Comparison

Dialysis Pro vs MGH Nephrology Guide

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

Head to head
About

Dialysis Pro

Easily manage your dialysis journey by tracking vital health metrics like fluid intake, weight, and blood pressure. Export your data for healthcare providers and personalize your experience with optional upgrades. Keep your health information private and accessible.

Highlights
  • Track fluid intake, weight, and blood pressure
  • Record hemodialysis fluid loss/gain
  • Manage peritoneal exchanges (APD/CAPD)
  • Export data as CSV
  • Notifications for peritoneal treatment end (premium)
  • View data over time via charts (premium)
Features
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**Dialysis Pro: Dialysis Tracker** *A clean, private health tracker designed to simplify your dialysis routine.* Managing dialysis is a daily commitment, and keeping track of your numbers shouldn't add to that stress. Dialysis Pro is built to be a straightforward, reliable tool to help you log your daily treatments, monitor your vitals, and easily share those records with your healthcare team. Designed with a focus on simplicity and privacy, the app gives you a clear, distraction-free space to record what matters. **Why choose Dialysis Pro?** * **Privacy-First:** By default, your health data is stored strictly on your device. We do not link your health logs to your identity or sell your information. * **Focused & Straightforward:** A clean interface that lets you enter your numbers quickly and get on with your day. * **Supportive Upgrades:** The core tracking features are completely free. If you want to expand your tracking, we offer a premium subscription that unlocks automatic cloud backups, notifications, and visual trend charts, which directly funds the app's ongoing updates and support. **What you can track:** * **Peritoneal Exchanges:** Record and manage APD and CAPD exchanges. * **Hemodialysis Fluid:** Log fluid loss and gain between treatments. * **Fluid Intake:** Log daily fluid intake to help manage your target limits. * **Blood Pressure & Heart Rate:** Keep tabs on cardiovascular health. * **Weight & Temperature:** Track crucial physical trends. * **Treatment Notes:** Save custom notes, symptoms, or logs for doctor visits. **Key Features:** * **CSV Export:** Share your history with your doctor or keep backup sheets for your records. * **Timer Notifications:** Get alerted when a peritoneal treatment cycle finishes (Premium). * **Progress Charts:** Monitor your health trends and history visually (Premium). Important Notes * Your data is kept on your device unless subscribed. Uninstalling will delete all your local data. * Terms of Service ( https://cycosoft.com/dialysis-pro/terms ) * Dialysis Pro was previously known as D-Track

About

MGH Nephrology Guide

A quick reference for diagnosing and managing kidney disease, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders. Developed by MGH experts, it offers over 150 topics with extensive tables, figures, and images. Includes integration with Prime PubMed for literature access and regular content updates.

Highlights
  • 150+ topics in fast-read format
  • 320+ tables, charts, and figures
  • Sections on dialysis and transplantation
  • Regular automatic updates
  • Highlighting and note-taking
  • Prime PubMed integration
  • Keyword search and bookmarking
Features
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The Nephrology Guide of the Massachusetts General Hospital is an up-to-date, quick reference for the diagnosis and management of patients with acute and chronic kidney disease as well as common electrolyte and acid-base disorders. It was developed for generalists—students, residents, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants—as well as nephrology fellows, attendings, and dialysis nurses. Over 150 topics are authored by nephrology experts at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and include more than 320 tables, charts, figures, images, and carefully organized lists. Hard to find information such as considerations for special populations (e.g., patients with diabetes, cancer, lupus, HIV) are also included. The Guide is fully integrated with Unbound Medicine’s Prime PubMed allowing users to link from literature references to full citations, abstracts, and full-text journal articles provided by the publisher. With the Guide you can:  * Consult more than 150 topics in bulleted, fast-read format * Review 320+ tables with quick synopses of clinical considerations * Find detailed sections on dialysis and kidney transplantation * Stay current with regular updates delivered automatically  * Highlight and make custom notes within topics * Link to the primary literature using Prime PubMed * Search by specific keywords to find topics fast * Bookmark 'Favorites' and organize them using popular tagging feature  Purchase includes a 1-year subscription with regular content updates. Your Nephrology Guide of the Massachusetts General Hospital subscription automatically renews at the current rate of $49.99 unless auto-renew is turned off 24 hours prior to the conclusion of your current 1-year period, which can be done in account settings. This will ensure you receive all updates for the following year. Should you choose not to renew, you will be able to continue to use the content however will not receive updates. Editor: Eliot Heher, MD, Medical Director, MGH Kidney Transplant Program Powered by: Unbound Medicine Unbound Privacy Policy: www.unboundmedicine.com/privacy Unbound Terms of Use: https://www.unboundmedicine.com/end_user_license_agreement

Screenshots

Dialysis Pro4 screens
MGH Nephrology Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Dialysis Pro at free with in-app purchases against MGH Nephrology Guide's subscription. Dialysis Pro also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). MGH Nephrology Guide's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (27 vs 7). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dialysis Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and MGH Nephrology Guide sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MGH Nephrology Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Dialysis Pro's written reviews are positive against 50% of MGH Nephrology Guide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dialysis Pro ships an update monthly, MGH Nephrology Guide every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dialysis Pro versus MGH Nephrology Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDialysis ProMGH Nephrology Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)4.7 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings727 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB10 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCycosoft, LLCUnbound Medicine, Inc.

Customer experience

Dialysis Pro

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

MGH Nephrology Guide

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dialysis Pro

Subscriptions1
  • Dialysis Pro - Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Dialysis Pro Ad-free$2.99
1 purchases

MGH Nephrology Guide

Subscriptions1
  • MGH Nephrology Guide$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Dialysis Pro free?
Dialysis Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MGH Nephrology Guide free?
MGH Nephrology Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dialysis Pro or MGH Nephrology Guide?
MGH Nephrology Guide is rated higher. Dialysis Pro averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while MGH Nephrology Guide averages 4.7 from 27 ratings.
Do Dialysis Pro or MGH Nephrology Guide have ads?
Neither Dialysis Pro nor MGH Nephrology Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dialysis Pro or MGH Nephrology Guide?
Dialysis Pro ships an update monthly, and MGH Nephrology Guide every 6 months. Most recently, Dialysis Pro was updated on November 2, 2026 and MGH Nephrology Guide on November 11, 2026.

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