MediMobile Messaging vs DocUpdate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MediMobile Messaging
This secure messaging app facilitates fast and reliable communication for healthcare teams. It allows for unlimited secure text and photo messages, group chats, and cross-platform access via smartphone, tablet, or web portal.
- Secure Text Messaging
- Secure Photo Messaging
- Group Messaging
- Cross-Platform
- Read Notification System
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MediMobile Messaging is a free secure text messaging application for healthcare professionals and can be used by physicians, hospital administrators, nurses, and medical billers to ensure that communication between the entire healthcare team is simple, secure and fast. MediMobile Messaging allows providers to send unlimited secure text messages and photo messages. MediMobile Messaging can be implemented quickly and easily by any member of your health care team for free! MediMobile Messaging can be implemented in a hospital, clinic or any healthcare setting to promote collaboration and communication. MediMobile Messaging can be used not only for text and picture messaging between individuals, but also for group messaging. Additionally, this software is cross-platform, meaning it can be used from a smartphone, a tablet, or a web portal! MediMobile Messaging is the most reliable free secure messaging solution available for healthcare professionals. Features: -Secure Text Messaging -Secure Photo Messaging -Group Messaging -Cross-Platform -“Read” Notification System
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.
- 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
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DocUpdate at 4.8 against MediMobile Messaging's 3.4. DocUpdate also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 5). MediMobile Messaging's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, 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.
DocUpdate holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DocUpdate has 2.8K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of MediMobile Messaging's written reviews are positive against 61% of DocUpdate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MediMobile Messaging ships an update every 7 months, DocUpdate every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MediMobile Messaging | DocUpdate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (2.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 61.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #199 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MediMobile | Docupdate |
Customer experience
MediMobile Messaging
DocUpdate
Bugs and requests
MediMobile Messaging
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
MediMobile Messaging
No in-app purchases
DocUpdate
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MediMobile Messaging free?
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