ASH Practice Guidelines vs CHEST Education
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ASH Practice Guidelines
Access comprehensive recommendations and rationales for hematology guidelines. Includes tools for clinical decision-making and links to related resources.
- Access all ASH published guideline recommendations
- Rationales for each recommendation
- Benefits and harms analysis
- Links to published guideline manuscripts
- Access to ASH Choosing Wisely lists
- Links to ASH Pocket Guides app
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The ASH Practice Guidelines app provides easy access to every recommendation from all guidelines published by the American Society of Hematology (ASH), including rational for each recommendation and benefits and harms associated with each recommended course of action. The app currently includes guidelines covering venous thromboembolism (VTE), sickle cell anemia (SCD), and immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The app also provides access to other tools and resources designed to aid in clinical decision-making, including links to the published guideline manuscripts, ASH Choosing Wisely lists, the ASH Consult a Colleague program, and the ASH Pocket Guides app. The app also includes links other tools and resources designed to aid in clinical decision-making, including to the published guideline manuscripts, ASH’s Choosing Wisely-related content, and the ASH Pocket Guides app.
CHEST Education
Access cutting-edge chest medicine knowledge from a world-renowned faculty. This app offers advanced clinical training and keeps your expertise at the forefront of the field.
- World-renowned faculty
- State-of-the-art training facility
- Advanced clinical curriculum
- Cutting-edge knowledge updates
- Chest medicine specialization
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With a world-renowned faculty, state-of-the-art training facility, and an advanced clinical training curriculum, you can trust that CHEST will keep your knowledge set on the cutting-edge of chest medicine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ASH Practice Guidelines at 5.0 against CHEST Education's 4.6. ASH Practice Guidelines also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.4). CHEST Education's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (133 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
ASH Practice Guidelines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CHEST Education has 133 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ASH Practice Guidelines ships an update every 12 months, CHEST Education every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ASH Practice Guidelines | CHEST Education |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.6 (133 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 133 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | American Society of Hematology | American College of Chest Physicians |
Customer experience
ASH Practice Guidelines
CHEST Education
In-app purchases
ASH Practice Guidelines
No in-app purchases
CHEST Education
No in-app purchases
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