Comparison

Chest X vs Virtual Bones

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

Head to head
About

Chest X

This app aids in learning and revising chest X-ray interpretation for medical professionals and students. It covers normal anatomy, pathology, and interpretation techniques with audio commentary and interactive features.

Highlights
  • Learn normal anatomy and pathology
  • Prepare for rounds and examinations
  • Develop foundational interpretation skills
  • Comprehensive review of thoracic anatomy
  • Author's audio commentary
  • Take personal notes and add to favorites
  • Step-by-step 'How To' guides
Features
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Discover Radiology: Chest X-Ray Interpretation, winner of the 2014 British Medical Association Medical Book Awards in Radiology, now available as a well-designed mobile application that facilitates learning and revision with easy navigation, notes, quick search, and the author’s audio commentary to the How to guides. ”Discovery Radiology: Chest X-Ray Interpretation“ has been described as “outstanding” and “an authoritative exposition of the art of chest radiolography.” BMA Reviewer What’s in it for you? For learners, the app will: - Help you learn the basics needed for successful chest x-ray interpretation. This includes normal thoracic anatomy and pathology. - Help you prepare for rounds. You will be able to present cases at rounds with confidence. - Help you prepare for your examinations. No more getting tricked up on chest x-ray cases. - Help you develop the foundational skills that will allow you to capitalize on all the case studies available on the internet. For practicing physicians, the app will: - Provide you with a comprehensive review of the anatomy and radiological anatomy of the thorax. - Provide you with enabling insights into the interpretation process that you may not have received during your previous training. - Help you develop the skill of identifying all chest x-ray pathologies, not only the obvious. Provide you with resources to help you get the message across to your students. Features: - Instantly access Case Studies, Checklists, How to, Radiological Anatomy through the Quick List. - Take your own notes in the app and access them whenever needed. - Add chapters and sections to your favorites. - Highlight most important fragments and add to note. - Listen to the author’s commentary on How To sections. Structure: Section I* provides an overview of how x-rays are used to produce an image of the chest. The section is divided into 5 chapters that examine the building blocks necessary for chest x-ray interpretation. The chapters review x-ray image production and the general concepts related to image appearance. Section II* introduces the concept of radiological zones to give you a starting point in the understanding of the radiological anatomy of the chest. The next chapters review in detail the radiological anatomy of specific anatomical structures, also provide examples of how the x-ray image can change due to pathology. The final chapter explains how the individual structures come together to form the radiological image. Section III* starts with a chapter on how to interpret the chest x-ray; this is where you begin to put your new knowledge into practice. Now that you know what to look for, you can do so in a systematic way to ensure the accurate identification of pathology. Special content: How To’s – 34 step-by-step guides, with annotated x-rays, to illustrate key skills needed to confidentially interpret chest x-ray. Visual Searches – 8 visual guides to illustrate the sequential checks that should be performed in a visual search of given anatomical structure or radiological zone on a chest x-ray. Radiological Checklist – 12 illustrated list of items that should be evaluated for a given anatomical structure or radiological zone, in the process of interpreting a chest x-ray. Radiological Anatomy – Descriptions of various anatomical structures as they would appear on PA and lateral chest x-rays. Case Studies – Practical and Clinical Case Studies collected from the whole app help check current skills. Pathology – Numerous interesting examples of pathology related to specific anatomical structures and regions. Visit our website to explore interesting radiology cases and interviews https://empendium.com/chestxrayinterpretation Join our virtual community! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CXRInt Please note: - A network connection is required to download additional figures and audio descriptions.

About

Virtual Bones

Features
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Your local hospital musculoskeletal injuries management and referral pathway at your fingertips! Virtual bones enables specialist clinicians to digitalise and reform fracture management and referral pathway to enhance efficiency and patient care. The IT service solution is accessible via a web viewer AND a mobile device so that health workers always have the latest guidance available at the point of care. The system have multiple innovative modules that will aid health worker in decision making, assessing and managing patients in efficient, effective and safe manner. This includes: - Fully tailored, customised, interactive digital skeleton to match each hospital needs and demands - Concise and tailored content that will aid Emergency Department (ED) care provider to make the appropriate assessment, key documentation and deliver high quality standardised management care plan. - Uses pedagogical feature such as illustration, diagrams, clinical photographs, radiographs and videos to ensure the same high quality care is given all the time by ED health worker. - Deliver the guidelines while educating ED health worker how to effectively assess and manage musculoskeletal injuries. - Provide cloud based solution to digitalise all patient information leaflets with built in QR code generator and email option to enhance patient access to key information about their injury. - Tailored hospital-based content on how to apply splints and casts to allow ED care provider deliver high standardised care while reducing ED waiting time. - Tailored hospital-based splints and cast locator to minimise time wasted by ED care provider to find the right resources in the department. - Direct two way channel feedback between primary ED care provider and admin users including ED and T&O consultants - Push notification to keep end users always updated with the latest guidelines and departmental changes. - Dynamic, able to deal with emerging problems/ recurrent themes identified in emergency department or fracture clinic. - Minimise ED waiting time, ensure standardised high quality care consistently delivered, enhance patient access to key patient information leaflets and increases safe discharge rate both in ED and (virtual) fracture clinic. If you have any query about Virtual Bones IT service solution or would like to sign up your organisation, please contact info@virtualbones.com

Screenshots

Chest X4 screens
Virtual Bones4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Virtual Bones at Free against Chest X's $6.99. Virtual Bones also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Chest X's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Virtual Bones is free to download; Chest X costs $6.99 up front. Chest X sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Virtual Bones asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chest X ships an update every 3 months, Virtual Bones fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chest X versus Virtual Bones: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChest XVirtual Bones
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB45 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMedycyna PraktycznaOrthobones ltd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chest X

One-time1
  • Full access$6.99
None

Virtual Bones

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chest X free?
Chest X costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Virtual Bones free?
Virtual Bones is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chest X or Virtual Bones have ads?
Neither Chest X nor Virtual Bones shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chest X or Virtual Bones?
Chest X ships an update every 3 months, and Virtual Bones fortnightly. Most recently, Chest X was updated on October 2, 2026 and Virtual Bones on October 3, 2026.

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