AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide vs Visual Acupuncture 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide
This interactive app provides a comprehensive musculoskeletal anatomy resource for massage therapists. It features digital flashcards, detailed pins, and multiple testing options to help users learn and review anatomy for exams or client education.
- Digital flashcards for muscles, bones, joints, and movements
- Pins to identify anatomical structures
- Navigation from muscle groups to individual muscles
- Multiple-choice quizzes and structure identification tests
- Bookmark and search functionality
- Zoomable illustrations
- Card flipping for detailed views
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AMTA has partnered with Books of Discovery to provide this musculoskeletal anatomy resource free to AMTA members in an interactive app. AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide offers a wide array of features to help you ace your next exam or educate your clients: • Digital flash cards containing 144 muscles , 61 bones and bony landmarks, 50 joints and ligaments and 64 common movements, including the synergists and antagonists • Pins that identify muscles, bones and bony landmarks • Navigation directly from muscle groups to individual muscles • Multiple options to test your musculoskeletal anatomy knowledge by: 1) answering multiple-choice questions (muscle cards only) 2) locating specific structures, and 3) identifying AOIN points • Bookmark specific cards so you can review them later • Table of Contents with an easy-to-search capability. You can search on all cards or only cards that you have bookmarked • Zoom into illustrations for more detail using pinch touch • Flip the cards to view illustrations on one side, details on the other (movement and muscle cards only) • Navigate directly from muscle groups to individual muscles • Help button to guide you through options available in the app • Designed to be viewed in both landscape and portrait on iPad, and portrait mode on iPhone. A great on-the-go educational tool.
Visual Acupuncture 3D
Explore acupuncture points and meridian pathways with an interactive 3D anatomy model. Study detailed descriptions, search for specific points, and test your knowledge with quizzes. Ideal for learning and reference.
- Interactive 3D anatomy model
- Meridian pathway visualization
- Acupuncture point location details
- Textual descriptions for points and meridians
- Search by point name, function, or indication
- Quiz and testing features
- Customizable display options
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Study acupuncture visually and interactively. Get a good feel for the flow of meridian pathways and their (anatomical) point locations. Includes a complete interactive anatomy model (muscles, bones and organs), which can be interactively edited (hide, fade etc). Each acupuncture point, meridian (and anatomical model) contain full textual descriptions, which can be edited and saved. Contains extended searching options; search by acupuncture point name, by function or by indication. All acupuncture point groups are included, along with additional information about each point group. Display options allow to either show the anatomical model, only the skin, hide certain meridians etc. Quiz and test yourself on all included subjects; meridians, acupuncture points and anatomy (muscles, bones, organs). Co-created and checked by TotalHealth(totalhealth.eu) and acupuncture institute located in the Netherlands. Errors cannot always be prevented, if you notice anything, please let us know. Terms of use: https://visualacupuncture3d.app/app/policies/termsofuse.html Privacy policy: https://visualacupuncture3d.app/app/policies/privacypolicy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide at none against Visual Acupuncture 3D's 8. AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 154). Visual Acupuncture 3D's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 49%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Visual Acupuncture 3D sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.
AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide has 2.4K ratings behind it against 154, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide's written reviews are positive against 75% of Visual Acupuncture 3D's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide ships an update every 14 months, Visual Acupuncture 3D every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide | Visual Acupuncture 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (2.4K ratings) — better | 4.6 (154 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.2% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 154 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 244 MB | 243 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | American Massage Therapy Association | GraphicVizion |
Customer experience
AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide
Visual Acupuncture 3D
User reviews
AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful guide
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Informative and educational
- 👍 Great study aid
- 👍 Excellent reference
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Alignment issues with visuals
- 🔋 Requires expensive membership
Visual Acupuncture 3D
From 154 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
- 🎯 Comprehensive 3D anatomical visualization
- 📚 Detailed point information (location, needling depth, indications, contraindications)
- 🔍 Powerful search functionality by meridian, keyword, and groups
- 🧠 Excellent learning and study tool with quiz feature
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive pricing and aggressive upselling
- 🔐 Frustrating purchase restoration and cross-platform issues
- 🚫 Limited to male body model only
- 🐛 Legs positioned too close together, difficult to access medial points
- 📵 Poor customer support responsiveness
Bugs and requests
AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashing and closing after updates
- Visuals not aligning properly
- Unusable after certain iOS updates
Requested features
2 requests- 3D movements
- Language options (e.g., Spanish)
Visual Acupuncture 3D
Reported bugs
8 issues- Nervous system toggle not displaying when enabled
- Body model moves off-screen and doesn't anchor properly
- Extraordinary points not visible on body model
- Missing point descriptions (e.g., GB21)
- Luo-connecting vessel information displays as NA despite being documented
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- Gallbladder internal pathway not wrapping correctly
- Support email not functioning
- Lifetime purchase not fully restoring on account recovery
Requested features
12 requests- Female body model option
- Bendable/movable joints, especially knees
- More detailed circulatory system (arteries and veins)
- More comprehensive nervous system display
- English translations of point names
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- Pinyin romanization for point names
- Treatment plan recommendations
- More muscle groups displayed
- Chinese language support
- Quiz options for selective learning (meridians only, partial display)
- Text selection capability for translation
- Cross-device purchase synchronization
In-app purchases
AMTA Massage Anatomy Guide
No in-app purchases
Visual Acupuncture 3D
- Monthly Subscription$14.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$34.991 Year
- Quiz$3.99
- Point Groups$4.99
- Extraordinary meridians$4.99
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- Anatomy Systems$9.99
- Primary Meridians$13.99
- Full Version$49.99
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