Cariogram vs Perio Brain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cariogram
This educational tool helps dental professionals understand dental caries risk. It visualizes interactions between various factors contributing to cavities, promoting preventive care. The program serves as a supplementary resource, not a replacement for professional judgment.
- Illustrates caries risk
- Shows factor interactions
- Promotes preventive measures
- Educational program
- For dental professionals
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Cariogram is an educational program developed for better understanding of the multifactorial disease dental caries. It illustrates the "caries risk" and possible interactions between caries related factors. A purpose is to encourage preventive measures before new cavities will occur. The program can not replace the personal professional judgment of the caries risk. This tool is meant for Dentists, Dental Assistants, Dental Hygienist, and related dental healthcare professionals.
Perio Brain
This app assists dental professionals in classifying periodontal disease using assessment values. It helps dentists and students formulate quicker diagnoses and treatment plans based on current guidance.
- Periodontitis diagnosis formulation
- Periodontal disease classification
- Evidence-based diagnostic tool
- Treatment planning assistance
- Utilizes latest published guidance
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Need a quick and easy way to formulate a periodontitis diagnosis? The Perio Brain App enables dental practitioners to classify periodontal disease using values from a periodontal assessment. Using the latest published guidance, the Perio Brain app is designed to help all dentists, dental professionals and dental students become more familiar with making a periodontitis diagnosis and to formulate a quicker classification. The Perio Brain app has been designed to provide qualified dental professionals with an evidence-based tool to diagnose and/or plan treatment. Medical terminology is introduced without detailed explanations, which may be misunderstood by non-healthcare professionals. It is not designed for the general public and therefore should not be used without first seeking advice from a dental professional.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Perio Brain at 40 against Cariogram's 1. Perio Brain also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). Cariogram's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Cariogram holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Perio Brain has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Cariogram's written reviews are positive against 93% of Perio Brain's.
Cariogram ships an update every 8 months, Perio Brain every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cariogram | Perio Brain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 92.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Wong Jun Ming | SHO Me Digital Ltd |
Customer experience
Cariogram
Perio Brain
In-app purchases
Cariogram
No in-app purchases
Perio Brain
No in-app purchases
