Explain Medicine vs gistalt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Explain Medicine
A quick medical reference for professionals and students, offering evidence-based explanations for over 700 diseases. Ideal for rapid information retrieval during rounds or exam preparation.
- Medical reference for professionals
- Explanations for over 700 diseases
- Evidence-based information
- Fast and easy to use
- Designed for students
- Quick answers for rounds
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Explain Medicine is a fast, easy-to-use medical reference designed for busy professionals and students. Get straight-to-the-point, evidence-based explanations on over 700 diseases without the fluff. Whether you need a quick answer on rounds or are cramming for an exam, we've got your back. IMPORTANT: Explain Medicine is a medical reference designed for use by medical professionals and students. It is not intended for use by patients or for self-diagnosis.
gistalt
This medical game challenges players to quickly assess patient acuity by swiping left for stable patients and right for those needing immediate intervention. It's designed to make training clinical impression skills engaging and fun.
- Patient acuity assessment
- Swipe-based gameplay
- Vital signs and lab results
- Imaging interpretation
- Performance scoring
- Regular content updates
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Your clinical impression (or "gestalt") about a patient's acuity is both critical and difficult to train. gistalt was designed to make it fun! Your goal playing gistalt is to accurately identify which patients are sick (requiring hospitalization or immediate interventions for stabilization) or not-sick (conditions that can be safely treated with outpatient follow-up). gistalt games are simple and fun. You'll start with a stack of patient presentations including vital signs, laboratory results and imaging. Swipe each card left (for not-sick) or right (for-sick) to see the next question. At the end of the stack, review your responses and see your score. Your gistalt score specially gauges your ability to detect the most critically-ill patients and institute the treatments that will make a difference. New questions are added regularly and don't require an app update.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: gistalt at 100% against Explain Medicine's 33%. gistalt also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Explain Medicine's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 22 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
gistalt holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Explain Medicine's written reviews are positive against 100% of gistalt's.
Explain Medicine ships an update every 3 months, gistalt every 22 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Explain Medicine | gistalt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Medical Joyworks LLC | Tom Fadial |
Customer experience
Explain Medicine
gistalt
In-app purchases
Explain Medicine
No in-app purchases
gistalt
No in-app purchases
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