Medscape

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

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3.6 1395 ratings · App Store

1. 2/5Warning: Do not download - full of ads

   Note: Hold-touch on this review to thumb up if you find it helpful. Otherwise, the app will not change. (I will re-post this review with every update that doesn’t change the ads.) I’ve been using this app likely longer than most of its active current developers. I used to recommend it to others in training. However, recently, the ads have become an insult and an attack on the users. Right now, if you click on a notification for an article, automatically an ad from industry will pop up, which cannot be closed and obstructs the entire article. And when you try to close it, the entire article closes. With the poor search function, you cannot even get search for the article to get back to it. this is not to mention, but other ads when you look at a drug are engineered to pop up exactly where you are about to press. For example, if you open the drug reference, they know you want to click on dosing, and they engineered enough seconds for the ad to pop up exactly when you are about to click on the link, so that you click on the ad automatically opening the ad. This is nothing but an attack on the user. If it had a paid ad-free option, it would be worth it. But currently, with its current trajectory toward ads that are more intrusive than spam website, do not use it. You are better off going with a paid alternative.

   AppUser007001 · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Registration Issue

   “I faced an issue while trying to register on the Medscape app. When I reached the ‘City of Practice’ section, I typed my city (Misrata) but no options appeared. I also tried typing ‘Tripoli’ and even other well-known cities, but still no results were shown. I deleted and reinstalled the app, ensured my internet connection was stable, and pressed ‘search’ multiple times, but nothing worked. The app requires selecting a city to continue, so I got stuck and couldn’t complete the registration. Please fix this issue or allow users to manually enter their city.”

   Roka basheir · 31 Jul 2026

3. 2/5Garbage after AI update

   As an ER doc, I used to rely on MedScape for quick access to medication information, especially in the setting of critical illness and overdose. Having fast access to the dosing for uncommon drugs was a real safety boon, and the concise pharmacology information has been critically important more times than I can count. HOWEVER, after this AI update (which follows from the clunky expanded clinical content), the app is borderline useless. Every time I open the app, it has to reload itself as I sit there waiting and staring at the logo only to then be dumped into the AI-centric landing page. This is no longer a reference app. Instead, the MedScape App has become another piece AI-"assisted" garbage that wants to have a conversation and summarize information THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN THE ADJACENT TAB instead of allowing me to simply search for the drug and find the information that I need NOW! MedScape, you get one star for content and one star for what the App used to be, but you can't keep going in this direction. In an attempt to jump on to the AI bandwagon, your utility has been compromised. Kindly hang your head in shame.

   Einstein2013 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 3/5Skip the app and use the web

   I removed one star each for the following reasons. First for some reason, my newsfeed has displayed the same stories for four months now. Not sure what the issue is, because neither refreshing nor updating the app have made a difference. No matter how interesting the stories were when posted, they are a bit dated at this point. Second, at the end of the day, I prefer a larger font for reading, yet there does not appear to be a way to enlarge it. Please, Medscape, take pity upon those of us with tired eyes and make it easier to enlarge the font size. If it already exists, make it easier to figure out how.

   ElenaP13 · 31 Jul 2026

5. 2/5Ads have become completely intrusive.

   I used Medscape throughout medical school and it quickly became my go to resource. I’ve used essentially ever major medical app and this was hands down my favorite. Now the app will not allow a section of text to be ad free. I’ll scroll down while reading and a new ad will insert itself between the text. This is exceptionally distracting and interrupts reading. Why can’t they just keep the ad banners down at the bottom? There is already one there anyway? I probably will be uninstalling Medscape, which is very disheartening because I’ve been using it for so long. In their quest for ad space they have lost someone to advertise to, and I’ve lost a great resource. There’s no winners in this scenario. It was a good run while it lasted and I’ll always be appreciative towards the app, but I can no longer support it.

   EWOKofDESTINY · 31 Jul 2026

3.7 63801 ratings · Google Play

1. 2/5

   Articles are interesting but as soon as they get your email, they drive you nuts. Upwards of 6 emails a day. Unsubscribe only sort of works. They sign you up for all kinds of email lists. When trying to unsubscribe from all, I reach a 404 page.

   Sue mac · 6 Aug 2026

2. 5/5

   Outstanding clinical information for medical professionals.

   Dr. Robért Hunter · 6 Aug 2026

3. 2/5

   buggy. initially worked well and i loved it. now I have uninstalled and reinstalled on old and new phone. won't open

   Morgan crownover · 6 Aug 2026

4. 4/5

   Good information, reliable sources and generally great app. I have two problems though, the first one is that the work postal info shouldn't really be forceful, I have no work or actual correlation to medicine but I love medicine and want to study it further. The second problem is that there seems to be no setting to change the app's language. This trouble is really annoying since I am from a spanish-speaking country and I actually can understand english but i would prefer reading it in spanish.

   Janis Hllede · 6 Aug 2026

5. 5/5

   l would recommend this app for anyone in the health sector. It is educative, up to date and very easy to navigate through.

   Eoudias Kabaiku · 6 Aug 2026

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