enGuardia vs Mensa Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
enGuardia
This medical app provides clinical doctors with essential diagnostic and treatment information, especially for urgent situations. It features differential diagnoses, pathologies, interactive algorithms, and urgent care tools, developed with a leading medical society.
- Differential diagnosis information
- Pathology topics
- Interactive diagnostic algorithms
- Urgent care tools
- Integrated navigation with iDoctus
- Intuitive design for quick access
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enGuardia es una herramienta móvil de ayuda asistencial dirigida a médicos clínicos, con información médica, de diagnóstico y tratamiento, de especial relevancia para el médico en el punto de atención y situaciones de urgencia. Desarrollada en colaboración con la Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna (SEMI), referencia científico-médica en España y Latinoamérica, la aplicación incluye 25 temas de diagnóstico diferencial, 70 temas de patologías, 80 algoritmos interactivos de diagnóstico y prescripción y 20 herramientas de especial utilidad en patología médica urgente. Estos contenidos se irán enriqueciendo progresivamente, en sucesivas actualizaciones de enGuardia. enGuardia tiene un diseño intuitivo y una navegación adecuada a las necesidades del médico de acceso rápido a la información en el punto de atención. Al pertenecer a la familia de productos iDoctus, enGuardia presenta navegación integrada con iDoctus, ofreciendo, por tanto, respuesta, a través de una única experiencia de navegación y con sólo dos apps, a la mayor parte de las necesidades de información diagnóstica y de prescripción de los médicos clínicos que tratan patología urgente.
Mensa Guide
This medical reference app provides quick access to antimicrobial therapy information. It features interactive navigation, advanced search capabilities, and built-in clinical calculators. Content is continuously updated to reflect the latest medical research and guidelines.
- Interactive word navigation
- Advanced search functionality
- Pathogen filtering
- Built-in clinical calculators
- Continuously updated content
- Inline notes and references
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Mensa Guide is a comprehensive antimicrobial reference designed to support optimal therapeutic decision-making in infectious diseases. Content is structured for rapid access to key information, while allowing seamless exploration of additional details through inline notes. • Tap on any word in the text to navigate to another entry, check abbreviations, view explanatory notes, open clinical calculators, or access bibliographic references. • Search directly from almost all screens using clinically relevant criteria, or use full-text search for more specific queries. • Filter and explore more than 800 pathogens according to microbiological and clinical characteristics. • Use built-in calculators to estimate serum antibiotic concentrations, glomerular filtration rate, and many more additional clinical parameters and validated scores. • Rely on continuously updated content, regularly reviewed to reflect evolving resistance patterns, emerging pathogens and antimicrobials, epidemiological trends, and new evidence or treatment guidelines published in leading medical journals. Note: use of the Mensa Guide requires an annual subscription of $19.99 or a monthly subscription of $1.99 (price may vary by region), with a 30-day free trial period. A subscription allows the use of the Mensa Guide on macOS, iPhone and iPad platforms. -- About auto-renewing subscriptions: – An in-app subscription is one month for $1.99 or one year for $19.99. – Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. – Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. – Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period for $1.99 or $19.99. – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms & Conditions: http://www.garmenmed.com/terms.html -- Disclaimer: This app is not intended for the general public but for health care professionals. Although we make every effort to ensure that the data is accurate, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions that the app may contain. The application of the information provided in a particular situation remains the sole responsibility of the health care professional. -- We would love to hear your suggestions, recommendations or corrections. Contact us at mensaguide@garmenmed.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: enGuardia at free with in-app purchases against Mensa Guide's subscription. enGuardia also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Mensa Guide's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (72% vs 46%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. enGuardia sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Mensa Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
enGuardia ships an update every 4 months, Mensa Guide weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | enGuardia | Mensa Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 45.8% of reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | iDoctus | GARMENMED, SCP |
Customer experience
enGuardia
Mensa Guide
In-app purchases
enGuardia
- 1 mes2 variants$3.99
- 6 meses$15.99
- 1 año$26.99
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- 1 año$29.99
Mensa Guide
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Annual Subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Year
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