Mensa Guide vs Elna
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Interactive word navigation
- Advanced search functionality
- Pathogen filtering
- Built-in clinical calculators
- Continuously updated content
- Inline notes and references
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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
Elna
This clinical intelligence app provides doctors and nurses with quick, concise answers based on trusted medical sources and guidelines. It's designed for fast decision-making at the point of care, offering glanceable insights to support clinical judgment during busy shifts.
- Instant, glanceable answers
- Evidence-grounded insights
- Trusted medical sources
- Mobile-first design
- Fast decision-making support
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Elna is a clinical intelligence app built to help doctors and nurses get the right evidence in seconds, right when they need it. Instead of digging through long articles and guidelines or wading through verbose summaries, Elna gives you clear, concise, and glanceable answers designed for real-world clinical work.Each response highlights the essentials, surfaces what matters most, and keeps you moving during consultations, rounds, or on-call shifts.Every answer is built from trusted medical sources and authoritative clinical guidelines, with clear references. Why clinicians choose Elna: - Instant, glanceable answers built for fast decision-making at the point of care. - Actionable, evidence-grounded insights drawn only from reliable, independent clinical sources. - Mobile-first design so high-quality evidence is always within reach: across wards, clinics, or home visits. Elna is built for healthcare professionals who need to make better decisions, faster, while maintaining high standards of safety and evidence quality. It is not intended for patients or for self‑diagnosis and should always be used to support, not replace, clinical judgment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mensa Guide at 72% against Elna's 0%. Mensa Guide also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months). Elna'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
Both are free to download. Mensa Guide sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Elna asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mensa Guide ships an update weekly, Elna every 10 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Mensa Guide | Elna |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GARMENMED, SCP | Elna |
Customer experience
Mensa Guide
Elna
In-app purchases
Mensa Guide
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Annual Subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Year
Elna
No in-app purchases









