Wound Compass vs Eolas Medical
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wound Compass
This clinical support tool assists healthcare professionals in assessing wounds and making informed treatment decisions. It guides users through wound categorization based on location, type, appearance, exudate, and depth, offering treatment recommendations and educational resources.
- Wound assessment guidance
- Categorizes wounds by location, type, appearance, exudate, and depth
- Treatment and product recommendations
- Educational resources, images, and diagrams
- Customizable formulary
- Reduces practice variation
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The WOUND COMPASS™ Clinical Support App (CSA) is a comprehensive support tool for health care professionals that aids wound assessment and decision-making to help reduce practice variation. All wounds, like all patients, are unique. The WOUND COMPASS™ CSA helps decode the wound step-by-step, providing you a convenient tool to read the signs. This simple and easy-to-use app categorises wounds by: • Location on the body • Wound type • Wound appearance • The volume of exudate • Wound depth Based on this information, WOUND COMPASS™ CSA provides guidance on treatment, products, and when to consult a specialist. The guidance is accompanied by additional educational resources, images, and diagrams to improve confidence when treating wounds. The app can also be customised to your formulary. WOUND COMPASS™ helps to reduce practice variation, by providing effective, consistent support as well as easy and informative education at the point of care.1 Utilising the WOUND COMPASS CSA can help improve wound care knowledge.*,1 83% of non-wound specialists agreed that using the app made wound assessments easier** and the app was recommended by 100% of wound specialists (n=7).1 Download the WOUND COMPASS™ CSA today to help build wound assessment confidence and help improve practice consistency. * As rated by 71 non-wound specialists ** As rated by 59/71 clinicians 1. Smith+Nephew 2021. Clinical Support App Pilot Survey Results. Internal Report. CSD.AWM.21.002.
Eolas Medical
This app provides healthcare professionals with access to essential guidelines, online learning modules, and resources. It aims to streamline educational processes, departmental induction, and knowledge sharing for increased efficiency.
- Access medical guidelines
- Online learning modules
- Streamline induction processes
- Improve departmental teaching
- Facilitate knowledge sharing
- Enhance patient care resources
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Eolas App is a tool to help innovate the way we educate our healthcare professionals and how we care for our patients. Access specific guidelines, online learning, and other useful resources from the palm of your hand. Streamline your department's induction and departmental teaching processes and knowledge sharing to save time and make everyone's work more efficient.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Eolas Medical at 4.2 against Wound Compass's 3.5. Eolas Medical also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (361 vs 2). Wound Compass's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). 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.
Eolas Medical holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eolas Medical has 361 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Wound Compass ships an update every 4 months, Eolas Medical every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wound Compass | Eolas Medical |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (361 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 19.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 361 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 127 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Smith & Nephew | Eolas Medical LTD |
Customer experience
Wound Compass
Eolas Medical
Bugs and requests
Wound Compass
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Eolas Medical
Reported bugs
9 issues- Broken hyperlinks within articles
- Keyboard doesn't pop up automatically in search
- Content fails to load on WiFi and data networks
- App crashes or freezes on startup
- Server connection drops during use
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- Search suggestions don't auto-populate
- WikEM inaccessible past loading screen
- Inconsistent body systems display
- Slow download attempts on app open
Requested features
10 requests- Restore standalone WikEM app
- Reduce navigation steps to access WikEM
- Implement dark mode/dark theme
- Add favorites/bookmarking functionality
- Improve search algorithm accuracy
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- Enable offline content download
- Add collaborative checklist features
- Optimize iPad/tablet interface
- Restore MDCalc integration
- Simplify app navigation structure
In-app purchases
Wound Compass
No in-app purchases
Eolas Medical
No in-app purchases
Questions
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