Comparison

EMUk vs Virtual Bones

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

Head to head
About

EMUk

Provides quick access to UK emergency medicine scoring systems and relevant national guidance. Designed for point-of-care use with minimal data entry and automatic unit conversions.

Highlights
  • UK emergency medicine scoring systems
  • Links to national guidance (e.g., NICE)
  • Point-of-care user interface
  • Automatic unit conversions (imperial/metric)
  • Customizable list of displayed rules
  • Haptic feedback on supported devices
Features
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Easy access to scoring systems relevant to UK emergency medicine practice. The key scoring systems at your finger-tips. Never again will you get half way through an AMT and forget the questions! Knowing the score is only half the answer! Where applicable, each scoring system is linked to relevant national guidance such as that from NICE. The user interface has been designed to be used at the point-of-care, keeping data entry to a minimum and alerting you as soon as you reach the threshold value of the decision rule. This now includes haptic feedback on supported devices. Conversions by default. Just because a rule needs your patient's weight in kilograms it doesn’t mean they will know it. Every height and weight field accepts imperial or metric values and converts them for you. The list of rules displayed can be edited so that you only see the rules you need and can display your most used items first. All hidden rules remain searchable in case you need them. See our website for a full list of included content or to suggest a rule for inclusion.

About

Virtual Bones

Features
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Your local hospital musculoskeletal injuries management and referral pathway at your fingertips! Virtual bones enables specialist clinicians to digitalise and reform fracture management and referral pathway to enhance efficiency and patient care. The IT service solution is accessible via a web viewer AND a mobile device so that health workers always have the latest guidance available at the point of care. The system have multiple innovative modules that will aid health worker in decision making, assessing and managing patients in efficient, effective and safe manner. This includes: - Fully tailored, customised, interactive digital skeleton to match each hospital needs and demands - Concise and tailored content that will aid Emergency Department (ED) care provider to make the appropriate assessment, key documentation and deliver high quality standardised management care plan. - Uses pedagogical feature such as illustration, diagrams, clinical photographs, radiographs and videos to ensure the same high quality care is given all the time by ED health worker. - Deliver the guidelines while educating ED health worker how to effectively assess and manage musculoskeletal injuries. - Provide cloud based solution to digitalise all patient information leaflets with built in QR code generator and email option to enhance patient access to key information about their injury. - Tailored hospital-based content on how to apply splints and casts to allow ED care provider deliver high standardised care while reducing ED waiting time. - Tailored hospital-based splints and cast locator to minimise time wasted by ED care provider to find the right resources in the department. - Direct two way channel feedback between primary ED care provider and admin users including ED and T&O consultants - Push notification to keep end users always updated with the latest guidelines and departmental changes. - Dynamic, able to deal with emerging problems/ recurrent themes identified in emergency department or fracture clinic. - Minimise ED waiting time, ensure standardised high quality care consistently delivered, enhance patient access to key patient information leaflets and increases safe discharge rate both in ED and (virtual) fracture clinic. If you have any query about Virtual Bones IT service solution or would like to sign up your organisation, please contact info@virtualbones.com

Screenshots

EMUk4 screens
Virtual Bones4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Virtual Bones at none against EMUk's 1. Virtual Bones also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.5). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. EMUk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Virtual Bones asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EMUk ships an update every 2 months, Virtual Bones every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 1, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
EMUk versus Virtual Bones: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEMUkVirtual Bones
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB45 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperLindum Medical LtdOrthobones ltd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

EMUk

One-time1
  • EMUk- full version$4.99
None

Virtual Bones

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EMUk free?
EMUk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Virtual Bones free?
Virtual Bones is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EMUk or Virtual Bones have ads?
Neither EMUk nor Virtual Bones shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EMUk or Virtual Bones?
EMUk ships an update every 2 months, and Virtual Bones every 6 weeks. Most recently, EMUk was updated on August 1, 2026 and Virtual Bones on September 16, 2026.

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