Luigi vs Pocket Pathologist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Luigi
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This is the client app of Luigi web application which allows you to submit an image of your case easily without special equipment and view the retrieved results on the smartphone. ----------------- Luigi: Large Scale HistoPathological Image Retrieval System - https://luigi-pathology.com/ Luigi web application has the following features. - Use a deep texture representation to calculate relevance metrics between pathological images, which enables the proposed system to find relevant images that do not depend on spatial information, such as the location of cells. - Not require extra learning; thus, any tissues, cells, and even artifacts can be searched without training. ----------------- Users can search their own histopathology image in two different databases. Luigi-Genome This database contains more than 7,000 cases from 32 cancer types with genomic features and clinical information included in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Additionally, registered users can use a function for somatic mutation prediction. - TCGA: The histopathological images of Luigi are in whole or part based upon data generated by the TCGA Research Network: http://cancergenome.nih.gov/. - cBioPortal: Cerami et al. The cBio Cancer Genomics Portal: An Open Platform for Exploring Multidimensional Cancer Genomics Data. Cancer Discovery. May 2012 2; 401. Gao et al. Integrative analysis of complex cancer genomics and clinical profiles using the cBioPortal. Sci. Signal. 6, pl1 (2013). Luigi-oral This database contains 605 cases across 85 oral tumor categories, including salivary gland, odontogenic, and maxillofacial bone tumors.
Pocket Pathologist
This app enables veterinarians to get expert opinions on cytology cases by uploading microscopic photos and case details. It facilitates efficient telecytology consultations, allowing for easy submission and retrieval of diagnostic reports directly through a smartphone.
- Telecytology consultations
- Smartphone digital image capture
- Upload microscopic photos
- Submit case information
- Receive expert pathologist opinions
- Download diagnostic reports
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Pocket Pathologist provides efficient and affordable telecytology consultations through smartphone digital image capture. The app serves as a diagnostic tool for veterinarians to share microscopic photos and case information with a pathologist in order to obtain an expert opinion on in-house cytology cases. The Pocket Pathologist app allows the veterinarian to easily upload case information and cytology photos for a pathologist to review. Once the report is completed by the pathologist, the veterinarian can view and download it straight from the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Luigi at 12.0 against Pocket Pathologist's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Luigi ships an update monthly, Pocket Pathologist every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Luigi | Pocket Pathologist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daisuke Komura | Pocket Consults, LLC |
In-app purchases
Luigi
No in-app purchases
Pocket Pathologist
No in-app purchases
Questions
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