# Journal Club: Medicine — Trials at your fingertips

> Concise reviews of internal medicine trials for clinicians. (iPhone/iPad app by Peripheral Brain, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/journal-club-medicine/id512153051 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Peripheral Brain, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/512153054)
- Category: Medical, Education
- Price: $6.99
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 166 App Store ratings · 106 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 11.2 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2012-04-24
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/journal-club-medicine/id512153051/reviews.md

## What is Journal Club?

The Journal Club Team reviews the top articles in internal medicine, putting landmark trials at your fingertips. Written by physicians, Journal Club's article reviews are distilled into bite-size morsels that clinicians can digest quickly. Think of it as CliffsNotes for medical research. We do the hard work reviewing the literature so that you can focus on what's most important: caring for your patients.

A few reviews:
• “Amazing! I’ve been trying to put a list like this together for years!”
• “In a class by itself! As a med student I love having instant access to these landmark studies with navigation treatment options.”

Features:
• Concise PICO-structured bottom lines
• Physician-written and peer-reviewed major points
• Sort trials by name, date, specialty, and disease
• Star your favorites for quick access
• Easily share summaries with colleagues
• Instantly sync for new summaries
• Powered by Wiki Journal Club

Article summaries contain:
• Bottom line
• Major points
• Design
• Population
• Interventions
• Outcomes
• Criticisms
• Funding
• Links to PubMed and full text

More information online:
wikijournalclub.org
journalclubapp.com

## Key features

- Concise PICO-structured bottom lines
- Physician-written and peer-reviewed major points
- Sort trials by name, date, specialty, and disease
- Star favorite trials
- Share summaries with colleagues
- Instantly sync new summaries

## Chart rankings

- #18 in Top Paid · Medical (US App Store)

## Recent user reviews (10 of 106)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/journal-club-medicine/id512153051/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Please update this app

*2026-03-22, version 1.8.3*

Last update 2019. Please update. Happy to help contribute if there are issues even

### 5/5 — Please update

*2026-03-11, version 1.8.3*

Awesome app but please update

### 1/5 — No update

*2025-11-02, version 1.8.3*

This is a trash app which has not been updated for past several years. Don’t waste yoir money

### 1/5 — App not updated from 2019!

*2025-07-21, version 1.8.3*

Hi there if your thinking to purchase this app 
I'd like you to know that i just bought the app and it's not being updated since 6 years now !!!!

### 1/5 — Out of date

*2025-07-09, version 1.8.3*

No longer updated :(

### 3/5 — Update please!

*2025-06-28, version 1.8.3*

No new papers listed after 2019!!! That is 6 years ago now.

### 1/5 — No updates

*2024-10-17, version 1.8.3*

It appears to have been abandoned.  No updates since 2019.   Before that it was great.

### 1/5 — Fraud

*2024-07-15, version 1.8.3*

The app/website does not disclose its ongoing subscription of $7/month and the subscription won’t show on the subscription list on iPhone. I had $7 withdrawn from my account out of nowhere on the second month after my initial purchase.

### 3/5 — Helpful but..

*2023-03-14, version 1.8.3*

Love that I can look up landmark studies quickly but the app hasn’t been updated since 2019.. I wish they had new studies on the app

### 1/5 — No new updated

*2023-03-08, version 1.8.3*

This is 3-years without an update. No worth it

## Frequently asked questions about Journal Club

### What does Journal Club: Medicine do?

Journal Club: Medicine provides concise, physician-written reviews of landmark internal medicine trials. It distills complex medical research into bite-sized summaries, making it easier for clinicians to digest and stay updated on the latest studies.

### What are the key features of Journal Club: Medicine?

Key features include concise PICO-structured bottom lines, physician-written and peer-reviewed major points, the ability to sort trials by various criteria, star favorites, share summaries, and instantly sync new content. Article summaries also include design, population, interventions, outcomes, criticisms, and funding information.

### Is Journal Club: Medicine free to use?

Yes, the application is available for free. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, suggesting a completely free user experience.

### Who is the target audience for this app?

The app is designed for physicians, clinicians, and medical students who need quick access to summaries of important medical research. It helps them stay informed to improve patient care without spending excessive time reviewing literature.

### What kind of information is included in the article summaries?

Each article summary includes a bottom line, major points, details on the study's design, population, interventions, and outcomes. It also provides criticisms, funding sources, and links to PubMed and the full text of the articles.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.8.3 — 2019-08-13

Welcome new students, residents, and fellows! The Summer 2019 version to Journal Club brings you a couple of updates:

• Fixed an issue causing some links to open in Safari rather than in-app — sorry about that one!
• Updated our screenshots in the App Store to reflect what trials are currently in Journal Club.
• Behind-the-scenes speed improvements because your time is valuable!

We'd love it if you'd take a minute to leave us a review in the App Store. Your voice really counts!

— The Journal Club Team

### 1.8.2 — 2019-01-04

Happy New Year! This version tweaks the Journal Club database so new updates download faster and require less data. Hooray!

—The Journal Club Team

### 1.8.1 — 2018-02-19

This version fixes an issue that prevented new Journal Club summaries from being downloaded for some users. Sorry about that!

— The Journal Club Editors

### 1.8 — 2018-01-03

This version brings you support for your fancy new iPhone X, along with some other behind-the-scenes improvements. We'd love it if you'd take a minute to leave us a review on the App Store. Your voice really counts!

— The Journal Club Editors

### 1.7.1 — 2016-07-26

It's July again, and so we send an excited welcome to new medical students, residents, and fellows! Even though we each have distinct plans for the coming year, one thing is for sure: there will be challenges along the way. And Journal Club wants to help, even if it's a small thing like helping you master the medical literature.

This latest version of Journal Club rights a few wrongs in the prior version, and makes things a bit faster too. This is just one incremental step towards keeping Journal Club in tip-top shape for our readers. We'd love it if you'd take a minute to leave us a review on the App Store. Your voice really counts!

Again, welcome to all new trainees! Here's to a great first year!

— The Journal Club Editors

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