Comparison

Med vs COSA

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

Head to head
About

Med

This app assists healthcare professionals in managing heart failure medications. It provides evidence-based algorithms and recommendations for initiating, titrating, and monitoring six common drug classes based on Canadian guidelines.

Highlights
  • Medication initiation and titration guidance
  • Dosing information
  • Evidence-based algorithms
  • Clinical pearls
  • Drug class specific recommendations
  • References
Features
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The Med-HF App supports healthcare professionals in the initiation, titration, assessment and monitoring of 6 drug classes commonly used to treat heart failure: ACEIs/ARBs, Beta-Blockers, MRA: Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist, ARNI: Angiotensin Receptor Blocker / Neprilysin Inhibitor, Ivabradine, Diuretics. This App interactively walks healthcare professionals through evidence-based algorithms, specific to these 6 drug classes, and recommends appropriate actions and considerations based on 2018 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Guidelines. Features: • Recommendations for medication initiation, titration, assessment and monitoring • Dosing information • References • Clinical pearls • General approach and drug class algorithms

About

COSA

Access essential drug information and advanced patient resources. This app provides a portion of licensed drug data from a leading healthcare information provider, based on industry-standard databases.

Highlights
  • Essential drug information
  • Advanced patient resources
  • Licensed drug data
  • Industry-standard databases
  • Physician-focused resources
Features
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Find essential drug information & advanced patient resources. Physicians Office Resource licenses drug information data from First DataBank and provides a portion of it as a free service to its physician-users. First DataBank is the leading provider of electronic drug information to the healthcare industry. Based on the widely accepted industry standard — the National Drug Data File® — NDDF Plus databases are backed by the most clinically verifiable evidence gathered to date.

Screenshots

Med4 screens
COSA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Med at none against COSA's shown. Med also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). COSA's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 35 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Med ships an update every 35 months, COSA every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Med versus COSA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMedCOSA
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB28 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAHSMEDICAL EDUCATION RESOURCES, LLC

Customer experience

Med

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

COSA

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Med

No in-app purchases

None

COSA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Med free?
Med is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is COSA free?
COSA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Med or COSA have ads?
COSA shows ads; Med does not.
Which is updated more often, Med or COSA?
Med ships an update every 35 months, and COSA every 3 months. Most recently, Med was updated on November 1, 2026 and COSA on November 3, 2026.

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