Clinical Practice Guidelines vs Lipid Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Access endocrine society clinical practice guidelines directly on your device. Utilize interactive tools like risk calculators and diagnostic algorithms. Save important information, take notes, and share resources with colleagues.
- Point-of-care guideline access
- Interactive risk calculators
- Diagnosis and treatment algorithms
- Medication charts
- Bookmark and note-taking
- Shareable PDFs
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Access the Endocrine Society’s Clinical Practice Guidelines at the point of care and use interactive tools such as risk calculators, diagnosis and treatment algorithms, and medication charts. The app allows users to bookmark important pages, take notes on key information, and share the PDF with colleagues. The Endocrine Society develops clinical practice guidelines on a variety of topics related to endocrine conditions; the app currently includes the Society’s guidelines on diabetes and obesity.
Lipid Manager
This app offers three clinical decision support tools for healthcare professionals to manage patient triglycerides and LDL-C. It assists in determining lipid-lowering therapies, evaluating statin intolerance, and providing recommendations for hypertriglyceridemia management.
- LDL-C Lowering Therapy tool
- Statin Intolerance evaluation
- Hypertriglyceridemia management recommendations
- Lifestyle intervention guidance
- Pharmacological management guidance
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The ACC Lipid Manager app provides two clinical decision support tools in one app to help clinicians manage a patient’s triglycerides and LDL-C from therapy initiation through treatment calibration with the goal of lowering ASCVD risk: • Lipid Lowering Therapy tool: Supports selection of lipid‑lowering therapies and individualized goals to reduce ASCVD risk through targeted management of LDL-C and triglycerides (previously known as LDL-C Lowering Therapy) • Statin Intolerance tool: Evaluate the patient for possible statin intolerance, and determine appropriate next steps The information and recommendations in this clinical decision support app are not meant to represent the only or best course of care nor replace clinical judgement. Therapeutic options should be determined after discussion between the patient and their care provider. Financial support for Lipid Manager was provided by Esperion. All content was independently developed with no sponsor involvement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Clinical Practice Guidelines at 448 against Lipid Manager's 3. Lipid Manager's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Lipid Manager holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clinical Practice Guidelines has 448 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Clinical Practice Guidelines ships an update every 6 months, Lipid Manager every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clinical Practice Guidelines | Lipid Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (448 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 448 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The Endocrine Society | American College of Cardiology |
Customer experience
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Lipid Manager
In-app purchases
Clinical Practice Guidelines
No in-app purchases
Lipid Manager
No in-app purchases
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