EMGuidance vs Scripts Assistant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EMGuidance
This app provides comprehensive and up-to-date medicines and guideline information for medical professionals. It offers interactive drug monographs, digital patient support tools, and free accredited CPD courses to enhance clinical decision-making and professional development.
- Interactive drug monographs
- Medicine Cost Directory
- Interaction checker
- Clinical guidelines
- Free CPD courses
- Patient education leaflets
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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.
Scripts Assistant
This app allows doctors to quickly generate verified digital prescriptions and sick notes from their mobile devices. It streamlines the process of prescribing medications for patients, saving time on chronic or complex treatment plans. Prescriptions can be easily shared via print, email, or messaging apps.
- Create patient-specific prescriptions
- Generate illness-specific medication combinations
- Create and sign legal sick notes
- Store patient consultations
- Share prescriptions via print, email, or WhatsApp
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: EMGuidance at free against Scripts Assistant's free with in-app purchases. EMGuidance also leads on ratings volume (56 vs 3) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). 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
Both are free to download. EMGuidance sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Scripts Assistant sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
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.
EMGuidance ships an update every 6 days, Scripts Assistant fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EMGuidance | Scripts Assistant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (56 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 306 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | EMG Technologies (PTY) LTD | MEDRIC SOFTWARE (PTY) LTD |
Customer experience
EMGuidance
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In-app purchases
EMGuidance
- Professional$59.99
- Basic$119.99
- Basic$799.99
Scripts Assistant
- Premium Weekly1 Month trial$0.997 Days
- Basic Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Premium Monthly1 Month trial$5.991 Month
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- Pro Monthly1 Month trial$6.991 Month
- Unlimited Monthly1 Month trial$11.991 Month
- Basic Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- Premium Annual Subscription1 Month trial$59.991 Year
- Pro Annual1 Month trial$79.991 Year
- Unlimited Annual1 Month trial$129.991 Year
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