Comparison

PowerChart Touch vs DocUpdate

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

Head to head
About

PowerChart Touch

This app enables healthcare providers to manage patient workflows on mobile devices. It offers secure access to patient charts, scheduling, order placement, and prescription management, facilitating efficient care delivery both inside and outside the facility.

Highlights
  • Review schedule and patient lists
  • Access patient charts and demographic information
  • Manage notes, allergies, problems, and histories
  • Review clinical results and radiology reports
  • Place orders and prescribe/refill medications
  • Secure remote EHR access
Features
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PowerChart Touch for iPad® and iPhone® supports fast, easy, and smart workflows. PowerChart Touch allows a provider to complete both ambulatory and inpatient workflows, including: • Review their schedule, patient list, and patient charts • Access the Physician Handoff, a standardized approach to transfer care of a patient between providers • Review patient's demographic information • Take patient's photo • Review, create, and sign notes • Review, add, and modify allergies, problems & histories • Review clinical results, radiology reports, and pathology reports • Review all orders including medication orders • Ability to place orders • Prescribe and refill medications with formulary support, electronic prescribing and printing • Clinical checking for safe prescription writing including drug-drug and drug-allergy checking • Dictate with Nuance voice recognition PowerChart Touch also provides secure access for providers needing access to the EHR outside of the facility's walls. IMPORTANT: PowerChart Touch requires your organization to have a valid license and be on release 2012.01 or higher. If you are unsure about the availability of PowerChart Touch at your organization, please contact your IT department or your Cerner representative.

About

DocUpdate

This app provides busy clinicians with mobile-first tools to streamline their workflow. It offers free e-prescribing to numerous pharmacies, patient communication features including a medical translator, and access to a concierge service for pharmaceutical company interactions.

Highlights
  • Free e-prescribing to 65,000+ pharmacies
  • DocUpdate Concierge for sample requests
  • Medical translator in 20+ languages
  • Patient communication tools
  • Mobile-first tools for busy clinicians
Features
Currently charting
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DocUpdate is a free e-prescribing app building mobile-first tools for today's busy clinicians. We help physicians, nurse practitioners, and PAs get more done in less time. From e-prescribing and patient communication, to connecting with reps and manufacturers, our tools are designed for real-world workflows, whether you're in the clinic, rounding, or on the go. What you can do with DocUpdate: • E-prescribe to 65,000+ pharmacies nationwide. 100% free. • Access DocUpdate Concierge, your assistant for requesting samples, rep visits, and other support directly from pharmaceutical companies. • Communicate clearly with patients using our medical translator in 20+ languages Download DocUpdate now to access all these features and more right from your phone!

Screenshots

PowerChart Touch4 screens
DocUpdate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: DocUpdate at 61% against PowerChart Touch's 9%. DocUpdate also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.2) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 204). PowerChart Touch's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DocUpdate holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DocUpdate has 2.7K ratings behind it against 204, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of PowerChart Touch's written reviews are positive against 61% of DocUpdate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PowerChart Touch ships an update every 6 weeks, DocUpdate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
PowerChart Touch versus DocUpdate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPowerChart TouchDocUpdate
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (204 ratings)4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews8.6% of reviews60.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2042.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#188 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.415.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB96 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperCerner CorporationDocupdate

Customer experience

PowerChart Touch

All ratings204 ratings
Positive22.5%
Neutral10.8%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive8.6%
Neutral11.4%
Negative80.0%

DocUpdate

All ratings2,747 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral1.3%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews186 reviews
Positive60.8%
Neutral5.9%
Negative33.3%

User reviews

PowerChart Touch

From 204 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great functionality
  • 🚀 Efficient workflows
  • 👍 Ability to order
  • 👍 Increased efficiency
  • 👍 Crucial for patient success

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashing often
  • 🐛 Always asking to sign in
  • 🐛 Very difficult to sign in
  • 🐛 Getting worse
  • 🐛 Pain in the neck

DocUpdate

From 2.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Convenient mobile prescribing
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 🚀 Streamlined workflow
  • 🚀 Time-saving
  • 🚀 Reliable prescription delivery

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent prescription delivery
  • 🐛 Unreliable call-in backup
  • 🐛 Registration/verification issues
  • 🐛 Limited pharmacy coverage
  • 🐛 Poor communication with pharmacies

Bugs and requests

PowerChart Touch

Reported bugs

167 issues
  • Crashes often
  • Always asking to sign in
  • Difficult to sign in
  • Getting worse
  • Pain in the neck
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  • Clunky
  • Difficult to document
  • Not even functional
  • Very poorly made
  • Requires sign in twice
  • Not letting me log in
  • Absolutely terrible
  • Crashes in the middle of notes
  • Saves nothing
  • Useless
  • Embarrassing
  • Not useful for surgeons
  • Incomplete
  • Repeatedly gives system error
  • Freezes
  • Horrible
  • Confused about Bluetooth call
  • Chews through battery
  • Frustrating in car
  • Missing micro view
  • Limited ordering ability
  • Can only cancel fluids
  • Not faster overall
  • Essentially useless
  • Only works for some specialties
  • No OB or prenatal
  • Won't bring up pdfs
  • Can't pull up lists
  • Almost good
  • Clunky
  • No better than Instanote
  • Cannot function as stand alone
  • Sign-in again and again
  • Freezes up completely
  • Cannot even re-download
  • Years behind Epic’s Haiku
  • Pretty useless for inpatient
  • Terrible app
  • Avoid if you can
  • Login/logoff five times
  • Infrequent Dragon integration
  • Zero consistency
  • Terrible product technical support
  • Frequent unexplained downtime
  • Surprise updates render unusable
  • Horrible idea
  • Cutting out crucial functionality
  • Always freezes up
  • Need to restart phone
  • Freezes many times
  • Requiring phone restart
  • Crashes all the time
  • Biggest problem Cerner’s emr has
  • Inability to understand other languages
  • Will not let me into the app
  • Drains my battery
  • Keeps crashing
  • No tracking board views
  • No micro results
  • No image viewing
  • Horrible user interface
  • Lacks basic features
  • Ordering medications missing
  • Glaring feature disparities
  • Long-standing deficiencies
  • Slow to fix issues
  • Unhelpful
  • Very stressful
  • Worse than old version
  • Adds to stress
  • Wastes time
  • Freezing nonstop
  • Constantly reinstall/restart
  • Miserable
  • Frequent shut downs
  • Microphones not working
  • Slow to upload
  • Fundamentally lousy
  • Stalls out
  • Requires delete/reload
  • Upgrade doesn’t work
  • Frozen, won’t start
  • Days longer playing with app
  • Updated now not working
  • Loop of log in/log out
  • Loss of Physician Handoff
  • Less intuitive UI
  • Requires more steps to login
  • Buggy
  • Slow
  • Almost useless
  • Poor upgrade
  • Even more disappointing than desktop
  • Not intuitive
  • Needs to cater better for Australian sites
  • No way to create patient list
  • Schedule viewing: open slots
  • Last update broke app
  • Errors with processing orders
  • Unusable
  • Missing ability to add providers
  • App does not open
  • Third rate app
  • Clicks don’t work
  • Power plans ill conceived
  • Throw your phone in agony
  • Improvement falls short
  • Poor execution
  • Archaic
  • Horrific update
  • Deleted ability to lookup schedules
  • Utterly ridiculous
  • Major stability issues
  • Lost work
  • Crashes at least once every note
  • Search removed
  • Cannot find patient
  • Won’t let me sign in
  • Disaster
  • No customer service response
  • Loss of flowsheets
  • Viewing current labs first
  • Clutter of old labs
  • Placing orders slower
  • Verification of patient physician relationship slow
  • Microbiology not available
  • Charge after discharge not accessible
  • Medication history dosing not available
  • Please fix the dictation
  • Does not support new iPhones
  • Observation Status Patients do not Show
  • New update has issues
  • Becoming more useful, still slow
  • Slow loading speeds
  • Pretty useless
  • No microbiology
  • Clunky
  • Poor UI
  • Rounding with this is limited
  • Not intuitive to place/edit orders
  • Slow migrating between patients/lists
  • Discharged patients disappear
  • Need MAR tab
  • Domon face recognition
  • No reason for re-login
  • Unable to dictate certain histories
  • Practically worthless
  • Getting worse
  • Logs out after 10 minutes
  • Lab results display useless
  • Goes back to patient homepage
  • Still on previous day
  • Clunky
  • Unnecessary haptic steps
  • Real estate taken by useless options
  • Old version preferred
  • Lost trend review for data
  • Vitals not in trend view
  • Labs not in trend view
  • Data not timely/accurately updated
  • Trending capabilities absent
  • Dictation not used anymore

Requested features

31 requests
  • Add ability to add media from photo gallery/files
  • Add medicine reconciliation capacity
  • Add ability to open radiographs and images
  • Include microbiology section
  • Show Operating Lists
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  • Show blood gas values
  • Add Micro view
  • Increased ordering ability (fluids, power plans)
  • Make app faster
  • Add OB or prenatal functionality
  • Bring up PDFs
  • Pull up lists from care teams
  • Add lab notifications
  • Add secure chat
  • Add PowerPlans functionality
  • Add ability to add providers in ‘Resource Selection’
  • Bring back old functionality for provider schedules
  • Ability to create patient lists
  • Show available slots on schedule
  • View other schedules
  • Support new iPhones borders and screen
  • Show Observation Status Patients
  • Add Subjective, ROS, Assessment for dictation
  • Improve slow loading speeds
  • Allow viewing discharged patients
  • Add MAR tab
  • Add thumb/face recognition for login
  • Dictate social history, family history, past medical history
  • Restore trending graphs and detailed views of vitals and labs
  • Add dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

DocUpdate

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Registration process fails for some users
  • Prescriptions not reaching pharmacies as expected
  • Inability to prescribe to certain pharmacies or areas
  • App crashes or freezes during use

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to customize prescription quantities
  • Support for veterinarians and other non-physician prescribers
  • Improved pharmacy search functionality
  • Prescription database/formulary integration
  • Ability to document prescription notes

In-app purchases

None

PowerChart Touch

No in-app purchases

None

DocUpdate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PowerChart Touch free?
PowerChart Touch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DocUpdate free?
DocUpdate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PowerChart Touch or DocUpdate?
DocUpdate is rated higher. PowerChart Touch averages 2.2 out of 5 from 204 ratings, while DocUpdate averages 4.8 from 2.7K ratings.
Do PowerChart Touch or DocUpdate have ads?
DocUpdate shows ads; PowerChart Touch does not.
Which is updated more often, PowerChart Touch or DocUpdate?
PowerChart Touch ships an update every 6 weeks, and DocUpdate every 2 weeks. Most recently, PowerChart Touch was updated on September 22, 2026 and DocUpdate on September 23, 2026.

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