dermatopathology concerns the knowlege and skill of making pathological diagnoses and classification of disease based on examination of microscopic slides. Discussion on Dermpedia is conducted at a very high level which is not accessible to untrained members of the general public. Dermpedia provides content curated by recognized dermatopathology experts which are leaders in the field. These experts are invited by the Founder, Dr. Artur Zembowicz, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology at Tufts Medical School in Boston, to participate due to their reputation and contributions to the peer-reviewed literature. Some content and Dermpedia events are free. Dermpedia is supported by member subscriptions which can be purchased on the website. There are no in app purchases. The app allows the users to log in to the websites and browse their library, view the calendar and access live events. The app allows the users to download their videos and watch them offline. The users without subscription can create a free account and have access to free content and some live events. -- For more information see our: -Terms of Service: https://dermpedia.org/terms -Privacy Policy: https://dermpedia.org/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dermpedia at 5.0 against About Herbs's 4.0. Dermpedia also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 14 months). About Herbs's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, 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.
Dermpedia holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: About Herbs has 83 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
About Herbs ships an update every 14 months, Dermpedia monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | About Herbs | Dermpedia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (83 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Dermatopathology Consultations LLC |
Customer experience
About Herbs
Dermpedia
Bugs and requests
About Herbs
Reported bugs
21 issues- Search tab not functioning
- Selecting letters on right sidebar does not jump
- Search doesn't work
- When clicking alphabetized index letters, no results are returned
- App not functioning, gives an error
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- App not opening on iPad 7
- Bookmarking crashes app
- Add bookmark crashes app
- Bookmark function doesn't work on iOS 14
- App crashes on startup
- Latest update crashes
- Update is crap, won't open
- After update the app crashes at opening
- Crashes on startup after latest upgrade
- Updated. Won't open. Deleted.
- Keeps crashing after update
- Crashes upon opening
- Won't open after update
- Slight glitch in navigating back to main menu
- App would crash and close as soon as opened (after iOS update)
- Once I hit 'Agree' it shuts off
Requested features
15 requests- Continue updating the program
- Update the app
- Bring back offline mode
- Fix for landscape mode
- Search by symptoms
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- Add more content
- Search by illness
- Add font size options
- Allow searching within entries for drugs
- Add sage & white tea
- Add vitamins and minerals
- Make available in landscape mode for iPad
- Search by symptom, not just herb names
- Add poisonous plants with dosage info
- Search by use instead of name
Dermpedia
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
About Herbs
No in-app purchases
Dermpedia
No in-app purchases
Questions
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