Comparison

Scripts Assistant vs EML

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

Head to head
About

Scripts Assistant

This medical app allows doctors to quickly generate verified digital prescriptions on their mobile devices. It supports creating patient-specific, illness-specific, and sick notes, which can then be printed, emailed, or sent via WhatsApp.

Highlights
  • Create patient-specific scripts
  • Create illness scripts
  • Generate legal sick notes
  • Print, email, or WhatsApp prescriptions
  • Save time on chronic medication lists
Features
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Scripts Assistant is the fastest way for a doctor to create a digital prescription from your mobile device. Scripts Assistant is your own personal Script-Pad. Allowing you to carefully create a verified and safe medical prescription. Print, Email or Watsapp it to your pharmacy or patient. •⁠ ⁠Create patient specific scripts and save hours on those long lists of chronic medications. •⁠ ⁠Create illness scripts and Prescribe your personal combination of medications at the touch of a button. •⁠ ⁠Create and sign legal sick notes for your patients. •⁠ ⁠Store your patient consultations in your pocket Scripts Assistant is the fastest way for a doctor to create a digital prescription from your mobile device. Try Scripts Assistant for free to conveniently prescribe from your mobile device, wherever you may be. For more information on our terms of use please see https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

EML

Features
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EML puts South Africa’s Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List (STG & EML) in your pocket — fully offline, searchable, and free for every healthcare worker. Browse three national guideline books: • Primary Healthcare STG & EML • Hospital Level (Adults) STG & EML • Paediatric STG & EML With more than 1,500 clinical sections covering diagnosis, treatment, medicines, contraindications, and referral criteria, EML is built for busy clinics, wards, and community health settings where reliable reference material matters. FEATURES • Offline-first — all content is bundled in the app; no internet needed to read guidelines • Fast search — find conditions, sections, and medicines across all books, with optional book filters • Structured sections — Overview, Medicines, and Referral tabs for quick clinical reference • Favourites — save sections you use often for one-tap access • Source PDF links — open the official National Department of Health publications when you are online • Clean, readable design — optimised for iPhone and iPad WHO IT’S FOR Students, nurses, doctors, clinical associates, pharmacists, and other healthcare workers practising in South Africa who need quick access to national treatment guidance. CONTENT ATTRIBUTION Clinical content is reproduced for educational reference from the South African Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List, published by the National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. IMPORTANT This app is for reference and education only. It does not replace clinical judgement, local protocols, or the care of a qualified healthcare professional. Always verify dosing, indications, and guidance against current official sources and your institution’s policies. Made available at no cost by the WiZmed Foundation — a community initiative supporting South Africa’s healthcare workers.

Screenshots

Scripts Assistant4 screens
EML4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EML at none against Scripts Assistant's 9. Scripts Assistant's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Scripts Assistant sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. EML asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Scripts Assistant versus EML: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScripts AssistantEML
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB4 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMEDRIC SOFTWARE (PTY) LTDWiZmed

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Scripts Assistant

Subscriptions9
  • Premium Weekly1 Month trial$0.997 Days
  • Basic Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
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  • Pro Monthly1 Month trial$6.991 Month
  • Unlimited Monthly1 Month trial$11.991 Month
  • Basic Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
  • Premium Annual Subscription1 Month trial$39.991 Year
  • Pro Annual1 Month trial$79.991 Year
  • Unlimited Annual1 Month trial$129.991 Year
None

EML

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scripts Assistant free?
Scripts Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EML free?
EML is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scripts Assistant or EML have ads?
Neither Scripts Assistant nor EML shows ads.

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