# Merck Manual Consumer

> Featuring detailed explanations of medical disorders, symptoms, and treatments.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.mm.consumer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.mm.consumer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.mm.consumer`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Merck & Co Inc
- **Category:** MEDICAL
- **Downloads:** 26,454
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (163 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-17
- **First published:** 2016-06-09
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 205 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mm.consumer)
- **Website:** [http://www.merckmanuals.com](http://www.merckmanuals.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/resourcespages/Mobile-App-Specific-Privacy-Policy](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/resourcespages/Mobile-App-Specific-Privacy-Policy)

## Description

The Merck Manual Consumer Chrome extension offers a comprehensive medical reference providing detailed explanations of thousands of disorders, symptoms, and treatments. Authored by over 350 medical experts, the app delivers up-to-date, easy-to-understand medical information ideal for home use. Features include high-quality photos, illustrations, interactive animations, and quizzes to enhance understanding of health topics.

Users can search by symptom, diagnosis, or treatment and access a drug and medicine guide with pill identifiers and information on drug interactions. The app also offers medical news, expert editorials, and self-assessments to help monitor health and fitness. No registration or ads are required, supporting Merck’s mission to provide free, accurate, and accessible medical knowledge worldwide.

## Rankings

- #388,071 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.mm.consumer.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users praise Merck Manual Consumer for its reliable, comprehensive, and well-organized medical content that is free and easy to navigate. It serves as a convenient and trusted resource on smartphones for both laypersons and professionals. However, multiple reviews note that the search function is sometimes limited, the app uses significant storage without SD card options, and that update management could be improved to enhance user experience.

### Pros

- Provides reliable, thorough, and easy to understand medical information.
- Free of ads and offers reputable, well-organized content with helpful visuals like pictures and videos.
- Convenient to have medical information accessible on a smartphone, replacing the need for physical manuals.
- Useful for both everyday users and healthcare professionals for quick, accurate reference.
- Trusted by users for symptom checking and understanding causes and remedies.

### Cons

- Search function can be difficult to use; requires exact terms to find topics (e.g., mental health).
- App consumes a lot of storage space with no option to use an SD card for storage.
- Needs improvements to allow partial downloads or resumable downloads for users with slow internet.
- Sometimes forces updates to open the app, which can be inconvenient.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.mm.consumer)