Aprima NOW vs DocBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aprima NOW
Access your Aprima EHR system remotely on your iOS device. Manage patient messages, appointments, charges, and medical records. Capture images and call patients directly from the app.
- Remote EHR access
- Message management (prescriptions, test results)
- Appointment scheduling and patient calling
- Charge capture
- Image capture
- Patient record and demographic search
- Favorites screen
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Aprima’s industry leading EHR is now available on your iOS device! Access your Aprima EHR system from anywhere using your iPhone or iPad: • Create, view, and respond to messages including messages about Prescriptions and Test Results • View and schedule appointments, call patients directly from calendar • Capture charges anywhere • Add images taken directly from your mobile device • Search and View a patient's medical record and demographics • Use the Favorites screen to access what's important to you
DocBuddy
Effortlessly manage and access your medical records with this intuitive application. It acts as a personal assistant, streamlining documentation and retrieval of health information.
- Medical record documentation
- Easy access to health information
- Personal assistant functionality
- Streamlined record management
- Intuitive user interface
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DocBuddy is an elegant solution to wasted time documenting and accessing medical records. It's like having a personal assistant at your call and always at your fingertips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DocBuddy at 4.4 against Aprima NOW's 2.0. DocBuddy also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Aprima NOW's advantage is review sentiment (13% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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.
DocBuddy holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Aprima NOW's written reviews are positive against 0% of DocBuddy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Aprima NOW ships an update every 2 months, DocBuddy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aprima NOW | DocBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (22 ratings) | 4.4 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Aprima Medical Software, Inc. | Doc Buddy, Inc. |
Customer experience
Aprima NOW
DocBuddy
In-app purchases
Aprima NOW
No in-app purchases
DocBuddy
No in-app purchases
