This is an honest comparison from the team behind Prescriply, written for a doctor deciding between the two. Details about MedicBD / Prescriber® are drawn from its public website (medicbd.com) as of July 2026 and may change — confirm the current feature set and pricing with each vendor before deciding.
What the two products have in common
Both let a BMDC-registered doctor stop handwriting and produce a clean, standards-compliant prescription, store structured patient records (complaints, history, exam, investigations, diagnosis, drugs and advice), reuse previous encounters with one click, manage multiple chambers with assistant access, and schedule appointments. Both keep clinical images and documents against the patient record. If your need is “a proper EMR and a printed prescription,” either delivers.
Where they differ most
The real decision is price versus chamber depth. Here is a capability view based on each site’s public information.
| Capability | Prescriply | MedicBD (Prescriber®) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free tier + ৳199/৳499 per month | Free forever (no paid tiers listed) |
| Structured EMR + patient records | Yes | Yes — detailed |
| Reuse previous encounter (1-click) | Yes (clone Rx) | Yes |
| Multi-chamber + assistant access | Yes | Yes |
| Appointment scheduling | Yes (+ public booking link) | Yes |
| Barcoded prescription | QR authenticity link instead | Yes — for record search |
| Large stated drug database | 25,000+ Bangladeshi medicine brands | Not advertised with a size |
| Doctor↔chamber settlement (FULL/SPLIT/RENT) | Yes — automatic, paisa-exact | Not advertised |
| Income & VAT / Mushak 6.3 tax statement | Yes | Not advertised |
| Drug-interaction & allergy checks | Yes — live in the builder | Not advertised |
| ICD-10 diagnosis coding | Yes | Free-text diagnosis (not ICD-10) |
| Serial number + patient queue | Yes | Not advertised |
| AI scribe / AI assist | Yes | Not advertised |
| Medical certificates (fitness/sick-leave) | Yes | Not advertised |
| Public BM&DC-verified Rx authenticity link | Yes | Barcode for record search only |
| Broader ecosystem (citizen Q&A, student tools) | Doctor-focused | Yes — separate products |
Be fair about the trade-off
Prescriber® being free forever is a real, generous proposition, and the wider MedicBD platform — a citizen Q&A side and a student side — is a genuine ecosystem few rivals match. If your only requirement is a no-cost EMR that prints a compliant prescription, it is a strong pick. Prescriply takes a different bet: charge a modest fee above a free tier, and in return own the parts a growing chamber runs into — the money, the safety and the trust: automatic fee settlement across chambers, a VAT/Mushak income statement, live drug-interaction checks, ICD-10, a serial queue, and a public way for patients to confirm a prescription is genuine.
Who should pick which
Choose MedicBD / Prescriber® if a completely free EMR is your priority and you value its barcoded records and broader citizen/student ecosystem. Choose Prescriply if your chamber’s real pain is economics and workflow — fee settlement, income & VAT reporting, drug safety, ICD-10, serial queue and Rx authenticity — and a modest monthly cost above a free tier is acceptable for solving it. You can start Prescriply free in about a minute with a mobile OTP on the free plan and see the settlement report for yourself.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Prescriply and MedicBD (Prescriber®)?
MedicBD's doctor product, Prescriber®, is a free electronic medical record (EMR) that lets a BMDC-registered doctor store structured patient data and print barcoded, BMDC-compliant prescriptions, inside a broader e-health platform that also serves citizens and students. Prescriply is a focused chamber-and-prescription tool that adds the things a busy chamber needs beyond the record: automatic FULL/SPLIT/RENT fee settlement with an income & VAT/Mushak tax statement, live drug-interaction and allergy checks, ICD-10 coding, a serial-and-queue system, an AI scribe, medical certificates, and a public BM&DC-tied prescription-authenticity link. The headline trade-off is price versus depth: Prescriber® is free; Prescriply is paid above a free tier but goes deeper on chamber economics, safety and workflow.
Is MedicBD really free? What does Prescriply cost?
Yes — MedicBD advertises Prescriber® as 'totally free forever' for doctors, with no paid tiers or numeric pricing on its site. Prescriply has a free tier too (30 prescriptions in total, no monthly reset, with the full settlement engine included), then Pro at ৳199/month and Clinic at ৳499/month, plus 15% VAT with an invoice. If 'completely free with no limits' is your single most important requirement, that is a genuine point for MedicBD; if the paid features below solve a real chamber problem for you, Prescriply's price is modest. Confirm current terms with each vendor.
Does MedicBD track chamber income and settlement like Prescriply?
Based on MedicBD's public site (July 2026), Prescriber® offers multi-chamber management with assistant access and appointment scheduling, but it does not advertise fee, revenue or settlement math — no automatic split of a visit's fee between the doctor and chamber owner, and no income or VAT/tax report. That doctor↔chamber settlement engine (FULL/SPLIT/RENT), the outstanding-fee ledger, and the annual income & Mushak 6.3 statement are Prescriply's core focus. For a doctor who works across chambers on different share terms and needs a clean tax-season report, that is the deciding difference.
What about drug safety, ICD-10 and AI?
Prescriply runs live drug-interaction and duplicate-therapy checks in the builder, supports ICD-10 coded diagnoses, and includes an AI scribe that turns a note into a structured draft. MedicBD's Prescriber® records structured clinical data (complaints, history, exam, investigations, a free-text diagnosis, drugs and advice) and stores clinical images and documents, but its public site does not advertise drug-interaction safety alerts, ICD-10 coding or an AI assistant. If clinical safety checks and coded diagnoses matter to your practice, that is a gap.
How do prescriptions differ — barcode vs authenticity link?
MedicBD prints barcoded prescriptions, where the barcode is used to search a patient's records quickly. Prescriply attaches a public authenticity link to a BM&DC-verified doctor's prescription, which a patient or pharmacy can open to confirm the prescription is genuine and tied to a real registered doctor. They solve different problems: MedicBD's barcode speeds up internal record lookup; Prescriply's link answers the patient-facing 'is this prescription and this doctor real?' question. If forgery-resistance and patient trust are priorities, Prescriply's approach is aimed there.
Does MedicBD have a serial and queue system?
MedicBD's public site markets appointment scheduling and multi-chamber management, but not a live serial-number and patient-queue-display system for the waiting area. Prescriply includes serial-number allocation and a live queue that assistants can run, plus a waiting-room-friendly flow. If managing the day's serials and the waiting queue is part of your chamber, that is another point of difference.
See also: all features, the free plan, and pricing.