Comparison

ESPEN Guidelines vs BDA Peng

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

Head to head
About

ESPEN Guidelines

Access comprehensive clinical treatment guidelines on your mobile device. This educational tool integrates complex information with interactive features to support healthcare professionals in patient care. It serves as a supplementary resource, not a substitute for professional medical advice.

Highlights
  • Access ESPEN guidelines on mobile
  • Stay up-to-date anywhere
  • Integrates complex guidelines
  • State-of-the-art interactive tools
  • Educational tool for healthcare professionals
Features
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Access ESPEN guidelines on your mobile device anytime, anywhere! Download the ESPEN Guidelines mobile app today and enjoy the benefits of staying up-to-date no matter where you are. Effective integration of complex clinical treatment guidelines with state-of-the-art interactive tools. Disclaimer: The app is intended to assist healthcare professionals and allied healthcare professionals as an educational tool to provide information that may support them in providing care to patients. Patients or other community members using this app shall do so only after consultation with a health professional and shall not mistake these guidelines as professional medical advice. These guidelines must not substitute seeking professional medical and health advice from a health professional. These guidelines may not apply to all situations and shall be interpreted in the light of specific clinical situations and resource availability. It is up to every clinician to adapt these guidelines to local regulations and to each patient’s individual circumstances and needs.

About

BDA Peng

Features
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A comprehensive evidence-based clinical guide to Parenteral Enteral & Oral Nutritional Support. This clinical guide provides evidence- based data to assist healthcare practitioners in assessing, planning, treating and monitoring adults who require nutritional support. This App is the first e version based on the current 5th edition of the Pocket guide to clinical nutrition (Todorovic V & Mafrici B, 2018.) References cited in the App are web linked. Summarised below are the core sections of the PENG Pocket Guide to Clinical Nutrition, 2018: Introduction 1. Identifying 2. Assessment 3. Adult Requirements 4. Paediatric Requirements 5. Access Routes 6. Monitoring and Reference Values 7. Nutritional Values 8. Parenteral Nutrition 9. Acid-Base Balance 10. Diabetes 11. Microbial Control 12. Refeeding 13. ‘Drugs and Nutrition Support’ 14. ‘Kidney Disease’ 15. Liver 16. Critical Care 17. COPD 18. Bariatric 19. Pancreatic DISCLAIMER: Every attempt has been made to ensure this publication is accurate and up to date. Neither the Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group of the British Dietetic Association, nor the British Dietetic Association, nor the editors, nor the authors accept any liability to any healthcare professional, healthcare provider, patient or other person using this publication. These guidelines do not replace individual clinical judgement, or clinical decision making. Copyright for the content of this publication is owned by the British Dietetic Association.

Screenshots

ESPEN Guidelines4 screens
BDA Peng3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ESPEN Guidelines at 12.0 against BDA Peng's 16.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ESPEN Guidelines ships an update every 6 months, BDA Peng every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
ESPEN Guidelines versus BDA Peng: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterESPEN GuidelinesBDA Peng
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (24 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB27 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBörm Bruckmeier Verlag GmbHThe British Dietetic Association

In-app purchases

None

ESPEN Guidelines

No in-app purchases

None

BDA Peng

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ESPEN Guidelines free?
ESPEN Guidelines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BDA Peng free?
BDA Peng is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ESPEN Guidelines or BDA Peng have ads?
Neither ESPEN Guidelines nor BDA Peng shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ESPEN Guidelines or BDA Peng?
ESPEN Guidelines ships an update every 6 months, and BDA Peng every 5 months. Most recently, ESPEN Guidelines was updated on September 20, 2026 and BDA Peng on September 8, 2026.

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