Contraception vs AllergenMeds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Contraception
This app provides comprehensive guidelines on contraceptive method use based on medical eligibility criteria and selected practice recommendations. It assists healthcare providers in counseling individuals and couples on family planning choices, covering over 60 medical conditions and numerous clinical situations.
- U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC)
- U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations (SPR)
- Covers over 60 characteristics/conditions
- Addresses numerous clinical situations
- Aids healthcare provider counseling
- Based on CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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The U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use comprises recommendations for the use of specific contraceptive methods by patients who have certain characteristics or medical conditions. The U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use addresses a select group of common, yet sometimes controversial or complex, issues regarding initiation and use of specific contraceptive methods. The app is developed directly from the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) by the Division of Reproductive Health and covers more than 60 characteristics or medical conditions (U.S. MEC) and numerous clinical situations (U.S. SPR). These recommendations are intended to assist healthcare providers when they counsel women, men, and couples about contraceptive method choice and use. Although these recommendations are meant to serve as a source or clinical guidance, healthcare providers should always consider the individual clinical circumstances of each person seeking family planning services.
AllergenMeds
This app helps you check medication ingredients against your personal allergen, dietary, and religious profiles. Scan barcodes or enter NDC codes to see if a medication contains specific ingredients like gelatin, lactose, or gluten, or adheres to kosher and halal requirements.
- Build custom allergen and dietary profiles
- Scan medication barcodes or enter NDC
- Flag ingredients matching your profile
- Save medications and track refills
- Privacy-focused with no ads or trackers
- Supports kosher, halal, and vegan diets
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AllergenMeds helps you check the inactive ingredients (excipients) in medications against your own allergen, dietary, and religious-exclusion profile - including kosher and halal concerns and animal-derived ingredients like gelatin. How it works 1. Build your profile — pick the allergens, diets, and exclusions you care about (for example lactose/dairy, gelatin, gluten, vegan, kosher, or halal). 2. Scan a medication's barcode, or type its NDC. AllergenMeds reads the barcode on your device — no photo is taken or uploaded. 3. Get a result checked against YOUR profile: the app shows the product's full label ingredient list and flags only the entries that match what you selected, with a clear "Contains," "May Contain," or "Does Not Contain" indicator for each of your selections. Why scan every refill The same medicine from a different manufacturer — or even a new fill from the same one — can use different inactive ingredients. AllergenMeds lets you save your medications and rescan each new fill, and flags when a fill looks different from the one you saved. Built around your privacy Your saved medication list, your scan history, and your refill reminders stay on your phone. There are no ads, no trackers, and no analytics SDKs. The only things that reach our servers are your account email, your allergen selections, and the barcode/NDC of a medication you check. Good to know - AllergenMeds works by barcode or NDC only — there is no search by drug name, because the same name maps to many products with different ingredients. - The free plan includes 3 checks per calendar month. Important AllergenMeds is an informational tool to help you read medication ingredient labels. It is not medical advice and is not a substitute for your pharmacist or doctor. Always confirm with a healthcare professional and read the product's own labeling before making any decision about a medication. Legal Terms of Use (EULA): https://allergenmeds.com/app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://allergenmeds.com/app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AllergenMeds at 5.0 against Contraception's 4.3. AllergenMeds also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 7 months). Contraception's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (27 vs 7). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. AllergenMeds sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Contraception asks for nothing beyond the download.
AllergenMeds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Contraception's written reviews are positive against 100% of AllergenMeds's.
Contraception ships an update every 7 months, AllergenMeds every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Contraception | AllergenMeds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Centers For Disease Control and Prevention | Allergen Maps LLC |
Customer experience
Contraception
AllergenMeds
In-app purchases
Contraception
No in-app purchases
AllergenMeds
- AllergenMeds Plus$2.991 Month
- AllergenMeds Plus$29.991 Year
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