Comparison

mobilePDR vs MedNote, History taking

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

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About

mobilePDR

Access up-to-date drug prescribing information for healthcare professionals. Quickly search thousands of drug summaries, compare medications, and check for interactions. Identify pills with color photos and imprint codes.

Highlights
  • Concise drug summaries
  • Drug comparison tool
  • Drug interaction checker
  • Pill identification with photos
  • Search by brand, generic, or class
  • Continuous updates
Features
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mobilePDR® is the OFFICIAL drug information app from PDR®, publisher of Physicians’ Desk Reference® – the most trusted resource for drug prescribing information since 1946. mobilePDR allows healthcare professionals FREE access to the most current drug prescribing information available from PDR. Fast and easy to use, mobilePDR employs a simple, but powerful search tool with access to thousands of concise drug summaries. Users can search by generic, brand or pharmacologic class names. A drug comparison feature helps healthcare providers choose the right medication for their patients based on key drug properties such as indications and side effects, dosing, and more. Know at a glance when there may be a drug interaction. Identify a pill based on its physical characteristics and visually confirm with full-color photos. All therapeutic areas and medical specialties are covered within the PDR drug app, including diabetes drugs, pain drugs, asthma and allergy drugs, cardiovascular drugs, obesity drugs, cholesterol drugs, psychiatric and mental health drugs, pediatric drugs, oncology drugs, vaccines and biologics, and more. Features: - Free to all U.S. healthcare professionals - Simple, powerful search provides fast access to drug information with auto-completion - Personalize your experience by saving drugs that you look up often for quick access - Search by brand, generic or pharmacologic class names - Access concise drug summaries and dosing information to answer important prescribing questions - Drug information is updated continuously with the latest information - Covers thousands of drugs in active use - Swipe left-right to compare key drug characteristics such as dosing, indications, and side effects - Save drug comparisons to refer to them again later - Check for drug interactions and learn what drug combinations to avoid - Identify pills by tablet imprint codes, shape or drug color, complete with color pill images Requirements: - Registration is free, and required the first time you use the mobilePDR app - mobilePDR is intended for use by U.S. healthcare professionals

About

MedNote, History taking

This app assists healthcare professionals in conducting thorough and professional medical history interviews with patients. It offers structured forms for different complaint types and automatically generates concise case reports from the gathered information.

Highlights
  • Professional medical history taking
  • Multiple history taking forms
  • Automatic case report summarization
  • Structured patient complaint information
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MedNote App An app helps health care providers to take an amazing and professional medical history from the patients. MedNote has a lot of different characteristics to make a fantastic experience for the users. Three different types of history taking according to the type of patient's complaint. Every form of history note has sufficient and adequate information about the patients' complaints. After taking a full history from the patient, MedNote app will automatically summarize the findings with an amazing case report to make a better experience for users. MedNote made with love in Hail, KSA By Abdulaziz Alenezi. Best wishes

Screenshots

mobilePDR4 screens
MedNote, History taking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MedNote, History taking at 4.9 against mobilePDR's 3.2. mobilePDR's advantage is ratings volume (101 vs 7) and device support. On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

MedNote, History taking holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: mobilePDR has 101 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
mobilePDR versus MedNote, History taking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermobilePDRMedNote, History taking
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (101 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings101 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB26 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperPDR Equity, LLCAbdulaziz Alenezi

Bugs and requests

mobilePDR

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Text unreadable in dark mode
  • Black text on black background
  • App crashes during comparison
  • App crashes on launch
  • Login errors
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  • Drug identification incorrect
  • Cannot read description after upgrade
  • App not communicating with password manager
  • Random black background behind text

Requested features

9 requests
  • Add dark mode option
  • Improve readability in dark mode
  • Allow landscape orientation
  • Fix drug identification errors
  • Add DEA/drug scheduling tab
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  • Add related drugs tab
  • Improve drug comparison tool
  • Add favorite drugs tab
  • Add flashcard feature

MedNote, History taking

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

mobilePDR

No in-app purchases

None

MedNote, History taking

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is mobilePDR free?
mobilePDR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MedNote, History taking free?
MedNote, History taking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, mobilePDR or MedNote, History taking?
MedNote, History taking is rated higher. mobilePDR averages 3.2 out of 5 from 101 ratings, while MedNote, History taking averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.

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