KCI Trials vs ASCO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KCI Trials
This app helps patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals find active cancer clinical trials. It offers powerful search and filtering capabilities, with detailed protocol information and offline access. Users can save favorite trials and share details easily.
- Powerful trial search by various criteria
- Smart filters with dynamic options
- Offline access to trial details
- Comprehensive protocol information
- Enhanced drug profiles
- Save favorite trials and searches
- Easy sharing of trial details
- Location and mapping tools
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KCI Trials is a free mobile app from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute designed to help patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals quickly find active cancer clinical trials open to accrual. Key Features • Powerful Trial Search: Find clinical trials by cancer type, protocol number or NCT ID, keyword, phase, principal investigator, study site, drug, device, therapy, or category. • Smart Filters: Apply multiple filters at once, with dynamically updated options to prevent dead end searches. • Instant Results—Even Offline: Daily data updates allow fast, on device searches, with full access to trial details even with limited or no connectivity. • Comprehensive Protocol Details: View objectives, eligibility criteria, treatments, locations, investigators, and related drugs. • Enhanced Drug Information: Explore enriched drug profiles powered by the NCI Drug Dictionary, including U.S. brand names. • Favorites & Saved Searches: Save trials and searches for quick access later—duplicates automatically prevented. • Easy Sharing: Share trial details via text or email, including summarized or full protocol information. • Location & Mapping Tools: View study site addresses, copy locations, and open directions directly in Maps. • Trusted Resources: Quick links to ClinicalTrials.gov and other National Cancer Institute resources. • Secure & Reliable: Independently penetration tested to ensure a safe and secure experience.
ASCO
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The new ASCO App is a trusted tool for ASCO Members and the oncology community. Get a personalized feed of practice-changing science from JCO Journals tailored to your specialty, streamline your membership, and access professional development tools like ASCO-SEP®—anytime, anywhere. It’s an essential resource designed to save you time while fostering continuous engagement with the global oncology community.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ASCO at fortnightly against KCI Trials's every 4 months. KCI Trials's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
KCI Trials ships an update every 4 months, ASCO fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KCI Trials | ASCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute | American Society of Clinical Oncology |
In-app purchases
KCI Trials
No in-app purchases
ASCO
No in-app purchases









