Coverage Search vs ConnieMD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coverage Search
Access up-to-date drug coverage and restriction details for millions of health plans and PBMs. Quickly understand how medications are covered to guide prescribing decisions and identify preferred alternatives for patients. Information is updated nightly for accuracy.
- Drug coverage and restriction information
- Search health plans and PBMs
- View detailed coverage by plan
- Identify drug restriction criteria
- Compare coverage across drug forms
- Save favorite plans and products
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Your single source of reliable and current drug coverage and restriction information. “Need to know if that drug is covered? Are you a prescribing doc and want to select a preferred drug for your patient?” MMIT’s drug status information is updated nightly, ensuring you have the data points needed to guide prescribing decisions for your patients. Quickly understand how every health plan and PBM covers all FDA approved medications in your geography. App of the Week by Drug Store News | Top 50 Healthcare apps for Clinicians and Consumers to Know by Becker's Healthcare “Clearly the best choice in taking out the guess work of selecting medications and offering alternative choices for your patients. It has clearly reduced staff time getting authorizations… one of the few solutions out of this morass and does a better job than our EHR system or anything else I’ve seen.” “This is a must have for primary care providers.” Plan Features • Over 6,500 health plans representing over 98% of U.S. insured lives • Search commercial, Medicare Part D, State & Managed Medicaid and health exchange plans • Includes comprehensive set of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) and health plans • Drill down to the plan level to view detailed coverage information • Review in-depth restriction criteria for an initial group of Payers and PBMs that are working with MMIT • View differences in coverage across various forms and strengths of drugs • Save frequently accessed plans to your “Favorites” list Drug Features • View drug access across location and channel by percent of covered lives • Search coverage information by various forms of a drug • Quickly lookup alternative drug’s coverage information • Save frequently accessed products to your “Favorites” list Search Features • Enable Location Services to populate your plan list automatically • Quickly search by health plan or PBM name • Sort results by health plan name, covered lives, or coverage status
ConnieMD
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CONNIEMD was created to improve communication about patients with HIPAA compliance. The follow up process of making appointments to the primary care provider or other providers is fast, generating more income for your practice or hospital and reducing your non-show rate and re-admissions to the hospital.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Coverage Search at 9.0 against ConnieMD's 13.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coverage Search | ConnieMD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (574 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 574 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MMIT | ConnieMD |
Bugs and requests
Coverage Search
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes during data download
- Crashes when changing search parameters
- Outdated formulary information not updated in a timely manner
Requested features
4 requests- Add Medicare Part B coverage information
- Provide plan details like number of covered lives
- Include ICD-10 codes for easier diagnosis-based searches
- Allow searching by BIN, PCN, and Group numbers
ConnieMD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Coverage Search
No in-app purchases
ConnieMD
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Coverage Search free?
Is ConnieMD free?
Do Coverage Search or ConnieMD have ads?
Which is updated more often, Coverage Search or ConnieMD?
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