Comparison

Mensa Guide vs GuardiaApp

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

Head to head
About

Mensa Guide

This medical reference app provides quick access to antimicrobial therapy information. It features interactive navigation, advanced search capabilities, and built-in clinical calculators. Content is continuously updated to reflect the latest medical research and guidelines.

Highlights
  • Interactive word navigation
  • Advanced search functionality
  • Pathogen filtering
  • Built-in clinical calculators
  • Continuously updated content
  • Inline notes and references
Features
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Mensa Guide is a comprehensive antimicrobial reference designed to support optimal therapeutic decision-making in infectious diseases. Content is structured for rapid access to key information, while allowing seamless exploration of additional details through inline notes. • Tap on any word in the text to navigate to another entry, check abbreviations, view explanatory notes, open clinical calculators, or access bibliographic references. • Search directly from almost all screens using clinically relevant criteria, or use full-text search for more specific queries. • Filter and explore more than 800 pathogens according to microbiological and clinical characteristics. • Use built-in calculators to estimate serum antibiotic concentrations, glomerular filtration rate, and many more additional clinical parameters and validated scores. • Rely on continuously updated content, regularly reviewed to reflect evolving resistance patterns, emerging pathogens and antimicrobials, epidemiological trends, and new evidence or treatment guidelines published in leading medical journals. Note: use of the Mensa Guide requires an annual subscription of $19.99 or a monthly subscription of $1.99 (price may vary by region), with a 30-day free trial period. A subscription allows the use of the Mensa Guide on macOS, iPhone and iPad platforms. -- About auto-renewing subscriptions: – An in-app subscription is one month for $1.99 or one year for $19.99. – Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. – Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. – Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period for $1.99 or $19.99. – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Terms & Conditions: http://www.garmenmed.com/terms.html -- Disclaimer: This app is not intended for the general public but for health care professionals. Although we make every effort to ensure that the data is accurate, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions that the app may contain. The application of the information provided in a particular situation remains the sole responsibility of the health care professional. -- We would love to hear your suggestions, recommendations or corrections. Contact us at mensaguide@garmenmed.com

About

GuardiaApp

This medical app assists healthcare professionals during shifts and patient handovers. It offers detailed information on over 130 common pathologies and includes 34 clinical tools like scales, calculators, and drug infusion calculations.

Highlights
  • Pathology clinical guides
  • Diagnostic tests and treatments
  • Clinical scales and calculators
  • Drug infusion rate calculations
  • Assistance for medical shifts
  • Patient handover support
Features
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GuardiApp es una aplicación para móvil dirigida a profesionales médicos con el objetivo de ser una herramienta de ayuda durante su actividad asistencial en las guardias o en el pase de planta. Está desarrollada por un grupo de residentes y jóvenes internistas de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna (SEMI) con el aval del Grupo de Formación de la SEMI. GuardiAPP presenta dos grandes apartados: Patologías: más de 130 temas en los que se describen de forma sencilla y esquemática la clínica, pruebas y exploraciones diagnósticas y tratamientos de las principales patologías que encontramos en una guardia médica. Herramientas: 34 herramientas en las que encontramos las principales escalas y calculadoras de uso habitual en la práctica clínica, además de una herramienta de cálculo de perfusiones de los principales fármacos (noradranalina, dobutamina, nitroglicerina, …). En definitiva, es una aplicación completa y sencilla que responde a las necesidades de los clínicos durante la atención de los pacientes médicos.

Screenshots

Mensa Guide4 screens
GuardiaApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: GuardiaApp at free against Mensa Guide's subscription. GuardiaApp also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Mensa Guide's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 29 months) and review sentiment (72% vs 55%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mensa Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and GuardiaApp sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mensa Guide ships an update weekly, GuardiaApp every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mensa Guide versus GuardiaApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMensa GuideGuardiaApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 29 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB55 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperGARMENMED, SCPIberpixel

Customer experience

Mensa Guide

Written reviews18 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral22.2%
Negative5.6%

GuardiaApp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative36.4%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mensa Guide

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Year
2 purchases

GuardiaApp

One-time2
  • Suscripción 6 meses$1.99
  • Suscripción 12 meses$3.99

Questions

Is Mensa Guide free?
Mensa Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GuardiaApp free?
GuardiaApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mensa Guide or GuardiaApp have ads?
Neither Mensa Guide nor GuardiaApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mensa Guide or GuardiaApp?
Mensa Guide ships an update weekly, and GuardiaApp every 29 months. Most recently, Mensa Guide was updated on September 19, 2026 and GuardiaApp on August 1, 2026.

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