Splinting 101 vs GIDEON platform
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Splinting 101
Learn to correctly apply various splints with step-by-step guidance. This educational tool covers common and specialized splints, offering a visual learning experience for users interested in medical procedures.
- Step-by-step splinting instructions
- Covers radial gutter splint
- Covers long leg posterior splint
- Details special splints
- Educational tool for medical procedures
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From the radial gutter to the long leg posterior splint, Splinting 101 enables users to learn how to correctly splint, step-by-step. This app even discusses special splints such as the the "Thumb Spica -Sexy Seven- Splint" and the "Thumb Spica -Michigan- Splint" Disclaimer: All users must to seek a licensed physician’s advice in addition to using this app before making any medical decisions. This app is merely an educational tool and not a substitute for professional medical recommendations.
GIDEON platform
This app provides a comprehensive infectious diseases database for clinicians and students. It features dynamic comparison tables, Bayesian analysis for diagnosis, and historical outbreak data. Access information on diseases, drugs, pathogens, and epidemiological surveys.
- Dynamic comparison tables
- Bayesian analysis for diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis tools
- Historical outbreak data
- Epidemiological database
- Pathogen identification
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GIDEON is ideally suited to save time in Point-of-Care settings while empowering clinicians to consider all possible scenarios. It is a powerful learning tool for Microbiology, Public Health, and Medical students and Residents. Unique features: * Dynamic comparison tables for diseases, drugs, and pathogens * Bayesian analysis-based differential diagnosis (DDx) and pathogen identification tools * First Case Scenario, developed in consultation with the WHO to identify initial cases of known diseases in new settings * Why Not feature, explaining why a given disease did not appear on the list * Interactive historical disease outbreaks and distribution maps, with data going back as far as 1348 AD * A vast epidemiological database covering 230+ geographical areas, updated daily What's inside? 360+ infectious diseases 30,000+ anti-infective drug trade names 75+ vaccines 2,000+ pathogens 235 countries and territories 99,000+ prevalence and seroprevalence surveys 38,000+ graphs 3,200+ images 27,000+ outbreaks 24,000+ country-specific notes 300,000+ references
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GIDEON platform at Free against Splinting 101's $9.99. GIDEON platform also leads on update cadence (every 12 months vs every 47 months). On rating, ratings volume, 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
GIDEON platform is free to download; Splinting 101 costs $9.99 up front. 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 Splinting 101 against 5.0 for GIDEON platform. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Splinting 101 ships an update every 47 months, GIDEON platform every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Splinting 101 | GIDEON platform |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 47 months | Every 12 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | EM Edy, LLC | GIDEON Informatics Inc |
Customer experience
Splinting 101
GIDEON platform
In-app purchases
Splinting 101
No in-app purchases
GIDEON platform
No in-app purchases
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