If you typed homeoquest, the brand SERP is HomeoQuest — Shilpa Bhouraskar’s Australian repertory, published by YesCourse Pty Ltd. Similia is absent from that page today. This article is the HomeoQuest-shaped door into a browser alternative. It is not a shop, and it is not a write-up of every similarly spelled “quest” product.
Disclosure: I'm the founder of Similia. I've tried to be even-handed below — corrections welcome by email.
TL;DR — HomeoQuest Community, Premium, and Similia
HomeoQuest Community is the free edition the homepage leads with: an “all in one page” repertory, one-click search, automated repertorisation, and multisheet analysis. The vendor says it runs on Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone, and iPad, and that versions are used in 74+ countries. Community books are level-gated — users talk about “level 1” and a larger library at “level 5.”
HomeoQuest Premium (Gold) is the paid line. Testimonials on the same site name a Quest feature that searches materia medica as well as repertories. A third-party catalog of the full product lists 10 repertories (including Kent, Boger–Boenninghausen, Boericke, Clarke’s Clinical, Knerr’s Repertory of Hering, Lippe, Roberts’ Sensation As If, and a 2008 Complete Repertory) and 33 materia medica volumes. A current public USD shop price is not listed as a stable SKU — we do not invent one, and we do not link checkout.
Similia is web-based: seven classical repertories and 21 classic materia medica books on a free forever tier, with semantic search against that licensed data. Pro adds the AI toolkit and unlimited cases.
| Dimension | HomeoQuest Community | HomeoQuest Premium (Gold) | Similia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price (public, Aug 2026) | Free Community edition (vendor homepage) | Paid Gold / NextGen line; no stable public USD list price we can cite | Free forever + Pro from $19.99/mo (14-day trial) |
| Repertories | Classical set with Boenninghausen named by users; more titles unlock by “level” | Catalog of the full product: 10 titles, incl. Kent, Boericke, Boger–Boenninghausen, Clarke Clinical, Knerr, Lippe, Roberts, Complete 2008 | 7 classical (Free) + 7 premium (Pro), incl. Complete Repertory 2026 |
| Materia medica | Smaller Community stack; users describe extra books at higher levels | Catalog: 33 volumes (Allen Encyclopedia 1–10, Hering Guiding Symptoms 1–10, Clarke 1–3, Kent Lectures, Boericke, Boger, Lippe, Nash, and more) | 21 classic (Free) + Scholten series on every Pro tier |
| Search / analysis | One-click search; automated + multisheet repertorisation; all-in-one-page UI | Same UI plus Quest MM+repertory search (vendor testimonials) | Semantic search (Free); Notes-to-Rubric, analysis, live audio, photo (Pro) |
| AI | None advertised (keyword search + automation, not an LLM toolkit) | None advertised | Semantic search on Free; named AI features on Pro |
| Cases | Desktop / app case workflow (vendor description) | Same family, richer library | Cloud-synced; 3 new cases + 3 analyses/month on Free |
| Platform | Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone, iPad (vendor claim) | Windows installer historically (hquest-trial.exe); same device list advertised |
Any modern browser; installable PWA — no USB dongle |
| Best for | Students who want a free, simple all-in-one desktop/app repertory | Practitioners who already like HomeoQuest and want Quest + the larger book stack | Practitioners who want a licensed browser repertory, published USD pricing, and AI on top of books they did not have to unlock by level |
What is HomeoQuest?
HomeoQuest is a practitioner repertory built around a single idea: if you can use a web search box, you can repertorise. Bhouraskar’s public brief is three jobs: analyse a case in a few clicks; add the patient’s own words and search repertory and materia medica together; run several analyses of the same case without opening a clutter of windows.
The interface people praise is the all-in-one page: search, rubric list, sheets, and a summary stay visible. Multisheet repertorisation is the Community feature reviewers mention first. That is a real product strength. It is also a different architecture from a browser workspace that keeps Kent, Boericke, and your cases in the same cloud account.
The Community edition is the brand’s free offer. It is not “open source” in the GPL sense — it is a free proprietary client. Book access is progressive (levels). A 30-day Premium trial has been advertised on third-party write-ups; treat trial length as “confirm on their site.”
Premium (Gold) is where Quest (MM search) and the larger library live. The 10-repertory / 33-volume list above comes from a published catalog of the full product, not from a 2026 invoice. Complete Repertory 2008 in that catalog is not Complete Repertory 2026.
HomeoQuest does not advertise semantic search, Notes-to-Rubric, live audio transcription, or photo analysis.
What is Similia?
Similia is a cloud-native homeopathy platform. The free tier includes seven classical repertories (Kent, Boericke, Boenninghausen's Therapeutic Pocketbook, Hering's Guiding Symptoms, Boger's Synoptic Key, Ward's and Roberts' Sensations As If), 21 classic materia medica books, semantic search, and basic case management capped at 3 new cases and 3 analyses per month. Details: free homeopathic software.
Every Pro tier unlocks the AI suite (Notes-to-Rubric, AI Case Analysis, live audio transcription, AI Photo Analysis), Jan Scholten's full materia medica series, and unlimited cases. Premium repertories (Murphy, Complete Repertory 2026, Saine) sit on the matching Pro edition. The rest of the feature set is in the browser — no .exe, no book-level grind to reach Kent.
Pricing is on the pricing page: Free, Pro Base $19.99/mo, Pro Murphy and Pro Complete $29.99/mo, Pro Saine $26.99/mo, 14-day trial.
Side-by-side
Price
HomeoQuest Community is free. Premium Gold is paid, but we will not invent a yearly USD figure that is not on a stable public price list. Similia publishes Free + Pro from $19.99/mo. If you need a one-time desktop you already like, HomeoQuest’s free client is the honest $0 start in that UI. If you need a free classical library you can name, Similia’s free tier is the published list.
Library
Community is intentionally smaller and level-gated. Premium’s catalog is deeper on 19th-century multi-volume sets (Allen Encyclopedia, Hering’s ten volumes). Similia’s Free list is shorter than that 33-volume stack and longer than a level-1 Community install: seven named repertories and 21 named classic MM books, with Complete 2026 on Pro Complete.
Search
HomeoQuest’s one-click + automated sheets are built for people who already think in keywords. Quest (Premium) adds MM search. Similia’s semantic search is built for people who type the patient’s English and want rubric language back — then open the rubric. That is the repertory software difference, not a skin.
Platform
HomeoQuest advertises native apps on five device classes. Similia is one login in any modern browser. If you want an offline .exe you already installed in 2015, HomeoQuest wins. If you want the same case on a Linux laptop and a phone without a second binary, Similia wins.
When HomeoQuest is the better choice
- You already work in the all-in-one-page UI and do not want to relearn sheets.
- You want Community at $0 and you are fine unlocking books by level.
- You want Quest + Knerr / Complete 2008 / the 33-volume stack and you will pay whatever Gold currently costs.
- A native Windows/Mac/phone app matters more than a browser.
When Similia is the better choice
- You want seven named classical repertories and 21 classic MM books without a level system.
- You want AI on a licensed repertory — semantic search on Free, the named toolkit on Pro. Start at AI features.
- You want published USD pricing and a free forever plan that does not expire when a trial binary does.
- You want one cloud case file across devices. Platform overview: features.
Verdict
HomeoQuest earned its brand SERP: a genuinely simple, often-free client that taught a lot of people to repertorise without a $3,000 invoice. If that UI is home, stay. If you searched homeoquest because you want a living repertory with a free classical tier, named AI tools, and the rest of the feature set in a browser, that is the job Similia was built for. Wider field: best homeopathic software 2026.
