Radiology Core vs SIR Guidelines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Radiology Core
Prepare for the Radiology Core Exam's physics section with a premium resource. Access over 500 board-relevant questions with detailed explanations, covering all modalities and noninterpretive skills. The app is continually updated with new content to enhance your study time.
- Comprehensive physics review
- Over 500 board-relevant questions
- Full explanation for each question
- Covers all modalities
- Includes noninterpretive skills
- Continually updated content
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Premium resource for Radiology Core Exam - Physics preparation. - Comprehensive physics review in all modalities and noninterpretive skills to help make the most of your study time - Over 500 board-relevant, high-yield questions with full explanation to focus your study - Continually updated with new questions and images Upcoming changes: - More questions with images Contact PhysicsiOS@MDToolkit.net with any questions, comments, or advice to improve app.
SIR Guidelines
Access evidence-based recommendations and tools for healthcare professionals. Features an interactive calculator for scenario-specific anticoagulation and antibiotic advice, simplifying clinical decision-making at the point of care.
- Access published guidelines and statements
- Interactive periprocedural recommendation calculator
- Scenario-specific anticoagulation and antibiotic recommendations
- Tailored recommendations based on patient and procedural risk
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for IVC Filters
- Continual updates with new guidelines and tools
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The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Guidelines app is the go-to source for SIR’s published guidelines and statements at your fingertips. SIR Guidelines is free to use and allows healthcare workers to quickly access evidence-based recommendations in an easy-to-use point of care format intended to simplify clinical decision-making. The app includes an interactive periprocedural recommendation calculator that generates scenario-specific anticoagulation and antibiotic recommendations based on the SIR consensus guidelines. Users can input medications and patient factors to generate recommendations tailored for the patient’s and procedural bleeding risk. The Clinical Practice Guidelines for IVC Filters provide evidence based guidance for the management of patients with thromboembolic disease. The app will be continually updated to include new Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and tools to assist in clinical decision-making. The Society is providing information and services on this mobile app as a benefit and educational service intended for licensed health care professionals. The information posted here by the Society or any third party should not be considered medical advice or standard of care, and is not intended to replace the independent judgment of or consultation with a qualified medical professional. The use of the mobile app and the Society Content is voluntary and for educational purposes only. Accordingly, the Society assumes no liability for or relating to the use of the content contained within the mobile app by users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SIR Guidelines at Free against Radiology Core's $9.99. SIR Guidelines also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). Radiology Core's advantage is chart position (#184 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
SIR Guidelines is free to download; Radiology Core costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SIR Guidelines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 50 and 23 respectively.
Radiology Core ships an update every 6 months, SIR Guidelines every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Radiology Core | SIR Guidelines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (50 ratings) | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 50 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #184 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lieu Duong | Society of Interventional Radiology |
Customer experience
Radiology Core
SIR Guidelines
In-app purchases
Radiology Core
No in-app purchases
SIR Guidelines
No in-app purchases
