Comparison

PEPID® vs PharmaFrog

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

Head to head
About

PEPID®

Provides healthcare professionals with essential tools for patient care, including a vast drug database, medical calculators, and visual aids. Content is regularly updated and clinically independent, offering reliable information for various medical roles.

Highlights
  • Largest drug database
  • Medical calculators
  • High-res pill photos
  • Clinical illustrations
  • Regularly updated information
  • Independent clinical content
Features
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PEPID gives healthcare professionals all the tools they need to treat patients at the scene, en route and/or by the bedside. With just a few taps, access the largest drug database on the market, medical calculators, high-res pill photos, illustrations, and much more! -- Updated regularly, so you can be sure you have the most current information available -- Independent clinical content from 12 leading healthcare associations, including the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians and the Family Physicians Inquiries Network -- Suites available for physicians, nurses, students, residents, pharmacists, EMTs and paramedics, and more Have questions, issues or feedback? Contact us at support@pepid.com.

About

PharmaFrog

This educational tool explains complex pharmacology and pharmacotherapy concepts through mechanisms, not just memorization. It generates practice questions and identifies knowledge gaps to help users master drug treatments and clinical guidelines. Available offline, it's designed for healthcare professionals, students, and interested individuals.

Highlights
  • Drug and disease-specific question generation
  • Learning units, quizzes, and refreshers
  • Identifies knowledge gaps
  • Explains pharmacotherapies via mechanisms
  • Guideline-based clinical situation deployment
  • Offline access
Features
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What is new? 1. Automatically generates drug- and disease-specific Single-Choice Questions and deploys them within Learning Units, Quizzes and daily Refreshers. 2. Helps you remain proficient in pharmacotherapies of your choice by identifying your knowledge gaps. PharmaFrog is an innovative learning and reference tool for pharmacology and pharmacotherapy. We believe that these disciplines should be understood rather than memorized. PharmaFrog explains pharmacotherapies using mechanisms - from physiology of drug targets through pharmacology to guideline-based clinical situations in which drugs are deployed. PharmaFrog addresses healthcare professionals and students, as well as interested laypersons. It is to be used only for educational purposes. If you have asked yourself: > What is the target of a given drug and what physiological processes does it affect? > Which drugs do I use to treat a given disease and why? > How do I deploy drugs in specific, common clinical situations in accordance with the latest guidelines? - PharmaFrog has an answer. Fully offline. At your fingertips.

Screenshots

PEPID®3 screens
PharmaFrog4 screens

Verdict

The call

PEPID® and PharmaFrog both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PharmaFrog's written reviews are positive against 45% of PEPID®'s. PharmaFrog also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). PEPID®'s advantage is ratings volume (2.9K vs 28). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for PEPID® against 4.7 for PharmaFrog. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PEPID® has 2.9K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of PEPID®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of PharmaFrog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PEPID® ships an update every 5 weeks, PharmaFrog every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PEPID® versus PharmaFrog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPEPID®PharmaFrog
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.9K ratings)4.7 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews45.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.9K — better28
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB28 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPEPID, LLCUniversity Medical Center Mainz

Customer experience

PEPID®

All ratings2,900 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive45.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative52.1%

PharmaFrog

All ratings28 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

PEPID®

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on login or launch
  • Content fails to download
  • Incompatible with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved search functionality
  • More calculators and tools
  • Automatic content updates
  • Ability to use on multiple devices with single subscription

PharmaFrog

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PEPID®

No in-app purchases

None

PharmaFrog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PEPID® free?
PEPID® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PharmaFrog free?
PharmaFrog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PEPID® or PharmaFrog?
PEPID® and PharmaFrog are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2.9K and 28 ratings respectively.
Do PEPID® or PharmaFrog have ads?
Neither PEPID® nor PharmaFrog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PEPID® or PharmaFrog?
PEPID® ships an update every 5 weeks, and PharmaFrog every 3 weeks. Most recently, PEPID® was updated on October 10, 2026 and PharmaFrog on October 1, 2026.

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