# UpToDate Lexidrug

> Medical

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id313401238](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id313401238)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id313401238`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Lexi-Comp
- **Category:** Medical
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (5,486 ratings)
- **Version:** 9.5.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-22
- **First published:** 2009-06-22
- **Size:** 67 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/uptodate-lexidrug/id313401238)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.uptodate.com/home/privacy-policy](https://www.uptodate.com/home/privacy-policy)

## Description

UpToDate Lexidrug is a leading drug reference app that delivers daily-updated clinical information curated by a multidisciplinary editorial team. It offers in-depth drug databases with dosing guidance, comprehensive monographs with adverse reactions, hundreds of medical calculators, an interactive drug interactions checker, and offline content storage for quick, reliable decision‑making across pharmacists, physicians, nurses, dentists, and students. 

Designed for fast in-app access without downloading databases, the app supports multiple roles and includes a one-month free trial to the UpToDate Lexidrug Hospital Pharmacist package, with subscription options managed through iTunes Settings.

## Rankings

- #24,644 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Lexidrug for navigability, reliable up-to-date drug information, and offline access, particularly for pediatric dosing. Yet many reviews repeatedly report stability and performance problems after updates—freezes, crashes, and slow loading—coupled with broken search/navigation and a dense UI. Overall, it's valued as an essential clinical reference, but reliability concerns significantly affect the user experience.

### Pros

- Easy to navigate and quick to access drug information.
- Up-to-date, high-quality drug information that clinicians rely on for decisions.
- Widely trusted and essential for pharmacists, nurses, and clinicians.
- Offline database capability (downloaded content) for use without internet.
- Strong pediatric and neonatal dosing content.

### Cons

- Frequent freezing/crashing and unresponsiveness after updates.
- Persistent slow performance and long load times.
- Search and navigation problems (search bar not working, pages slow to load).
- Dense, text-heavy interface that is hard to scan quickly.
- Update-related reliability issues and bugs that degrade usability.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id313401238)