Comparison

CuraSim vs MacRepertory & ReferenceWorks

MacRepertory and ReferenceWorks are long-standing repertory and materia-medica search programs, now offered by Synergy through a support and download page.

Reviewed 5 October 2026 from Synergy Homeopathic’s public pages · Repertory software

The short answer

MacRepertory is a respected program whose last listed release dates from 2019; CuraSim is actively built, AI-assisted and runs on any device.

  • Actively developed. CuraSim ships improvements continually — new repertories rebuilt from source, analysis features and fixes — with nothing to download or reinstall.
  • AI built in — and it shows its working. Describe the case in your own words and CuraSim proposes real rubrics from Kent’s repertory, weights Mind and Generals, and ranks remedies — each one traced back to the rubrics that put it there and linked to its Materia Medica, inside the same program.
  • One account on every device. CuraSim runs in the browser on a Mac, Windows PC, tablet or phone — nothing to install, no licence per machine, no separate mobile subscription.
  • The whole practice beside the repertory. Patients, appointments, prescriptions, GST bills, medical certificates, reports and follow-ups on the same record as the repertorization.

What MacRepertory & ReferenceWorks is

MacRepertory (repertorization) and ReferenceWorks (materia medica search) were for many years among the most widely used homeopathic programs. Synergy now hosts their installers, with Complete Repertory versions up to 2018; the latest listed program version is from October 2019, and the Windows copy uses a hardware-style licence driver.

Where MacRepertory & ReferenceWorks is genuinely strong

  • Mature, widely used tools that many practitioners learned on.
  • Multilingual Complete Repertory versions still downloadable.

Side by side

RepertoriesCuraSimThirteen classical repertories — Kent, Boenninghausen’s Therapeutic Pocket Book, Boger’s BBCR and Synoptic Key, Knerr, Lippe, Clarke, Boericke, Hempel, Roberts, Minton, Boericke-Dewey and Carey — each rebuilt from its own source and graded as printed — plus a Nosodes repertory derived by CuraSim from H.C. Allen, and merged Cross and Universal views. Partial books say so on their own labels.MacRepertory & ReferenceWorksComplete Repertory (to 2018), Murphy’s III and others.
AI case analysisCuraSimDescribe the case in your own words (typed or dictated); CuraSim proposes real rubrics from Kent’s repertory, weights Mind and Generals, and ranks remedies by plain arithmetic with a confidence band — every remedy traced to the rubrics that put it there and linked to its Materia Medica, every rubric yours to add, remove or mark more important. No potency, miasm or diagnosis.MacRepertory & ReferenceWorksNone stated.
Materia Medica & libraryCuraSimMateria Medica from 16 authors in 28 editions, three editions of the Organon (1st, 4th, 5th), Kent’s lectures and a classical library reader, cross-linked from the repertory.MacRepertory & ReferenceWorksReferenceWorks materia medica search.
Patients & clinicCuraSimPatient records, appointments with email reminders, prescriptions, GST bills, medical certificates, and staff with granular permissions and an audit log — in the same workspace as the repertory.MacRepertory & ReferenceWorksNot stated by the vendor
Veterinary & agroCuraSimA veterinary module (beta) with its own merged repertory and repertorization grid; agro homeopathy (beta) is an AI mentor only — there is no agro repertory data.MacRepertory & ReferenceWorksNot stated.
Lab reports & investigationsCuraSimUpload images of lab reports and scans (PNG, JPG or WebP — not PDF files); CuraSim gives a structured read with a plain-language explanation for you to verify — decision support, never a diagnosis.MacRepertory & ReferenceWorksNot stated by the vendor
LanguagesCuraSimInterface in 19 — ten Indian (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu) and nine international; rubric and remedy names stay in the books’ English.MacRepertory & ReferenceWorksEnglish and German program versions.
Where it runsCuraSimIn the browser on a laptop, tablet or phone — nothing to install, and it can be added to a phone’s home screen.MacRepertory & ReferenceWorksWindows and Mac desktop.
PriceCuraSimStudent plan free forever; a paid Practitioner plan and a Clinic plan on enquiry — see current pricing.MacRepertory & ReferenceWorksNot published on the page read.

Pricing, plans and features change — confirm MacRepertory & ReferenceWorks’s current terms on its own website.

Why practitioners choose CuraSim

  1. 1

    Actively developed

    CuraSim ships improvements continually — new repertories rebuilt from source, analysis features and fixes — with nothing to download or reinstall.

  2. 2

    AI built in — and it shows its working

    Describe the case in your own words and CuraSim proposes real rubrics from Kent’s repertory, weights Mind and Generals, and ranks remedies — each one traced back to the rubrics that put it there and linked to its Materia Medica, inside the same program.

  3. 3

    One account on every device

    CuraSim runs in the browser on a Mac, Windows PC, tablet or phone — nothing to install, no licence per machine, no separate mobile subscription.

  4. 4

    The whole practice beside the repertory

    Patients, appointments, prescriptions, GST bills, medical certificates, reports and follow-ups on the same record as the repertorization.

When MacRepertory & ReferenceWorks may suit you better

If your practice runs on years of MacRepertory cases and its workflow is second nature, staying with it may be the least disruptive path for now.

The fairest test is your own: run the same two or three completed, de-identified cases through both, and compare the rubrics each one finds, how clearly it shows its reasoning, and how much you had to correct. CuraSim’s Student plan is free, so that test costs nothing on our side.

Try the comparison on your own cases

Thirteen repertories, AI that shows its working, and the whole patient record — free to start, no card required.

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CuraSim is clinical decision support for qualified practitioners. No software replaces clinical assessment, referral, or the prescriber’s responsibility for the remedy, potency and follow-up. Product names belong to their owners and are used here only to identify them.

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