IDSA Practice Guidelines vs ClinCalc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IDSA Practice Guidelines
Access and stay updated with the latest clinical guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. This app offers interactive tools, search functionality, and the ability to bookmark key information and take notes for healthcare professionals.
- Access clinical guidelines
- Interactive tools
- Search guidelines
- Bookmark pages
- Take notes
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Access the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines app anytime, anywhere! Download the app today and stay up-to-date on IDSA clinical guidelines, interactive tools, and new resources. The app contains features to search through guidelines, bookmark important pages and take notes on key information. Visit the IDSA app for new guidelines that are released throughout the year and new updates to existing guidelines. Disclaimer: The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) provides this app (“App)” for health care professionals only, and not the general public. The App is provided for informational purposes only, and it is not intended to provide medical or treatment advice and may not be treated as such by the user. As such, this App may not be relied upon for the purposes of medical diagnosis or as a recommendation for medical care or treatment. The information on this App is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available through this App is for general information purposes only.
ClinCalc
This medical app assists in calculating daily energy and protein requirements based on user height and weight. It also incorporates age-specific calculations for comprehensive nutritional assessment.
- Energy needs calculation
- Protein needs calculation
- Height and weight input
- Age-based calculations
- Nutritional assessment tool
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This is an app to help calculate energy and protein needs by utilizing height and weight. Also includes additional calculations based utilizing age.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ClinCalc at monthly against IDSA Practice Guidelines's every 7 months. IDSA Practice Guidelines's advantage is ratings volume (559 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.1). On price, rating, 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.
ClinCalc holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IDSA Practice Guidelines has 559 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
IDSA Practice Guidelines ships an update every 7 months, ClinCalc monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IDSA Practice Guidelines | ClinCalc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (559 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 559 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Infectious Diseases Society of America | Peter Weiss |
Customer experience
IDSA Practice Guidelines
ClinCalc
In-app purchases
IDSA Practice Guidelines
No in-app purchases
ClinCalc
No in-app purchases
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