PMHScribe vs SynapseRx Psych
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PMHScribe
This medical app allows existing customers to use their device's microphone for charting during patient interactions. It aims to reduce administrative time, enabling healthcare professionals to focus more on patient care. Designed for use in various clinical settings, including hospital rounds, offices, and telehealth.
- Microphone charting
- Hospital rounds use
- In-person office use
- Telehealth integration
- Reduced charting time
- Patient-focused workflow
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PMHScribe: This app is exclusively for existing PMHScribe customers who want to use the microphone on their phone, tablet, or device. Have PMHScribe with you on your hospital rounds, in-person office, or telehealth. Spend more time with your patients and less on your charting.
SynapseRx Psych
This medical reference app provides comprehensive psychopharmacology information for mental health professionals and students. It includes medication details, diagnostic criteria, treatment algorithms, and interaction checks to aid in clinical decision-making and education.
- Psychiatric medication reference cards
- Drug comparison and interaction review
- Diagnostic criteria and treatment algorithms
- Guidance for special populations
- Clinical education on psychiatric conditions
- Inpatient assessment tools
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SynapseRx Psych is a mobile psychiatry reference built for psychopharmacology, clinical reasoning, and mental health education. Designed for PMHNPs, psychiatric clinicians, students, and educators, SynapseRx Psych brings medication reference, diagnostic review, treatment algorithms, interaction awareness, special-population guidance, and clinical education into one focused mobile app. Use SynapseRx Psych to quickly review psychiatric medications by drug or class, explore why one medication may fit better than another, compare receptor and tolerability profiles, check high-yield interaction concerns, review diagnosis criteria, and study psychiatric conditions through deeper clinical education. Key features include: • Psychiatric medication reference cards • Browse-by-class medication organization • Drug detail pages with indications, dosing snapshots, titration, monitoring, pregnancy considerations, patient teaching, black box warnings, receptor profiles, and clinical pearls • Medication comparison for clinical fit, symptom targets, receptor patterns, and tolerability tradeoffs • Interaction review for CYP issues, serotonergic burden, QT risk, CNS depression, orthostasis, anticholinergic burden, herbs, supplements, alcohol, and diet considerations • Indication-based medication review and treatment algorithms • Diagnosis support and DSM-oriented review • Pregnancy and pediatric psychopharmacology guidance • Clinical deep dives for psychiatric conditions • Emergency psychiatry education • Inpatient tools including CIWA-Ar and COWS severity support • Saved medication shortlist for quick reference SynapseRx Psych is intended for educational and clinical reference support only. It does not replace official prescribing information, comprehensive drug databases, institutional protocols, current guidelines, professional consultation, emergency evaluation, or independent clinical judgment. Do not enter patient-identifiable information or protected health information into the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SynapseRx Psych at none against PMHScribe's 2. SynapseRx Psych also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). PMHScribe's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. PMHScribe sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SynapseRx Psych asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PMHScribe against 5.0 for SynapseRx Psych. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
PMHScribe ships an update every 6 weeks, SynapseRx Psych every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PMHScribe | SynapseRx Psych |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | eRx.ai, Inc. | Alberto Aguirre |
Customer experience
PMHScribe
SynapseRx Psych
In-app purchases
PMHScribe
- PMHScribe for Counseling$79.00
- PMHScribe for Psychiatry$99.00
SynapseRx Psych
No in-app purchases
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