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CareOnGo – Your Medicine Store (Android)
Pros
Cons
Availability of Medicines limited to certain cities onlyNo Interaction with doctors or Pharmacist.
Lybrate – Consult a Doctor (Android, iOS)
Lybrate is an app that allows you to consult a doctor online, for free, with abilities to visit their clinic in your city as well if you want a more personalised consultation. Along with the ability to ask a free question to the doctors, it also has a medical feed tab that shows you the latest posts from a doctor. Doctors constantly share a lot of articles and facts about your health on this social media platform.
Pros
Ability to ask questions and get responses from doctorsGet latest updates from the field of medical scienceAbility to book appointments with doctors
Cons
No direct information available regarding the medicinesCan not order medicines from within the appCan not upload Prescription
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Netmeds – India Ki Pharmacy (Android, iOS)
Netmeds is an app that allows you to browse for medicines and order them online using your smartphone. Along with browsing the medicines, you are able to view substitutes and the ability to ask a pharmacist about the medicine.
Pros
Ability to browse and search medicinesAbility to look for substitutesAbility to ask a Pharmacist about any doubtAbility to upload prescriptionAbility to order medicines online
Cons
iMed-S (Android, iOS)
iMed-S is another application that allows you to just browse for medicines and their alternatives easily. It does not allow you to order the medicines online or talk to any expert. This application is helpful when you just need to find alternatives to a certain medicine.
Pros
Ability to search for Medicines and their AlternativesNot limited to any certain city or area
Cons
Does not allow to order medicines onlineDoes not give enough information about medicinesDoes not have the ability to talk to a doctor or pharmacist
1mg – Health App for India (Android, iOS)
1mg – Health App for India is an interesting device that is built by HealthKart to allow users to perform a lot of app tasks from within the app. The app allows you to search and buy medicines, along with finding doctors nearby or booking a lab test. Apart from all this, it also allows you to reorder medicines that you’ve ordered before and set reminders for eating your medicines on time. It also has an articles section where you can find a lot of articles related to health and medicine.
Pros
Cons
No interaction with doctors or pharmacistNo ability to upload prescription on the app
Conclusion
In this article, I’ve listed out the five Android apps that you can use to get information about medicines in India. Out of all these, I’d recommend using the CareOnGo app as that offers the most features and has a good User Interface overall. However, if you don’t want that much information about a medicine and want to be able to talk to a Pharmacist, the best app to go with would be the Netmeds app.
