ACP Clinical Guidelines vs DRUGDOCS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ACP Clinical Guidelines
Access evidence-based clinical practice guidelines from the American College of Physicians on your mobile device. This app provides internal medicine physicians and other clinicians with convenient access to recommendations, summary tables, and algorithms in an interactive format.
- Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
- Recommendations and rationale
- Summary tables
- Algorithms
- High value care advice
- Interactive mobile format
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The American College of Physicians (ACP) produces evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, which means that the guidelines follow a rigorous development process and are based on the highest quality scientific evidence. Internal medicine physicians and other clinicians can now access these clinical recommendations in virtually any setting via the ACP Clinical Guidelines app. Available for free, the ACP Clinical Guidelines app includes recommendations from ACP’s clinical practice guidelines and guidance statements. Users can conveniently access clinical recommendations and rationale, summary tables, algorithms, and high value care advice for all currently active ACP guidelines in an easy to read and interactive mobile format. ACP is a national organization of internists —physician specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness. ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in the United States. Its membership of 133,000 includes internists, internal medicine subspecialists, medical students, residents, and fellows. The mission of the ACP is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine.
DRUGDOCS
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DRUGDOCS® provides health professionals with current, evidence-based information on the drugs they prescribe with direct access to publications.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DRUGDOCS at monthly against ACP Clinical Guidelines's every 2 months. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ACP Clinical Guidelines ships an update every 2 months, DRUGDOCS monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ACP Clinical Guidelines | DRUGDOCS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American College of Physicians | Thera-Business Inc |
In-app purchases
ACP Clinical Guidelines
No in-app purchases
DRUGDOCS
No in-app purchases
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