ONCOassist vs BMJ Best Practice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ONCOassist
This app provides oncology professionals with a comprehensive suite of decision-support tools. It offers access to treatment protocols, survival rates, medical calculators, toxicity criteria, staging information, drug details, and news, all designed to aid in patient care and save time.
- NCCN Treatment Protocols
- Adjuvant Survival Rate Calculators
- Medical Formula Calculators
- CTCAE Toxicity Criteria
- AJCC TNM Staging
- Prognostic Scores
- Oncology Drug Information
- Drug Interaction Checker
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Please note: This application, as a decision-support aid, is to be used by a practicing healthcare professional(“HCP”) and does not replace clinical judgement. It is not designed for use by patients and does not replace the advice of a doctor. ONCOassist is a comprehensive suite of decision support tools developed by oncology professionals, for oncology professionals. It includes a range of breakthrough tools designed to manage patient care effectively. Let's take a closer look at some of the features available: • NCCN Treatment Protocols: Developed in collaboration with the NCCN, this tool provides information on regimens taken from the NCCN template database. • Adjuvant Tools: These tools offer 5 and 10-year overall survival rates for patients with and without chemotherapy in an adjuvant setting. Breast cancer, colon cancer, and GIST tools are among the many adjuvant decision support tools available. • Useful formulas: Body Surface Area, Chemotherapy Dose Calculator, QTc, ECOG Performance Score, Khorana Score, MASCC Risk Index, and many more are included. These calculators simplify medical calculations and include frequently needed conversions and dosage calculations. • Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0 & 5.0): This tool provides a standardized classification of adverse effects of drugs used in cancer therapy. CTCAE versions 5.0 and 4.0 are available in an easy-to-use and interactive format. • AJCC TNM staging: The tool provides criteria for every malignancy and includes the AJCC 7th, 8th, and 9th edition staging criteria. • Prognostic Scores: This tool offers over 17 prognostic scores for a range of specialties. It helps with prognostication, risk stratification, and determining eligibility for specific treatments or clinical trials. • Drug info section: Over 200 oncology drugs are available in an easy-to-use and interactive format. • Drug interaction checker: This tool helps users quickly check for potential drug interactions. • IO toxicity management tool: This tool is designed to manage immune-related adverse events. • ONCOnews: From breaking news to in-depth analysis, ONCOnews brings together all oncology news sources in one place. • ONCOvideos: This offers access to the most recent videos from Oncology Spotlight, which provides insights into the experiences of oncology professionals. Additionally, users can watch OncoAlert and Oncology Brother videos. ONCOassist offers oncology professionals the following benefits: Saves Time Oncology professionals no longer waste time searching through the internet for safe validated information to aid them with their decision making, all of the tools and information they need is available within ONCOassist and is available without the need for internet access. Improves quality of care ONCOassist promotes the use of evidence-based medicine. It is also the only CE approved oncology app on the market. Helps Empower Patients Adjuvant decision support tools contain patient-friendly information to allow for a more collaborative decision-making process. Regularly updating ONCOassist will be updated regularly with new prognostic tools and calculators. We will listen to your feedback and update accordingly. Email us at any time using feedback@oncoassist.com. ONCOassist is regulated by the Irish Health Products Regulatory Authority and is CE marked for conformance as a medical device.
BMJ Best Practice
Access up-to-date, evidence-based clinical guidance for healthcare professionals. This app offers offline access to diagnostic, treatment, and prevention information, along with patient leaflets, calculators, and procedure videos. It also tracks CME/CPD activities.
- Evidence-based clinical guidance
- Offline access
- Patient leaflets
- Medical calculators
- Guidance videos
- CME/CPD tracking
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Instant access to the latest evidence-based guidance for healthcare professionals. Updated daily, BMJ Best Practice provides healthcare professionals with the latest evidence-based clinical decision support information. It's available offline, which means clinical decision support can be accessed anytime, anywhere. This app can be downloaded by those who have access to the BMJ Best Practice website, and have already set-up a username and password. Don’t have a subscription? Download the app and access a free 7 day trial. The app provides: - Fast access to the latest guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention - 500+ patient leaflets - 250+ medical calculators - Guidance videos on common clinical procedures - Automatic CME/CPD activity tracking Your feedback helps to inform future developments. At BMJ, we have a user-centered product development process, which means that we enhance the product based on what our customers, and our users tell us they need and want. As a result, we have introduced features such as ‘night mode’ and patient leaflets to the app. If you have a question or want to provide feedback, please contact us at support@bmj.com. Thank you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BMJ Best Practice at none against ONCOassist's shown. ONCOassist's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for ONCOassist against 4.7 for BMJ Best Practice. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 116 and 207 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of ONCOassist's written reviews are positive against 87% of BMJ Best Practice's.
ONCOassist ships an update every 10 days, BMJ Best Practice monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ONCOassist | BMJ Best Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (116 ratings) — better | 4.7 (207 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 86.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 116 | 207 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 244 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Portable Medical Technology Ltd | BMJ Group |
Customer experience
ONCOassist
BMJ Best Practice
User reviews
ONCOassist
From 116 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Extremely helpful app
- 👍 Very practical and useful
- 👍 Great resource for building plans
- 👍 Up-to-date information
- 👍 Life saver for clinical research
Room to improve
- 💡 Would be better if Radiation oncology topics were included
- 💡 Would be convenient if there was an option in Spanish
- 💡 Please add Russian language
BMJ Best Practice
From 207 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and reliable
- 💡 Comprehensive and up-to-date content
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 🔍 Excellent resource for healthcare professionals
- 🧠 Helpful for learning and revision
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent mandatory updates and downloads
- 🔌 Issues with offline access and background downloads
- 🤖 Compatibility problems on certain devices
- 🔍 Lack of search functionality for calculators
Bugs and requests
ONCOassist
Requested features
3 requests- Radiation oncology topics
- Option in Spanish
- Russian language
BMJ Best Practice
Reported bugs
3 issues- App getting stuck on download screen
- Inability to open the app on certain devices
- Automatic logout issues
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save favorites and bookmarks
- Improved support for landscape mode and split-screen
- Author/reference details for content
- Institutional login option
In-app purchases
ONCOassist
No in-app purchases
BMJ Best Practice
No in-app purchases
Questions
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