Comparison

Teaching Rounds vs AusculThing Learn

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Teaching Rounds

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A unique tool for teaching and learning the top 100 most teachable topics in internal medicine There are many challenges for residents when training students who are making the big "jump" from preclinical to clinical. Most notably, they need to find time to pick and prepare topics to teach in meaningful ways without the availability of a blackboard in the learning hospital. Students also need to quickly be able to grasp these concepts quickly and with the ability to recall them later. This teaching manual primarily focuses on physiology/pathophysiology/exam findings with the goal of providing content to make teaching and learning on the wards easier for both attendings/senior residents and interns/medical students. It features the 100 most teachable topics (clinical pearls) in an image-based presentation and will cover all the major disciplines of internal medicine, including cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrine, and infectious disease. Each topic, or card, has an image on one side to prompt discussion (ECG, CXR, physical exam finding, etc.), and the flip side includes teaching points organized in question and answer format. They are presented in a pocket-sized binder with removable cards so both residents and students can remove only the topics of the day or ones they need to study. Features: β€’ Each topic area has been reviewed by a specialist at Harvard Medical School. β€’ Visual, easy-to-use and reference tool for on-the-go β€’ Discusses the "why" behind a teachable topic β€’ Q&A format serves both rotation and exam prep β€’ Case-based to practice clinical pearls and complex topics This app is very intuitive and easy to navigate, allowing you to browse the contents or search for topics. The powerful search tool gives you word suggestions that appear in the text as you type, so it is lightning fast and helps with spelling those long medical terms. The search tool also keeps a recent history of past search terms so you can go back to a previous search result very easily. You have the ability to create notes, and bookmark cards as Know or Don't Know to help with studying. There is also a Random tab to quiz yourself on a randomly selected card. You can also change the text size for easier reading. After the app has been downloaded, no internet connection is needed to retrieve the content of the app. All of the text and images are available to you on your device anytime, anywhere, and lightning fast. This app is also automatically optimized for whatever size device you are currently using, either phone or tablet. Check out https://usatinemedia.com to learn more and watch a video demo of this app. This interactive app contains the full content of Teaching Rounds: A Visual Aid to Teaching Internal Medicine Pearls on the Wards by McGraw-Hill Education. Authors: Navin Kumar, MD Clinical Fellow, Medicine Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy Brigham and Women's Hospital Research Fellow in Medicine Harvard Medical School Anica Law, MD Clinical Fellow, Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess and Massachusetts General Hospital Research Fellow in Medicine Harvard Medical School Disclaimer: This app is intended for the education of healthcare professionals and not as a diagnostic and treatment reference for the general population. Developed by Usatine Media Richard P. Usatine, MD, Co-President, Professor of Family & Community Medicine, Professor of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Texas Health San Antonio Peter Erickson, Co-President, Lead Software Developer

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AusculThing Learn

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This application is intended to help medical students, doctors, nurses, medical professionals or other interested in developing their auscultation skills as well as their understanding on phonocardiograms. The application includes real heart sound recordings from over 50 paediatric patients with diagnosis validated by a cardiologist and an echocardiogram. The heart sound recordings in the application are real recordings recorded with an Thinklabs One electronic stethoscope in a clinic. The quality of the sounds are top notch but have intentionally been left with occasional breath sounds and noises to give an realistic view of auscultation, i.e. real practice on the subject! The application includes a study module for the most common defects and an extensive practice sections where you can try to diagnose the patient only by auscultation. The practice section is done with and without visual aid of a phonocardiogram signal, in order to enforce learning and understanding of the sounds. Also there is a quick start or help section for the user who is new to auscultation and phonocardiograms. SUMMARY: - 50+ paediatric patients - 200+ heart sound recordings - 20+ quality pictures of heart defects NOTE! - A (completely free) user account is needed for using the app. Why? We would like to learn how to teach auscultation and therefore we collect data of the use of the application. This helps us improve the application and possibly conduct academic research on the topic. - Be aware that heart sound samples are downloaded in the "PRACTICE" section from an external server. Therefore internet use can be "heavy" if the user uses the practice section extensively.

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Teaching Rounds4 screens
AusculThing Learn3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AusculThing Learn at $5.99 against Teaching Rounds's $34.99. AusculThing Learn also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 19 months). Teaching Rounds's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Teaching Rounds costs $34.99 and AusculThing Learn $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Teaching Rounds ships an update every 19 months, AusculThing Learn every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and March 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Teaching Rounds versus AusculThing Learn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeaching RoundsAusculThing Learn
Price$34.99$5.99 β€” better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 4 months β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 β€” better14.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size31 MB59 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperUsatine & Erickson Media LLCAusculThing Oy

In-app purchases

None

Teaching Rounds

No in-app purchases

None

AusculThing Learn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Teaching Rounds free?
Teaching Rounds costs $34.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AusculThing Learn free?
AusculThing Learn costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Teaching Rounds or AusculThing Learn have ads?
Neither Teaching Rounds nor AusculThing Learn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Teaching Rounds or AusculThing Learn?
Teaching Rounds ships an update every 19 months, and AusculThing Learn every 4 months. Most recently, Teaching Rounds was updated on September 9, 2026 and AusculThing Learn on March 3, 2026.

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