Primum vs JournalFeed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Primum
Connect with expert oncologists for case-specific advice and treatment decision support. This app facilitates direct messaging with specialists, offering actionable insights and a platform to manage your inquiries efficiently.
- Search and filter expert oncologists
- Direct messaging with specialists
- Real-time chat and notifications
- Case-specific advice
- Inbox management
- Reference past inquiries
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Sometimes even the experts need experts. Primum helps oncologists get more confidence in their treatment decisions by making it easy to find other expert oncologists and get actionable, case-specific advice fast. The official Primum app puts high-quality advice from expert oncologists in your pocket. "Prompt response. Excellent suggestions outlining the different treatment options/approaches for a rare clinical scenario without much data in the literature to guide decision making" - Community Oncologist, FL "It was really helpful to hear the expert recommendations and I agree with his recommendations. This topic is quite interesting and difficult to deal with. I appreciate a lot the recommendations." - Community Oncologist, MA "Very detailed response, clear thought process, mentioned experience with similar case. Overall - excellent!" - Community Oncologist, CT Find and select an expert - Search with keywords or phrases - Filter for expertise based on focus area - Review their experience before choosing to message Message an expert directly - Choose the expert you wish to message - Submit a brief description of your question directly to your chosen expert - Chat in real-time if you are both online, or get notified when they respond Get notified of important inquiry updates - See when you have unread messages - View the count of unread messages - Receive text and/or email alerts when you get a new message, a new inquiry, or when an inquiry is closed Rate your experience - Submit ratings and feedback on every question, to help Primum and our experts improve Manage your inbox - Keep your inbox uncluttered and focused by closing inquiries once they have been answered Reference past questions - View all closed inquiries to refer to past questions and answers
JournalFeed
This app delivers curated medical education summaries from PubMed, focusing on Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and POCUS. It provides quick, simple summaries with push notifications for the latest articles. A subscription is required for full content access and CME credits.
- Curated medical article summaries
- Push notifications for new articles
- Covers Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, PEM, POCUS
- Full content access with subscription
- CME credit claiming
- Video content access
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The JournalFeed app brings the best medical education to your iPhone! 1 million new articles are listed on PubMed each year...it's overwhelming. JournalFeed finds the articles that matter and Spoon Feeds them to you. Now, with push notifications - the Spoon Feed just got easier! We cover Emergency Medicine primarily and also Critical Care, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS). Quick, simple summaries… delivered. You can view content, but you need a JournalFeed subscription to see it all. On the app, you can view all written posts, and MAX or PREMIUM subscribers can watch all the videos and claim CME credits right from the app. Don't miss any new articles. Allow push notifications to see summaries of the latest articles that will change your practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: JournalFeed at 5.0 against Primum's 4.2. Primum's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs subscription) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
JournalFeed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.
Primum ships an update every 2 months, JournalFeed every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Primum | JournalFeed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Primum | JournalFeed, LLC |
Customer experience
Primum
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In-app purchases
Primum
No in-app purchases
JournalFeed
No in-app purchases









