Comparison

VanderbiltDDx vs CURRENT Practice Guidelines

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

Head to head
About

VanderbiltDDx

Practice and refine your diagnostic skills with realistic patient cases. This app generates logically consistent findings based on a vast knowledge base of disorders and their associated symptoms. It helps users identify hypotheses, assess evidence, and review disorder information for improved learning.

Highlights
  • Realistic patient case generation
  • Evidence-based knowledge base
  • Hypothesis testing and assessment
  • Performance evaluation
  • Disorder-related information review
  • Customizable difficulty levels
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The VanderbiltDDx Case Simulator (“App”) helps users to practice and refine their diagnostic skills. It creates realistic, fun, easy-to-evaluate adult (age 16-75+) patient cases. The intended audience includes medical, nursing, physician assistant, and other health professional students; physicians undergoing residency and fellowship training; nurses in advanced practice training; and practicing health professionals. The App generates cases using a large, evidence-based, literature- derived knowledge base (630+ disorders seen by internists, 4500+ findings). To construct each simulated case, the App randomly selects logically consistent findings based on how often the literature indicates the findings occur in patients with the targeted disorder. Vanderbilt is distributing the App free-of-charge via its Portal on the App Store for use in clinical education. The App, once installed, is self-contained on users’ iOS devices. It does not transmit any information about the user or use of the App. Typical App workflow is as follows: (1) User sets difficulty level/clinical focus; starts random simulated case. (2) App randomly selects a disorder and displays initial set of findings. (3) User, via App, elicits additional findings (i.e., works up case). (4) App shows potential diagnoses matching known case findings. (5) App indicates how well the known case findings support or refute selected hypotheses. User identifies their three most favored hypotheses. (6) User rates “strength of evidence” supporting top three hypotheses. (7) App discloses answer and assesses user’s performance. (8) User gains knowledge by reviewing disorder-related information. Users can provide feedback to the development team regarding bugs and suggestions to make the App more useful. Send such comments to: vanderbiltddx@icloud.com The App’s primary developer, Randolph A. Miller, MD, is Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He was the founding Chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Informatics and is a Past President of both the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), and the American College of Medical Informatics.

About

CURRENT Practice Guidelines

Access up-to-date medical guidelines for common outpatient conditions. This app distills complex information into a practical, easy-to-navigate format for busy clinicians. It offers evidence-based recommendations from trusted authorities, updated annually.

Highlights
  • Evidence-based guidelines
  • Concise and clinically relevant
  • Outline and tabular format
  • Updated annually
  • Guideline Discordance tables
  • Content from trusted authorities
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"Try before you buy" - Download the FREE App, which includes sample content. In-App purchase required to unlock all content. A Doody's Core Title. Guidelines and recommendations for the most common outpatient conditions from sources you can trust! Clear, concise and clinically relevant. The authoritative guidelines primary care clinicians need to diagnose and treat the most common outpatient conditions—compiled, distilled, and updated for easy referencing Striking the perfect balance between brevity and clinical necessity, this acclaimed annual resource presents all the latest evidence-based guidelines clinicians need to treat the most common outpatient conditions. The most thorough print compendium of guidelines for primary care practice, the book features content drawn from government agencies, expert panels, medical specialty organizations, and other professional and scientific authorities. CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2024 converts lengthy and cumbersome text into a practical, relevant collection of available options for busy clinicians. This go-to guide converts the tremendous amount of information on the web into a practical, relevant collection of usable data for busy clinicians. Each topic is carefully selected for relevance to the office practice of ambulatory medicine and the text is presented in a convenient, easy-to-navigate outline and tabular format. • Content is drawn from a wide array of recommendations from government agencies, expert panels, medical specialty organizations, and other professional and scientific authorities • NEW: Updates reflecting the review of more than 150 guidelines • NEW: Updates to guidelines for screening/prevention of ASCVD; anxiety disorders in children, pediatric obesity, chronic pain, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; and osteoarthritis • NEW: Numerous topics have been added, including screening and prevention of eating disorders, COVID vaccination in pregnancy, prevention of pelvic floor dysfunction, management of chest pain, left ventricular thrombus, delirium • Guideline Discordance tables highlight when major guidelines do not mirror each other • Topics are carefully selected for relevance to the office practice of ambulatory medicine, and the text is enhanced by a convenient outline and tabular format • Screening and prevention of conditions have been combined to enhance clinician use Content licensed from printed edition ISBN 10: 1265690162 Content licensed from printed edition ISBN 13: 9781265690168 SUBSCRIPTION : Please purchase a yearly auto-renewing subscription to receive content access and available updates. Yearly auto-renewing payments- $39.99 Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscription may be managed by the user and auto-renewal can be disabled at any time by going to your device “Settings” and tapping “iTunes & App Store”. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable." If you have any questions or comments, email us any time: customersupport@skyscape.com or call 508-299-3000 Privacy Policy - https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/privacypolicy.aspx Terms and Conditions - https://www.skyscape.com/terms-of-service/licenseagreement.aspx Author: Jacob A. David Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Screenshots

VanderbiltDDx4 screens
CURRENT Practice Guidelines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VanderbiltDDx at none against CURRENT Practice Guidelines's 6. VanderbiltDDx also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). CURRENT Practice Guidelines's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CURRENT Practice Guidelines sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. VanderbiltDDx asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VanderbiltDDx holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CURRENT Practice Guidelines has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VanderbiltDDx versus CURRENT Practice Guidelines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVanderbiltDDxCURRENT Practice Guidelines
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings121 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB147 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVanderbilt University Medical CenterSkyscape Medpresso Inc

Customer experience

VanderbiltDDx

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CURRENT Practice Guidelines

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

VanderbiltDDx

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

CURRENT Practice Guidelines

Subscriptions5
  • 25% Off - Limited Period Offer$29.991 Year
  • Curr Practice Guid 1Y Suboffer$31.991 Year
  • 20% Off - Limited Period Offer$31.991 Year
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  • 15% Off - Limited Period Offer$33.991 Year
  • Curr Practice Guideline 1Y Sub7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • CURR Prac Guide Primary Care20$39.99

Questions

Is VanderbiltDDx free?
VanderbiltDDx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CURRENT Practice Guidelines free?
CURRENT Practice Guidelines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, VanderbiltDDx or CURRENT Practice Guidelines?
VanderbiltDDx is rated higher. VanderbiltDDx averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while CURRENT Practice Guidelines averages 4.8 from 21 ratings.
Do VanderbiltDDx or CURRENT Practice Guidelines have ads?
CURRENT Practice Guidelines shows ads; VanderbiltDDx does not.

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