Comparison

ADA Books vs IDSA Practice Guidelines

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

Head to head
About

ADA Books

Access a comprehensive library of clinical and medical books from the leading authority on diabetes care. This reader allows healthcare professionals to highlight text, bookmark pages, and make notes for easy reference. Improve patient outcomes with essential diabetes management tools, available anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Access ADA clinical and medical books
  • Highlight text, bookmark, and make notes
  • Powerful in-book search function
  • Adjust font size and layout
  • Read anytime, anywhere
Features
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The American Diabetes Association clinical books reader gives you complete access to the clinical and medical books and tools you need from the world's foremost authority on diabetes care. Read anytime, anywhere. Backed by the Association's Standards of Care, these clinical references will help clinicians, reseachers, and other health care professionals improve patient outcomes. With this innovative reader, you can: Access all professional and clinical book materials from the ADA in one place Highlight text, leave bookmarks, and make notes Take advantage of a powerful search function within titles Adjust font size, layout, and more The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading volunteer health organization supporting diabetes research, information, and advocacy and the leading publisher of comprehensive diabetes information.

About

IDSA Practice Guidelines

Access and stay updated with the latest clinical guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. This app offers interactive tools, search functionality, and the ability to bookmark key information and take notes for healthcare professionals.

Highlights
  • Access clinical guidelines
  • Interactive tools
  • Search guidelines
  • Bookmark pages
  • Take notes
Features
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Access the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines app anytime, anywhere! Download the app today and stay up-to-date on IDSA clinical guidelines, interactive tools, and new resources. The app contains features to search through guidelines, bookmark important pages and take notes on key information. Visit the IDSA app for new guidelines that are released throughout the year and new updates to existing guidelines. Disclaimer: The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) provides this app (“App)” for health care professionals only, and not the general public. The App is provided for informational purposes only, and it is not intended to provide medical or treatment advice and may not be treated as such by the user. As such, this App may not be relied upon for the purposes of medical diagnosis or as a recommendation for medical care or treatment. The information on this App is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available through this App is for general information purposes only.

Screenshots

ADA Books4 screens
IDSA Practice Guidelines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: IDSA Practice Guidelines at 4.8 against ADA Books's 1.0. IDSA Practice Guidelines also leads on ratings volume (826 vs 1). ADA Books's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IDSA Practice Guidelines holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IDSA Practice Guidelines has 826 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ADA Books versus IDSA Practice Guidelines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADA BooksIDSA Practice Guidelines
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (826 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1826 — better
Update frequency—Every 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB105 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperAmerican Diabetes AssociationInfectious Diseases Society of America

Customer experience

ADA Books

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

IDSA Practice Guidelines

All ratings557 ratings
Positive96.9%
Neutral0.7%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

ADA Books

No in-app purchases

None

IDSA Practice Guidelines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ADA Books free?
ADA Books is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IDSA Practice Guidelines free?
IDSA Practice Guidelines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ADA Books or IDSA Practice Guidelines?
IDSA Practice Guidelines is rated higher. ADA Books averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while IDSA Practice Guidelines averages 4.8 from 826 ratings.
Do ADA Books or IDSA Practice Guidelines have ads?
Neither ADA Books nor IDSA Practice Guidelines shows ads.

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