DynaMed vs MedCalX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DynaMed
This tool provides clinicians with efficient, evidence-based patient care guidance. It offers timely analysis and synthesis of medical literature, updated daily by medical professionals. Mobile access ensures continuous work with syncing between desktop and mobile devices.
- Evidence-based patient care guidance
- Daily medical literature review
- Objective analysis and synthesis
- Physician-authored content
- Mobile access with syncing
- On-the-go clinical support
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DynaMed is a trusted, evidence-based clinical decision support tool designed by clinicians, for clinicians, to help make faster, more informed decisions at the point of care. Rigorous daily review of medical literature by our editorial team of expert physicians and methodologists ensures timely and objective analysis, synthesis, and guidance are always at your fingertips. Now available with Dyna AI* for faster, trusted answers to your clinical queries. Dyna AI synthesizes DynaMed content into actionable, concise responses with full transparency into source references. What You Can Do with DynaMed • Access clinically relevant answers at the point of care. • Review evidence and expert interpretation with clear transparency. • Stay current with daily updates based on ongoing literature surveillance. • Access content seamlessly across mobile and desktop experiences. • Use content online or offline. Who Can Use This App: This app is designed for physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, trainees, and other healthcare professionals with access to DynaMed through their institution. Why Clinicians Choose DynaMed: DynaMed helps clinicians make informed decisions with confidence by delivering trusted evidence, expert analysis, and practical guidance wherever care happens. *Dyna AI availability is dependent on your subscription and access level.
MedCalX
This medical calculator app provides healthcare professionals with a comprehensive tool for complex medical formulas, scores, and classifications. It offers an extensive library of over 300 medical calculations, patient management features, and sharing capabilities.
- Extensive medical formula library (300+)
- Patient management and data saving
- Customizable workflows
- Multiple result sharing options
- Detailed information and references
- US and SI unit support
- iCloud synchronization for favorites
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MedCalX is a tool that enables medical professionals to easily use complicated medical formulas, scores and classifications. 25 years of experience developing this tool for mobile platforms makes MedCalX the leading medical calculator, with an unparalleled user interface and powerful features. MedCalX is free to download and use, but you have access only to a subset of formulas. In-app purchase lets you unlock the whole range of formulas that MedCalX has to offer; more than 300 in total! Main features: • A very large selection (more than 300) of relevant formulas, scores, scales and classifications. • Workflows: create your own series of formulas, text, links and images • Many different ways to share results (and data): copy to clipboard, email report, print via AirPrint, save to patient database... • Exclusive patient management feature for saving and accessing results, as well as images and notes. Results can be exported to the desktop as CSV files and shared between your and your colleaugues iOS devices. • Detailed information and bibliographic references for each formula. • Support for US and SI units, with easy switching from the keypad. • Search for entries by name, keywords and categories. • Takes advantage of iOS 9 – you can now use Spotlight to search for formulas • Customizable list of favorite equations, synchronized via iCloud. • Ability to add notes to individual formulas. • Full support for external (hardware) keyboards Formulas, scores and classifications include, amongst others: • Anesthesiology (ASA, Bromage, Charlson, Cormack, Dermatome, Goldman) • Cardiology (CC/AHA ASCVD, CHADS, EuroSCORE, GRACE, HAS-BLED, Killip, PROCAM, QT-c, TIMI) • Electrolytes (Corrected Ca, Corrected Na, FENa, Osmolal gap) • Evidence-Based Medicine (NNT, Odds, Sample size, Two-way table) • ICU (ABCD2+3, APACHE, CAM-ICU, GCS, Parkland, SAPS, many PE-criteria and trauma scores) • Neurology (AMTS, Aphasia, Canadian rules, NIHSS, WFNS) • Obstetrics (APGAR, Bishop, Malinas, Pregnancy Wheel) • Pediatrics (Age, Target Height, Centor and McIsaac, PRAM, WETFAG) • Respiratory (BODE, Epworth, GOLD, SMART-COP, Spirometry, Thoracoscore) • Renal (Cockcroft, MDRD and more Creatinine/GFR calculators, KDIGO and RIFLE) • ABG analyzer worth $5 in other apps • Complete infusion management tool, great for ICU nurses • Complicated scores (CAM-ICU, CDAI, APACHE, POSSUM, SAPS, Euroscore) If you like MedCalX, we’d appreciate it if you took the time to give us a nice review.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DynaMed at 4.9 against MedCalX's 3.8. DynaMed also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (3.5K vs 31). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. MedCalX sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. DynaMed asks for nothing beyond the download.
DynaMed holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DynaMed has 3.5K ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of DynaMed's written reviews are positive against 46% of MedCalX's.
DynaMed ships an update every 5 weeks, MedCalX every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DynaMed | MedCalX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.5K ratings) — better | 3.8 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.2% of reviews — better | 45.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | EBSCO Publishing | Ossus GmbH |
Customer experience
DynaMed
MedCalX
User reviews
DynaMed
From 3.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Concise and organized information
- 🚀 More up-to-date than UpToDate
- 🚀 Comprehensive and evidence-based
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 👍 Valuable point-of-care tool
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs after updates
- 🐛 Frequent login issues
- 🐛 Downloading and storage issues
- 🐛 Clunky UI, not optimized for larger screens
- 🐛 Search function glitches
MedCalX
From 31 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- 📱 Comprehensive collection of medical formulas and scores
- 🚀 Fast calculations and quick access
- 📚 Includes PubMed links and background information
- 🌍 Multi-language support
Room to improve
- 💰 Paywalls for previously free calculators
- 🔄 Forced paid upgrades for existing users
- ❌ Missing many important medical scores
- ⏱️ Infrequent updates and maintenance
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
Bugs and requests
DynaMed
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on iOS 14 update
- Downloading content gets stuck in loop
- Search function not working properly
- Frequent login issues
- App not opening on some devices
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved search functionality
- Better organization of content
- More patient education resources
- Smoother offline access and content management
MedCalX
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on startup
- App crashes when taking patient photos
- App fails to open or becomes unresponsive
- Unable to restore previous purchases
- Doximity unlock feature not working
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- Spotlight search functionality broken
- NIH scale interface poorly designed
- Parameter value limits prevent calculations for severe patients
- Data migration issues between app versions
- Preferences not carried over during upgrades
Requested features
17 requests- SCORE2 and other modern cardiovascular risk scores
- TRiP(cast) score
- Valve disease calculations
- Pediatric medication dosing calculators
- Electrolyte and fluid replacement calculations
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- ICU-specific calculations and AHI calculation
- GUPTA, AWOL, and CAM traditional scores
- Dermatology scales and classifications
- RESP and PRESET scores
- Psychological assessment scores (depression, alcoholism ratings)
- Gail model and cancer risk calculations
- Pediatric weight percentiles by age
- Custom formula creation
- Unit conversion tool
- Personal formula addition feature
- Forrester classification
- MMSE and other copyrighted scales
In-app purchases
DynaMed
No in-app purchases
MedCalX
- MedCalc 3 UpgradeFree
- Doximity RegistrationFree
- MedCalX Unlock$4.99
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