Radiology Core vs SIR Guidelines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Radiology Core
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SIR Guidelines
Access evidence-based recommendations and tools for healthcare professionals. Features an interactive calculator for scenario-specific anticoagulation and antibiotic advice, simplifying clinical decision-making at the point of care.
- Access published guidelines and statements
- Interactive periprocedural recommendation calculator
- Scenario-specific anticoagulation and antibiotic recommendations
- Tailored recommendations based on patient and procedural risk
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for IVC Filters
- Continual updates with new guidelines and tools
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The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Guidelines app is the go-to source for SIR’s published guidelines and statements at your fingertips. SIR Guidelines is free to use and allows healthcare workers to quickly access evidence-based recommendations in an easy-to-use point of care format intended to simplify clinical decision-making. The app includes an interactive periprocedural recommendation calculator that generates scenario-specific anticoagulation and antibiotic recommendations based on the SIR consensus guidelines. Users can input medications and patient factors to generate recommendations tailored for the patient’s and procedural bleeding risk. The Clinical Practice Guidelines for IVC Filters provide evidence based guidance for the management of patients with thromboembolic disease. The app will be continually updated to include new Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and tools to assist in clinical decision-making. The Society is providing information and services on this mobile app as a benefit and educational service intended for licensed health care professionals. The information posted here by the Society or any third party should not be considered medical advice or standard of care, and is not intended to replace the independent judgment of or consultation with a qualified medical professional. The use of the mobile app and the Society Content is voluntary and for educational purposes only. Accordingly, the Society assumes no liability for or relating to the use of the content contained within the mobile app by users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SIR Guidelines at every 3 weeks against Radiology Core's every 22 months. SIR Guidelines also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 1). Radiology Core's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Radiology Core against 5.0 for SIR Guidelines. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SIR Guidelines has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Radiology Core ships an update every 22 months, SIR Guidelines every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Radiology Core | SIR Guidelines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lieu Duong | Society of Interventional Radiology |
Customer experience
Radiology Core
SIR Guidelines
In-app purchases
Radiology Core
No in-app purchases
SIR Guidelines
No in-app purchases
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