Comparison

Mensa Guide vs Vivifrail

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

Vivifrail

This app helps healthcare professionals and trainers assess the risk of functional decline, dependency, and falls in individuals over 70. It then generates personalized, multicomponent physical training programs to prevent frailty and falls, featuring exercise explanations and videos.

Highlights
  • Risk assessment for functional decline, dependency, and falls
  • Personalized multicomponent exercise programs
  • Exercise videos and explanations
  • Track multiple individuals
  • Frailty and fall risk screening
  • Physical exercise program monitoring
Features
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Vivifrail App está dirigida a monitores, preparadores físicos, profesionales en el ámbito de la salud, personal médico y no médico de residencias de ancianos, así como a profesionales en el ámbito de las Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte, Enfermería y Fisioterapia encargados del cuidado de mayores de 70 años. Esta App permite clasificar a las personas mayores, basándose en las conclusiones realizadas en el marco del proyecto Erasmus+ denominado Vivifrail (www.vivifrail.com), en función de su riesgo de pérdida de capacidad funcional, dependencia y riesgo de caídas. Una vez el anciano ha sido categorizado, la App propone la realización de un programa individualizado de entrenamiento físico multicomponente para la prevención de la fragilidad y caídas en mayores de 70 años (© Mikel Izquierdo. Programa multicomponente de ejercicio físico para la prevención de la fragilidad y el riesgo de caídas, 2017) El programa de entrenamiento físico multicomponente está basado en una serie de ejercicios que permitirán, dependiendo del nivel de capacidad funcional del anciano (limitación grave, limitación moderada y limitación leve), y permitirá desarrollar: • La fuerza y la potencia, tanto de brazos como de piernas. • El equilibrio y la marcha, con el fin de evitar las caídas. • La flexibilidad. • La resistencia mediante ejercicios de cardiovascular. Siguiendo estos sencillos programas, un anciano puede mejorar la capacidad funcional, así como evitar el síndrome de fragilidad y riesgo de caídas. Esta App permite: - Trabajar con varios ancianos. - Cribado de la fragilidad y riesgo de caídas. - Seguimiento de programa de ejercicio físico multicomponente. - Realizar correctamente los ejercicios gracias a sus completas y sencillas explicaciones, así como a los vídeos que acompañan cada ejercicio." The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Screenshots

Mensa Guide4 screens
Vivifrail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mensa Guide at 72% against Vivifrail's 33%. Mensa Guide also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Vivifrail's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mensa Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Vivifrail asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mensa Guide ships an update weekly, Vivifrail every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 3 level
Mensa Guide versus Vivifrail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMensa GuideVivifrail
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB60 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperGARMENMED, SCPUniversal Projects and Tools S.L.

Customer experience

Mensa Guide

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

Vivifrail

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mensa Guide

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Year
None

Vivifrail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mensa Guide free?
Mensa Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vivifrail free?
Vivifrail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mensa Guide or Vivifrail have ads?
Neither Mensa Guide nor Vivifrail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mensa Guide or Vivifrail?
Mensa Guide ships an update weekly, and Vivifrail every 4 months. Most recently, Mensa Guide was updated on November 1, 2026 and Vivifrail on October 29, 2026.

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