Comparison

EMGuidance vs Scripts Assistant

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

Head to head
About

EMGuidance

This comprehensive medical resource provides South African healthcare professionals with up-to-date drug monographs, clinical guidelines, and patient education tools. It offers a medicine cost directory, interaction checker, and free accredited CPD courses to support informed decision-making at the point of care.

Highlights
  • Interactive drug monographs
  • Medicine cost directory
  • Interaction checker
  • Clinical guidelines
  • Free CPD courses
  • Patient education leaflets
Features
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EMGuidance is the most trusted, comprehensive and relevant FREE medicines and guideline resource for medical professionals, providing up-to-date information to help you make informed decisions at the point of care. EMGuidance offers a wide array of content and tools in partnership with global and local pharmaceutical manufacturers, national departments of health and medical societies. We provide over 1800+ interactive drug monographs which include active ingredients as well as pharma drug products for all your prescribing needs. Support patients with our digital tools such as reimbursement forms to medical schemes and patient education leaflets to share. Our learn area provides you access to free accredited CPDs and learn content to keep up to date with the latest medicines and clinical information. WHAT EMGUIDANCE CAN DO FOR YOU: The must-have clinical digital aid for South African medical professionals, providing comprehensive access to local, up-to-date medicines and guidelines information, to help you make informed decisions at the point of care. FEATURES: - Medicines information: The medicines section consists of locally relevant & fully referenced monographs. - Medicine Cost Directory - Poisons Information - Interaction checker: Check for potentially harmful interactions.- Detailed, locally authored clinical guidelines (formatted for quick, mobile reference) - Advanced medicine and guideline search function - Clinical guidelines: Locally relevant clinical guidelines in partnership with medical/academic institutions, hospitals and the NDoH. - Clinical & Dosing tools: Be 100% accurate with our host of clinical tools to support your decision making. - Free CPD courses: Earn and track your CPD points with ease with our wide range of content tailored to you. - Patient Education: Add value to patient consultations with our easy to read digital aids to share with patients. As a member, you have access to all the features and more. Search for locally relevant medicines and safety information. Enjoy the latest industry updates and events in our news section. Support clinical decision-making by referencing the most recent pharmacologist-reviewed medicines section, an easy-to-use point-of-care resource for all busy healthcare professionals. Find out more - https://emguidance.com EMGuidance brought to you by medical professionals, for medical professionals.

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/

Screenshots

EMGuidance4 screens
Scripts Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: EMGuidance at 56 against Scripts Assistant's 3. EMGuidance also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). Scripts Assistant's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. EMGuidance sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Scripts Assistant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scripts Assistant holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EMGuidance has 56 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EMGuidance ships an update every 6 days, Scripts Assistant every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
EMGuidance versus Scripts Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEMGuidanceScripts Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (56 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings56 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size306 MB85 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperEMG Technologies (PTY) LTDMEDRIC SOFTWARE (PTY) LTD

Customer experience

EMGuidance

All ratings56 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Scripts Assistant

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

EMGuidance

One-time3
  • Professional$59.99
  • Basic$119.99
  • Basic$799.99
3 purchases

Scripts Assistant

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly1 Month trial$0.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium Annual Subscription1 Month trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is EMGuidance free?
EMGuidance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Scripts Assistant free?
Scripts Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EMGuidance or Scripts Assistant?
Scripts Assistant is rated higher. EMGuidance averages 4.8 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Scripts Assistant averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do EMGuidance or Scripts Assistant have ads?
Neither EMGuidance nor Scripts Assistant shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EMGuidance or Scripts Assistant?
EMGuidance ships an update every 6 days, and Scripts Assistant every 2 weeks. Most recently, EMGuidance was updated on September 19, 2026 and Scripts Assistant on September 10, 2026.

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