PubMed On Tap Downloads & RevenuePubMed On Tap · App Store
PubMed On Tap is #8 in Medical Paid in South Korea and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 6 events in the last 12 months
- 📈PubMed On Tap hit #1Top Paid · Medical · RU
- 📈PubMed On Tap entered the top 100Top Grossing · Medical · RU
- 📈PubMed On Tap charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈PubMed On Tap entered the top 10Top Paid · Medical · IT
- 🆕PubMed On Tap first spotted by AppInsider#93 in Top Paid · Medical · United Kingdom
- 🆕PubMed On Tap released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Medical PaidPubMed On Tap at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-26. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
PubMed On Tap is a paid medical reference management tool for iOS that allows researchers and clinicians to search PubMed, organize citations, and import full-text articles. The app holds strong positions in the Russian and Korean paid medical charts (#1 and #5 respectively) while maintaining moderate visibility across other major markets like France, Japan, and Brazil.
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PubMed On Tap on the App Store
App details
PubMed On Tap downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where PubMed On Tap's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | MedicalPaid | #8 |
 Japan | MedicalPaid | #35 |
 China | MedicalPaid | #37 |
 France | MedicalPaid | #28 |
 India | MedicalPaid | #30 |
 Italy | MedicalPaid | #26 |
| United Kingdom | MedicalPaid | #75 |
 Indonesia | MedicalPaid | #22 |
 Brazil | MedicalPaid | #43 |
 Germany | MedicalPaid | #78 |
 Russia | MedicalPaid | #35 |
 Saudi Arabia | MedicalPaid | #29 |
 Australia | MedicalPaid | #83 |
 Canada | MedicalPaid | #84 |
 United Arab Emirates | MedicalPaid | #45 |
Apps near PubMed On Tap on the chart
Medical Paid, around #8.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about PubMed On Tap
From the 43 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users frequently report that the app fails to connect to PubMed or crashes after updates, rendering it useless for many. While some praise its interface and EZProxy integration when functional, others criticize missing features like advanced filtering and citation management.
Mixed but leaning positive (70% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “This is one of those handy tools that simply act the way they should”
- Ease of use: “I found it both powerful and easy to use”
- Price & subscription: “Great resource for the price”
- Updates: “Please update for retina display”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “What am I paying for exactly?”
- Features & content: “However, this app is missing some of the most useful features from pubmed including similar articles, cited by, mesh terms, etc”
- Useful: “However, this app is missing some of the most useful features from pubmed including similar articles, cited by, mesh terms, etc”
- Connection & sync: “NCBI has changed their URL and the app no longer connects to PubMed”
About PubMed On Tap
PubMed On Tap searches PubMed and PubMed Central to find, display, and import reference information and PDFs of the full article (requires access privileges). You can search your personal reference library, organize your references in groups (static and smart), and email references from your device to yourself or others in a form suitable for reading or importing into other reference management apps. Many features are optimized for reference retrieval and management (advanced boolean searches, search for Full Text or Free Full text, recall recent searches, etc.).
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