Tarascon Pharmacopoeia App Reviews

I was perfectly fine with my 1 year old out-dated version, but this update mandates that I subscribe annually or else the app that I already PAID FOR ONCE, and was fine with, is now 100% useless. Give me back the app that I paid for and let me choose to update my content if I want to! BUYER BEWARE. Epocrates is free and doesnt screw the customer like Terascon just did.

I purchased this electronic version of Tarascons Pharmacopoeia just over a year ago but havent chosen to update my subscription as the 1 year old information was sufficient at this time. However, this new app locks me out and does not allow me to access any of the content I purchased last year. It was bad enough having to deal with a reminder that had to be dismissed every time I opened the app... If I purchased the print version of this book, would the publisher stop by my home after a year and steal my purchased book because there is a new version with updated content? Steer clear of this ridiculous scheme!

I agree totally with the review by CountrymanS2013 !! I think its so greedy for a company to charge $40.00 for an upgrade to an app that you have already purchased and then have the audacity to block further use of the older version that you paid for previously! I have been a long time user of Tarascon in both app version and printed version, but this is just greedy. Ill be downloading Epocrates now!!

Tarascon has always been my go to app for medication prescribing info. Now this new update makes it so I cant use it unless I resubscribe. Why take away what I already paid for? I dont need the updates. Now I have switched to a free MPR app.

Love the new update. Search works much better now. Thanks!

Dont wast your money. You are only allowed to use the application for a year and then you have to pay a $40 renewal fee. Better served using epocrates or micromedix

Absolutely disgusted by Tarascon requiring me to re-purchase this app! Agree with other reviewers. Will switch to Epocrates and/or micromedex.

I have used the Tarascon pharmacopoeia pocket book for over twenty years and it was excellent. The price was right as well. Then I purchased the App expecting it to be as usable as the book and I was disappointed. You cannot view a whole class of drugs the way you can with the book. Furthermore, after spending $39.00, which seemed like a lot of money for an app, I suddenly am told I need to update for another 39$. I ignored this and continued using the old version and now suddenly I cant use it at all. What a rip off and very disappointing from Tarascon. I for one will not purchase another App from them on principle. There are many other free sources, and in my hospital I can access up to date and micromedix. If the subscription fee was 5 to 10 $ a yr it would be more reasonable.

I completely agree that while I should be charged for new content, like a book, the old version (as old as it may be) is mine!

A solid product i have relied on for yrs and recommended to so many Over 14 yrs - started in med school with the pocket books New update is poor at best Finding more problems with each use -Outpt peds med table is not there and and many more bugs Not to mention it is way overpriced and making us pay 40 a year is a scam especially when the product is inferior Wont renew and will take back all the nice things i ever said about it

I used to have this as a paperback and decided to switch to an app to be more eco friendly paid the $40 and now theyre trying to lease for $40 per year. The paperback cost $28 on Amazon isnt supposed to be cheaper if its an app I will not recommend nor will I use tarascon again will keep in phone until next update to see if the fixed it i paid money for the information

For 30yrs, Ive purchased Pocket Pharmacopoeia from its early days as the smallest of pocket books to its current incarnation - including many of their speciality books and apps. However, any of those I have purchased are still mine to use if I am content wit the content. NOT ANY MORE!!! As numerous others have commented, the latest update disables the app to pay for subscriptions - and this is untenable! I will no longer support this app. And whereas I used to update my pocket books each time they were available, I will no longer be doing so. Shame on Tarascon...

I used this app for several years now only to find that I can no longer access the information I paid for. Instead they want an annual subscription. Save your money and use another app.

I had a subscription before the update. When the update occurred, the device became disabled until I ponied up 40 dollars. I assumed that once I updated, I would get the extra time added onto my original subscription. This did not occur. Now, I have a phone and an iPad. The forty dollars I spent apparently does not cover me for the second device. This is a rip off no matter how you look at it. Incidentally, I like the layout of the new app. It isnt worth losing my original subscription.

Your company is dumb. Everyone in our community downloads these apps and brings them to a foreign country. Its a lot of resources in one small tablet. You have lost the respect of the specialized servicemen in this field. Poor business decision. EPOCRATES FOR EVERYONE!

Similar to the other reviewers, I wanted to update my previously bought edition, since the iPhone kept giving me an annoying “This item is out of date” message — that was irrelevant since the content was still useful. The content was bought with a previous Apple ID, and not only would it not let me update it, it locked out all my content after I tried. This is a really sleazy, disgusting, scam and as a result of this short-sighted “business practice” I will NEVER again update the content or buy this product. Way to go Tarascam, one more alienated customer!

Colleagues, please post best alternative app you know.

stay away from this app, it will be useless and unaccessable once your subscription expired.

Whats the deal??? Im feeling a bit testy about the automatic renewal right now.... The app wont allow me to restore the purchase, just insists the subscription is inactive despite my receipt showing paid up until 11/2015.

Been using Tarascon products for many years. Recently after software update it seized to work on my iPad , giving messages “Subscription inactive”, although it works fine on iPhone and is active till Jan 2016. Attempts to restore app leads to the app store demanding new $39.99 for subscription. Contacted support team and realized that recently it has been changed from USBMIS to Atmosphere Apps. After 3 days of back and forth emailing confirming subscription got just formal link “How to Transfer Apps From an iPhone to an iPad”. It didn’t help at all, because I tried to do it all possible ways before and specifically told about this problem in our conversations. Since then they stopped contacting at all. Phone service gives only “ Leave a message” option. Stay away form this app and Atmosphere Apps. They don’t care.