PEPID® vs ConnectRx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Largest drug database
- Medical calculators
- High-res pill photos
- Clinical illustrations
- Regularly updated information
- Independent clinical content
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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.
ConnectRx
Access comprehensive drug information and advanced patient resources. This app provides a free service to physicians, leveraging data from First DataBank, a leader in electronic drug information. It is based on the National Drug Data File® (NDDF Plus) for clinically verifiable evidence.
- Up-to-date drug information
- Advanced patient resources
- Physician-focused
- NDDF Plus database
- Clinically verifiable evidence
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Find essential drug information & advanced patient resources. Physicians Office Resource licenses drug information data from First DataBank and provides a portion of it as a free service to its physician-users. First DataBank is the leading provider of electronic drug information to the healthcare industry. Based on the widely accepted industry standard — the National Drug Data File® — NDDF Plus databases are backed by the most clinically verifiable evidence gathered to date.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PEPID® at none against ConnectRx's shown. PEPID® also leads on ratings volume (2.9K vs 7) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). ConnectRx's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
ConnectRx holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PEPID® has 2.9K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PEPID® ships an update every 5 weeks, ConnectRx every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PEPID® | ConnectRx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.9K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PEPID, LLC | MEDICAL EDUCATION RESOURCES, LLC |
Customer experience
PEPID®
ConnectRx
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
ConnectRx
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PEPID®
No in-app purchases
ConnectRx
No in-app purchases
Questions
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