ZoeMD vs Fona
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
ZoeMD
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ZoeMD is an advanced AI-powered clinical assistant created to enhance the daily practice of healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, dentists, physiotherapists, pharmacists, and medical students. It provides instant, evidence-based answers to a wide range of medical questionsβfrom disease diagnosis and treatment guidelines to drug interactions, side effects, and clinical best practices. Whether youβre managing a complex patient, navigating unfamiliar symptoms, or confirming protocols on the go, ZoeMD gives you the confidence of up-to-date, peer-reviewed medical knowledge in seconds. Designed for both high-resource hospitals and under-resourced rural clinics, ZoeMD reduces reliance on bulky textbooks and endless online searches. It puts a continuously learning AI engine in your pocket, saving you time while supporting clinical accuracy, patient safety, and improved outcomesβno matter your specialty or setting. Subscription Information Title of Subscription ZoeMD Monthly Plan ZoeMD Yearly Plan Length of Subscription Monthly: 1 month Yearly: 12 months Price of Subscription $25.00 per month $249.00 per year (equivalent to β $20.75 per month) Auto-Renewal Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy https://www.zoemed.ai/privacy-policy Terms of Service (EULA) https://www.zoemed.ai/terms-of-service
Fona
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Fona is a shared phone directory for hospitals. Find the ward, the department or doctor you need, then call with one tap. WHO IT'S FOR Anyone who works in or with a hospital and spends too much of their shift hunting for a number - doctors, nurses, allied health staff, pharmacists, switchboard and ward clerks. SEARCH THAT KEEPS UP Start typing and the list narrows as you go. Search matches the words of a name in any order, so "theatre c" finds "C Theatre" and "cardio reg" finds "Cardiology Registrar on call". Filter to extensions, phones, bleepers or emails when you know what you're after. ONE TAP TO CALL Where a hospital allows direct dialling, Fona knows its prefix and turns extension 4576 into 0219384576 for you. Where it doesn't, Fona calls the switchboard and shows you the extension to ask for. Bleepers work the same way - Fona dials the switchboard and displays the number to page. Emails open in your mail app. Any number or address can be copied with one tap if you'd rather use it elsewhere. FAVOURITES AND RECENTS Star the numbers you reach for on every shift and they sit at the top of their own tab. Favourites are saved to your account, so they follow you to a new phone. The contacts you called most recently appear above them, on the device that made the call. EVERYONE KEEPS IT CURRENT Fona is edited by the people who use it. Anyone with a verified account can add a missing number, fix a wrong one, or remove a ward that no longer exists - no ticket, no waiting for IT. Every change records who made it and when, so mistakes can be traced and undone, and each hospital's admins can restore deleted entries and block anyone who abuses the directory. WORKS WHEN THE SIGNAL DOESN'T Once a directory has loaded, Fona keeps a copy on your phone and searches that copy. Basements, lift lobbies, the back corridor with one bar - the numbers are still there. New and changed contacts sync whenever you have a connection. ADD YOUR HOSPITAL Your hospital not listed? Create it in the app and you become its first admin: set the dialling prefix and switchboard, then start adding contacts. Eighty South African hospital directories are already loaded, with more than thirteen thousand numbers between them. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Fona is a phone directory and nothing more. It holds no patient information and has nowhere to enter any. There is no advertising and no tracking, and it never reads your location or your phone's contacts. Placing a call hands the number to your own dialler - the call is between you and your network. Free. No ads, no subscription, no in-app purchases. IMPORTANT Numbers in Fona are contributed and corrected by its users, and we don't verify them. They can be wrong or out of date, so confirm anything critical before you rely on it. Fona is not an emergency service and cannot connect you to one. Use the numbers and procedures your hospital publishes for cardiac arrests and emergency escalation, and know them independently of this app. GET STARTED Sign in with Google, Apple, or an email address, pick your hospital, and search. That's the whole setup. Privacy policy: https://krikdex-sa.com/fona-privacy.html Terms of use: https://krikdex-sa.com/fona-terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fona at none against ZoeMD's 2. Fona also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. ZoeMD sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $25.00 per month. Fona asks for nothing beyond the download.
ZoeMD ships an update every 3 weeks, Fona every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZoeMD | Fona |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | dorascribe | Krikdex (Pty) Ltd |
In-app purchases
ZoeMD
- ZoeMD Monthly Plan$25.001 Month
- ZoeMD Yearly Plan$249.001 Year
Fona
No in-app purchases









