Comparison

Mensa Guide vs SEMICYUC

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

SEMICYUC

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SEMICYUC in the palm of your hand: Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC) new mobile app. Members can interact through the app with the society office secretaries, workgroup coordinators, and workgroup members. Members also can know firsthand about the different training and scientific offers that SEMICYUC makes available to the entire community of intensivists. Installing it is the best way to instantly access everything related to current news and services in the specialty of Intensive Care Medicine, vote in electoral processes, manage membership of workgroups and transversal groups (UCI Without Borders, SEMICYUC Joven, etc.), and access the articles of the journal Medicina Intensiva, among other functionalities.

Screenshots

Mensa Guide4 screens
SEMICYUC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SEMICYUC at none against Mensa Guide's 2. SEMICYUC also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Mensa Guide's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). 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. SEMICYUC asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mensa Guide ships an update weekly, SEMICYUC every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Mensa Guide versus SEMICYUC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMensa GuideSEMICYUC
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB25 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperGARMENMED, SCPEstrategias Soluciones Medios y Consulting SL

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mensa Guide

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

SEMICYUC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mensa Guide free?
Mensa Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SEMICYUC free?
SEMICYUC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mensa Guide or SEMICYUC have ads?
Neither Mensa Guide nor SEMICYUC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mensa Guide or SEMICYUC?
Mensa Guide ships an update weekly, and SEMICYUC every 2 weeks. Most recently, Mensa Guide was updated on October 7, 2026 and SEMICYUC on October 7, 2026.

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