Comparison

MedQuill vs DocAssistant

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

Head to head
About

MedQuill

This app uses AI to transcribe patient visits, automatically generating medical charts and suggesting ICD-10 codes. It aims to reduce charting time, decrease burnout, and improve efficiency for healthcare professionals. Data is secured with HIPAA compliance.

Highlights
  • Automatic charting from patient visits
  • Intelligent physical exam and ROS templates
  • AI-suggested ICD-10 codes
  • HIPAA compliant data security
  • Record on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
Currently charting
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Want to reduce your charting time by up to 6 minutes per patient? MedQuill ambiently listens to your patient visits and writes your charts for you, saving you up to 2 hours per day. Reduce burnout, increase efficiency, and return your focus to the patient in front of you. Record your patient visits on your iPhone, iPad, or watch. Then submit them and review the results—ready to be validated and moved into your EHR. We offer a no-obligation, 30-day free trial with up to 100 patients included. After that, a monthly subscription is required to use MedQuill. Features include: - Automatic Charting: Record and submit your patient visits and let MedQuill do the rest. - Intelligent Physical Exam and Review Of Systems Templates: Want a different set of normals for adult, pediatric, and trauma patients? With our Intelligent PE and ROS Templates, you can create sets of normals and negatives for any patient type. Log into your account at www.medquilltech.com to get started. - ICD-10 Codes: Our AI will suggest ICD-10 codes based on your conversation. No more searching for codes for obscure conditions that may come up during your patient visit. - HIPAA Compliance: You and your patient's data security is our top priority. Our platform is fully HIPAA compliant. We maintain Business Associate Agreements, encrypt data at rest on our servers, anonymize patient PII, and employ strict access protocols.

About

DocAssistant

This AI-powered tool helps clinicians in acute care settings generate structured, billing-ready medical notes quickly. It offers passive listening, voice dictation, and manual entry, adapting to various specialties and workflows. It also aids in medical coding and provides a clinical reference assistant.

Highlights
  • AI-powered clinical note generation
  • Passive listening and voice dictation
  • Structured note formats (HPI, ROS, PE, MDM, Disposition)
  • Automatic medical coding extraction
  • Clinical reference assistant (DocGPT)
  • HIPAA compliant and SOC 2 certified
  • EHR integration capabilities
Features
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DocAssistant: AI Scribe & Chat Clinical documentation built for acute care. DocAssistant is an AI-powered clinical documentation platform built for acute care. Used by emergency medicine groups, urgent care operators, hospitalist teams, and specialty telehealth practices, it helps clinicians produce structured, billing-ready notes faster, with less burnout. Flexible enough to adapt to any specialty or workflow. PURPOSE-BUILT FOR ACUTE CARE Most AI scribes are general-purpose tools retrofitted for clinicians. DocAssistant was built from the ground up for the pace, documentation requirements, and medical decision-making unique to acute care environments. Clinical direction comes from practicing physicians, with advisory guidance from Scott Weingart, MD (EMCrit). AI SCRIBE Passive listening, voice dictation, or manual entry. DocAssistant transcribes patient encounters and generates structured notes in the format your workflow requires, including HPI, ROS, Physical Exam, MDM, and Disposition. Smart Exam Templates pre-fill baseline findings and highlight abnormals. Notes adapt to your personal style through custom instructions and macros. FLEXIBLE ACROSS SPECIALTIES While built for acute care, DocAssistant adapts to any specialty. Customize note templates, exam patterns, and documentation style to match primary care, specialty clinic, inpatient, or telehealth workflows. MEDICAL CODING Automatic extraction of Evaluation and Management codes from your documentation. Review suggested CPT and ICD-10 codes inline with the note. Group administrators can access clinician-level coding distribution reports and compare against department benchmarks. BUILT FOR GROUPS Multi-site group administration, clinician-level analytics, and documentation quality reporting. Used by acute care groups across multiple states to standardize documentation, support billing, and reduce time to chart closure. DOCGPT: CLINICAL REFERENCE Ask clinical reference questions alongside your documentation workflow. DocGPT is a reference assistant, not a diagnostic or treatment tool - it surfaces information from medical literature to support clinician-led decisions. SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE SOC 2 Type II certified HIPAA compliant with BAAs in place across all data-handling vendors Data encrypted in transit and at rest No patient data used for model training EHR INTEGRATION FHIR R4 and SMART on FHIR pathways for Epic, Oracle Health (Cerner), and Meditech, and more. Direct write-back to EHRs available through enterprise deployments. Reach out to the DocAssistant team if you would like to start the integration into your EHR WHO USES DOCASSISTANT Emergency medicine groups and democratic practices Urgent care networks Hospitalist and inpatient teams Specialty telehealth operations Post-acute and SNF clinicians Independent physicians across any specialty ENTERPRISE AND INDIVIDUAL PLANS Individual clinician subscriptions available through the app. For group pricing, multi-site deployments, EHR integration, or coding services, contact our team at docassistant.ai. Disclaimer: DocAssistant is a clinical documentation tool. It does not provide medical diagnosis, treatment recommendations, or clinical advice. All clinical decisions are the responsibility of the treating clinician. This app is intended for use by licensed healthcare professionals. This app uses Apple's standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MedQuill4 screens
DocAssistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DocAssistant at none against MedQuill's 1. DocAssistant also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (22 vs 4). MedQuill's advantage is chart position (#200 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MedQuill sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $129.00 per month. DocAssistant asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MedQuill holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DocAssistant has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MedQuill ships an update every 5 weeks, DocAssistant fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
MedQuill versus DocAssistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMedQuillDocAssistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.8 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings422 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.315.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB32 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperMedQuill Technology Inc.Nathan Murray

Customer experience

MedQuill

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DocAssistant

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MedQuill

Subscriptions1
  • MedQuill Pro$129.001 Month
None

DocAssistant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MedQuill free?
MedQuill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DocAssistant free?
DocAssistant is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MedQuill or DocAssistant?
MedQuill is rated higher. MedQuill averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while DocAssistant averages 4.8 from 22 ratings.
Do MedQuill or DocAssistant have ads?
Neither MedQuill nor DocAssistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MedQuill or DocAssistant?
MedQuill ships an update every 5 weeks, and DocAssistant fortnightly. Most recently, MedQuill was updated on November 4, 2026 and DocAssistant on November 4, 2026.

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