DocUpdate vs Digital Prescription Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Digital Prescription Maker
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This app is for doctors to make it easy for them to write prescriptions. You can write a prescription and share it as PDF or print it. Features -- 1. Generate prescription offline and share as PDF or print it. You can write upto 300 prescriptions in a month for free. 2. Previously prescribed drugs are shown as auto-complete suggestions when drug name / drug is entered. 3. Search saved prescriptions by patient name. 4. Create copy of a previously saved prescription changing only few details on next visit of patient. 5. Create multiple profiles for multiple places you work at to keep data of multiple places separate. 6. Print prescription: Premium users have multiple page sizes available to choose from. Prescription Maker Premium -- You can subscribe to Prescription Maker Premium to get these additional benefits -- 1. Ad-free app experience. 2. Write unlimited prescriptions. 3. Enable prescription customizations as shown in app which includes including your hospital logo or any image as watermark in prescriptions. 4. Add any custom text (in "Anything Else" field) at the end (after notes) in prescription. 5. Prescriptions can be created with a page size other than A4. 6. Change date and time of prescriptions. 7. Enable analysis which contains a chart of number of prescriptions vs. date. NOTE: For privacy reasons, all user data (including prescriptions) is stored on your device only. It means that if you uninstall this app (or "Clear Data" of this app), all your data will be deleted. To transfer prescriptions data to another device or for backing up prescriptions data, you can export all prescriptions to a file and then import prescriptions from that file in another device. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DocUpdate at none against Digital Prescription Maker's 2. DocUpdate also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks) and chart position (#203 vs unranked). Digital Prescription Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Digital Prescription Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $20.00 per month. DocUpdate asks for nothing beyond the download.
DocUpdate ships an update every 11 days, Digital Prescription Maker every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DocUpdate | Digital Prescription Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #203 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Docupdate | Digital Prescription Maker LLC |
Bugs and 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
Digital Prescription Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
DocUpdate
No in-app purchases
Digital Prescription Maker
- Premium Monthly$20.001 Month
- Premium Yearly$200.001 Year
Questions
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