A few months ago you may remember my Real Review of Lexi-Comp beta for webOS. I concluded then that the app (which was a major leap forward in medical software on webOS) was exceptionally good, functioning largely as Med School in an app. Fast forward a few months, and following a prolonged hiatus from the app catalog, Lexi-Comp returned to provide healthcare practitioners with a much needed reference app.
But oh how quickly the landscape changes. Shortly after the return of Lexi-Comp, a webOS version of Epocrates, perhaps the most ubiquitous medical reference app made has also become available with a slightly different approach to medical reference on the go. In this review I’ll describe my real-world experience with Epocrates over the last several days, comparing the salient points with my experience of the current trial version of Lexi-Comp.