Visualmed vs The Clinical Problem Solvers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visualmed
This app transforms complex clinical trials into easy-to-understand visual abstracts. It's designed for busy healthcare professionals and students to quickly grasp key research findings across various medical specialties.
- Visual abstracts of clinical trials
- 2,000+ clinical trials across specialties
- Search by trial, disease, or treatment
- Discover landmark and new research
- Concise study summaries
- Designed for busy clinicians
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Read less. Understand more. Visualmed turns landmark and newly published clinical trials into clear, high-yield visual abstracts designed for busy healthcare professionals and medical students. Instead of spending hours working through dense research papers, quickly understand the studies that are shaping modern medicine. WHY VISUALMED? • 2,000+ clinical trials across major medical specialties • Clear visual abstracts that make complex research easier to understand • Quickly review study design, patient population, interventions, outcomes, and key findings • Search by trial, disease, treatment, or specialty • Discover landmark studies that changed clinical practice • Stay current with newly published research • Designed for physicians, residents, fellows, medical students, and other healthcare professionals CLINICAL TRIALS — VISUALIZED Visualmed transforms important medical research into concise visual summaries that help you understand the evidence quickly. Whether you're preparing for rounds, reviewing evidence before clinic, studying for an exam, teaching trainees, or simply trying to stay current, Visualmed puts key clinical research at your fingertips. EXPLORE MEDICINE ACROSS SPECIALTIES Discover important studies across cardiology, internal medicine, oncology, neurology, endocrinology, nephrology, pulmonology, infectious disease, critical care, and more. BUILT FOR BUSY CLINICIANS Medical literature moves quickly. Visualmed helps you focus on the studies that matter and understand their key findings without having to read every paper from beginning to end. VISUALMED PRO Unlock full access to Visualmed's growing library of visual abstracts and newly added clinical trials with Visualmed Pro. Download Visualmed and make keeping up with medical evidence part of your daily routine. Visualmed is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It does not provide medical advice and is not a substitute for independent clinical judgment or review of the original research.
The Clinical Problem Solvers
Access expert diagnostic reasoning tools, including schemas, illness scripts, and practice cases. Save content for offline use, quickly link to explanation videos and podcast episodes, and stay updated with new materials added monthly. Share resources with colleagues.
- Browse schemas and illness scripts
- Access practice cases and videos
- Save documents for offline access
- Link to podcast episodes
- Stay updated with new content
- Share resources
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This is the official companion app to the Clinical Problem Solvers podcast, you would be able to: - Browse schemas, illness scripts, practice cases, videos, and blog posts crafted by the Clinical Problem Solvers team - Save all documents for offline access - Quickly access the explanation video and podcast episode associated with each schema - Stay updated with newer versions of schemas - Share the documents with your friends and colleagues We are adding 4 to 5 new schemas and illness scripts per month as part of our ongoing podcast episodes. This app is closely tied to what is discussed on each podcast episode, and not meant as a comprehensive reference. For a taste of what is in the app, please check out our podcast! The name of our podcast is "The Clinical Problem Solvers". URL at: https://apple.co/2m4cIT2 Our website: https://clinicalproblemsolving.com/ Twitter handle: @cpsolvers
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Visualmed at Free against The Clinical Problem Solvers's $14.99. The Clinical Problem Solvers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (90% vs 63%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and chart position 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
Visualmed is free to download; The Clinical Problem Solvers costs $14.99 up front. Visualmed sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The Clinical Problem Solvers asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Clinical Problem Solvers holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 202 and 205 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Visualmed's written reviews are positive against 90% of The Clinical Problem Solvers's.
Visualmed ships an update every 3 months, The Clinical Problem Solvers every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Visualmed | The Clinical Problem Solvers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $14.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (202 ratings) | 4.8 (205 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews | 90.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 202 | 205 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #168 | #159 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Usama Nasir | THE CLINICAL PROBLEM SOLVERS INC. |
Customer experience
Visualmed
The Clinical Problem Solvers
User reviews
Visualmed
From 202 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Concise summaries of trials
- 🚀 Efficient information access
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 💡 Visual abstracts and infographics
- 📚 Vast database of studies
Room to improve
- 💸 Shift to subscription model
- 😠 Feeling of being ripped off
- 📉 Decreased graphic quality (recent)
- ❌ Content paywalled for old users
- 👎 Unreasonable subscription fees
The Clinical Problem Solvers
From 205 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Excellent diagnostic frameworks and schemas
- 🎯 Highly useful for clinical reasoning and differential diagnosis
- 👍 Easy to navigate and user-friendly interface
- 🚀 Quick access to information with minimal clicks
- 📱 Offline functionality without premium paywall
Room to improve
- 📉 Limited number of diagnoses and topics covered
- 🔍 Search functionality needs improvement
- ❌ Not updated regularly with new schemas
- 📱 Technical issues on certain devices (iPad compatibility)
- ❓ Schemas sometimes too vague without podcast context
Bugs and requests
Visualmed
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes on opening
- Visual summaries not loading
- Only cardiology content showing up
- App keeps shutting down
- Cannot pass the logo screen
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- App doesn't fit the screen
- Technical problems after updates
- Typographical errors in AI-generated content
Requested features
5 requests- Consider grandfathering in users who paid previously
- Refund for users who paid and now can't access content
- Improve app structure and layout
- Department-specific approach (medicine, critical care, etc.) instead of disease-specific
- Developer response to user comments about issues
The Clinical Problem Solvers
Reported bugs
5 issues- App doesn't work properly on iPad 5
- Download all feature doesn't function
- Search function not working
- Content not displaying under illness scripts and practice cases sections
- App crashes or freezes on certain devices
Requested features
7 requests- Expand library with more diagnostic schemas
- Improve search functionality
- Add more content for internal medicine and internists
- Include podcast episodes within the app
- Regular updates with new schemas
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- Add more practice cases
- Expand content for specialty areas
In-app purchases
Visualmed
- Pro Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
The Clinical Problem Solvers
No in-app purchases
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