OrthoGuidelines vs Bullets*
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OrthoGuidelines
Access evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and appropriate use criteria for orthopaedic diseases. Navigate recommendations by specialty, keyword, or stage of care for quick comprehension and clinical decision-making at the point of care.
- Clinical practice guidelines
- Appropriate use criteria
- Navigation by disease, specialty, keyword
- Evidence-based recommendations
- Point-of-care decision support
- Single keyword search
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OrthoGuidelines is the home for AAOS quality products, such as clinical practice guidelines and appropriate use criteria. Users can navigate all guideline recommendations by orthopaedic disease, specialty, keyword, strength of evidence, and/or stage of care. The platform has been laid out with concise guideline and recommendation topics to aide in quick navigation, comprehension, and clinical use. Users can also search all AAOS recommendations, rationales, and appropriate use criteria with a single keyword search. The app provides evidence-based recommendations at the point of care to assist clinicians with clinical decision-making and clinician-patient discussions.
Bullets*
Access medical and orthopedic educational content, including topics, questions, and cases. Create custom exams, review scientific articles, and monitor community activity. Earn CME credits through self-assessment exams and collaborative learning.
- Medical and orthopedic topics
- Customizable exams (Testmaster)
- Article review with PDFs
- Community activity feed
- Earn CME credits
- Point of Care Learning (PoCL)
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The companion APP for Orthobullets.com and Medbullets.com. Bullets* contains medbullets and orthobullets Topics, Questions, Techniques, Cases, Videos, and Evidence. Our Testmaster allows you to create, take, and review customized exams. Article links allows for quick review of scientific abstracts and often the PDF is provided and can be viewed on your phone. Our "Home" screen allows you to monitor a thread of educational activity within our community. All educational activity, including the Qbank, is synced with the main platform for seamless use on both your iPhone APP and computer. You can earn CME by taking Self-Assessment Exams and contributing to our free collaboration community by posting educational comments with scientific references as part of our Point of Care Learning (PoCL) activity. All CME Study Plan examinations can be taken on the iPhone and can be found on your CME Dashboard. Residents on the PASS institutional platform can take PASS exams, complete their PASS Skillmaster learning modules, and submit both Rotation and Milestone Skill Evaluations to faculty. Faculty members using PASS Pro 2.0 can grade Rotation Evaluations and Milestone Skill Evaluations on the APP, eliminating the need to log in with each evaluation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OrthoGuidelines at 4.9 against Bullets*'s 4.0. OrthoGuidelines also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Bullets*'s advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (61 vs 10). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OrthoGuidelines holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bullets* has 61 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of OrthoGuidelines's written reviews are positive against 68% of Bullets*'s.
OrthoGuidelines ships an update every 2 months, Bullets* every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OrthoGuidelines | Bullets* |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better | 4.0 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 67.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Mobile | LineageMedical Inc |
Customer experience
OrthoGuidelines
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In-app purchases
OrthoGuidelines
No in-app purchases
Bullets*
No in-app purchases
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