ASH Practice Guidelines vs SHM Learning
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.
SHM Learning
Access hospitalist-specific continuing medical education and Maintenance of Certification opportunities on the go. Stay current with the expanding knowledge and skills required in hospital medicine through a growing educational library.
- Hospitalist-specific CME
- Maintenance of Certification (MOC) opportunities
- On-the-go learning
- Expanding educational library
- Stay current with medical knowledge
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As the only professional society dedicated to hospital medicine, SHM provides our membership with hospitalist-specific continuing medical education (CME) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) opportunities. SHM is constantly working to expand our educational library to help you stay current in the knowledge and skills you need as the scope of hospital medicine continues to grow. Our SHM Learning app allows our members to take their learning on the go, such as our Spark v3.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SHM Learning at every 2 months against ASH Practice Guidelines's every 12 months. SHM Learning also leads on ratings volume (51 vs 3). ASH Practice Guidelines's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). 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 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SHM Learning has 51 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ASH Practice Guidelines ships an update every 12 months, SHM Learning every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ASH Practice Guidelines | SHM Learning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (51 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 51 — 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 | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | American Society of Hematology | Society of Hospital Medicine |
Customer experience
ASH Practice Guidelines
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In-app purchases
ASH Practice Guidelines
No in-app purchases
SHM Learning
No in-app purchases
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