DR vs ResearchMars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DR
This educational app offers a comprehensive approach to studying surgical medicine. It provides concise summaries of revision materials, review video clips, and interactive tests with solutions to enhance understanding.
- Surgical medicine summaries
- Video review clips
- Interactive practice tests
- Solved test explanations
- Revision materials
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Educational application for DR.MATARY to study Surgical Medicine Provides summaries of revision of surgical medicine teaching materials Provides video clips for reviewing surgical materials Provides tests to test the parts of the explanation on the video clips Provides solved tests that can be reviewed for further understanding using videos
ResearchMars
This platform streamlines academic research by offering a collaborative workspace for research groups. It facilitates co-writing papers, tracking projects and funding, discovering opportunities, and communicating in real-time. The app supports both English and Arabic languages.
- Group collaboration and management
- Real-time paper co-writing
- Project milestone tracking
- Grant and fellowship discovery
- Journal information library
- Real-time chat with voice notes
- End-to-end funding management
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ResearchMars is a global platform for academic research groups — bringing collaboration, funding, and project tracking into one bilingual (English & Arabic) workspace. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Research groups: create or join groups, manage members and roles, and run group meetings. • Paper Studio: co-write papers in real time, assign sections, review, and export to PDF/Word in journal-ready formatting. • Project tracking: plan milestones and tie them to payments so funded work stays on schedule. • Opportunities & talent: discover grants, fellowships and calls, and connect with researchers and editors. • Journals library: browse hundreds of journals with impact, acceptance rate and decision-time details. • Marshat chat: real-time messaging with voice notes, reactions, and smart cards for invites and reviews. • Funding lifecycle: apply, track, and manage research funding end to end. BUILT FOR EVERYONE Fully bilingual with complete Arabic and English support — including right-to-left and left-to-right layouts and content-aware text direction. Whether you lead a lab, co-author papers, or look for your next research opportunity, ResearchMars keeps your academic work organized in one place. Terms of Use: https://researchmars.net/terms Privacy Policy: https://researchmars.net/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DR at none against ResearchMars's 9. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. ResearchMars sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. DR asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DR against 5.0 for ResearchMars. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | DR | ResearchMars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 250 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ahmed Elshahawy | Bandar Alghamdi |
In-app purchases
DR
No in-app purchases
ResearchMars
- Researcher Plan$9.991 Month
- Lab Plan$49.991 Month
- Editor Services$49.991 Month
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- Researcher Plan$119.991 Year
- Lab Plan$499.991 Year
- Editor Services$499.991 Year
- Group Join Fee$0.49
- Submission Toolkit$11.99
- Group Creation Fee$49.99








