epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID
Dosing, Interactions, & Labs
How much does epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID cost?
Prices are current as of 1 Oct 2026.
10 subscriptions from $21.99
In the United States, epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID has 10 subscriptions priced $21.99 – 224.99. Free trials run 14 days or 1 year.
| Subscription | Period | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Epocrates Plus | MonthlyTrial: 14 days | $21.99 |
| Epocrates Plus Monthly | Monthly | $21.99 |
| epocrates Plus | Monthly | $24.99 |
| epocrates+ Monthly | Monthly | $24.99 |
| Epocrates Plus | AnnualTrial: 14 days | $179.99 |
| Epocrates Plus Annual | AnnualTrial: 1 year | $179.99 |
| Essentials | Annual | $179.99 |
| epocrates+ | AnnualTrial: 14 days | $179.99 |
| epocrates+ Annual | Annual | $179.99 |
| epocrates Plus | AnnualTrial: 14 days | $224.99 |
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| Rating / 5 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Reviews | 7.2K | 197K | 113K | 42K | 8.2K | 6.6K | 3.3K | 2.1K | 1.1K | 138 | 105 |
| Released | 2019 | 2010 | 2016 | 2017 | 2009 | 2014 | 2009 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2014 |
| Monthly price | $21.99 | — | — | $19.99 | $29.99 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
The going rate for each plan in United States, in its own currency, shaded from the cheapest price on the row to the dearest. Plans fewer than four in ten of the priced apps sell are left out.
epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID reviews
4.4 out of 5, based on 7,211 reviews.
What people like
- Great for checking pill images
- Useful for dosing and interactions
What they complain about
- Basic drug info now costs money
- Ads interrupt you constantly
- Free search limits are very strict
- Privacy and data collection concerns exist
Used to be great.
Loved this app back in the day. Had it for 5ish years. Now you can only look at a couple things before you get hit with “You’ve reached your free views for the week!” Absolutely terrible direction that the app is going in. I’m not paying for the subscription so I’m just deleting it and looking for alternatives. Thanks for the years, but now it’s time to move on.
Was good
Was good until the increase in garbage pharma ads. Would be nice to have a legitimate medical resource not influenced by pharma. The ads are annoying and intrusive.
Was great
This has been a trusted resource for years, including dosing and interaction checking. The decision to hide it behind a paywall was unfortunate. Will use a different resource going forward.
“Free views” is like 1
This used to be amazing and so helpful but since it now won’t allow you to see more than 1 medication weekly it’s horrible. And honestly this seems like a really bad call when open evidence is free and has way more info. Guess I’ll use that exclusively.
After 10 + years now costs $!
I have loved this app for so long. I used to use it multiple times a day every day. Introduction of ads was fine. I understand nothing is free, but the price for a subscription now is really high. It makes me sad.
Shame
Had my account since 2015 as Paramedic to be able to find out what medications people were on when found at home and for the purposes of being prescribed. It was free and now, it isnt. Lame
Crippled
I’m a longtime user of Epocrates. It has been getting progressively worse, first with annoying splash screens, but now I’m unable to look up adverse reactions (I’m directed to pay for service). I’ll be removing this app if it remains nonfunctional after the next update. If I’m going to pay for a drug reference, I’ll choose a better one.
Isn’t free!
I downloaded this because I wanted to verify, with their pictures capabilities, what a pill is and for that I have. This must be an app they promote to the medical profession because they wanted to know my profession and so on. Getting past that and the next part was pay for a month or a year. Nothing less. Nowhere was there a chance to skip this. So not a free app and I still don’t know what this pill is
Ruined by paywalls
DailyMed doesn’t have an app, but doesn’t want to bleed you dry.
Charging for Something That Used to be Free is Bad Business
Epocrates was always an absolutely indispensable product towards my ability to practice medicine confidently for 10+ years. Upon opening it up again recently, I was completely shocked to find out that the basic features of the service which I used to use religiously are now locked behind a paywall. I barely searched up even 10 drugs before it told me that I had used up all my free searches. Prior to this, I even actually considered buying the complete version as a token of my appreciation, as that’s how much I believed in the product. But now I will be moving on to a different service as there are many which are still free, especially in the era of AI. Epocrates’ new business model has essentially destroyed its own usefulness. You can’t suddenly charge people for something which they used to use for free for years. That’s a bad business model.
It a six shooter
I downloaded the app, researched six medication’s, then it states that I reached my limit. I guess I have to wait for some unknown amount of time to be able to use the app again. Don’t waste your time, find something else. Or pay.
What happened!
Why the changes. Has been the best , and free now big charges Less access. Why!!!
Used to be my go to App
While I don’t mind paying for an app, I will not pay $25 a month for something that has been free for years. Thankfully I have found other apps with the same information that remain free.
What’s going on with epocrates ???
Used to be very good . Now you’re stealing data and planting cookies!!!! Are you trying to steal our banking info ? Or the phone numbers of our kids ? Now your forcing us to move up to the latest iOS releases. More data collection? I thought that your app was the best medicine app I have turned many of my fellow medical professionals onto your app . I have even used the premium version . But now I get marginally interesting quizzes,and data stealing . SAID AND PATHETIC. I hate lazy and stupid people doing jobs that are important. So the outcome is substandard. What’s next ? An anemic tie in to “AI” (chatgpt) that is not quite functional but takes multiple gigabytes or memory and processor allocation. You must have hired some mid management stooge who convinced upper management that dressing up a pig will make it look like a fashion model . There are so many things that could be done to improve the quality and effectiveness of the app .
Junk now
They just put all the med info that was free for decades behind a subscription. This was my and many other clinician's first choice in med and interaction lookup and now the greedy devs want $15 a month and up just to see the basic info we've always had access to. Don't even bother downloading.
WAS goo
App WAS useful clinically until you required a paid subscription. Who on your business team decided to charge a fee in the era of LLM/Ai apps? There are other better apps with more features that are free (Including the one made by your founder- Doximity). Why not keep it free and pepper in the occasional ad banner?
Absolute greed!
They couldn’t make anyone pay further paid options within the app so now they no longer offer free med lookup to help patients. An absolute travesty to medicine.
Nearly useless
For many years this app has been helpful with adult and pediatric doses and indications for all prescription drugs. They just introduced a pay wall and now if you look up more than 2 things per day, a pay wall comes requiring $14.99 per month or $179 per year for access. The app is overrun with ads but even with that they demand a very high price for an app that has been ad-supported for over 10 years. If I could give zero stars, I would. Terrible change, but they still are collecting all the ad revenues while alienating all their loyal customers. A really bad move. Taking my business elsewhere from now on.
Was Free, Now Paid
I am a physician who has been using this app for years. Have loved the app and recommended it to other physicians, mid levels, med students, etc. I use it daily to check dosages or interactions. Randomly hit the free limit today and was shocked. Not only is the price expensive, when I can use an alternative or what I have through my institution but the lack of notification or grandfathering in of long term users makes me not want to use this company any longer. Time to delete the app.
epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID FAQ
- Is epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID free?
- Yes. The app and its basic features are free, in all 1 country it sells in. Premium features are paid: they start from $21.99 (US), across 10 subscriptions.
- How much does epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID cost per month?
- Epocrates Plus is $21.99 – 24.99 (US). The annual plan works out cheaper per month: $179.99 – 224.99 a year.
- Does epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID have a free trial?
- Yes — free trials of 14 days or 1 year (US), depending on the plan.
- What are the best alternatives to epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID?
- Doximity (4.8 from 196,850 reviews), MDCalc Medical Calculator (4.9 from 112,984 reviews) and AMBOSS Medical Knowledge (4.9 from 41,502 reviews, premium from $19.99).
epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID download
Last updated 13 days ago.
epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID sells in 1 country. It was released 7 years and 7 months ago, on 12 Feb 2019. It holds a 4.4 rating from 7,211 reviews.
Supports 1 language: English.
How much does epocrates: Drug Info & Pill ID make?
Third-party estimates for the last 30 days, worldwide — not the store's own figures, which Apple publishes for nobody.
Revenue by plan
- Monthly 73%
- Annual 27%
Revenue by country
- United States 100%