Arzneimittel pocket plus vs DocCheck Flexikon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arzneimittel pocket plus
A CE-certified medical device app for healthcare professionals, offering a digital drug reference with extensive information on active ingredients, trade names, and therapies. It supports clinical decision-making with offline access, intelligent search, and personalized notes.
- Extensive drug database (1800+ active ingredients, 4000+ trade names)
- Therapy recommendations across 15+ specialties
- Offline access for use in clinics and on the go
- Intelligent search with full-text, index, and filter options
- Personalized favorites, notes, and house pharmacy lists
- CE-certified medical product for clinical decision support
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Arzneimittel pocket plus 5.1 – Ihr digitales Arzneimittel-Nachschlagewerk im Klinikalltag Die Arzneimittel pocket plus App ist das führende Medikamenten-Nachschlagewerk für Ärztinnen, Ärzte und medizinisches Fachpersonal – ein CE-zertifiziertes Medizinprodukt zur Unterstützung klinischer Entscheidungen (Clinical Decision Support, CDS). Mit der neuesten Version 5.0 profitieren Sie von zahlreichen Verbesserungen: Neu in dieser Version - Modernes Design: Klarer, übersichtlicher und noch benutzerfreundlicher. - Medimir Login: Einmal anmelden – in allen Börm Bruckmeier und Medimir Apps. DocCheck wird abgelöst! - Offline-Nutzung: Alle Inhalte jetzt auch ohne Internetverbindung verfügbar – ideal für Klinik, Rettungsdienst und unterwegs. - Aktualisierte Inhalte: Viele neue und überarbeitete Arzneimittel, Therapien und Leitlinien. Inhalte - Über 1800 Wirkstoffe und 4000 Handelsnamen mit Angaben zu Wirkmechanismus, Nebenwirkungen, Kontraindikationen, Dosisanpassungen u.v.m. - Therapieempfehlungen zu über 15 Fachgebieten: von Notfallmedizin über Kardiologie bis Onkologie. - Notfallmedikamente: 105 praxisrelevante Arzneimittel mit Dosierung, Wirkung und Kompatibilitätsangaben. - Leitlinien & Apps: Direkte Verlinkung zu Fachgesellschafts-Apps und CE-zertifizierten Spezial-Apps (z. B. Pneumo-CDS). - Bereich Impfungen: Tools zu Impfungen und Immundefizienz – weitere Themen folgen. Funktionen - Intelligente Suche: Volltext-, Index- und Filtersuche. - Favoriten & Notizen: Markieren und kommentieren Sie Ihre wichtigsten Seiten. - Hausapotheke: Erstellen und teilen Sie Arzneimittellisten mit Kolleg:innen. - History-Funktion: Schneller Zugriff auf zuletzt geöffnete Inhalte. - Automatisches Cloud-Backup und Split-View auf iPad. Kontinuierlich aktualisiert und klinisch relevant – die Arzneimittel pocket plus App ist Ihr verlässlicher Begleiter für die tägliche Praxis.
DocCheck Flexikon
Access a vast library of medical information, including definitions, symptoms, and therapies, through an extensive lexicon and encyclopedia. This app offers quick searches, offline access to over 80,000 articles, and comprehensive visualizations with 3D models and videos.
- Extensive medical lexicon and encyclopedia
- Search definitions, symptoms, and therapies
- Over 80,000 articles, images, and videos
- Offline access to favorites
- Regular content updates with peer review
- 3D models, videos, and galleries for visualization
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One of the largest and most popular communities for medical and health now again available on the app store – a comprehensive lexicon and encyclopedia. Practicing physicians, nurses, med students or anyone just interested can benefit from instant access to a huge library of medical information in this app. Highlights of the app: - Search quickly and efficiently for definitions, symptoms, therapies and much more medical information - Access or browse medical knowledge in over 80,000 articles, images and videos - Bookmark, save and access your favorites offline as well - The content is updated on a regular basis while quality is ensured by peer reviews - Open medical dictionary for everyone - the knowledge base is growing steadily - Comprehensive visualization of content through 3D models, videos and galleries All content is cross-linked for more in-depth research. Your app for quickly accessing medical information from the smartphone or tablet. FEEDBACK: Do you like our app? We look forward to your feedback. If you have suggestions for improvements please do not hesitate to write an email to flexikon-app@doccheck.com. We will always come back to you and sort things out. Thanks! Follow us on Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/doccheck_medical/
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Verdict
Arzneimittel pocket plus and DocCheck Flexikon both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 95% of DocCheck Flexikon's written reviews are positive against 40% of Arzneimittel pocket plus's. DocCheck Flexikon also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4). Arzneimittel pocket plus's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 9) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Arzneimittel pocket plus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per year. DocCheck Flexikon asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Arzneimittel pocket plus against 4.3 for DocCheck Flexikon. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arzneimittel pocket plus has 1.1K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of Arzneimittel pocket plus's written reviews are positive against 95% of DocCheck Flexikon's.
Arzneimittel pocket plus ships an update every 2 months, DocCheck Flexikon every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arzneimittel pocket plus | DocCheck Flexikon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 94.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Börm Bruckmeier Verlag GmbH | DocCheck AG |
Customer experience
Arzneimittel pocket plus
DocCheck Flexikon
In-app purchases
Arzneimittel pocket plus
- Arzneimittel Teil$0.491 Year
- Therapie Teil$0.491 Year
- Notfallmedikamente Teil$0.491 Year
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- DANI Teil$0.491 Year
DocCheck Flexikon
No in-app purchases
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