Patient Access vs NOAH Compendium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Patient Access
Access healthcare services, book appointments, and order repeat prescriptions. Explore local pharmacy services and find patient information. Manage your health and connect with your GP.
- Book GP appointments
- Order repeat prescriptions
- Explore local pharmacy services
- Search symptoms and find information
- Self-refer to NHS services
- View medical record
- Message your GP
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Patient Access connects you to healthcare services when you need them most. Book GP appointments, order repeat prescriptions and explore your local pharmacy services. NEW: You can now create a Patient Access account without linking to your UK GP practice and enjoy the following features: • If you’re feeling under the weather, search for symptoms and find patient information articles • Self-refer to NHS services such as talking therapies, sexual health, antenatal care and drug and alcohol addiction services • Choose from over 30 services provided by your local community pharmacy and book in the app • Access and read medical advice and healthy living tips from the experts • Sign in quickly, easily and securely with Touch or Face ID • Swiftly check if you can link to your GP If you are able to link your Patient Access account to your GP practice, you can also get access to the following features where they are made available by your practice: • Book face-to-face or remote online appointments with your GP, nurse or clinician at a time that suits you • Request repeat prescriptions online, with convenient delivery to your preferred pharmacy • View your medical record, including test results, immunisations and allergies • Securely share your medical record with healthcare professionals of your choosing, without the need to contact your practice • Look after your loved ones and act on their behalf to book appointments and repeat prescriptions • Message your GP directly from within Patient Access at home or on the move • Where your practice has enabled it, book a remote video consultation with your GP, nurse or clinician You must be a registered patient at a participating practice to use the GP-linked features in Patient Access.
NOAH Compendium
Access a comprehensive database of over 1,000 UK authorised animal medicines, including full product information and datasheets. Scan barcodes for quick access to vital details like dosing, warnings, and withdrawal periods. This tool aids responsible prescribing and safe administration of veterinary medicines.
- 1,000+ animal medicine listings
- Dosing, warnings, and withdrawal periods
- Datamatrix barcode scanner
- Search by medication, manufacturer, GTIN
- Offline access to datasheets
- Notes and bookmarks for datasheets
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**The UK's largest independent database of more than 1,000 UK authorised animal medicines - with updates** The NOAH Compendium is the recognised industry reference and is now complemented by the NOAH Compendium app. Information is now easily accessible and frequently updated. View the complete Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPCs) and Datasheets of UK animal medicines on your iPhone and iPad for easy access anywhere, even when there's no network connection. Easily scan datamatrix barcodes on veterinary medicinal product packaging to take you straight to important product information. The NOAH Compendium is an essential tool for responsible prescribing and use of authorised animal medicines. Regarded as one of the major reference sources on animal medicines, it includes full UK data sheets and SPCs for animal medicines NOAH Compendium makes it easy to find the vital information necessary for effective and safe administration, including indications, dosing, warnings, contraindications, precautions for use and withdrawal periods.GTINs are provided for the majority of products. Features include: • 1,000+ animal medicine listings • Safe administration, including indications, dosing, warnings, contraindications, precautions for use and withdrawal periods. • Datamatrix barcode scanner • Marketing Authorisation Holder information • Search by Medication, Manufacturer and GTIN New features include • Improved global search • Search within a datasheet • See datasheets with significant changes • Add notes to datasheets • Bookmark datasheets • Recently viewed datasheets • Activity tab showing bookmarks, notes, significant changes, recently viewed • Improved contact methods The NOAH Data Sheet Compendium contains data sheets for the majority of veterinary medicines authorised for use in the UK but it is not a complete list of them all. A full list of UK authorised veterinary medicines can be found on the VMD section of the .GOV website. http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/information/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NOAH Compendium at 100% against Patient Access's 22%. NOAH Compendium also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). Patient Access's advantage is ratings volume (982 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
NOAH Compendium holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Patient Access has 982 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Patient Access's written reviews are positive against 100% of NOAH Compendium's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Patient Access | NOAH Compendium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (982 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 982 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patient.co.uk | NOAH Ltd |
Customer experience
Patient Access
NOAH Compendium
In-app purchases
Patient Access
No in-app purchases
NOAH Compendium
No in-app purchases
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