PHID for Students vs ResearchApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PHID for Students
This app serves as a handy manual for infectious diseases, specifically tailored for public health, nursing, and medical students. It offers a public health perspective, filling a gap in bio-medically focused resources and providing locally relevant material.
- Infectious disease manual
- Public health perspective
- Locally relevant resources
- For students
- Handy reference
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The free version is for BSc Public Health and MBBCh students of CUHK exclusively. Authenticationis required. Other users please download the paid version. Public Health Infectious Disease (print version) and Learning Public Health Infectious Disease (Apps version) are meant to function as a handy manual in infectious disease for undergraduate and postgraduate students in public health, nursing as well as medical students going through public health training. Currently despite the abundance of textbooks in infection, these are often bio-medically oriented with an emphasis on the biological mechanisms and clinical management. Tailored learning materials with a public health perspective are in short supply. The shortcoming is compounded by the relative lack of locally relevant resource materials which could be used for teaching purpose. This set of publications is designed to fill these gaps. Today, the number and diversity of people specialising in public health are continuing to rise. Hopefully, the book and the Apps would also serve as references for health and social science professionals working in the public health field in Hong Kong and other cities in the region.
ResearchApp
Participate in medical research studies by entering a unique token code. Track your health information and share data with research teams, including HealthKit integration. This app facilitates the discovery of new medicines and improved health outcomes.
- Join consented research studies
- Enter unique token codes
- Track health questionnaires
- Connect to HealthKit
- Share data with research teams
- Facilitates medicine discovery
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ResearchApp allows you to take part in a study that you've consented to participate in. In order to be able to join a study you will need to enter your token code that would have been provided to you by an organisation conducting the research. ResearchApp has been developed to help research teams accelerate new medicines discovery and to find ways to improve health outcomes for people all over the world. None of this can be achieved without the generous time and participation of research participants. If you have any questions about the study you are participating in, please contact the organisation conducting the study. ResearchApp offers a range of tracking questionnaires to capture information about yourself and your conditions. If enabled for your particular study, ResearchApp also allows you to connect to HealthKit and other third-party apps and devices in order to share this data with your research team. If you are a researcher wanting to conduct a study please get in touch: research@healtbit.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PHID for Students at 3.0 against ResearchApp's 2.0. ResearchApp's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 62 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
PHID for Students holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
PHID for Students ships an update every 62 months, ResearchApp fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PHID for Students | ResearchApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 62 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases. The Chinese University of Hong Kong. | Healthbit LTD |
Customer experience
PHID for Students
ResearchApp
In-app purchases
PHID for Students
No in-app purchases
ResearchApp
No in-app purchases
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