FHCSD LENS vs SIR Guidelines
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FHCSD LENS
This app facilitates the secure and efficient transfer of patient medical records between patients and doctors. It utilizes QR codes and phone capture to route information directly to designated patient medical record systems.
- Patient medical record upload
- Doctor medical record access
- QR code integration
- Secure information routing
- Mobile data capture
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The app was created to help patients and doctors upload patient medical records easily and efficiently. With the use of a given QRCode and capturing patient information on the phone, the information can be easily routed to the designated patient medical record location.
SIR Guidelines
Access evidence-based recommendations and tools for healthcare professionals. Features an interactive calculator for scenario-specific anticoagulation and antibiotic advice, simplifying clinical decision-making at the point of care.
- Access published guidelines and statements
- Interactive periprocedural recommendation calculator
- Scenario-specific anticoagulation and antibiotic recommendations
- Tailored recommendations based on patient and procedural risk
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for IVC Filters
- Continual updates with new guidelines and tools
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The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Guidelines app is the go-to source for SIR’s published guidelines and statements at your fingertips. SIR Guidelines is free to use and allows healthcare workers to quickly access evidence-based recommendations in an easy-to-use point of care format intended to simplify clinical decision-making. The app includes an interactive periprocedural recommendation calculator that generates scenario-specific anticoagulation and antibiotic recommendations based on the SIR consensus guidelines. Users can input medications and patient factors to generate recommendations tailored for the patient’s and procedural bleeding risk. The Clinical Practice Guidelines for IVC Filters provide evidence based guidance for the management of patients with thromboembolic disease. The app will be continually updated to include new Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and tools to assist in clinical decision-making. The Society is providing information and services on this mobile app as a benefit and educational service intended for licensed health care professionals. The information posted here by the Society or any third party should not be considered medical advice or standard of care, and is not intended to replace the independent judgment of or consultation with a qualified medical professional. The use of the mobile app and the Society Content is voluntary and for educational purposes only. Accordingly, the Society assumes no liability for or relating to the use of the content contained within the mobile app by users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SIR Guidelines at every 3 weeks against FHCSD LENS's every 23 months. SIR Guidelines also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FHCSD LENS against 5.0 for SIR Guidelines. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SIR Guidelines has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
FHCSD LENS ships an update every 23 months, SIR Guidelines every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | FHCSD LENS | SIR Guidelines |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (23 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS OF SAN DIEGO, INC. | Society of Interventional Radiology |
Customer experience
FHCSD LENS
SIR Guidelines
In-app purchases
FHCSD LENS
No in-app purchases
SIR Guidelines
No in-app purchases
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