Comparison

Clinical Practice Guidelines vs Evidence Based Medicine Guide

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Point-of-care guideline access
  • Interactive risk calculators
  • Diagnosis and treatment algorithms
  • Medication charts
  • Bookmark and note-taking
  • Shareable PDFs
Features
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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.

About

Evidence Based Medicine Guide

Access over 1,000 medical guidelines and evidence summaries for primary and ambulatory care. Quickly find information at the point of care with a user-friendly format, including videos, images, and audio samples. This continuously updated resource brings the latest clinical medicine developments into practice.

Highlights
  • Over 1,000 medical guidelines
  • 4,000+ quality-graded evidence summaries
  • Strength of evidence grading (A-D)
  • Videos of clinical examinations and procedures
  • Library of 1,400+ medical photographs and images
  • Audio samples for medical conditions
  • Medical calculation tools
Features
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The app includes sample content - In-App purchase required to unlock full content. Over 1000 problem-orientated or disease-specific guidelines including reference to evidence summaries for all guidelines, this title is the most extensive collection of guidelines. Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines (EBMG) is an easy-to-use collection of clinical guidelines for primary and ambulatory care linked to the best available evidence. Continuously updated, EBMG follows the latest developments in clinical medicine and brings evidence into practice. EBMG is designed to provide you with the information you need quickly (seconds, not minutes) and using a single search term. Designed for use at the point of care, the guidelines are delivered in a format that makes it easy for a clinician to make a decision regarding treatment. Key Features: * Nearly 1,000 concise primary care practice guidelines * Over 4,000 quality-graded evidence summaries, supporting the given recommendations * The strength of evidence is graded from A-D making this title a quick and easy reference whenever and wherever you need it! * Developed by over 300 experienced general practitioners and specialists worldwide * An expanding collection of videos (currently over 60), showing clinical examinations and procedures, and ultrasonographic examinations * A searchable library of 1,400 high-quality photographs and images of all common and many rare dermatological conditions, electrocardiograms and eye images. * Audio samples linked to articles, including descriptions of pulmonary diseases and heart murmurs in children * Tools for the calculation of e.g. peak expiratory flow rate variation, body mass index and LDL cholesterol * Provides physicians with fast and easy access to practice guidelines based on the best available research evidence * Includes both diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines, and recommendations on diagnostic tests and drug dosage * Presented in a user-friendly format with self-contained topics based on clinical subjects * Clear and concise explanations of all available evidence results in the guideline for treatment * Assumes no prior knowledge of EBM or statistics - all the work of searching and appraisal has been done for you! * Seeks to include guidelines where clinical evidence is incomplete or unavailable

Screenshots

Clinical Practice Guidelines4 screens
Evidence Based Medicine Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clinical Practice Guidelines at 67% against Evidence Based Medicine Guide's 25%. Clinical Practice Guidelines also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Evidence Based Medicine Guide sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Clinical Practice Guidelines asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Clinical Practice Guidelines holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clinical Practice Guidelines has 533 ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Clinical Practice Guidelines's written reviews are positive against 25% of Evidence Based Medicine Guide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clinical Practice Guidelines ships an update every 6 months, Evidence Based Medicine Guide every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Clinical Practice Guidelines versus Evidence Based Medicine Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClinical Practice GuidelinesEvidence Based Medicine Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (533 ratings) — better4.5 (54 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings533 — better54
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB44 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperThe Endocrine SocietySkyscape Medpresso Inc

Customer experience

Clinical Practice Guidelines

All ratings448 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Evidence Based Medicine Guide

All ratings54 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Clinical Practice Guidelines

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Evidence Based Medicine Guide

One-time10
  • EBMG EM,Traumatology & Anaesth$24.99
  • EBMG Diabetes & Endocrinology$24.99
  • EBMG Cardio & Vascular Disease$24.99
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  • EBMG Geriatrics$24.99
  • EBMG Gastrointestinal$24.99
  • EBMG Infectious Diseases & STD$24.99
  • EBMG Psychiatry$24.99
  • EBMG Pulmonary Diseases$24.99
  • EBMG Women's Health$24.99
  • Evidenced Based Medicine Guide$119.99

Questions

Is Clinical Practice Guidelines free?
Clinical Practice Guidelines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Evidence Based Medicine Guide free?
Evidence Based Medicine Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clinical Practice Guidelines or Evidence Based Medicine Guide?
Clinical Practice Guidelines is rated higher. Clinical Practice Guidelines averages 4.8 out of 5 from 533 ratings, while Evidence Based Medicine Guide averages 4.5 from 54 ratings.
Do Clinical Practice Guidelines or Evidence Based Medicine Guide have ads?
Evidence Based Medicine Guide shows ads; Clinical Practice Guidelines does not.
Which is updated more often, Clinical Practice Guidelines or Evidence Based Medicine Guide?
Clinical Practice Guidelines ships an update every 6 months, and Evidence Based Medicine Guide every 10 months. Most recently, Clinical Practice Guidelines was updated on November 2, 2026 and Evidence Based Medicine Guide on November 4, 2026.

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