POTTER vs Theator Surgical Intelligence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
POTTER
This medical tool provides an accurate and user-friendly way to calculate emergency surgery risks. It's based on a machine learning algorithm derived from extensive research.
- Emergency surgery risk calculation
- Machine learning algorithm
- User-friendly interface
- Based on published research
- Highly accurate
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POTTER is a highly accurate and user-friendly emergency surgery risk calculator developed by George Velmahos (MD, PhD), Haytham Kaafarani (MD, MPH), Dimitris Bertsimas (PhD), and Jack Dunn (PhD). This Machine Learning Algorithm is the digital manifestation of the research found in the October 2018 Annals of Surgery publication, “Surgical Risk Is Not Linear: Derivation and Validation of a Novel, User-friendly, and Machine Learning-based Predictive OpTimal Trees in Emergency Surgery Risk (POTTER) Calculator.”
Theator Surgical Intelligence
An AI-powered platform that automatically captures, analyzes, and annotates surgical video footage. It generates insights by combining video data with patient outcomes to personalize care and improve surgical techniques. The cloud-based system offers an indexed library for quick access to annotated surgical moments and analytics.
- AI-powered surgical video capture
- Automatic annotation of surgical steps
- De-identification of video footage
- Cloud-based searchable video library
- Analysis of video with outcome data
- Real-time surgical decision support
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Theator is pioneering the Surgical Intelligence revolution, with an AI-powered platform that leverages computer vision technology to automatically capture, analyze, de-identify, and upload fully annotated surgical video footage immediately after surgery. This video data is analyzed in conjunction with outcome data to generate new insights, ultimately improving and further individualizing patient care. The cloud-based platform includes an indexed, searchable library housing all of the surgeons’ videos, which are fully annotated highlighting all surgical steps, intraoperative events, and safety milestones. With Theator’s AI-powered Platform, surgeons can cut to critical surgical moments instantly, find exactly what they need, right when they need it, and review analytics to pinpoint where improvements might be made. Theator is paving the path for real-time surgical decision support, creating a stronger, healthier world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Theator Surgical Intelligence at 5.0 against POTTER's 4.4. Theator Surgical Intelligence also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). POTTER's advantage is iOS requirement (11.2 vs 18.0). 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.
Theator Surgical Intelligence holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively.
POTTER ships an update every 8 months, Theator Surgical Intelligence every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | POTTER | Theator Surgical Intelligence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Interpretable AI LLC | Theator inc |
Customer experience
POTTER
Theator Surgical Intelligence
In-app purchases
POTTER
No in-app purchases
Theator Surgical Intelligence
No in-app purchases
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