Comparison

mediCS vs MedCalX

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

Head to head
About

mediCS

This app provides a comprehensive collection of medical scores, criteria, conversions, and calculators. It allows users to quickly access and utilize essential medical formulas and scoring systems for various clinical assessments and calculations.

Highlights
  • Medical criteria and scores
  • Clinical calculators
  • Unit conversions
  • Search and copy results
  • Comprehensive list of formulas
Features
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The easiest way to use scores, medical criteria, convertions, and calculators. - Performs searches and copies the results to the clipboard. - Performs conversions used for certain criteria. Criteria & Scores - APACHE II score - CHA2DS2-VASc score - CHADS2 score - CURB-65 score - Child-Pugh score - Glasgow Coma Scale - Glasgow-Blatchford score - GRACE risk score - HAS-BLED - Mayo score - PSI score - Ranson criteria - Revised Trauma Score (RTS) - Rockall score - SAPS II - SOFA score - Sepsis Obstetrics Scoring - TIMI risk score - TISS-28 - Wells score for DVT - Wells Score for PE Calculator - Absolute neutrophil count - Anion Gap - Basal Energy Expenditure - Body mass index - Cockcroft-Gault formula - Mean arterial pressure - Osmolality - Oxygen content - Pulse pressure - Renal failure index (RFI) - Salazar-Corcoran equation Convertions - Albumin - Bilirubin - Calcium - Cholesterol - Cortisol - Creatine - Creatinine - Creatinine clearance - Ethanol - Glucose - Length - Oxygen - Pressure - Temperature - Uric acid - Warfarin - Weight comments and suggestions: aikyu.sama@gmail.com

About

MedCalX

This medical calculator app provides healthcare professionals with a comprehensive tool for complex medical formulas, scores, and classifications. It offers an extensive library of over 300 medical calculations, patient management features, and sharing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Extensive medical formula library (300+)
  • Patient management and data saving
  • Customizable workflows
  • Multiple result sharing options
  • Detailed information and references
  • US and SI unit support
  • iCloud synchronization for favorites
Features
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MedCalX is a tool that enables medical professionals to easily use complicated medical formulas, scores and classifications. 25 years of experience developing this tool for mobile platforms makes MedCalX the leading medical calculator, with an unparalleled user interface and powerful features. MedCalX is free to download and use, but you have access only to a subset of formulas. In-app purchase lets you unlock the whole range of formulas that MedCalX has to offer; more than 300 in total! Main features: • A very large selection (more than 300) of relevant formulas, scores, scales and classifications. • Workflows: create your own series of formulas, text, links and images • Many different ways to share results (and data): copy to clipboard, email report, print via AirPrint, save to patient database... • Exclusive patient management feature for saving and accessing results, as well as images and notes. Results can be exported to the desktop as CSV files and shared between your and your colleaugues iOS devices. • Detailed information and bibliographic references for each formula. • Support for US and SI units, with easy switching from the keypad. • Search for entries by name, keywords and categories. • Takes advantage of iOS 9 – you can now use Spotlight to search for formulas • Customizable list of favorite equations, synchronized via iCloud. • Ability to add notes to individual formulas. • Full support for external (hardware) keyboards Formulas, scores and classifications include, amongst others: • Anesthesiology (ASA, Bromage, Charlson, Cormack, Dermatome, Goldman) • Cardiology (CC/AHA ASCVD, CHADS, EuroSCORE, GRACE, HAS-BLED, Killip, PROCAM, QT-c, TIMI) • Electrolytes (Corrected Ca, Corrected Na, FENa, Osmolal gap) • Evidence-Based Medicine (NNT, Odds, Sample size, Two-way table) • ICU (ABCD2+3, APACHE, CAM-ICU, GCS, Parkland, SAPS, many PE-criteria and trauma scores) • Neurology (AMTS, Aphasia, Canadian rules, NIHSS, WFNS) • Obstetrics (APGAR, Bishop, Malinas, Pregnancy Wheel) • Pediatrics (Age, Target Height, Centor and McIsaac, PRAM, WETFAG) • Respiratory (BODE, Epworth, GOLD, SMART-COP, Spirometry, Thoracoscore) • Renal (Cockcroft, MDRD and more Creatinine/GFR calculators, KDIGO and RIFLE) • ABG analyzer worth $5 in other apps • Complete infusion management tool, great for ICU nurses • Complicated scores (CAM-ICU, CDAI, APACHE, POSSUM, SAPS, Euroscore) If you like MedCalX, we’d appreciate it if you took the time to give us a nice review.

Screenshots

mediCS4 screens
MedCalX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MedCalX at 46% against mediCS's 0%. MedCalX also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (3.8 vs 1.0). mediCS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On ads 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

MedCalX is free to download; mediCS costs $1.99 up front. MedCalX sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. mediCS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MedCalX holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MedCalX has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of mediCS's written reviews are positive against 46% of MedCalX's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

mediCS ships an update every 17 months, MedCalX every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
mediCS versus MedCalX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermediCSMedCalX
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)3.8 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews45.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings131 — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB45 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperLUIS MOSQUERA A.Ossus GmbH

Customer experience

mediCS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

MedCalX

All ratings30 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive45.8%
Neutral7.6%
Negative46.6%

Bugs and requests

mediCS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

MedCalX

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • App crashes when taking patient photos
  • App fails to open or becomes unresponsive
  • Unable to restore previous purchases
  • Doximity unlock feature not working
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  • Spotlight search functionality broken
  • NIH scale interface poorly designed
  • Parameter value limits prevent calculations for severe patients
  • Data migration issues between app versions
  • Preferences not carried over during upgrades

Requested features

17 requests
  • SCORE2 and other modern cardiovascular risk scores
  • TRiP(cast) score
  • Valve disease calculations
  • Pediatric medication dosing calculators
  • Electrolyte and fluid replacement calculations
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  • ICU-specific calculations and AHI calculation
  • GUPTA, AWOL, and CAM traditional scores
  • Dermatology scales and classifications
  • RESP and PRESET scores
  • Psychological assessment scores (depression, alcoholism ratings)
  • Gail model and cancer risk calculations
  • Pediatric weight percentiles by age
  • Custom formula creation
  • Unit conversion tool
  • Personal formula addition feature
  • Forrester classification
  • MMSE and other copyrighted scales

In-app purchases

None

mediCS

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MedCalX

One-time3
  • MedCalc 3 UpgradeFree
  • Doximity RegistrationFree
  • MedCalX Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is mediCS free?
mediCS costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MedCalX free?
MedCalX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, mediCS or MedCalX?
MedCalX is rated higher. mediCS averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while MedCalX averages 3.8 from 31 ratings.
Do mediCS or MedCalX have ads?
Neither mediCS nor MedCalX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, mediCS or MedCalX?
mediCS ships an update every 17 months, and MedCalX every 5 months. Most recently, mediCS was updated on October 29, 2026 and MedCalX on October 29, 2026.

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